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Green Cleaning in Schools

Courtesy of ISSA

Gone Green? Follow these five simple Green cleaning steps from Rochelle Davis, head of the Healthy Schools Campaign, to help make schools safe and healthy places to learn and work.

Educating Front Line Staff About Infection Control

Courtesy of ISSA

Interested in teaching your front line staff about infection control? Then watch the below video that features advice from current IEHA President Darrel Hicks, Director of Environmental Services at St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, MO.

Positive Relations With Cleaning Staff

Courtesy of ISSA

Want to discover how to maintain positive relations with your cleaning staff? Then watch the below video that features advice from IEHA Past-President Gene Woodard, Director of Facilities Services Custodial Division at the University of Washington!

Edward Vizvarie, REH, Accepts Open BOD Position

WESTERVILLE, OH—Due to the recent resignation of Tom Jones, REH, from his Director-at-Large position, IEHA member Edward Vizvarie, REH, has accepted the open position within the IEHA Board of Directors.

Vizvarie joined IEHA in 1993, became certified (CEH) in 2001, and registered (REH) in 2007. He is currently the Director of Facilities at Howard Center in Burlington, VT. In 2001, he received an Associate’s degree from the Community College of Vermont with a concentration in Business Management. He is a member of the VertMont Chapter of IEHA and served as the Chapter’s President in 2003-07.

Vizvarie will serve a 2-year term on the IEHA Board of Directors.

Current IEHA President Marvin Ellsworth, REH, states, “We welcome Ed Vizvarie to the IEHA Board of Directors. With his many years of experience and the wealth of knowledge that he brings, he will be a true asset to the Board of Directors and to the members of this Association.”

IEHA Installs New BOD During 42nd Annual Conference and Convention

WESTERVILLE, OH—On Tuesday, September 9, 2008, IEHA officially installed their nine new Board of Directors during their Business Session that took place during their 42nd annual Conference and Convention, in conjunction with ISSA/INTERCLEAN®—North America, in Las Vegas, NV. The Board of Directors were installed in concurrence with IEHA’s leap into a new era—with the zero-district realignment plan that was first announced during their 41st annual Conference and Convention in 2007, which took their BOD down from 15 members to nine.

We are pleased to introduce IEHA’s “New Nine”:

President Marvin Ellsworth, REH (2-year term)—Ellsworth is a Registered Executive Housekeeper (REH) with 31 years of diverse management and operational experience in healthcare, residential, hospitality, commercial, educational, and contract cleaning. Ellsworth is currently employed as the Director of Environmental Services at Village Shalom, an upscale continuing care retirement community in the Kansas City area. He has been a member of IEHA since 1980.

President-Elect Eric Bates, REH (2-year term)—Bates joined IEHA in 1991, became certified (CEH) in 1993, and registered (REH) in 1996. He is currently employed as the Environmental Services Manager for the Bethesda Lutheran Homes and Services, Inc. in Wisconsin. Bates completed an Associate’s degree in Psychology in 1972 at Skagit Valley College, and received a B.A. in Criminal Justice, Magna Cum Laude, at Western Washington University in 1985.

Secretary/Treasurer Sherry Sidwell, REH (2-year term)—Sidwell joined IEHA in 1986, became certified (CEH) in 1988, and registered (REH) in 1994. She is currently the Vice President of Integrated Support Service for the Community Hospital Anderson in Anderson, Indiana, and currently enrolled and working toward a B.S. in Organizational Leadership at Anderson University.

Debra Archbald, CEH, Director-at-Large (4-year term)—Archbald, joined IEHA in 1996, and became certified (CEH) in 2001. She is currently the Assistant Director of Housekeeping at The Peabody Hotel in Orlando, Florida. She attended the University of the West Indies; the Trinidad & Tobago Hotel School; and holds certificates in Economics and Commerce from the University of London and Cambridge, respectively.

Michael Patterson, REH, Director-at-Large (4-year term)—Patterson joined IEHA in 1988, became certified (CEH) in 1991, and registered (REH) in 1994. He is currently the Vice President of Administration at Circle Family HealthCare in Chicago, IL. In 2004, he received a degree in Management and Business Administration from Wright Junior College and a degree in Management and Human Resources Management from Chicago State University.

Tom Jones, REH, Director-at-Large (4-year term)—Jones joined IEHA in 2001, and became registered (REH) in 2004. Jones is currently an associate professor in the Department of Hotel Management at the W.F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of South Dakota; a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science degree in Hotel Administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; and a Doctor of Education from Arizona State University.

Diana Ronning, CEH, Director-at-Large (2-year term)—Ronning joined IEHA in 1994, and became certified (CEH) in 2001. She is currently the Director of Environmental Services at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, WA.

Anna Rodriguez, REH, Director-at-Large (2-year term)—Rodriguez joined IEHA in 1978, became certified (CEH) in 1983, and registered (REH) in 1989. She is currently the Director of Environmental Services at Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville, TX. In 2001, she received a B.A. from the University of Texas—Brownsville.

Janet Wiggins, CEH, Director-at-Large (2-year term)—Wiggins joined IEHA in 1995, and became certified (CEH) in 1996. She is currently the Director of Environmental Services at the Sonterra Health Center in San Antonio, TX. She received degrees from Kilgore Jr. College in 1990, and Tarrant Co. Jr. College in 1993.