Heather J. Blankinship

Ms. Blankinship helps groups develop and implement strategies for hazard communication, risk assessment, risk management and mitigation, product safety systems and training, supply chain communication, change management, and business process transformation.  She provides strategic management, technical input, and administrative support for industry consortia, including meeting/conference logistics, recordkeeping, budget development, accounting services, and membership recruitment and retention. She enhances the benefits of a consortium, providing timely and accurate communications on domestic and international regulatory and legislative issues, and providing as-needed access to specific experts to help consortia members achieve their advocacy goals.

Throughout her career in product stewardship and regulatory compliance, Ms. Blankinship has built productive working relationships with colleagues in industry and regulatory agencies.  She knows how the systems work and can assist consortia clients to find savvy pathways of progress under global regulatory programs, including the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the European Union’s (EU) Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), and matters under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission and the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS).