Top 10 EHS Leaders - 2025

Tatiana Costa, Director of Environment, Health and Safety at Shehadey Family Foods, goes beyond ensuring compliance across manufacturing facilities and distribution centers. While managing audits and frontline operations, she drives enterprise-wide safety programs, implements forward-looking regulatory strategies, while fostering a culture of accountability. Through training, proactive engagement with federal and state agencies, she empowers teams to work safely and sustainably.

Lori Santoli, Vice President of Global Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) at IFF, brings over 30 years of experience advancing workplace safety, operational excellence, and sustainability. Her career began on the shop floor, working directly with employees to address real-world challenges. She has grown into global leadership roles where she develops strategies that protect people, strengthen operations, and safeguard the environment.

Jack Suehiro is a seasoned safety professional with vast experience in high-risk infrastructure and utility sectors. His leadership redefines purposeful safety anchored in human-centered design, systems thinking and continuous innovation. In an interview with Environmental Business Review, Suehiro shared his insights on building a proactive safety culture, implementing effective EHS strategies and shaping human-centered leadership.

Kelvin Roth is a committed EHS leader with deep expertise in advancing environmental, health, safety and quality standards across industrial operations. His career reflects a steady pursuit of continuous improvement, with a strong emphasis on building systems and programs that are effective and resilient under pressure. Roth has helped teams align around innovation in EHS, leading efforts that integrate best practices with practical execution. Known for bringing structure to complex challenges,

Jim Norris is the senior director of environment, health safety and sustainability at TE Connectivity. With over 20 years of experience, he has led diverse teams, successfully managed several projects and implemented comprehensive SHE strategies.

Steven Walton is the Vice President of Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) at West Pharmaceutical Services. He oversees the global strategy and implementation of HSE programs and initiatives, ensuring the protection of people, assets and communities.

Joshua Smith is the director of environment, health, safety and sustainability at Itron, a tech company specializing in smart infrastructure solutions. With an MBA and a degree in risk control, he has spent more than ten years in this field and has implemented several HSE programs.

Jennifer Criqui is the vice president of environment, health and safety at Veralto, a technology solutions company. She has led several initiatives across sustainability, employee safety and health, environmental compliance, loss control and product materials compliance.

Kevin Dix serves as the senior vice president of global environment, health and safety (EHS) at Otis Elevator, a leading manufacturer of vertical transportation systems. He collaborates with cross-functional stakeholders to identify and assess risk, deploy risk mitigation plans, monitor emerging issues and execute environmental sustainability strategies.

Robert Bae is the Vice President of environment, health and safety (EHS) at ABM Industries, a facility management and services company. He has a proven record of developing and executing comprehensive EHS strategies for large, global organizations.