Alizabeth Aramowicz Smith
Nominated for: 30 Over 30 Award
Title: Global EHS Senior Consultant & Health and Safety Practice Leader
Company: Antea Group
Years in Profession: 25
Nominator: Mary Mathiowetz, Field Marketing Manager, Antea Group, Work Colleague of Alizabeth.
Tell us why this person deserves recognition for making a difference in the practice of EHS & Sustainability management. (500 words max.)*
Alizabeth Aramowicz Smith is a Global EHS Senior Consultant and the Health and Safety Practice Leader at Antea Group. In addition, she serves as a Leadership Steward supporting the CEO/President of Inogen Alliance, a global network of environmental, health, safety, and sustainability consultants for multinational organizations. Alizabeth is an accomplished Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) professional with more than 25 years of experience with specialization in global environmental, health and safety (EHS) compliance management systems development; EHS policy analysis; international EHS compliance inspections and results trend analysis; EHS training development and presentation; and management and coordination of all aspects of environmental, health and safety (EHS) compliance projects for corporate and regional leaders. Alizabeth’s primary focus has been with global technology companies, retailers, distribution centers, research and development laboratories for the automotive industries, specialty chemical manufacturers, distribution centers, transportation parts suppliers, life science corporations, garment manufacturers, paper industry, research and development laboratories for the automotive industries and colleges and universities.
Known for her innovative skills, she is a sought-after resource for large clients where she can identify their needs and develop solutions while leading a diverse team of H&S professionals. Key accomplishments at Antea Group include Global RegSupport Helpdesk, Global Operational Support, EHS Registers and Protocols, and EHS Support for Warehouse, Fulfillment & Distributions. She is the company’s Service Line Leader for Global Regulatory Content and EHS Training and serves on the steering committee for the Manufacturing Segment and RiskRight Solution. Early in her career Alizabeth spent five years with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory as an Environmental Regulatory Specialist working alongside the Department of Defense at military installations throughout the United States, Central America, and Europe. Operating within strict guidelines and policies she wrote state-specific regulation summaries, managed the development of various environmental compliance assessment manuals, assisted with pollution prevention strategies, developed information briefs, regulatory bulletins, papers, and presentations on environmental compliance. She co-wrote and managed the development of the U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) environmental compliance and pollution prevention assessment manuals, analyzed proposed federal and state regulatory changes, wrote position papers and appeared at hearings to assist ACC and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) clients in preparing for the changes.
Alizabeth has an undergraduate degree in Psychology and Biology from Earlham College and a Master of Public Affairs with a concentration in Environmental and Natural Resource Management and Environmental Policy Analysis from Indiana University Bloomington.
Describe a situation or initiative where the nominee was directly responsible for a significant achievement and/or advancement in the practice of EHS & Sustainability management. Include metrics and KPIs if available. (500 words max.)*
Under the direction of Alizabeth the Health and Safety Practice grew 9% from 2022-2023 to more than thirteen million in net revenue. This remarkable success is a testament to her focused leadership and mentoring of her team and the development of innovative and creative ideas used to better service clients.
The Health and Safety Practice team created and implemented a system to collect, track and visualize 141 country-specific emergency response regulations for over 1,100 facilities (offices, data centers, electronic laboratories, warehouses, and manufacturing) to calculate the monetary value of risk the client is facing. Global Emergency Response Support is currently utilized by a client who acquired an emergency response program within a new organization and needed to ensure there was clarity on the regulatory requirements for their different facility types such as offices, data centers, manufacturing, research, and design facilities. The project is ongoing, and updated annually as new acquisitions, COVID requirements, and new hybrid office impacts affect their program. “Every assignment is a value add to the client as all of the global team are passionate about explaining their country’s EHS paradigm and how it relates to and/or contrasts to other countries requirements” states Alizabeth when referencing Regulatory Compliance and Registers. She is a highly respected leader that has developed unparalleled coverage and quality of EHS&S legal compliance information and registers to support all types of companies. She led a global team of +50 international consultants to develop EHS regulatory content registers for 104 countries including protocols for use by Fortune 50 companies for audits and ISO compliance. Collectively they complete on average 50+ applicability analysis and client-tailored registers a year for brand name retailer, technology, and manufacturing clients.
Other noteworthy accomplishments managed by Alizabeth and attributing to the phenomenal success and growth of the Health and Safety practice globally are:
- Global EHS Risk Ranking process and tool developed to assist clients in expansion efforts, where to target EHS budgets, and leading and lagging metrics to monitor the EHS culture of clients
- Led an audit team of comprehensive EHS compliance audits for brand name technology software and hardware clients, global distribution centers, Department of Defense (DOD), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), chemical manufacturing, global food manufacturing, paper product manufacturing, automotive supplier, and research and development laboratories in 29 US states, Central America, and Europe
- Led an international team to support a leading enterprise software and computer hardware company with about six hundred facilities assisting with global programs, regulatory compliance audits, and acquisition integration
- Generated pollution prevention strategies for corporate global EHS manufacturing company managers that have a demon
In your opinion, what are the predominant skills and attributes that directly contribute to the nominee’s effectiveness and success? (500 words max.)*
Alizabeth is visionary, forward thinking and a problem solver. In the ever-changing global environment, EHS leaders need quick and concise answers to global regulatory and compliance questions. Companies are facing new and emerging regulations, a lack of current and available expertise within their realm, changes in policies and procedures and the need for geographically correct information. This skill set allowed, Alizabeth’s to come up with a winning solution to this challenge was the development and subsequent commercialization of the award-winning Global RegSupport Helpdesk service. Alizabeth identified the gaps in clients’ abilities to access answers to their global EHS regulatory questions. Knowing that they had to rely on their own research and the issue with accuracy or purchasing EHS subscription services or contracting formal consulting services she was able to offer a Help Desk concept to quickly provide answers to environmental, health, safety, transportation, and product stewardship questions. In partnership with Inogen Alliance and the availability of 3200 associates in seventy-two global offices who could answer region specific questions the gap was filled. It is the only pay-as-you-go service that connects clients to the right in-country specialist for reliable, tailored, and real-time answers to any EH&S or regulatory question.
In 2024 the Global RegSupport Helpdesk innovation was awarded four stars by the Environment and Energy Leaders Awards program with a judge stating that “there are few services that claim to offer ‘global’ regulatory tracking/databases, but none have been complete. The support element of the Antea Group product is fantastic.” Another commented that it was an ‘Excellent product with technical features and performance that provide clear and substantial benefits.”
Share the ways this nominee has positively influenced you, both personally and professionally. You may also include reflections and quotes from others including executives, direct reports, colleagues, suppliers, and clients. (500 words max.)*
Angelique Dickson, President, and CEO of Inogen Alliance has described Alizabeth as perceptive, respected, and innovative.
Alizabeth is extremely perceptive to global Environmental Health and Safety and Sustainability challenges and is an excellent guide in helping hundreds of companies hone in on priorities and develop efficient and achievable plans. Her breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding of the needs of the client has garnered her recognition and applause for focusing on the right things. Alizabeth is very skilled at identifying and developing strategies and operations plans to identify, visualize, and reduce EHS risks for companies. A result driven leader, she has looked at the challenges of policies and procedures constantly changing and created change. Clients and colleagues respect Alizabeth, and she is a sought-after resource for the Environmental, Health and Safety and Sustainability teams. She excels at leading and motivating diverse teams of professionals and, as well as communicating/consulting with clients in government and industry, consulting firms and the public.
She is an innovative leader that is always finding ways to improve EHS delivery and adoption. Her creativity resulted in Health and Safety campaigns with safety heroes as well as data visualization that leads to data driven safety decisions. If she does not have the answer, she will get it for you or in many cases she will produce an idea. The need for a comprehensive and integrated system to understand and analyze client data was the backbone for the development of EHS Data Trending and Analysis and another innovative idea from Alizabeth. Other attributes consistently used by colleagues, clients and others who collaborate with her were an effective communicator, good listener, enthusiastic and a mentor. In her role as the Health and Safety Practice Leader she manages a U.S. and international team of EHS consultants that provide on-demand regulatory analysis for highly visible brand name ecommerce retailers and technology companies successfully completing on average 25+ projects a month. “Ideas will not keep. Something must be done about them” is a quote by Alfred North Whitehead and one that embodies who Alizabeth is and how she is described by her colleagues.
Provide one or more examples of nominee’s commitment to environmental stewardship within their organization and/or the community. (500 words max.)*
Adding to her busy schedule Alizabeth facilitates, presents, and publishes at various forums in the U.S. and abroad on topics such as emergency response, global compliance and active threat training, due diligence, and global EHS trends. Some of the more recent include:
- Order from Chaos – Global EHS&S Management Challenges and Solutions Webinar, December 2022
- Easy as Pie: Using your EHS Program to Elevate your ESG Strategy Webinar, November 2022
- Reigniting Company Culture in a Hybrid Office Model through Total Worker Health® , April 2022
- Returning to Work Safely: Best Practices and Lessons Learned from a COVID-19 Compliance Officer Webinar, June 2021
- One Size Does Not Fit All: Helpful Strategies to Design an EHS Program that Fits You, Webinar, June 2022
- Sedlak, Loraine, Case, Thomas E, and Aramowicz Smith, Alizabeth. Sealing the Deal: The Role of the EHS Professional during an Acquisition, The Synergist. December 2019
- Your Carbon Footprint – Earlham College Global Climate Strike, 27 September 2019
- Global Content and Global RegSupport Helpdesk, Inogen Stresa, Italy Conference May 2019
As an advocate for lifelong learning, Alizabeth has made several presentations at local schools. Most recently she was a guest speaker for an Advanced Proficiency Environmental Science class at Richmond High School. The course is designed to cultivate an awareness of a broad range of environmental topics with the core concept being an understanding of interrelationships in the natural world. To help the students correlate the relationship of production and consumption Alizabeth presented “Circular Economy – what it is, why it is so difficult, and how the rewards make it worth it.”
She has also reached a younger audience at the Richmond Friends School. With her enthusiastic approach and love of teaching the sciences she presented several interesting and engaging topics.
- Food waste science – and how to compost
- What goes on your body is as important as what goes into your body (looking at beauty products and how to make more natural versions of them)
- Ugly Vegetables – why do we not sell them in the US?
Her energy and passion for learning extends far beyond students. In her role as the Health and Safety Practice Leader she oversees a staff of both experienced Health and Safety professionals and those who are newer to the field. Antea Groups “Consulting Continuum” is an opportunity for staff to advance on a career path. Alizabeth has provided mentoring and support to many Antea Group colleagues and is a sought-after resource for her expertise on many topics.