DGI Instructors


Our instructors, like all of us at DGI, are dedicated to creating a learning environment which ensures your understanding of the Regulations and safety in transport. All DGI instructors meet the requirements of section 4.1 in ICAO, and 1.5 in IATA. We'd like you to meet them...

Instructor	What they teach	Bio

Dawn Anderson	IATA, 49CFR, IMDG, Hazardous Waste Student Comments from Dawn's classes	Over 16 years experience in hazardous materials/dangerous goods transportation. Dawn's experience includes writing regulations, the manufacture and use of UN Specification packaging and the transportation of hazardous waste. She has been teaching hazardous materials transportation, by all modes of transport, for the past 5 years.
Lee Barnes	IATA, IMDG, 49CFR, Radioactive Materials, Infectious Substances Student Comments from Lee's classes	Prior to joining DGI, Lee was with Qantas Airways for 30 years in operations and dangerous goods instruction.
Jim Boehringer, CECM	IATA, IMDG, 29CFR, 40CFR, 49CFR, Explosives, Cargo Tank/Portable Tank Compliance, Maritime Claims/Insurance, Cargo Securement, Radioactive Materials, Infectious Substances, TDG, SCT, ADR/RID Performance Oriented Packaging, Train-the-Trainer, Certified Environmental Compliance Manager Student Comments from Jim's classes	Jim has 38 years of extensive international and domestic transportation, logistics, enforcement and emergency response experience. He is a Certified Environmental Compliance Manager (CECM), serves as Associate Staff at DOT/RSPA's Transportation Safety Institute in Oklahoma City and as instructional staff at Texas A&M University's Environmental, Health and Safety Department. He has conducted hazardous materials courses worldwide, resided in the Middle East and Far East for 12 years and is fluent in Arabic, Farsi, German, Thai and Vietnamese. Jim currently serves as DGI's industry liaison to Transport Dangerous Goods Canada (TDG), Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transporte de Mexico (SCT), and the United States Coast Guard. He has written several training publications on 29, 40, and 49 CFR and the IMDG Code. He is a member of COHMED, COSTHA and NIT League and holds a Bachelors Degree in Environmental Engineering.
Jerry Green	IATA, IMDG, 49 CFR, Radioactive Materials, Infectious Substances, Hazardous Waste, Train the Trainer Student Comments from Jerry's classes	27 years experience in dangerous goods transportation issues, including training. Jerry is Associate Staff at DOT's Transportation Safety Institute in Oklahoma City. In addition, he serves as Instructional Staff At George Washington University's Aviation Safety and Security Management Program.
Sandra Harding	IATA, Airline Training Student Comments from Sandra's classes	More than 20 years experience in the airline industry with operations, management and Dangerous Goods training.
Peter Hecker	IATA, 49CFR, Airline Training Student Comments from Peter's classes	32 years with Lufthansa German Airlines conducting Dangerous Goods programs at Lufthansa's training center in Seeheim, Germany. Served on the IATA/FIATA Technical Panel and has taught classes for IATA worldwide. Holds German government certification for Dangerous Goods training.
Pamela Jones	IATA, IMDG, 49CFR Student Comments from Pam's classes	10 years experience in the hazardous materials shipping industry for a chemical manufacturer including regulatory compliance, classification of chemicals and training of hazmat employees.
Sean Kelly	Webinar Training Student Comments from Sean's webinars	Sean's hazmat career started in 1983 as a Huey pilot in the Army transporting beans & bullets. After ten years of flying with the Army, Sean worked for American Airlines in flight operations at the Frankfurt airport. As Program Manager for Hazardous Materials for World Airways he established company procedures and traveled to southeast Asia teaching Worldâ€™s procedures and regulations to many contracted airlines and employees. Sean also worked for Chapman Freeborn in Frankfurt as a traveling flight ops. Sean flew with the aircraft to strange parts of the world responsible for flight ops, cargo, maintenance, catering and anything else the airplane or crew needed. In 1998 Sean joined DGI as the manager of DGI Tech Control, and he has been answering all your hazmat questions ever since.
Cindy Masello	IATA, 49CFR, Airline Training Student Comments from Cindy's classes	Cindy has been instructing dangerous goods transportation for the past 16 years for various airlines and training schools. She has over 35 years experience in operations and administration in the airline industry.
Terry Poland	IATA, 49CFR, IMDG Student Comments from Terry's classes	Terry Poland has over 25-years of management and training experience in airline and air freight transportation logistics. His experience includes air crew service in the United States Air Force, airline operations management with DHL Air Cargo and Mid Pacific Airlines in Honolulu, Hawaii, and freight forwarding experience as the Hawaii District Manager for Lynden Air Freight. During his career, Terry was directly responsible for the various company hazmat training and compliance programs. A graduate of the University of Hawaii (Leeward College) in 1986, Terry moved to moved from his home in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Henderson, Nevada, in 2003.
Phil Rieke	IATA, 49CFR, IMDG, Radioactive Materials, 40CFR, Hazardous Waste Student Comments from Phil's classes	18 years experience in training and shipping of dangerous goods, hazardous wastes and radioactive materials by all modes of transportation. Was responsible for providing oversight on shipments and training all levels of hazardous material employees throughout the Department of Energy complex for over 10 years. Most recently was responsible for package licensing, transportation oversight and transportation training for a nuclear fuel fabricator. Currently owns his own transportation training and consulting business.
Vic Thomas	IATA, 49CFR, IMDG, Infectious Substances Student Comments from Vic's classes	Vic comes to DGI after 28 years with an international agriculture company where he was the Senior Regulations Specialist. In addition to ensuring his company was in compliance with the regulations, he also conducted training and on-site audits. Vic is a past Board member of HMAC, representing industry at the UN Subcommittee of Experts in Geneva, Switzerland. He holds degrees in both chemistry and biochemistry.

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