David Eherts PhD, CIH

Dr. David Eherts retired from Allergan Pharmaceuticals at the end of 2020 and is currently consulting for NSC-ORC HSE and teaching at Tulane University’s School of Public Health. David has enjoyed a 40-year career in the fields of Safety Assessment, EHS, Sustainability, and Employee Health starting as a toxicologist in Pre-Clinical Drug Safety Assessment at Merck. He moved to EHS and has held positions of increasing responsibility in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, and aviation industries most recently at Allergan as their Global Vice President for EHS and immediately prior to that at Sikorsky Aircraft as the Vice President and Chief Safety Officer leading their EHS, Aviation and Product Safety, Medical and Government Security functions.

Dave holds Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and Biology and a Master's and Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology from Drexel University. Related to professional societies, organizations, and awards, David was recently honored by NAEM (the National Association of EHS Management) with their Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019 and as the National Safety Council (ORCHSE) Innovation Award Winner in 2018. Under the Obama administration, David was appointed by the US Secretary of Labor to serve on the Federal Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee (heading the 11c Subcommittee) from 2014-to 2018. He’s chaired the ISPE Containment CoP (2016-2020), served on the Board of Directors of Occupational Knowledge International, on the Board and chaired the Environmental Business Committee at SoundWaters, and on the advisory board for the ORC Executive Business Issues Forum where he led the Return-on-HSE-Investment (ROHSEI) Taskforce.