{"id":11,"date":"2013-09-13T17:40:24","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T17:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/safety?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-03-16T23:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T23:45:10","slug":"contact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/safety\/contact\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-secondary\">\n  <div class=\"relative bg-black\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"adhere object-cover\" src=\"\/media\/safety\/images\/westernu-hec-sunset.jpg\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"the WesternU Esplanade at sunset\">\n      <div class=\"adhere gradient-overlay\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"relative container pt-56 md:pt-112 pb-144 md:pb-192\">\n      <div class=\"md:flex md:justify-between px-12\">\n        <div class=\"sm:w-8\/12 md:w-6\/12 xl:w-5\/12 px-12\">\n                      <div class=\"mb-20\">\n              <div class=\"block font-sans font-bold text-14 text-white leading-130\">\n  <span class=\"inline-block\">\n    <a href=\"\/\" class=\"block hover:underline\">WesternU<\/a>\n  <\/span>\n      <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/safety\" class=\"inline-block hover:underline\">Environmental Health &amp; Safety<\/a>\n          <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n    <span class=\"inline-block\"><\/span>\n  <\/div>            <\/div>\n                                        <h1 class=\"t-h1-sans  text-white\"><\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"relative my-48 md:my-72\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"lg:flex px-12 lg:justify-start\">\n              <div class=\"w-full lg:w-5\/12 2xl:w-4\/12 -mt-80 md:-mt-112 mb-48 px-12 lg:pr-32\">\n                              <nav class=\"py-28 px-40 2xl:px-64 rounded-5 md:rounded-8 bg-gray-darker text-white mb-40\">\n            <ul>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/safety\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Welcome<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/safety\/emergency-management\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Emergency Management<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/safety\/services\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Programs &#038; Services<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/safety\/incident-reporting\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Incident Reporting<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/safety\/contact\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Our Team<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                          <\/ul>\n          <\/nav>\n                            <\/div>\n      \n      \n                  \n                  \n      <div class=\"w-full px-24 wysiwyg-content lg:w-7\/12 2xl:w-7\/12\">\n        <h4><strong>Mission Statement<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Our mission is to develop and implement appropriate policies and programs to promote the safety and health of all members of our campus community and to minimize the risk of injuries and illnesses.<\/p>\n<p>EH&amp;S provides health, safety, and environmental services to WesternU campuses, including off-campus facilities, to achieve compliance with all local, state, and federal regulations.\u00a0 The Office of Environmental, Health and Safety works to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide a safe campus learning and work environment<\/li>\n<li>Ensure a process of regulatory compliance<\/li>\n<li>Minimize future potential liabilities<\/li>\n<li>Protect and enhance WesternU&#8217;s reputation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"faculty-card my-48 md:my-72\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"md:flex md:justify-between md:items-end mb-20\">\n      <h2 class=\"t-h2-sans  text-red md:mr-40\">Our Staff<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n            <div class=\"md:flex md:flex-wrap px-12\">\n                                                      \n                                                        \n      <div class=\"px-12 mt-24 w-full md:w-1\/2\">\n        <div class=\"sm:flex w-full py-32 border-b-1 border-gray\">\n                                            <div class=\"card block w-256 sm:w-1\/3 pl-12 md:pl-0 pr-12 md:pr-18 mr-auto md:mr-0\">\n                <div class=\"rounded-5 md:rounded-8 overflow-hidden\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image w-full h-256 sm:h-192 md:h-144 lg:h-192 xl:h-256 object-cover\" alt=\"Portrait of James Kearns\" src=\"\/media\/westernu\/images\/staff\/jkearns.jpg\" \/>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"w-full h-full md:w-2\/3 pl-12 md:pl-18 mt-18 sm:mt-0\">\n            <p class=\"t-h2-serif leading-120\">\n                            <span class=\"text-red-light hover:text-red\">James Kearns<\/span>\n                          <\/p>\n            <div class=\"mt-16 t-p2\">\n                            <p class=\"font-bold\">Environmental Health &amp; Safety<\/p>\n                                          <p class=\"font-bold\">Chemical Hygiene Officer<\/p>\n                                          <p>\n                <a href=\"tel:(909) 469-5249\" class=\"hover:underline\">(909) 469-5249<\/a>\n              <\/p>\n                                                        <p>\n                <a href=\"mailto:jkearns@westernu.edu\" class=\"hover:underline\">jkearns@westernu.edu <\/a>\n              <\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1745,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/1745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}