Kevin Carroll – President & CEO

Academic Degrees:

B.Sc. in Environmental Biology; Manhattan College (1974)

Qualifications/Licenses:

Registered Environmental Assessor, California, (#192)

Mr. Carroll is an environmental risk professional with extensive experience in technical, managerial and financial aspects of international environmental assessments and regulatory compliance. He specializes in interpretation of environmental liabilities in corporate real estate transactions, mergers/acquisitions and structured financing packages.

Mr. Carroll is responsible for management of investigation and remedial services, financial analysis of environmental risks and advisory services in environmental risk management.  He directs EFA strategic planning activities for technical issues and business expansion primarily in the financial and real estate development sectors.

Kevin Carroll – President & CEO

Hironori Kamemoto – Executive Director

Academic Degrees:

M.Sc. in Soil and Aquatic Environmental Studies; Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (1986)
Ph.D. in Forestry and Environmental Studies; Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (1997)

Dr. Kamemoto has more than 25 years of experience in environmental management and regulatory consulting. His project experience includes: urban redevelopment; municipal redistricting; recreational development; investigations/decontamination consulting for commercial, retail and residential buildings; semiconductor plants, machine factories and pharmaceutical factories

Dr. Kamemoto established the Japan Branch of International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) in 1997 and he participated in re-establishing IAIA as Japan Society for Impact Assessment in 2000. In the same year, he coordinated the activities of the Japan Environmental Measurement and Chemical Analysis Association and the American Council of Independent Laboratories (ACIL) with the goal of introducing U.S. EPA environmental analytical methods to Japanese ministries and laboratories.

Dr. Kamemoto is a member of The Japanese Society of Limnology and The Geo-Environmental Protection Center. He is an instructor in the Environmental Program in the Master’s Course of Environmental Assessment at Wales University (U.K.).

Hironori Kamemoto – Executive Director

David Kahane – Executive Director & Chairman of Forensic Analytical Specialties, Inc.

Academic Degrees:

B.A. in Physiology; UC Berkeley (1980)
M.P.H. in Environmental Health Sciences; UC Berkeley (1982)

Qualifications/Licenses:
Certified Industrial Hygienist #5549, American Board of Industrial Hygiene, 1992
Mr. David Kahane oversees consulting group operations and provides litigation support services. Mr. Kahane has a Bachelor of Arts in Physiology and a Master of Public Health in Biomedical and Environmental Sciences from the University of California at Berkeley.
He is a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH).
Mr. Kahane provides technical expertise in litigation support for asbestos, lead and fungal exposure cases. He performs and supports industrial hygiene and indoor air quality investigations for a variety of commercial, industrial, insurance, military and school clients. He has performed and is well versed in various analytical methods including optical microscopy for asbestos, particulate and trace evidence, XRF and AAS/ICP.
Mr. Kahane is also a guest instructor at UC Berkeley asbestos and lead certification classes, serves on technical committees for AIHA and ASTM, and has served as a board member for the California Chapter of the Environmental Information Association (CCEIA).

David Kahane – Executive Director & Chairman of Forensic Analytical Specialties, Inc.