Richard Gerlach

Dr. Richard Gerlach is Senior Director of Safety & Health at Cintas Corporation. He has 33 years of professional safety and health experience including positions at Halliburton NUS, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC and Cintas. He holds the following credentials: Certified Safety Professional, Certified Industrial Hygienist and Certified Professional EH&S Auditor. Dr. Gerlach is a former Chair and current member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Management Committee. He is also the current Chair of the Textile Rental Services Association Safety Committee.

Dr. Gerlach helps organizations develop and implement the management focus and infrastructure (policies, programs and procedures) necessary to prevent work-related injuries and illnesses. His professional interests include transformational safety leadership, S&H risk identification and control, regulatory compliance audits and S&H management system assessments.