Environmental Health and Safety

Environmental Health & Safety provides oversight in the area of worker safety and health; manages the university's local, state, and federal responsibilities for safety and health compliance, and reporting requirements (OSHA); manages the university's local, state, and federal responsibilities for environmental compliance, reporting, and permitting (EPA & DEQ); and is responsible for fire safety.

The Employee Right-to-Know workplace safety brochure provides Washington and Lee University employees with important information regarding the safe use of chemical substances. For help understanding or reading the document, please contact Mike Jennings at mjennings@wlu.edu or Karen Paulk at kpaulk@wlu.edu. 

Your Safety Team:

Mike Jennings — Director of Environmental Health and Safety
190 W. Denny Circle, Room 112
Lexington, VA  24450
Office (540) 458-8175
Cell    (540) 460-0500
mjennings@wlu.edu

Mark Fontenot — Fire & Life Safety Systems Technician
190 W. Denny Circle, Room 110
Lexington, VA  24450
Office (540) 458-8968
Cell    (540) 570-8969
mfonteno@wlu.edu

Jamie Brown — Safety Compliance Coordinator
190 W. Denny Circle, Room 110
Lexington, VA  24450
Office (540) 458-8968
Cell    (540) 784-0094
jbrown@wlu.edu