Christopher Boyd - Moving Public Health Agencies from Reactive to Preventative Approaches for Managing Water Borne Disease Risks From Building Water Systems

Christopher Boyd is the General Manager for Building Water Health with NSF Health Sciences and has over 30 years’ experience working with elected officials, NGOs, community based organization and the private sector to advance progressive environmental, public health, sustainability and economic solutions. With NSF, Mr. Boyd works with public and private sector stakeholders to adopt best practices for managing distribution and premise plumbing systems. Prior to coming to NSF, Mr. Boyd was the Assistant Commissioner for Environmental Sciences and Engineering at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, where he led the agency’s response to the largest Legionella outbreak in New York City history. He also reorganized the response to building and community legionella outbreaks and oversaw implementation of the first proactive Legionella controlling regulatory standards for cooling towers. Mr. Boyd was responsible for regulatory oversight of the city’s municipal water system, recreational waters, radiation producing equipment, radioactive materials and supported emergency preparedness efforts. Mr. Boyd developed a consensus building model to dramatically reduce the radiological terror risk profile of NYC and this model is being replicated by the U.S. National Nuclear Safety Administration in the U.S. and internationally. While with NYC, Mr. Boyd managed a team of over 100 personnel, including engineers, research scientists, medical physicists, water ecologists and public health sanitarians.

BC CDC Presenters

10/28/2019 7:00:00 PM