Monica Alston
Safety, Health & Sustainability Trailblazer | Obsessed with Driving Operational Excellence | Passionate about Mentoring Future Leaders | Board Member | Executive Sponsor - Alliance of Black Professionals
- Role
- Vice President - Safety & Health and Sustainability at National Grid
- Location
- Albany, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Monica Alston
People-passionate, purpose-driven, transformational executive with proven track record for solving complex business problems; enabling business transformation; and creating strategies to ensure compliance, promote health & well-being, reduce safety and other operational risks, and integrate SHE/ESG/ Sustainability across the business value chain. Credentialed and innovative thinker developing integrated sustainability roadmaps to reduce carbon footprint and increase operational efficiencies. Visionary, collaborative leader and change agent focused on developing others and achieving business objectives. Experienced in developed, developing and emerging markets, and across various industries.Specialties: Over 25 years of experience in US and international environmental management and occupational health & safety; hazardous operations; corporate social responsibility, ESG & sustainability; operational excellence; compliance & auditing; strategic planning & execution; enterprise risk management; business continuity & resilience; project management; and security.
Experience
Vice President - Safety & Health and Sustainability
Jul 2025 — Present · US
Responsible for driving excellence in occupational safety, process safety, health, medical and wellbeing across our National Grid New York business through compliance management, risk mitigation and control assurance, while cultivating a just safety culture that incorporates human and organizational performance principles.In addition, oversee sustainability strategy development and execution.
Education
Villanova University
Master's of Science degree, Environmental Engineering
Drexel University
Bachelor's of Science degree, Chemical Engineering
Skills
- Leadership
- Auditing
- Business Process Improvement
- Program Management
- Sustainability
- Iso 14001
- Root Cause Analysis
- Six Sigma
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Strategy
- Process Improvement
- Occupational Health
- Continuous Improvement
- Lean Manufacturing
- Management
- Ehs
- Risk Assessment
- Energy
- Risk Management
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Environmental Management Systems
- Environmental Auditing
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