East Coast Risk Management North Huntingdon

Meet the Staff

ECRM North Huntingdon, PA

	East Coast Risk Management 40 Lincoln Way Suite 201 North Huntingdon, PA 15642
	Phone: Cell: Fax: Email:	(724) 864-8745 (724) 433-1835 (724) 864-9265 tbittner@eastcoastrm.com
Travis Bittner - Safety Consultant

Travis Bittner is a Safety Consultant for East Coast Risk Management’s corporate office located in North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Travis earned his B.S. in Safety Management and Environmental Health from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (SRU) in 2007. From May of 2007 until August, Travis conducted his apprentice ship at ECRM. Travis has also been certified in other areas of safety and health such as Hazardous Waste Operations, OSHA 500 Trainer course for the construction industry and most recently the OSHA 501 Trainer course for General Industry. Travis currently provides safety and health services to a wide variety of clients on an ongoing basis.

Travis has expertise in all areas of construction including Excavation and Trenching, Paving, Concrete and Masonry, Fall Protection, and Scaffolding. Travis is also experience in Jobsite Audits, Safety Committee Start-up, Maintenance, and Operations.

	East Coast Risk Management 40 Lincoln Way Suite 201 North Huntingdon, PA 15642
	Phone: Cell: Fax: Email:	(724) 864-8745 (724) 689-7063 (724) 864-9265 ghilmar@eastcoastrm.com
Gary Hilmar - Safety Consultant

Gary serves as a Senior Safety Consultant with East Coast Risk Management’s corporate office in North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Gary graduated from Wittenberg University with a degree in Biology and has studied at Case-Western Reserve University in their MBA Program.

Gary brings a great deal of experience to East Coast Risk Management. He has worked as a safety and human resource professional for his entire career spanning many years. Gary’s first job was as an industrial hygienist with a nationally prominent insurance carrier. From this start his career progressed through workers compensation specialty positions within the insurance industry to corporate safety and personnel director positions in private industry for large national construction/manufacturing firms. Safety has been a constant in Gary’s career but also included is a period of almost twenty years as a corporate manager of personnel and risk management. Additionally, he has had responsibility for EPA services at various times in his career. Gary headed for many years the safety sub-committee of a large nation trade association of companies involved in heavy construction of power plants, steel mills, refineries and similar facilities. Companies he has been involved with have achieved regional and national safety recognition for the results of their safety programs. This diverse background serves Gary well as he interacts with East Coast Risk Management clients addressing the safety and related issues of the workforce.

Gary works very closely with East Coast Risk Management clients in the Southwest Pennsylvania area to provide safety services tailored specifically to the needs of a diverse group of clients. The services are primarily in the area of workers compensation, fleet liability, public liability and property damage exposures. Manufacturing, construction and retail and social services are typical services provided by the clients for which Gary is responsible. As with many East Coast Risk Management clients, personnel and human resources issues are closely intertwined with the traditional safety services.

	East Coast Risk Management 40 Lincoln Way Suite 201 North Huntingdon, PA 15642
	Phone: Cell: Fax: Email:	(724) 864-8745 (724) 272-0614 (724) 864-9265 gpeterson@eastcoastrm.com
Gordon Peterson, PE - Manager of Environmental Health and Safety

Gordon Peterson serves as the Manager of Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) for East Coast Risk Management. Gordon holds a B.A. in Communications and a B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin. He earned an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois. Gordon also received one of the initial Cray supercomputer grants from the National Science Foundation and was involved in a post degree computer modeling program of kinetic groundwater transport at the University of Illinois, Stanford University and the University of Waterloo in Canada.

Gordon has more than 25 years experience in the EH&S and Engineering Services arena working both within the consulting and construction industry as well as directly for a Fortune 500 multinational manufacturing firm. His unique relationships with numerous key firms in the Environmental and Engineering services sector have proven a valuable asset to ECRM clients, in both large and small projects. Gordon is a licensed Professional Engineer who participates in several industrial advocacy groups and professional societies.

Prior to joining East Coast Risk Management, Gordon held the positions of Director, EH&S, and Senior Manager of Strategic Sourcing EH&S, for a large multinational corporation responsible for over 30 manufacturing plants and 700 retail operations worldwide. This position required a broad range of EH&S activities, acquisition/divestitures of businesses, and capital projects in the chemical, coatings and glass manufacturing and distribution sectors. Prior to that, Gordon moved from the project engineering level of a small environmental consulting firm to the position of Senior VP of Operations with one of the largest environmental engineering and remediation companies in North America. This experience enabled Gordon to develop a thorough understanding of the compliance requirements and risks involved in all areas of the industrial sector regardless of a company’s size or limitations. It has given him specific exposure to the compliance needs of the petrochemical, health services, transportation, energy and both light and heavy manufacturing sectors.

	East Coast Risk Management 40 Lincoln Way Suite 201 North Huntingdon, PA 15642
	Phone: Cell: Fax: Email:	(724) 864-8745 (412) 951-4192 (724) 864-9265 aranallo@eastcoastrm.com
Angel Ranallo - Workers' Compensation Claims Coordinator

Angel is ECRM’s ‘front-line’ claim specialist. Angel is usually our clients’ first point of contact when a work-related injury occurs. Here is where the crucial early-intervention and control of a workers’ compensation claim begins. Angel is responsible for incident investigation, directing patient care, managing the medical treatment, and coordinating early return-to-work. Angel follows the progress of an injured employee’s recovery, until a full duty work release and discharge from care are obtained.

Angel has both an Associate Degree in Business and in Medical Assistance. She came to ECRM with fourteen years experience as a workers’ compensation case manager. Angel has worked for both Healthsouth and Highmark, in their Medical Consulting division. As a result, Angel now has excellent relationships with workers’ comp physicians in western Pennsylvania.

ECRM clients have come to trust and depend on Angel for pro-active assistance and advice from the very outset of a workers’ compensation claim.

	East Coast Risk Management 40 Lincoln Way Suite 201 North Huntingdon, PA 15642
	Phone: Cell: Fax: Email:	(724) 864-8745 (412) 330-0534 (724) 864-9265 esatler@eastcoastrm.com
Eileen Satler - Workers' Compensation Claims Manager

Eileen comes to ECRM with over twenty years of insurance related experience. She began her career handling multi-line claims for The Hartford, and then specialized in workers’ compensation over the next fifteen years. Eileen has managed workers’ compensation for insurance carriers and self-insured employers.

During the insurance industry reorganizations of the 1990’s Eileen also ran her own business as an insurance claim consultant. Most recently, she spent six years at the UPMC Health System, the largest employer in western Pennsylvania, as their in-house Workers’ Compensation Specialist. There, in addition to workers’ comp, Eileen was involved in health, safety, liability, human resource, benefits, and disability legal issues.

Eileen now consults with ECRM client employers to oversee their workers’ compensation program and ensure best practices and outcomes for their business.

	East Coast Risk Management 40 Lincoln Way Suite 201 North Huntingdon, PA 15642
	Phone: Cell: Fax: Email:	(724) 864-8745 (412) 726-5537 (724) 864-9265 pyorio@eastcoastrm.com
Patrick Yorio, CSP, CWCA - Senior Safety Consultant

Patrick serves as Senior Safety Consultant with East Coast Risk Management’s corporate office located in North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Patrick earned his BS in Safety Engineering from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) and a masters degree from IUP in Labor Relations & Business. Patrick also is currently enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh’s Katz Graduate School of Business pursing a doctorate in Organizational Development. Patrick currently holds the Human Resource Certification Institute’s designation of Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), the Board of Certified Safety Professional’s designation of Certified Safety Professional (CSP), & the Institute for WorkComp Professionals designation of Certified Workers Compensation Advisor (CWCA).

Prior to starting with ECRM, Patrick worked in various capacities in a variety of industries including private sector safety and human resources management and consulting, public sector enforcement of labor law, public sector business & economic development, and international management & process consulting.

Throughout his professional career, Patrick has developed a proven track record of success in developing and implementing solutions to management problems in a wide variety of fields ranging from human resource management & safety performance to productivity improvement. His industry experiences includes: Construction (commercial and residential), Manufacturing (metals, heavy metals, fabrication, plastics, foods, etc.), Healthcare, Retail, Distribution & Transportation.