Barbara Lantry-Miller
Senior Associate Consultant / Engineer
Barbara Lantry-Miller comes to HCS as a consultant with 30+ years of experience in the chemical industry in Environmental, Health, Safety and Dangerous Goods. For the past 16 years Barbara was the Director of Controlled Products and Dangerous Goods for the AMERICAS for Givaudan, a Swiss multinational manufacturer of flavors, fragrances and active cosmetic ingredients. She began her career as a Program Engineer with GE Aircraft Engines moving into the world of Environmental, Health and Safety, transitioning from engines to chemicals. She has been responsible for hazard communication, SDS and label authoring, configuration development on integrated SDS authoring software, Dangerous Goods and Controlled Products (drug precursors, explosive precursors and chemical weapons).
In addition to her corporate work, from 2014 to 2021 she was an NGO delegate to the UN Sub Committees of Experts for the Globally Harmonized System and the Transport of Dangerous Goods. Barbara was a influential industry advocate in the development of the combustible dust guidance “Annex 11: Guidance on Other Hazards Not Resulting in Classification” in Rev 8 of the GHS Purple Book. In addition, she lobbied successfully at the UN for labelling relief in the Labelling Working Group resulting in “Annex 7: Examples of arrangements of the GHS label elements” which highlighted the need for alternative forms of hazard communication labelling for small packages.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts (English) and a Bachelor of Science (Industrial and Systems Engineering) from The Ohio State University and a Master’s in Science with emphasis in environmental, health and safety from the University of Cincinnati.
Throughout her career Barbara has managed to balance family, work and volunteerism. She was a member of the DGAC Board of Directors for two years and then elected to Chairman of the Board in 2016. In addition, she was elected to the Board of Directors of the Council on Safe Transportation of Hazardous Articles in 2023. When not working she vacations and hikes with her husband and their giant poodle Cosmo.