J. Trevor Boyce

CEO & Chairman

Boyce has worked his entire 25-plus year career for Microbac Laboratories, Inc., joining the Company in 1983 as Assistant to the President. He served as Laboratory Director of the former Schiller Division in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before moving to Virginia to start a laboratory, the now defunct Mid-Atlantic Division.

He later became Executive Vice President, working alongside his father, Microbac founder A. Warne Boyce, and Chief Operating Officer Bob Morgan. In 1993, Trevor was named Microbac’s President & CEO, a title he held until becoming CEO & Chairman in 2009.

An active member of the laboratory community, Boyce has served as Treasurer for the American Council of Independent Laboratories, as well as other positions in the organization. Previously the Chairman of A2LA (American Association of Laboratory Accreditation), he has served on the organization’s Board for over a decade. Boyce has also served on the Board of Trustees at Waynesburg University and remains on the Board of a local community in Rhode Island, known as the Weekapaug Fire District.

Boyce is a member of Microbac's Executive Committee.

James Nokes

President

Mr. Nokes, who has served as a Microbac Laboratories Vice President/Regional Director and Managing Director of the Company’s Knoxville (TN) Division, has a well-established record of success in impacting many aspects of Microbac since joining the Company in 1998. He possesses an extensive background in the environmental and food testing industries, as well as in clinical laboratories.

As Managing Director of the Knoxville Division from 1999-2009, he guided a laboratory which performs chemical and biological testing, and houses the Company’s DNA and molecular testing facility. As Vice President/Regional Director, Nokes provided oversight of the New York Division’s operations and also assisted several other divisions. He continues to be involved in directing the advancement and growth of Information Technology within Microbac.

Prior to arriving at the Knoxville Division, Nokes earned a B.S. in Biology with a minor in Chemistry from David Lipscomb University and a M.S. in Microbiology with emphasis in molecular biology from Middle Tennessee State University.

Nokes is a member of Microbac's Executive Committee.

Robert W. Morgan

Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Morgan possesses nearly four decades of experience in the analytical services industry and six additional years in the water treatment industry. He joined Microbac Laboratories, Inc. in 1972 and, with the help of very dedicated co-workers, grew a two-person laboratory in Erie, Pennsylvania into a successful laboratory with over 45 employees. The Erie laboratory provided analytical sampling and testing of foods, water, wastewater, wastes, workplace air (IH), stack emissions, radon, and asbestos.

He now serves as Chief Operating Officer and is responsible for coordinating the day-to-day technical and administrative activities of the Company which support the goals, policies and objectives of the CEO. Morgan provides oversight of divisional management activities relating to personnel, quality assurance, finance, customer care, compliance, insurance, and capital expenditures. As COO, he also participates with other members of the executive and management team to prepare Microbac Laboratories, Inc. for the unknown challenges it will face in the future.

Morgan is a member of Microbac's Executive Committee.

Robert S. Crookston, CHMM

Senior Vice President of Business Development

Mr. Crookston has served the analytical laboratory testing industry in numerous management and technical capacities since 1986. Prior to serving as Senior Vice President of Business Development, Crookston served as a Microbac Vice President/Regional Director, providing oversight and helping several Microbac divisions cultivate their growth potential. Crookston demonstrated his expertise in developing growth as the longtime Managing Director of Microbac’s Chicagoland Division. He also serves as Microbac’s ambassador for Customer Care, fostering a culture of high service standards to external and internal customers.

In addition to his leadership tenure with Microbac’s Merrillville, IN-based laboratory, Crookston worked in the utility and TSD industries prior to guiding the growth of a Cleveland-area environmental laboratory, serving as Laboratory Director for many years. Throughout his career, Crookston, a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager Master Level (CHMM), has managed numerous analytical and field sampling projects in the steelmaking, electric utility, waste disposal, chemical, and automotive industries.

Crookston earned a B.S. in Biology Cum Laude from the University of Akron.

Crookston is a member of Microbac's Executive Committee.

Sean P. Hyde

Senior Vice President of Operational Affairs

Mr. Hyde possesses over 20 years of experience in the analytical laboratory industry, including serving as Microbac Senior Vice President and Vice President over the past decade and Managing Director of the Kentucky Division (KTL) for 17 years. Throughout his career, Hyde has demonstrated the ability to maximize all aspects of laboratory operations and has a penchant for improving operations by identifying and correcting problems. In his previous Executive positions with Microbac, Hyde actively managed numerous acquisitions and mergers. As Managing Director of Microbac’s Louisville-based laboratory, he developed an interest in the laboratory acquisition process and helped guide Microbac’s purchases of two local competitors in the late 1990s.

Upon joining Microbac in 1989, Hyde worked in KTL’s wet chemistry and microbiology departments for several years before being named the division’s Assistant Laboratory Director and, subsequently, Managing Director.

Hyde graduated from St. Louis University with a B.A. in Biology / Chemistry in 1985.

Hyde is a member of Microbac's Executive Committee.

Cherie Gudz

Vice President/Regional Director

Ms. Gudz arrived at Microbac Laboratories, Inc. in 1999 upon Microbac’s acquisition of Gannett Fleming Environmental Laboratories (GFEL) in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. While at GFEL, she served as Sales and Marketing Manager from 1995-1999. Gudz was Managing Director/Laboratory Director of Microbac’s Camp Hill Division from 1999-2008 before serving as Managing Director of the Baltimore Division from 2008-2009. In 2007, she was promoted to Vice President and acts as Regional Director of East Coast Laboratory Operations.

Gudz graduated from Wilkes University with a B.S. in Biology.

Gudz is a member of Microbac's Executive Committee.

Ron Sanders

Vice President

Mr. Sanders joined Microbac Laboratories, Inc. in 1983 upon the Company’s acquisition of the Fayetteville (NC) laboratory. He has a plethora of experience, having worked in the laboratory industry since 1969. In addition to his duties as Vice President, Sanders is the Managing Director of Microbac's Fayetteville Division.

Sanders is a member of Microbac's Executive Committee.

N. Cabot Earle, Jr.

Chief Administrative Officer

Mr. Earle is the Chief Administrative Officer for Microbac Laboratories, Inc. In this role, Earle oversees operations of the Corporate Office in Pittsburgh and the company’s legal, quality, risk management, and financial functions.

Through the American Council of Independent Laboratories (ACIL), Earle serves as vice-chair of the Government Relations Committee, chairs its subcommittee on Unfair Competition, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Independent Laboratories Institute, a scientific and educational foundation. Earle also serves on the board of directors of two Pittsburgh organizations, Dance Alloy Theater and the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh.

Earle earned a B.A. from Davidson (NC) College and a J.D. from the Roger Williams University School of Law in Bristol, Rhode Island. He is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Earle is a member of Microbac's Executive Committee.

Dr. Kim Baughman

Director of Development

Dr. Baughman has an extensive background in the analytical testing industry. He was named Director of Development in 2004 and is responsible for technical development for all Microbac divisions. In 2009, he was also named Managing Director of Microbac’s Southern Testing & Research Division, a position he previously held in the early part of the decade.

Baughman joined Southern Testing and Research Laboratories, Inc. in Wilson, North Carolina in 1992, serving as Technical Director. He continued as Technical Director when the laboratory was acquired by Microbac Laboratories, Inc. in 1998. In 2000, Dr. Baughman was named Managing Director of the Southern Testing & Research Division.

Prior to joining STRL, he worked for nine years at Southern Research Institute in Birmingham, Alabama, directing an analytical methods development program. Baughman achieved certification as an Industrial Hygienist in 1986.

Baughman earned a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Florida and his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of South Carolina.