Jerry Forest

Mr. Forest possesses a 40-year career applying his manufacturing experience to process safety with a mission to save lives, protect the environment, and preserve jobs by preventing process safety incidents. He currently serves as a Process Safety Improvement Consultant at Jerry Forest, LLC, a company dedicated to reducing the severity and number process safety incidents at manufacturing sites. Mr. Forest serves as an Adjunct Lecturer in Chemical Engineering Process Safety at LSU and is an Advisor at Pilko. His previous experience includes global roles as Senior Director of Process Safety at Celanese, and Global Process Safety Manager at LyondellBasell. Mr. Forest earned his BS in chemical engineering and MBA at LSU, as well as a master’s degree in pastoral studies from Loyola. Additionally, he is a Certified Process Safety Professional and emeritus through the CCPS. He has been elected to Fellow at both CCPS and AIChE.