Monona Rossol

Monona Rossol was born into a Vaudeville family, began working as a professional entertainer at age three, and continues to perform occasionally to this day.  She has a BS in Chemistry with a minor in Math, an MS and MFA with majors in art and a minor in music.  Monona worked seven years as a research chemist for the University of Wisconsin and a year with an industrial research laboratory.  From 1977 to 1987, she practiced industrial hygiene at the Center for Safety in the Arts in New York, a group which she co-founded. In 1987 she founded Arts, Crafts, and Theater Safety (ACTS) for which she works today. She has been a full professional member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association since 1984.  Since 1995, she has been a Safety Officer for Local USA829, United Scenic Artists, IATSE.  Since 2017, she has been the Safety Consultant at SAG-AFTRA.   She also has consulted on the planning of over 80 buildings specifying ventilation and safety features.  She has three architectural awards for environmental planning and in 2020 she became a consultant to the ACGIH Committee on Industrial Ventilation and is now a full member.  She has consulted in the US, Canada, Australia, England, Mexico, Portugal, the Netherlands, and the United Arab Emirates.  She has written nine books, one of which won a 1996 Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award from the Association of College and Research Libraries.  Two of her books are used as college texts today.