Our Staff - Currie Associates

Meet The Hazmat Experts at Currie Associates

Put Our Team of Hazmat Experts to Work for You.

Currie Associates is a recognized expert in regulatory requirements, but what really sets us apart is our industry-leading technical team and support staff. You can rely on our hazmat experts to provide the dangerous goods auditing, consultation, training, and resources you need to keep your business running smoothly.

Regulatory Compliance Specialists & Instructors

With decades of experience, Currie Associates technical consultants and instructors are hazmat experts and leading industry practitioners with strong people skills. They know how to get to the root of an issue quickly and how to build consensus within a team. Our technical team can quickly develop appropriate training and tailor it to your employees. Our regulatory compliance specialists and instructors are among the most highly certified in the dangerous goods industry.

Tom Ferguson, PG, CHMM, DGSA
President & Chief Regulatory Compliance Officer

L’Gena Shaffer, CDGP
Director, Regulatory Compliance

Julie Prescott, DGSA
Sr. Regulatory Compliance Specialist

Rodolfo Koria Maynez, CDGP
Regulatory Compliance Specialist

Ana Diaz
Regulatory Compliance Specialist

Drew Watts
Regulatory Compliance Specialist

Frank Lopez
Regulatory Compliance Specialist

Operations & eLearning

Currie Associates operations staff provides strong administrative and project management support to help ensure that projects stay on target and on budget.

Christine Yakush
Executive Vice President

Anne Barry
Director, Marketing and Communications

Laurie West
Administrative and Training Manager

Ariel Adams
Administrative Assistant

Zoë Zajac
e-Learning Specialist

Jacquelyn Ellis
eLearning Specialist

Contact Our Hazmat Experts Today!

For dangerous goods consulting and hazmat training, turn to the industry-leading hazmat experts at Currie Associates. Our decades of experience providing hazmat services to clients in numerous industries, our reputation for excellence, and our skilled staff of hazmat experts set us apart from other compliance professionals. We’re the reliable choice if you want to make sure your business is operating effectively, efficiently, and in compliance with hazmat and dangerous goods regulations.

Find out how our team of hazmat experts can make a difference for your business! Give us a call at 518.761.0668 or complete our easy online contact form to learn more about dangerous goods training and compliance assistance from the industry experts at Currie Associates.

Lara & Jack Currie, Co-Founders

Currie Associates, Inc. was founded in 1990 by husband and wife duo John (Jack) and Lara Currie. Their visionary leadership paved the way for their company’s continued success. After 30 years, the couple stepped back from the frontline to allow their established, loyal employees to take the reins. Jack and Lara retired in late 2020, providing them more time to spend with their family, friends, outdoor sports, and horses.

Knowledge comes from experience, and neither were lacking with this dynamic couple. Jack’s career in the transportation safety field includes Supervisor of the New York State Police Hazardous Materials Response and Enforcement Unit, Safety Director for the American Trucking Associations, and Corporate Manager of Hazmat for Digital Equipment Corporation. He worked with legislative and regulatory staff at the state, federal, and international levels to draft, introduce, support, and implement reasonable and prudent controls within the transportation industry. He developed and presented written and oral testimony on hazardous materials and transportation safety in both Houses of the US Congress. He wrote several books and model training programs on the guiding principles of hazardous materials transportation and participated in the International Maritime Organization Dangerous Goods Subcommittee, the United Nations Sub Committee of Experts on the Transportation of Dangerous Goods, and on several committees of the National Academy of Sciences Transportation Research Board.

Lara is a veteran of both the trade association management business and the dangerous goods transportation industry. In her career, she assisted industry and trade associations with managing the development and implementation of compliance and training programs, new products, marketing and membership programs, domestic and international meetings and seminars, and communication with regulatory and legislative bodies. She served as the administrator for the Council on Safe Transportation of Hazardous Articles (COSTHA) and the International Vessel Operators Dangerous Goods Association, Inc. (IVODGA). Formerly she served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Warren County NY Board of REALTORS, the Director of Marketing for the American Trucking Associations and the Director of Communications for the Arlington Virginia Chamber of Commerce. During her career, Lara was listed in Outstanding Young Women in America, Who’s Who Advertising, Who’s Who of American Women, and Who’s Who Emerging Young Leaders.