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A Group Of Experts Ready To Help You Today!

 

Who We Are

A Group Of Experts Ready To Help You Today!

 

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Purpose

Thatcher Consulting LLC was created to serve as one stop source for issues related to Radiofrequency (RF) exposures and emissions. We assist utilities, government agencies, cellular companies and building owners in compliance with federal, state and local regulations related to RF emissions and safety working in and around RF sources. As the backgrounds of the key team members show, Thatcher Consulting LLC has the depth and breadth of experience to handle the needs of clients throughout the United States. The team members are at the forefront of issues related to 5G exposures and concerns.

 

How We Work

Thatcher Consulting, LLC provides a wide range of consulting services for non-ionizing radiation services to include Radiofrequency (RF) and 60 Hz power line magnetic and electric fields. We provide these consulting services for local and city governments, school districts, colleges and universities, as well as commercial interests. The team at Thatcher Consulting, LLC holds comprehensive certifications by the American Board of Health Physics. Founder, Drew Thatcher, has a Master’s degree in Health Physics from Georgia Tech, served as the nonionizing radiation expert for the State of Washington for an 18 year period, and is currently a consultant to the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Values for Physical Agents Committee. In addition, Drew was an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University for a 10 year period ending in 2014. Drew has over twenty years of experience evaluating nonionizing radiation exposures.

Our Key Team Members

The right people at the right time can make anything possible. 

Lakewood, WA

Drew Thatcher

Lakewood, WA

Drew Thatcher is a former naval nuclear engineer, an IEEE member, a certified health physicist and public health professional with over 30 years experience in evaluating both ionizing and non ionizing radiation exposures.  His masters degree is in health physics, he was the radio frequency expert for the State of Washington for an 18 year period and was an Adjunct Professor of Health Physics at Vanderbilt University from 2004 to 2014. He is currently an editor of the Health Physics Journal for non ionizing radiation topics, and is a consultant of the ACGIH Threshold Limit Values for Physical Agents Committee.

Donald Haes completed undergraduate and graduate degree programs in radiological sciences and protection at the University of Lowell, Massachusetts in 1987 (graduating magna cum laude and valedictorian of his class) and 1988, respectively. Don has been a member the IEEE’s International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety (IEEE/ICES) for over 30 years and is currently the Vice-Chair of Subcommittee 2 (Terminology and Units of Measurement). He also serves as Secretary of the Committee On Man And Radiation (COMAR), an IEEE Engineering Society in Medicine and Biology. Don is currently serving as Secretary/Treasurer of both the Laser institute of America’s (LIA) Board of Laser Safety and the Health Physics Society’s NonIonizing Radiation Section. Although Don has retired from DuPont as a nuclear chemist, and from both MIT and BAE Systems as a Radiation Safety Officer, he still works full time as an independent radiation safety consultant with over 200 clients. Don has maintained certification by the ABHP since 1994 and by the Board of Laser Safety since 2008

Hampstead, NH

Donald Haes

Hampstead, NH
Hampstead, NH

Donald Haes

Hampstead, NH

Donald Haes completed undergraduate and graduate degree programs in radiological sciences and protection at the University of Lowell, Massachusetts in 1987 (graduating magna cum laude and valedictorian of his class) and 1988, respectively. Don has been a member the IEEE’s International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety (IEEE/ICES) for over 30 years and is currently the Vice-Chair of Subcommittee 2 (Terminology and Units of Measurement). He also serves as Secretary of the Committee On Man And Radiation (COMAR), an IEEE Engineering Society in Medicine and Biology. Don is currently serving as Secretary/Treasurer of both the Laser institute of America’s (LIA) Board of Laser Safety and the Health Physics Society’s NonIonizing Radiation Section. Although Don has retired from DuPont as a nuclear chemist, and from both MIT and BAE Systems as a Radiation Safety Officer, he still works full time as an independent radiation safety consultant with over 200 clients. Don has maintained certification by the ABHP since 1994 and by the Board of Laser Safety since 2008

Concord, MA

Fred McWilliams

Concord, MA

Fred McWilliams has completed undergraduate and graduate degree programs in radiological sciences and protection at the University of Lowell, Massachusetts in 1982 and 1984, respectively. Fred has held various positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1987 while his current responsibilities include the oversight of all non-ionizing radiation protection program areas, accelerator radiation protection, and machine produced radiation sources including the plasma science and fusion center.  In addition, he is responsible for all aspects of RF, Laser, Strong Magnetic Field and UV radiation safety for both MIT and MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory (a FFRDC entity) which includes stationary, airborne, ship-borne and space-borne deployment of RF and laser systems. Fred has maintained certification by the ABHP since 1986.

KENNETH R. FOSTER (M’77,SM’81,F’88, LF ‘13) – Senior Adviser – received the Ph.D. degree in physics from Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA, in 1971. He was with the U.S. Navy, Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA, from 1971 to 1976. Since 1976, he has been with the Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, where he is currently Professor Emeritus. He has been involved in studies on the interaction of nonionizing radiation and biological systems, including mechanisms of interaction and biomedical applications of radio frequency and microwave energy. In addition, he has written widely about scientific issues related to possible health effects of electromagnetic fields. He has authored approximately 170 technical papers in peer-reviewed journals, numerous other articles, and two books related to technological risk and the law. He is co-Editor in Chief of BioMedical Engineering Online. In 2016 he received the d’Arsonval Award from the Bioelectromagnetics Society for contributions to the field of bioelectromagnetics. He has been active for many years on the IEEE EMBS Committee of Man and Radiation, the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology, and the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. He is a longtime member of TC 95 of the IEEE International Committee on Electro-magnetic Safety and a member of the Physical Agents Committee of the American Conference of Industrial Hygienists, among many other professional activities.

Philadelphia, PA

Ken Foster

Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA

Ken Foster

Philadelphia, PA

KENNETH R. FOSTER (M’77,SM’81,F’88, LF ‘13) – Senior Adviser – received the Ph.D. degree in physics from Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA, in 1971. He was with the U.S. Navy, Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA, from 1971 to 1976. Since 1976, he has been with the Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, where he is currently Professor Emeritus. He has been involved in studies on the interaction of nonionizing radiation and biological systems, including mechanisms of interaction and biomedical applications of radio frequency and microwave energy. In addition, he has written widely about scientific issues related to possible health effects of electromagnetic fields. He has authored approximately 170 technical papers in peer-reviewed journals, numerous other articles, and two books related to technological risk and the law. He is co-Editor in Chief of BioMedical Engineering Online. In 2016 he received the d’Arsonval Award from the Bioelectromagnetics Society for contributions to the field of bioelectromagnetics. He has been active for many years on the IEEE EMBS Committee of Man and Radiation, the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology, and the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. He is a longtime member of TC 95 of the IEEE International Committee on Electro-magnetic Safety and a member of the Physical Agents Committee of the American Conference of Industrial Hygienists, among many other professional activities.

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