SCG recognizes that our capability as a firm relies heavily on the quality of the staff that we can commit to each project. Our staff of more than 25 professionals includes managers, environmental scientists, health scientists, technical writers, communication specialists, data analysts, information managers/specialists, conference planners/coordinators, training specialists, editors, and graphic artists. Working together in interdisciplinary teams, we focus our collective expertise on meeting the needs of our clients.

Cameos of our officers and senior staff provide a brief overview of our experience and expertise.

Beverly J. Campbell, SCG’s President and founder, has nearly 20 years of experience working with federal agencies and private sector clients on many important health and environmental programs and initiatives. She combines scientific expertise with excellent management, writing, and communications skills. During her career, Ms. Campbell has held senior management positions in several consulting firms, managed support contracts for 14 different federal agencies and a dozen private clients, and supervised the efforts of more than 50 multidisciplinary professional and support staff.

Stacy E. Philipson, SCG’s Vice President of Administration, has more than 10 years of experience providing contract administrative support for the federal government. In addition, she is responsible for all financial management and corporate administration.

Joan M. Cox is a senior manager with more than 20 years of professional consulting experience in the health and environmental fields. She has managed various projects and tasks to support the development of written and communication products, to conduct program evaluations and feasibility studies, to facilitate peer review of grant applications, and to coordinate program reviews, workshops, symposia, and other types of meetings.

Sharon S. McDonald has more than 24 years of experience in scientific and technical writing. She has written and published articles in peer-reviewed journals as well as book chapters, papers, presentations, and reports on various aspects of carcinogenesis, diet and cancer, chemoprevention, and early detection and screening for cancer. Ms. McDonald has managed a number of contracts to provide technical and logistical support to several federal agencies.

Virginia M. Boyd is a highly skilled meeting planner who has managed hundreds of meetings for government and private clients. Over the past decade, she has coordinated small meetings of eminent scientists as well as large international conferences with exhibit halls. In addition, Ms. Boyd managed a multimedia information center targeted at physicians and health care professionals.

Corporate Officers

Beverly J. Campbell is SCG’s President and founder. For more than 17 years, she has managed and supported various environmental and health programs and initiatives for numerous government and private sector clients. She has hands-on experience managing complex, multitask support contracts, and has directed the simultaneous efforts of professional and support staff, consultants, and subcontractors in the performance of over hundreds of work assignments covering a broad range of health and environmental topics and research programs. During her career, Ms. Campbell has worked with a variety of federal agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), the Public Health Service (PHS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the U.S. Air Force (USAF), the Department of Energy (DOE), and the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA).

In addition to federal clients, Ms. Campbell has provided technical support to a number of private companies and organizations, including: the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Clean Sites, Inc., the Center for Hazardous Materials Research, DuPont, and the Remediation Technologies Development Forum—which includes Dow, DuPont, Monsanto, GE, Novartis (formerly Ciba-Geigy), ICI, Zeneca, and Beak International.

Ms. Campbell has managed and provided technical support for the establishment and operation of several hotlines, clearinghouses, and information systems; the development of numerous scientific reports, manuscripts, and other publications; and the preparation of dozens of presentations, briefings, speeches, reports to Congress, strategic plans, technical issue papers, manuals, annual reports, newsletters, factsheets, brochures, guidebooks, meeting summaries, posters, exhibits, and videotapes. In addition, she also has managed and supported logistical and administrative support efforts for peer reviews and has directed and provided assistance for numerous conferences, symposia, workshops, program reviews, and other meetings. Ms. Campbell also has designed and prepared a wide range of graphic products on a variety of environmental and health topics for publications, briefings, exhibits, presentations, videos, etc.

Ms. Campbell is a skilled technical writer with an ability to communicate complex concepts to both technical and lay audiences. She has a talent for developing strategic frameworks upon which to build effective programs and for identifying information needs and data gaps that must be addressed to meet the challenges of the future. She has designed evaluation tools and established criteria to measure program effectiveness and has assisted a number of clients in evaluating their programs and assessing future needs. Her excellent communication and negotiation skills have enabled Ms. Campbell to play a vital role in the creation of partnerships among the public and private sectors to conduct collaborative research that addresses mutual needs and concerns.

Ms. Campbell received her B.S. in Chemistry from George Mason University, along with a degree in Business Administration. She is currently working toward her M.B.A.

Senior Staff

Joan M. Cox has 19 years of experience in providing consulting services to public and private clients in support of their health and environmental programs. She has designed surveys and data collection protocols, directed program evaluations, developed guidance materials and manuals, prepared strategic plans and implementation plans, designed training courses and materials, directed meeting planning and support activities, facilitated peer review of grant applications, prepared numerous outreach and communication materials, conducted needs assessments, and designed information systems. Ms. Cox has helped clients to design and implement new initiatives and programs and she has collected data on numerous topics ranging from financial and health care statistical reporting systems to technology verification.

Ms. Cox has provided both writing and editorial support for the development of numerous reports, briefings, reports to Congress, strategic plans, manuals, annual reports, factsheets, brochures, meeting summaries, posters and other products for government and private clients. This support has included literature/database searches, data compilation and analysis, information synthesis, writing, editing, proofreading, and generation of camera-ready products. Ms. Cox assisted EPA’s Office of Research and Development in preparing the Agency’s first report to Congress on pollution prevention research. She conducted numerous interviews and prepared nine case studies to assist EPA in designing the Agency’s environmental technology verification program. Ms. Cox assisted with the development of several guidance manuals for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and the design of training programs and outreach materials for the Public Health Service, NIH, and EPA. In addition, she has monitored and summarized legislative and regulatory activities for various clients and has developed a variety of technology transfer and outreach documents for such diverse audiences as Congress, state and local governments, field staff, federal inspectors, Superfund attorneys, environmental managers, public health officials, and the general public. Ms. Cox holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Iowa.

Sharon S. McDonald has more than 24 years of experience in scientific and technical writing, critical literature review, and scientific information collection and analysis. She has served as a writer/editor for manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals, annual reports, strategic plans, book chapters, proceedings, reports, newsletters, brochures, papers, briefings, and meeting summaries. Ms. McDonald has researched, written, and edited products on a wide range of scientific topics for numerous federal clients, such as the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), the Office of Research on Womens Health (ORWH), the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR), and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). She is an accomplished technical writer and a highly skilled editor and has experience in all stages of the publication process, including the comprehensive quality control procedures required for the preparation of top quality publications.

Ms. McDonald has conducted the research for and written more than 35 scientific journal articles, book chapters, technical reports, and presentations on various aspects of carcinogenesis, diet and cancer, chemoprevention, and early detection and screening for cancer. A few examples include: “Proposed Genetic and Cellular Targets of Chemopreventive Agents for Colorectal Cancer,” “Biomarker Endpoints in NCI-Sponsored Chemoprevention Trials,” “Studies in Primary Prevention of Breast and Prostate Cancer: Tamoxifen and Finasteride,” “Fat, Calories, and Obesity: Lifestyle Cancer Risk Factors,” and “Strategies for Cancer Prevention Through Diet Modification.” Ms. McDonald also evaluated selected literature and synthesized the information to develop a comprehensive chapter on dietary carcinogens for the textbook Principles and Practice of Oncology, 5th Edition. She has provided technical support for numerous boards and advisory groups including the National Cancer Advisory Board, NCI’s Board of Scientific Counselors, NCI’s Board of Scientific Advisors, and NIAMS’ National Research Plan Task Force. Ms. McDonald has assisted numerous federal clients in preparing annual reports and research plans for their organizations, and she has prepared summaries and proceedings for a variety of technical meetings. She also has developed training courses and materials and taught at the university level. Ms. McDonald holds an M.S. degree in Food Science, with an emphasis in toxicology and biostatistics, from the University of Maryland. In addition, she has completed the coursework and the candidacy exam for a Ph.D.

Virginia M. Boyd has more than 8 years of experience in planning and coordinating various meetings for federal clients, including the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Division of Extramural Activities, the NCI’s International Cancer Information Center (ICIC), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) in the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). She has planned and managed the support for dozens of scientific and technical meetings, conferences, workshops, symposia, and similar types of events. Ms. Boyd has provided logistical support for high-profile advisory boards and councils, including the National Cancer Advisory Board, NCI’s Board of Scientific Counselors, NCI’s Board of Scientific Advisors, several NCI Program Review Groups, and the Remediation Technologies Development Forum (a consortium of government agencies and private organizations conducting collaborative research to develop innovative technologies to address complex hazardous waste issues). Ms. Boyd also has managed logistical support for peer review meetings for CSAT and EPA. In addition, she has assisted with the design and development of a conference tracking system for monitoring the status of the myriad tasks required for successful meeting planning. Ms. Boyd has coordinated all aspects of premeeting, onsite, and postmeeting support required for various types and sizes of meetings. She has designed and prepared materials for various meetings and managed the preparation and dissemination of meeting summaries, proceedings, and verbatim transcripts.

For EPA, Ms. Boyd provided meeting planning and logistical support for two program review meetings for projects funded under the 1995 solicitations for Water and Watersheds and Regional Hydrologic Vulnerability to Climate Change. She also coordinates logistical support for meetings of EPA’s Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC). For CSAT, Ms. Boyd coordinated all logistical support activities for 12 major technical assistance workshops (each with 150 to 300 attendees) at various locations across the United States. She also planned, coordinated, and managed the logistical support for more than 125 peer-review panel meetings to evaluate grant applications received by CSAT in response to over 30 Request for Applications (RFAs) and Program Announcements (PAs). Ms. Boyd also managed the implementation of the Information Associates Program (IAP) for the ICIC. The IAP provided oncological information to the 8,000+ members (oncology practitioners) of the program. Ms. Boyd has an M.A. in Education from George Washington University.