Posts by Samee Nihill
Welcome New Employees
Polestar is pleased to announce and welcome Lorna Dittmer and Alex Schwarz to our team. Lorna has a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from South Dakota School of Mines & Technology and brings with her over 30 years of experience in chemistry, environmental compliance, regulatory permitting and reporting, waste site characterization, and remediation. She is…
Read MoreCongratulations ISMS Team
Congratulations Polestar ISMS Team for a project completion well done! From 2015 to 2021, Polestar provided personnel to a prime contractor at the Hanford Site for an Integrated Safety Management System Surveillance (ISMS) Team. The team provided the client with an in-depth understanding of their implementation of the Department of Energy’s ISMS requirements. The team,…
Read MoreFY21 2nd Quarter Work Anniversaries
Congrats on years of incredible work at Polestar! January Bill Bailey, Bryan Coles and Tom Davies February Dawn Adams, Jo Lynn Draper, Tom Rodovsky and Gabrielle Schuler March Charmaine Busler, Mark Morton Jr, Samee Nihill, Bill Peiffer and Ronny Tronstad
Read More2020 Holiday Food Drive
Thank you to our staff for the kind and generous support to our community residents in a time that is much needed. During the holidays, Polestar collected food items and monetary donations for our quarterly food drive. A total of 100 pounds of food and supplies (including toilet paper!) and $310.00 were happily given to…
Read More2020 Annual Christmas Party and Silent Auction
No doubt about it: 2020 was a year of challenges for individuals and businesses everywhere. But… some light did exist at the end of the tunnel that gave us a little something to look forward to…the annual Polestar Christmas party! We had to get creative with this year’s Christmas Party. Although we could not all…
Read MoreWelcome Donna Yasek
Donna Yasek has joined the Polestar family and will be bringing her experience in environmental cleanup to our team. She has worked in a variety of roles at the Hanford Site, which has given her the opportunity to be involved in the majority of Hanford cleanup projects. These projects include groundwater remediation in the 200…
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