John Gerhart is the President of 1914 Iron Inc., a consulting company geared toward process control, safety, and operations training and support. John retired from the DuPont Company after 33 years in operations, training, safety, and process control. As a chemical board operator who has years of experience in training other board and field operators, he served as the chair of the DuPont corporate chemical operator’s network that focused on safety and operational best practices. A member of the DuPont Chemical Workers Association and the United Steelworkers of America for 20 years, John worked to bring understanding of the workers’ needs to management, and was able to voice management’s needs to many workers. John also served as a member and second party auditor of the DuPont phosgene guardian committee, and was a member of several Highly Toxic Material (HTMs) committees. He is an OSHA certified process safety management trainer and technical writer, and has held numerous leadership positions both professionally and within his community.