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Environmental Professional Industry Charities

Founding Members

The EPIC charity was started in 2022 by Jay Zandell and Frank Dickerson. Since then, EPIC has made a profound impact on the lives of students and professionals in the environmental industry. Hear more about EPIC's start from the founders below.

Associations that Endorse Us
vikynz

EPIC is promoted by

Jay Zandell of Vikynz

About the Environmental Industry Mayor:

  • Jay earned his high school diploma while being enlisted in the Marine Corps.
  • He pursued his passion for geology at the University of Kansas.
  • He founded an environmental consulting firm in Kansas City confronting novel challenges with contamination, underground storage tanks (USTs), and remediation, catalyzing rapid learning and adaptation.
  • In 1996 he relocated to Arizona and continued to diversify his expertise, venturing into various facets of the industry and eventually establishing his own enterprise.
  • He was GeoScience Team Lead at AECOM and later VP of Business Development at Overley's and Hawkke.
  • In 2024 he started his own company VIKYNZ - get infuzed into the spectrum.

"Confronting and conquering stage 4 cancer, competing on prestigious platforms as a natural bodybuilder, and embodying service to both industry and community, I stand as a testament to the power of perseverance passion and performance" -JZ

SAEMS is very grateful for the donation from EPIC. SAEMS will apply this to our scholarship fund for the upcoming year. EPIC has been a great partner in assisting us with paying it forward for the next generation of environmental, health, and safety professionals.

Dave Mack

President

Each year, the CEMS awards up to three scholarships to students (one undergraduate, one graduate, and one law student) currently attending a program at a Colorado university or collage, with a focus on engineering, geology, environmental sciences, environmental law, or another field that addresses environmental issues. SEMS would like to thank EPIC for their generous donation of $500 towards the CEMS Scholarship Fund. We look forward to working together again in the future!

Maggie Mandell

President

Your donation from EPIC to the AHS scholarship fund was recently forwarded to me at the AHS Foundation. We are the 501(c)(3) charitable funding arm of AHS. We thank you for the unexpected support and I assure you your donation will go directly to students through one of the AHS scholarships. We will be awarding three $2,000 scholarships to university students at the symposium next week in Tucson, as well as intern awards, poster awards, and waiving of symposium registration fees. We also fund kids to science camp, student field trips, professional internships, and teacher workshops. We very much appreciate your support.

Howard Grahn

Treasurer