He has worked for Fortune 100 companies including Nestle and Ford Motor Co. in different facets of occupational safety, security and emergency response operations. While at Ford, he was the recipient of the President’s Health & Safety Award for Innovation representing the Americas for reducing injuries and illnesses while launching three new vehicles. English’s most recent position was with E-ONE Inc. as director of environmental health and safety based out of Ocala, FL. He earned a B.S. in Fire & Safety Engineering Technology specializing in Industrial Risk Management and an M.S. Safety, Security & Emergency Management from Eastern Kentucky University.