Monique Parker, CSP is the Senior Vice-President of Safety, Environment, Health (SEH) and Sustainability for Piedmont Lithium; headquartered in Belmont, NC. She earned her BS in Chemical Engineering from Tennessee Tech and has almost 20 years of experience leading SEH around the world. Her experiences span a wide range of industries from textiles, food production, building materials, chemical manufacturing and mining. In the last 7 years, much of her experience has been in the Lithium mining and processing space. Most recently, she joined Piedmont Lithium where she is responsible for acquiring the required operational permits, developing a robust safety program, and leading the sustainability strategy to support Piedmont’s efforts to support the electric vehicle market.