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ATLANTA - (September 13, 2024) – Pond & Company (Pond), is expanding services in its Life Sciences market with two distinct additions – Dr. Rachel Gamble and Gilles Tremblay. 

Rachel Gamble, Doctor of Public Health, Certified Biological Safety Professional, and Registered Biosafety Professional, joins Pond as the Director of Science & Technology for the Life Sciences group. In this role, Dr. Gamble will lend her expertise in biocontainment facility operations, biorisk management programs, operational transition planning, and select agent/regulatory bodies to Pond’s U.S. and international clients. 

Gilles Tremblay joins Pond as Director of Commissioning Services for the Life Sciences group and brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise in regulations and guidelines to both plan and execute commissioning, verification, and validation of critical laboratory environments. Tremblay boasts 30 years of domestic and international operations and maintenance of containment facilities experience. 

“We are thrilled to announce the addition of Dr. Rachel Gamble and Gilles Tremblay to Pond’s growing global Life Sciences group,” said Pond’s Director of Life Sciences, Kevin Rowland. “The unique qualifications, expertise, and industry relationships they bring to Pond further our depth and breadth in this arena and strengthen our ability to continue serving our global client base.”

Dr. Gamble has an esteemed career beginning in academia followed by consulting for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) and other U.S. and international clients. She served as Director of the Office for Environmental Safety and Director for the High Containment/Select Agent Research Facility at Baylor College of Medicine. She simultaneously held faculty appointments at University of Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health in the Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences department and at Baylor College of Medicine in the Molecular Virology and Microbiology department. She is actively involved and serves in professional organizations including American Biological Safety Association (ABSA), Southern Biosafety Association (SBA), and Front Range Biosafety Association (FRaBSA) in addition to serving on the editorial board of Applied Biosafety.

Tremblay has extensive experience in the construction industry and is recognized as a subject matter expert on controls and commissioning of research laboratories and containment facilities. During his career he developed and managed commissioning services within a global life science practice.  

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Pond is a full-service consulting firm providing integrated engineering, architecture, planning, and construction management solutions to public and private clients since 1965. Our staff, located throughout the U.S. and globally, is committed to delivering tailored solutions. Recognizing that clients benefit the most when multi-disciplined expertise is leveraged, Pond builds teams based on client and project requirements, regardless of location, reinforcing our “One Pond” culture. We earn the trust that sets us apart.