Randal "Randy" Perkins founded AshBritt as a Florida corporation in 1992. Randy sets the vision for the organization through constant insight, research, and analysis of the technical, operational, and political environments comprising the disaster industry.
Randy is highly qualified and experienced in all phases of disaster response and recovery operations from his years of practical, hands-on, real-world experience. He has an encyclopedic knowledge regarding all response measures, damage assessment, debris collection, removal, reduction, recycling, and disposal activities. Moreover, he is a deft communicator who is able to assist high level stakeholders with the public information demands following major disaster events.
Randy has completed course work at the University of Central Florida in Business Administration and at the University of Miami in Global Business Concepts. He holds seats on the Board of Directors of several national charitable organizations, and is very active in state and local charitable endeavors.
John W. Noble, Chief Operating Officer
John Noble is an environmental engineer who earned his Masters degree in Solid and Hazardous Waste Management from the University of Florida. He also is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he earned a Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering-Engineering Management. Over his career, John has managed a long line of environmental construction and mitigation projects. Since joining the AshBritt team in 1994, he has successfully overseen the operations of over thirty mid-to-large-scale disaster response and recovery projects. Furthermore, he has generally provided operational insights for all of AshBritt recovery deployments.
John is currently a State of Florida Board of Professional Engineers,Engineer Intern (# 1096ET126) and a licensed Certified Pollutant Storage System Contractor (No. PC C056744). He is certified in OSHA's 40 Hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response training, as well as the 8 Hour Annual Refresher course.
Terry M. Jackson, Chief Marketing Officer
Terry Jackson is AshBritt's chief marketing strategist, as well as an experienced, hands-on project manager. Since joining the AshBritt team in 1995, Terry has successfully managed over twenty-five various disaster and special environmental projects. Terry is a resident expert in the federal Public Assistance program and in the many regulations and guidelines propagated by FEMA. He is also AshBritt's senior compliance and safety manager, having gained invaluable first-hand experience and professional training over his many years of experience.
What's more, Terry joined the AshBritt team after a fruitful twenty year career with PepsiCo Corporation. His experience there in multi-market management, organization, and systems analysis has been transferred over the years to develop better client service, marketing, and administrative practices for AshBritt. Terry holds a Bachelors of Business Administration from the University of Houston, and has completed continuing education course work in business from Florida International University.
Ralph Dahlgren, Managing Vice President
Ralph Dahlgren has had over 20 years of customer service, property management, logistics and transportation experience. As the Out-port Ops Manager for Royal Caribbean Cruise lines, Ralph was responsible for transportation and logistics operations in ports and airports world-wide. As the GM of the Disney Resort property in Hilton Head Island, he directed all operations for a 15 acre resort property.
Since joining AshBritt in 2004, Ralph has become fully integrated into the disaster industry and utilizes his organizational skills to benefit AshBritt's clients. He successfully managed AshBritt's response and recovery efforts in Escambia County, Florida following Hurricane Ivan in 2004 from which AshBritt collected and disposed of over 2 million cubic yards of debris. He was also instrumental in managing several concurrent projects in South Florida after Hurricane Wilma in 2005, with total debris quantities exceeding 2 million cubic yards. Ralph is a graduate of the Florida International University in business administration, and he earned an MBA from the University of Florida.