Our People
Based in the Chicagoland area, Dunn Safe has a passion for delivering outstanding service to clients. When needed, we expand our reach and pull teams of other competent individuals together - trusted professionals who share our values and work ethic. While anyone can deliver recommendations - the Dunn Safe team prides itself on delivering responsive, innovative, and quality solutions that minimize risk, and provide for safe, reliable, and resilient operations.
Betsy Dunn, P.E.
Owner, Founder, Managing Partner
As founder and technical leader, Betsy provides the strategic consulting direction across all aspects of Dunn Safe. She is lifelong learner and project manager, having managed numerous projects for both commercial industry and government organizations. She's chaired numerous root cause investigations in response to life-altering events - utilizing critical thinking, systems theory, behavioral analysis, lean, and high-reliability principles to put corrective actions in place that prevent recurrences. She understands the importance of delivering "best-in-class" services to clients, having been a former "client" herself over many years as the Health & Safety Director for a Department of Energy National Laboratory. Betsy has over 25 years of experience working in engineering, nuclear operations, facilities management, and safety & health organizations. She is engaged in all aspects of day-to-day operations at Dunn Safe.
Betsy serves on advisory boards for the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Ames National Laboratory, and the Oak Ridge Associated University National Supplemental Screening Program. She is a registered professional engineer, with an M.S. in Architectural Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from University of Notre Dame.
