San Antonio Testing Lab Personnel
Name: Marcela Gracia Hawk
Title: President
Education: Pan American University, B.B.A. Management
Experience: Over fifteen years finance, management, and personnel administration.
Ten plus years laboratory management experience. Past Vice-Chairman
and Program Director for the Alamo Laboratory Analyst Chapter ofthe
Texas Water Utilities Association. Member of the Texas Water Utilities
Association and San Antonio Manufacturer's Association.
Name: Richard R. Hawk Title :General Manager Education: Northern Michigan University Experience Seventeen plus years experience in laboratory supervision. Past President of the Alamo Laboratory Analyst Association. Past Chairman of the State Lab Analyst's Section of the Texas Water Utilities Association. Administrator for the State of Texas Voluntary Laboratory Analysts Certification since 1989.
Name: Sairam Abburu
Education: M.S. form The University of Texas at San Antonio Title: Quality Assurance Manager Experience: Over 14 years environmental laboratory experience including extraction and analyses of organics and inorganics pollutants. Sound knowledge on QA/QC procedures, including cGMP, CLP, and TNI procedures. Experienced on various analytical instrumentation including GC, GC/MS, HPLC, and ICP. Extensive knowledge on EPA SW-846, CLP, and Drinking water test methods. Well Versed with various wastewater and drinking water methods and wet chemical parameters. Knowledgeable on Texas Risk Reduction Program for Phase II analytical requirements.

Name : Howard Hayden Title: Technical Director / Sr. Organics Chemist Education: Bachelor of Science, Sterling College Experience: 20 years experience in environmental laboratory including extraction and analysis of organic and inorganic pollutants. Sound knowledge of TNI/NELAP Quality Assurance requirements. Fulfills the role of Technical Director and Sr. Organics Chemist.
Name :Irene Davila
Title: Technical Director – Microbiology / Metals Analytical Chemist
Education: Bachelor of Science, The University of Texas at Austin
Experience Experience in Microbiological methods. Effectively functions as
Technical Director for Microbiology and as Metals Analyst performing
Mercury and ICP analyses.





