Charles "Chip" Day is the Operations Program Manager for the Center of Toxicology and Environmental Health (CTEH), L.L.C., an environmental consulting firm that is part of the University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences Incubator Program. CTEH is an environmental consulting firm that has several specialties including toxicology, risk assessment, emergency response and operations oversight. Chip has over 26 years of experience in the hazardous material emergency response industry and is considered a tankcar and tank truck specialist as well as a product specialist for chlorine, hydrogen fluoride, vinyl chloride and numerous other chemicals. He has managed hundreds of incidents over the course of his career ranging from minor spills to industrial facility disasters.

Chip is an Issue Team Member for the Chlorine Institute and has been involved in the design, testing and demonstration of several specialty pieces of equipment. Mr. Day has also been developing specialty techniques which have become industry standards with regards to patching, transferring and handling critically damaged and breached vessels of chemicals including chlorine, anhydrous hydrogen fluoride, LPG, hydrogen chloride, and anhydrous ammonia. In addition to managing the hundreds of incidents listed above, he has been directly involved in the emergency response and recovery following thousands of incidents throughout North America.