Barbara Flury Knight

Barbara Flury Knight

Peachtree City, Georgia, United States
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First only reusable steam sterilization pouch system worldwide for 30 years strong…

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Experience

  • Enviropouch Graphic

    Enviropouch

    Peachtree City, GA

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    Fayette County, GA

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    Roswell, Georgia, United States

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    South Plainfield, NJ

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    Cambridge, MA

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    New England

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    Greater Atlanta Area

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    Atlanta, Georgia

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    Richmond, Virginia

Education

  • Georgia Institute of Technology Graphic

    Georgia Institute of Technology

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    Activities and Societies: Georgia Tech Athletic Association - Solid Gold Captain, Alpha Delta Pi, FASET leader, Circle K International. Dean's List.

    Go Jackets! Co-op student - Philip Morris USA (Richmond, VA) - Industrial Engineer, Delta Air Lines, Inc. (ATL) - Methods Analyst. Self-financed collegiate experience.

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    Activities and Societies: GA Professional Teaching Certification Program. Obtained clear renewable certificate to teach in several fields, in grades ranging from P-12. Dean's List.

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    Activities and Societies: 1979 Senior Atlanta Journal Cup Winner, Salutatorian, Soph/Jr Class and National Beta Club officer. Latin Student of the Year. Varsity Captain Letter Cheerleader, track, tennis, 1976 9th Annual Yellow Daisy Festival Stone Mountain Princess.

    Go Cardinals! Athletic peers - Steve Lundquist 1984 Summer Olympics gold medalist. Scott Woerner UGA star defensive back and kick returner 1980 National Championship Team, 2016 Inductee, National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame.

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Advisor

    Georgia Tech Medical Device Entrepreneur Assn

    - 1 year 7 months

    Science and Technology

  • Georgia Institute of Technology Graphic

    TI:GER Volunteer judge

    Georgia Institute of Technology

    - 1 month

    Science and Technology

    Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business TI:GER annual Business Plan Competition - volunteer judge

  • Volunteer judge

    Fayette, Coweta, Spalding Counties School Systems

    - Present 12 years 7 months

    Science and Technology

    Science Fairs - volunteer judge

  • Fayette County Public Schools, Fayetteville GA Graphic

    Volunteer & Substitute Teacher

    Fayette County Public Schools, Fayetteville GA

    - 10 years 9 months

    Education

    Substituted across grades/subjects (public & private). Annual Pre-K Learning Center coordinator and board member. Elementary-level multi-annual, community service project leader, fundraising.

  • Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Graphic

    Founder/Organizer: Career, Collegiate, & Fashion Conference Day

    Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts

    - 2 years 1 month

    Education

    Created the opportunities for fun, face-to-face, encounters among participants on a collegiate campus with a culturally enriching, personally uplifting, rewarding, & affirming conference day. Participants included adolescent girls, their sponsors, and volunteer, inspirational, career women of high profile and not, with multi- or singular-career paths, who represented a wide range of life dream pursuits. Corporate sponsorship provided the fashion show, more career inspiration, and take-home…

    Created the opportunities for fun, face-to-face, encounters among participants on a collegiate campus with a culturally enriching, personally uplifting, rewarding, & affirming conference day. Participants included adolescent girls, their sponsors, and volunteer, inspirational, career women of high profile and not, with multi- or singular-career paths, who represented a wide range of life dream pursuits. Corporate sponsorship provided the fashion show, more career inspiration, and take-home gifts for participants.

  • United Way of Greater Atlanta Graphic

    Big Sister

    United Way of Greater Atlanta

    - 6 years 1 month

    Children

    Matched with a little sister, we enjoyed building our sisters relationship beyond the formal program participation and distant moves.

  • Georgia Institute of Technology Graphic

    STEAM Career - Motivational Speaker & Role Model - Futurescape

    Georgia Institute of Technology

    - 6 years 6 months

    Science and Technology

    National Science Foundation funding. Ga Tech Research Corp sponsored. Before STEM was an acronym, it was fun to share the what-ifs with young ladies, if they persisted in math and science. Futurescape became the source of inspiration and foundation for a videotape, manuscript and speaking engagements to connect with young people on how the pursuit of excellence in learning is connected to their present and future life-choices and quality of life. Also, the Boston-area Girl Scouts initiative…

    National Science Foundation funding. Ga Tech Research Corp sponsored. Before STEM was an acronym, it was fun to share the what-ifs with young ladies, if they persisted in math and science. Futurescape became the source of inspiration and foundation for a videotape, manuscript and speaking engagements to connect with young people on how the pursuit of excellence in learning is connected to their present and future life-choices and quality of life. Also, the Boston-area Girl Scouts initiative listed above, with thanks to their leadership in our shared commitment to make it happen, was another outreach of the Futurescape experience.

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    Circle K (GT chapter), tutor at historic Home Park Elementary

    Kiwanis International

    - 2 years 9 months

    Education

    Served others in the GT local community to provide food, physical labor and children’s tutoring to hopefully lessen their burdens, uplift and empower them.

  • Mentor

    Mentor

    - Present 48 years 3 months

    The American Dream & STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math based education & careers), Aviation careers, Children, Economic Empowerment, Education, Care-giving, Long-Term Care & Insurance Issues, Healthcare, Women in Business, Entrepreneurs & Self-employed.

  • Bible Study Fellowship Graphic

    Children's Leader

    Bible Study Fellowship

    - 7 years 9 months

    Education

  • Bible Study Fellowship Graphic

    Children's Leader

    Bible Study Fellowship

    - 1 year 9 months

    Education

  • Volunteer judge

    NCFCA

    - 2 months

    Education

    Evaluate & provide positive, constructive feedback to teens in team and individual debate & speaking.

  • Georgia Tech Alumni Association Graphic

    Student Mentor

    Georgia Tech Alumni Association

    - Present 11 years

    Education

    Participate in various SAA activities on campus & mentor students.

  • YELLOW JACKET FLYING CLUB INC Graphic

    Member & volunteer

    YELLOW JACKET FLYING CLUB INC

    - Present 12 years 1 month

    Education

    Promote YJFC participation to GT students, faculty, alums. Invite guest speakers. Educate the public at air shows. Enjoy the aviation fun!

  • National Association of Manufacturers - NAM Graphic

    Volunteer

    National Association of Manufacturers - NAM

    - 2 years 8 months

    Economic Empowerment

    Matching spectrum adults with GA manufacturing employment opportunities.

  • Volunteer judge - Ga Tech Inventure Competition

    Fayette County Huddleston Elem

    - 2 years 1 month

    Children

    Enjoyed judging the 5th & 2nd graders’ Ga Tech k-12 sponsored, Inventure competition.

Publications

  • ShoutOut Series featuring Barbara Flury Knight

    VoyageATL

    Interview

    See publication

  • Rethinking Plastics -

    Science Learning Hub - New Zealand

    Excerpt from the article "...More than a century after Bakelite’s introduction, Earth and its occupants still struggle with air and water pollution, emissions from coal and fossil fuels and species extinction – some of this due to our use, and misuse, of plastic.
    It’s not all negative though. The timeline below presents a brief history of plastic: technological advances, societal and environmental impacts and some of the initiatives helping us rethink how we use plastics...."

    Other authors
    • Royal Society Te Apārangi President Professor Wendy Larner
    See publication

  • “Can Medical Care Exist Without Plastic?”

    National Georgraphic

    Excerpt: "Hospitals are filled with sterile single-use plastic. Environmental advocates are looking for less wasteful ways to keep healthcare hygienic."

    Other authors
    • Sarah Gibbens
    See publication

Projects

  • Enviropouch custom products for research and clinical lab applications

    - Present

    Enviropouch collaborates in the US with infection control professionals and representatives at the CDC and internationally with dental practices, universities, colleges, technical colleges, cleanrooms, and private research & commercial biomed and other types of labs to develop specific custom product sizing and performance criteria.

    Other creators
    • Dentists
    • Doctors
    • Infection Control Specialists
    • Dental Hygiene Directors
    • Lab Technicians
    • Clinicians
    • Students
    • Dental Hygienists
    • Researchers
    • Scientists
    See project

Honors & Awards

  • 30 Years Anniversary 1993-2023

    EnviroPouch® Customers

    Note of Thanks...

    "Dear Enviropouch® Customers,

    30th AnniversaryThank YOU for 30 years of loyal business and our partnership for growth and sustainability! Thanks to your professional collaboration, support and referrals for 30 years, together we continue to grow.

    Thanks to your personal commitment to excellence, together we annually make positive progress in infection control professional process time, cost and handling efficiency. We enjoy seeing your practices and…

    Note of Thanks...

    "Dear Enviropouch® Customers,

    30th AnniversaryThank YOU for 30 years of loyal business and our partnership for growth and sustainability! Thanks to your professional collaboration, support and referrals for 30 years, together we continue to grow.

    Thanks to your personal commitment to excellence, together we annually make positive progress in infection control professional process time, cost and handling efficiency. We enjoy seeing your practices and colleges thrive, as cost effectiveness and profitability increases. Our earth's sustainability footprint improves by a factor of over 200 times for every unit purchased and utilized!

    Your partnership is necessary and greatly appreciated! We look forward to continually earning your business by working together to innovate and to advance professional, business, charitable and sustainability initiatives that enhance the daily lives and future of all of us, together.

    Last, thank you for making this US Veteran Owned Small Family Business viable in the US for its Georgia location, manufacturing jobs and US suppliers. We are excited about 2018, our 30th year anniversary, promising to be the best yet, together!"

    Respectfully,
    Barbara Flury Knight,
    President/CEO
    Enviropouch® Team
    Proud to honor and thank our EnviroPouch ® customers & co-founders, Drs David & James Stoddard, celebrating 30 years of annual worldwide growth!

  • National Geographic - “Can Medical Care Exist Without Plastic?”

    National Geographic

    Article

  • Metro ATL Export Challenge Grant

    Atlanta Metro Chamber

  • Team Operational Excellence Award, Georgia Manufacturing Alliance Summit Oct 26 2016

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    Enviropouch won Team Operational Excellence Award presented at GMA Summit, October 26, 2016! Congrats Team for innovation, leadership, employee engagement and results!

  • American Dental Hygienists' Association

    ADHA

    Corporate Member and sponsorship - Celebrating 100 years of the Dental Hygiene Profession

  • American Graphic Design & Advertising

    American Graphic Design & Advertising 28

    Award of Distinction to Logos Atlanta for Logos and Trademarks, for submsission "Enviropouch"

  • Clinicians Report (CR) Dental Hygiene International Newsletter, Infection Control: CR Tested Products - Quick List 2013

    Clincians Report (CR) Foundation

    Clinicians Report Dental Hygiene International Newsletter - Infection Control: CR Tested Products - Quick List 2013 - Jan/Feb 2013 Vol 6, Issue 1. CR (Provo, UT, USA) highlights Enviropouch as the unique reusable steam sterilization product, priced so cost effectively that Enviropouch per use cost of US$ 0.06-0.11, depending on the size of the Enviropouch, is the lowest per use cost compared to all three leading US disposables' suppliers.

  • CR 2010 Best Products - Buyer's Guide, Infection Control, Enviropouch

    Clinicians Report

    Nov/Dec 2010 Issue CR International Publication and the CR 2010 Best Products - Buyer's Guide features annual top performing, newly evaluated, dental products. EnviroPouch product performance report, culled from about 20,000 entries per year, in top 600 featured.

  • Clincians Report International Newsletter - Enviropouch field evaluation performance report

    Clinicians Report

    May/June 2010 Issue of CR Foundation's International Dental Hygiene Publication:
    Feature article to 84 countries in 7 languages, highlighted excellent EnviroPouch product report as a result of the formal six month field evaluation. Also, Enviropak company and product listed on CR website database of top trusted, worldwide, dental suppliers and products.

Organizations

  • PADI Pro Assoc Diving Instructors

    member

    - Present

    Certified Open Water Diver

  • Atlanta Aero Club

    member

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  • Yellow Jacket Flying Club

    Prior Asst Crew Chief

    - Present

    Oldest US collegiate flying club est 1946

  • Next Generation Manufacturing (NGM)

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    Participating Executive

  • Georgia Tech Alumni Association

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    Ga Tech SAA Mentor Jackets program.. Go Tech!

  • Medical Device Entrepreneurship Association (MDEA)

    Advisor, Ga Tech

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    www.gtmdea.org

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