As for Homendy’s qualifications, I’m a bit skeptical. I couldn’t find much about her technical background. I could only find that she has a Bachelor of Arts degree at Penn, and is a masters candidate at Clemson U. But couldn’t find the actual subject matter or major. Being a Bachelor of Arts degree suggest it wasn’t a hard science. This type of position should require a hard core technical background, since safety is mostly about physical processes, and the analysis thereof. The fact that this was left vague and un-documented suggests her academic background was a weak qualification. If she had a masters in engineering or physics, it likely would have been so stated.