Academic Credentials
  • M.S., Fishery Management, Frostburg State University, 1982
  • B.S., Biology, York College of Pennsylvania, 1979
  • A.S., Chemistry, York College of Pennsylvania, 1978
Licenses & Certifications
  • Board Certified by the Environmental Scientists Board of American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists
Additional Education & Training
  • Executive Education Certification, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 2011 - Essentials of Management; 2005-2006; Implementing Strategy; 2006; Leading and Influencing People; 2010; Strategic Persuasion Workshop: The Art and Science of Selling Ideas; 2011.
  • Executive Education, Harvard Business School; Boston, Massachusetts; 2008 - Leading Professional Service Firms.
Professional Honors
  • Professional Recognition
  • American Academy of Environmental Scientists Board of American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES), Environmental Committee, 2016 – Present
  • Presidential Award – SETAC, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2015, 2011, 2004, 2001
  • SETAC Exceptional Paper Award – June 2020. Paper title “Scientific Integrity Issues in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry: Improving Research Reproducibility, Credibility, and Transparency.”
  • Co-Editor-in-Chief, SETAC Globe (monthly international electronic magazine of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry), 2014 – 2020
  • SETAC Fellow – November 2015
  • SETAC International Award, Herb Ward Excellence in Service Award, 2011
  • Industrial Chemical Advisory Council, South-Central Pennsylvania, 2002 – Present; Vice-Chairman, 2007–2010; Chairman, 2011 – 2020; Co-Chairman, 2021 – present; advisory committee member.
  • Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry – SETAC World Council (World Board of Directors), 2007 – 2014 and 2018 – 2023; SETAC World Council, Vice President, 2012; President, 2013; Immediate Past President, 2014; Secretary/Treasurer, 2018 – 2023; North America Board of Director, 2004 – 2011 and North America Executive Committee, 2006 – 2011, SETAC – North America-Secretary/Treasurer, 2007 – 2008; North America – Vice President, 2009; North America – President, 2010; North America Immediate Past President, 2011; North America – Finance Committee, 2006 – 2015; World Council – Finance Committee, 2007 – Present; Global Communication Committee – Chairman, 2014 – 2020
  • SETAC North America Endowment Trustee, 2007 – Present
  • Standard Methods Committee and Joint Task Group Member, Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, American Public Health Association, 1985 – 2014
  • Meeting Chairman for the Gulf Oil Spill, Focus Topic Meeting, SETAC, Pensacola Beach, Florida, April 2011
  • Maryland Academy of Science, Standing Science Committee and Young Scientist Award Committee, 2007 – 2009
  • Delegate to “Pellston Workshop” on Biological Field Sampling: In-situ assessments, Portland, OR, November 2006
  • Meeting Chairman for the 26th Annual Meeting of the SETAC, Baltimore, MD, November 2005
  • Chairman of the Awards and Fellowship Subcommittee – SETAC, 2003 – 2006
  • Member of the SETAC Board of Director’s Standing Program Committee, 2001 – 2003
  • Meeting Chairman 22nd Annual Meeting of the SETAC, Baltimore, MD, November 2001
  • Elected to Editorial Board, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 1998 – 2002
  • Awards Committee—SETAC Founders Award, SETAC/EA Jeffrey Black Award, ACC Young Researchers Award, Procter and Gamble Pre-doctoral Award, ICC Significant Achievement Award and ICA/Chris Lee Award for Metals Research, SETAC, 1998 –2012
Professional Affiliations
  • American Academy of Environment Engineers and Scientists (AAEES)
  • American Bar Association (ABA), Associate Member
  • American Chemistry Society (ACS)
  • • Environmental Science Division
  • Chemical Industry Advisory Council
  • • Co-chairman CIAC
  • International Society of Arboriculture (ISA)
  • Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
  • • SETAC World Council Past President
  • • North America Past President
  • • SETAC-North America Past Treasurer
  • • SETAC-North America and SETAC World Council (SWC) Board of Directors
  • • SWC Past Treasurer
  • • SETAC-North America Endowment (Trustee)
  • • Metals Interest Group (SWC)
  • • Aquatic Toxicity Testing Interest Group (SWC) – Steering Committee
  • Society of Toxicology (SOT)

William Goodfellow Jr., BCES, is a principal scientist and director of the Ecological & Biological Sciences practice at Exponent. He has more than 35 years of experience in environmental toxicology, ecological risk assessment, and environmental regulatory compliance. He specializes in the ecotoxicology of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and other contaminants of emerging concern; toxicity reduction evaluations (TREs); litigation support under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the Clean Water Act (CWA); and causal effect assessments for industrial, agricultural, municipal, and energy sector clients. He is a Board-Certified Environmental Scientist (BCES), with special emphasis in environmental toxicology.

Mr. Goodfellow's technical experience includes environmental and toxicological risk assessment of chemical and biological contaminants in air, surface water, groundwater, soil, and sediment; performance of environmental compliance assessments and audits; assisting with treatability assessments of contaminated sediments, soils, and wastewater; researching and writing technical documents on federal and state water quality criteria, regulatory policies, environmental assessments, and other water pollution mitigation issues; conceptual and experimental evaluations on the toxicity, fate, and effects of chemicals in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems; assessment of environmental damage resulting from point- and non-point-source discharges; and assessment and remediation of potentially toxic sediment and dredge materials.

Mr. Goodfellow has considerable experience addressing impacts from physical and chemical stressors, including contaminants of emerging concern, legacy pollutants, and habitat changes. Many of his projects involve historical reconstruction of chemical releases, divisibility and apportionment, and injury assessment under regulatory drivers including CERCLA, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the CWA, the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and the respective state implementations of these federal initiatives, as well as similar initiatives in other countries.

He has considerable experience addressing agriculture and land-use management issues through ecological assessments of flora and fauna populations. Mr. Goodfellow's experience includes issues related to agricultural production and farming practices for crops such as rice, sugar cane, strawberry, grapes, cotton, corn, wheat, soybean, beans, asparagus, peas, pepper, potatoes, tomatoes, tree nuts, shrubs, and turf, as well as cattle, dairy, swine, poultry, fish, and shellfish. He also has extensive experience addressing nutrient and manure management issues; fertilizer production; land application of biosolids, residuals, and fertilizers; invasive species; and genetically modified organisms (GMO). Mr. Goodfellow has experience in pest management and control practices as well as addressing nuisance pests and animals in housing and dormitory situations.

Mr. Goodfellow is an internationally recognized expert in environmental assessment, toxicology, risk assessment, and TRE technology. He is a past president of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), an international professional society, and a SETAC Fellow. He is an experienced consulting and testifying expert on a range of legal matters in civil, criminal, and arbitration actions involving environmental claims; spills, natural resource damage assessments (NRDAs), remediation, and insurance cost recovery; toxic tort; agricultural issues; and standard of care. Mr. Goodfellow has served on peer-review panels, advisory boards, task forces, and editorial committees for natural resources, environmental assessment, toxicology, and TRE issues, as well as being widely published.

Environmental Toxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment

Mr. Goodfellow has provided expert analysis, review, and direction for environmental and ecological risk assessments performed on personal care products; human, veterinary, and animal care products and pharmaceuticals; fertilizers; herbicides; pesticides; and other inorganic and organic chemicals. His analyses have been in support of the preparation of environmental assessments (EAs) and performing labeling analysis of agricultural products and product licensing assessments. His experience also includes the toxicological evaluation and assessment of associated risks of chemicals and complex mixtures (including effluent discharges) to aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

Contaminants of Emerging Concern Assessment

Mr. Goodfellow has extensive experience with the evaluation of emerging chemicals and their potential impact on the environment. His experience includes PFAS, pharmaceuticals, personal care products, microplastics, 6PPD, and 6PPD-Q in association with point and non-point discharges, application of biosolids, stormwater, and solid and liquid waste disposal. These assessments include both the assessment of toxicity as well as an understanding of the fate and transport of emerging contaminants in terrestrial and aquatic environments.

Metals and Legacy Organic Compounds Analysis

Mr. Goodfellow has considerable experience addressing impacts from physical and chemical stressors such as metals, mercury and organomercury, inorganic salts, dioxin/furans, PCBs, PAHs, other chlorinated organics, solvents (TCE, PCE), munitions, pesticides/herbicides, surfactants, nutrients, ammonia, dissolved oxygen, pH, temperature, and habitat changes. This experience includes fate and transport of pollutants and other stressors, toxicity of constituents as single chemicals as well as mixtures, and the assessment and development of specific management strategies.

Environmental Permitting and Toxicity Reduction Evaluations

Mr. Goodfellow has extensive experience in the development, submission, review, and auditing of environmental permits for aquatic discharges and land-use activities, including the development and review of environmental assessments (EA) and environmental impact assessments (EIA). He is also experienced in the design and performance of TREs for municipal and industrial discharges. He co-wrote the original and revised TRE municipal protocol manual, and he has developed and conducted more than 100 TREs for numerous industrial, municipal, and federal facilities. His responsibilities included characterizing effluents' chemical constituents and associated toxicity, assessing the variability of effluents, identifying components causing toxicity in effluents, and developing strategies for removing toxicity from effluents.