Monona Rossol is a chemist, artist, and industrial hygienist.  She worked seven years as a research chemist for the University of Wisconsin and a year with an industrial research laboratory. From 1977 to 1987, she practiced industrial hygiene at the Center for Safety in the Arts in New York, a group that she co-founded. In 1987 she founded ACTS (Arts, Crafts, and Theater Safety) and continues this work to the present. She has been a full professional member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association since 1984.  Since 1995, she has been the Safety Director for Local USA 829, United Scenic Artists, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). She lectures and consults in the US, Canada, Australia, England and Mexico, writes a monthly newsletter for ACTS, and has written seven books, one of which won a Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award from the Association of College and Research Libraries.