Nina Behnia-Zerman Joins Ship & Shore Environmental Team

Nina Behnia-Zerman, a crusader on environmental issues and solutions for nearly three decades, has joined Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc.,the Long Beach, Calif.-based woman-owned, certified business specializing in air pollution capture and control systems for industrial applications.

“We are pleased to welcome Nina to the team,” says Anoosheh M. Oskouian, President and Chief Executive Officer at Ship & Shore. “In her career, Nina has helped numerous companies by combining her high level of skills with the foresight needed to create energy solutions that go beyond basic conservation.”

Prior to joining Ship & Shore, Benhia-Zerman served at Eco Isometrix, 3M CUNO Division, Bruile and Kajer, Eagle Monitoring Systems and Kraft Food Industries, among other companies.  Her business-to-business experience in several capacities provides the foundation to understand the challenges faced by many industries that are searching for sustainability solutions.
Along those lines, Benhia-Zerman has served as project manager, director of sales, general manager, operations manager, senior vice president, and president.

“Her wide, deep background give Nina the ability to understand what it takes to successfully manage complex environmental programs, from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies,” Oskouian says.

Benhia-Zerman expects to be a perfect fit with Ship & Shore, as her career has been focused on developing new, efficient designs for detecting and destroying volatile organic compounds (VOC), and she also has helped initiate effective processes for reducing costs and saving energy to help companies implement on-site renewable energy production.

Her additional expertise includes energy program planning, energy conservation assessments and solutions to optimize operations, and research planning and measurable benefits – a clear demonstration of her commitment to improving the environment and the community. Now, by working with Ship & Shore, she is looking to help clients offer measurable energy cost comparison and savings by identifying best-in-class solutions that meet or exceed current client standards. 

“During my entire career, I’ve had a true passion for reducing environmental pollution,” she says. “Of course, that means I am proud to be part of the Ship & Shore team, because its main focus is delivering state-of—the-art solutions to industries in terms of identification, capture and destruction of air pollution, while recovering maximum energy.”

Benhia-Zerman, who holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Missouri, has been a true advocate in community service, serving on the boards or as a member of many non-profit organizations, including the Mother and Child Foundation, the National Breast Cancer Coalition, Beneath the Veil (a woman’s right advocacy group), the UNICEF Water Conservation Program andthe Los Angeles Unified School Board.