E N V I R O N M E N T A N D P U B L I C H E A LT H
Chuck Khan: Warren County Health
Department Registered Environmental
Health Specialist
A Diverse Background
A native of India with several different careers on his resume, Chuck Khan’s
journey to...
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E N V I R O N M E N T A N D P U B L I C H E A LT H
Chuck Khan: Warren County Health
Department Registered Environmental
Health Specialist
A Diverse Background
A native of India with several different careers on his resume, Chuck Khan’s
journey to becoming a Registered Environmental Health Specialist (REHS)
with the Warren County Health Department was a long one.
After leaving India in 1983, where he was a practicing veterinarian for
five years, Khan took a nine-month course in computer
science.
He was quickly earning a six-figure salary as a
computer programmer with some of the United States’
top corporations.
“The job was wonderful,” says Khan,
who enjoyed the challenging, high-tension environment
for 18 years.
But after September 11, Khan was a victim
of massive layoffs, and he suddenly found himself with
a lot of choices to make.
After nearly two decades of
back-breaking work, he had to decide between returning to India for a more relaxed lifestyle of findi
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