John Scherberger, BS, FAHE, CHESP, CMIP, is the principal at Healthcare Risk Mitigation in Spartanburg, SC. Healthcare Risk Mitigation is a consulting enterprise that assists healthcare, laundry, hospitality, and other professionals in enhancing their operations through education and the incorporation of industry best practices into their operations. This is achieved through risk mitigation, improvement of healthcare laundry operations, healthcare environmental services, and hospitality housekeeping operations, infection prevention processes and practices, personal care professionals and guest interactions and processes.

He is a Fellow of the Association for the Healthcare Environment (FAHE), T-CSCT, and VPEI from the AHE. He is a Certified EPEC (Education for Physicians on End-of-Life Care) Trainer from the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, a certified trainer in Pastoral Crisis Intervention from the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, and a certified dementia specialist from the Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Office for the Study of Aging.

Scherberger is on the boards of The Pearce Foundation for Scientific Endeavor and the Environmental Services Optimization Playbook (EvSOP) program. He is recognized for his expertise as a Hospital and emergency services chaplain.

He regularly contributes to numerous trade journals, magazines, and periodicals. He regularly contributes to LinkedIn and the Association for the Healthcare Environment. Scherberger has spoken at multiple national and state conferences for healthcare associations. He has 13 years in the hospitality and food service management industries and over two decades in healthcare management and consulting.

He is a past President of the Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council (HLAC) and a former member of the board of directors for the Certification Center of the American Hospital Association. He is a past board member of the Association for the Healthcare Environment (AHE) and the South Carolina Chapter of the AHE. Scherberger also serves on numerous AHE advisory committees.

Scherberger is a recognized subject matter expert in healthcare and hospitality environmental services, infection prevention and control, the manufacturing process of microfiber, on-site generation of electrolyzed water, food services safety and hygiene, commercial healthcare laundries, biofilm production, and its impact on patient outcomes. He is also highly trained and experienced in critical incident stress management, emergency preparedness, and contract management.