The American Society of Safety Professionals (“ASSP”) has announced its new leaders. All terms begin July 1.
The ASSP's top elected positions – all part of its board of directors – are president, president-elect, senior vice president, vice president of finance, and director-at-large. Each is a one-year term, except for the two-year term of the vice president of finance and the three-year term of the director-at-large. The succession of leaders from senior vice president to president-elect, and from president-elect to president, is automatic.
Diana Stegall, CSP, CFPS, ARM, SMS, CPCU, will serve as ASSP president for 2019-20. She is senior loss control consultant for United Heartland in Minnesota. An ASSP member since 1990, in 2005, she was the first woman named ASSP's safety professional of the year. She has been a member of ASSP's government affairs committee and chair of the professional development conference planning committee.
Ms. Stegall holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Wake Forest University.
The ASSP's president-elect, Deborah R. Roy, MPH, CSP, RN, COHN-S, CET, FAAOHN, is corporate director of health, safety, and wellness at L.L.Bean in Maine. She rejoined the ASSP board of directors in 2018 after serving as a director-at-large from 2015-17.
Ms. Roy was honored as an ASSP Fellow in 2018 for her contributions to the safety profession. She holds an M.P.H. in occupational safety and health from the University of North Carolina. An ASSP member since 1993, Ms. Roy will be ASSP president in 2020-21.
The ASSP's senior vice president, Brad Giles, P.E., CSP, STS, GIOSH, is principal of Bradley Giles and Associates in Idaho. He has more than 40 years of experience in the safety, health, environmental, and security disciplines. He was named an ASSP Fellow in 2010 and has earned the President's Award twice. Mr. Giles was an ASSP Foundation trustee and president of the Board of Certified Safety Professionals. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Southern Illinois University. An ASSP member since 1981, Mr. Giles will be ASSP president in 2021-22.
An ASSP director-at-large, Thomas Kramer, P.E., CSP, is managing principal for LJB Inc. in Ohio. An ASSP member since 2000, Mr. Kramer has served as vice president for the Council on Professional Development and is the chair of the ANSI/ASSP Z359 Fall Protection Committee. He was named ASSP's Safety Professional of the Year in 2016 and is a two-time recipient of the Culbertson Outstanding Volunteer Service Award. He earned an M.B.A. from Miami University in Ohio and a master's degree in structural engineering from the University of Cincinnati.
Learn more: www.assp.org.
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