The Greater San Jose Chapter of the American Society of Safety Professionals is pleased to announce the Slate of Candidate for the Chapter Executive Committee for the 2024-2025 Term.

Elected positions

Position: President-Elect 

Candidates: 

• Melinda Anderson, CSP – Senior. EHS Training Instructor at Tesla, Inc

Position: Treasurer 

Candidates:

• Ramon Khu, CSP – Senior EH&S Manager at Bio-Techne 

Position: Secretary 

Candidates:

• Julie Kreger King, CSP – Senior Consultant at the Antea Group 

Position: Chapter Advisor Delegate (Two Positions)

Candidates:

• Joe Gregory, CSP – Health & Safety Manager at the City of San Jose
• Pat Hinds – CEO, Innovative Safety

Position: VP Government Affairs 

Candidates: 

• Dawn Armstrong, EHS Manager

Position: VP Membership 

Candidates: 

• Tyler Nguyen, CSP, REP – Citywide Safety Officer, City and County of San Francisco

Volunteer Positions

Position: WISE Chair 

Candidates: 

• OPEN

Communications Chair 

Candidates: 

• Nirap Sainju, CSP, CHMM – Senior EHS Specialist at Abbott Diabetes Care

Program Chair

Candidates: 

• Naci Ozgur, CSP, CIH – Director OSHA Training Institute Education Center at Chabot-Las Positas Community College District

PDC Chair 

Candidates: 

• Dawn Armstrong,CSP – EHS Manager

Jobs Coordinator Chair 

Candidates: 

• Naci Ozgur, CSP, CIH – Director OSHA Training Institute Education Center at Chabot-Las Positas Community College District

Awards Chair – Emily Liu

Candidates: 

• Emily Liu, CSP – EH&S Specialist at Natera

Scholarship Chair

Candidates: 

• Emily Liu, EH&S Specialist at Natera

Social Event Chair

Candidates: 

• Tim Chang, Senior EHS Specialist at GAF Energy

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Special congrats to our Chapters’ Award Winners at the Feb 29, 2024 Bay Area Safety Symposium.

Greater San Jose Chapter

Chapter Safety Professional of the Year Award – Melinda Anderson

President’s Choice Award – Emily LIu

Chapter Officer Award – Mary Stine

San Francisco Chapter

Chapter Safety Professional of the Year Awards – Melinda Anderson and Bill Geddings

Picture Below (from Left to Right): Nirap Sainju, Mary Stine, Emily Liu, Melinda Anderson, Tim Page-Bottorff, Amanda Shin, Bill Geddings, Alice Yu and Shannon Winston.

I am so glad you are interested in our Women in Safety Excellence Mentor Program.

First of all, the Women in Safety Excellence have a Community page dedicated to the events and programs available. It is a private group and requires only that you are a member of WISE to access it. Wise Community on ASSP’s Community Page 

https://community.assp.org/CIGs/WISE

There are other public ways to reach wise on social media as well:

WISE LinkedIn Group 

WISE Faceboook Group 

WISE Twitter 

Next, We love our mentors and mentees and our next match will be in February 2024!  So Perfect timing.

If you are interested, please complete the application on the ASSP web site or try the link below. https://www.assp.org/membership/communities/common-interest-groups/women-in-safety-excellence/mentoring

At Bay Area Safety Symposium 2024, we will be presenting a mentee round table that you will not want to miss!  

Guidelines for WISE Mentors and Mentees

• You must be an member of ASSP and WISE to participate in this program
• We hold all information exchanged between matched pairs for mentoring in strict confidence; applications are viewed only by the matching committee
• Mentors and mentees should commit to at least one hour per month for meeting, by phone, e-mail or in person
• Teams will be matched for one year with an option to extend for a second year if both parties agree
• Mentors are not expected to provide employment or business opportunities for mentees — just life lessons, advice, coaching and mentoring
• Please let me know if you have any other questions!