The election of new Chapter Officers will be in April of 2026 for the 2026-2028 Chapter years which begins July 1, 2026. All Chapter Officer positions will be for 2-year terms.

At this point, please consider volunteering to be a candidate for a Chapter Executive Committee. Consider nominating yourself or someone else for an office. More information will be disseminated in January of 2026.

All Officer and Advisory Board Member positions are open. The Officer positions are President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, and multiple Advisory Board Members.

The description of duties for each position is in the By-laws on the ASSP WPA website under About, Chapter Documents, find “Chapter Bylaws” at this link: https://westernpa.assp.org/files/ .

If you are interested in nominating yourself or someone else for an office, be looking for the notification in the January 2026 Newsletter.

Members are needed to volunteer for the Nominations & Elections (N&E) Committee who will lead the Chapter elections to be conducted during April of 2026 for the 2026-2028 Chapter Years. The operation of the N&E Committee is between January 01, 2026, and May 31, 2026.

If you are interested in being a member of the N&E Committee, contact Chapter President, Chris Sarracino at christopher.e.sarracino@gmail.com or president@westernpa.assp.org.

he Mid-Atlantic Safety and Health Alliance, Inc. (MASHA) is pleased to announce the date for the 16th Annual Safety and Health Conference on Thursday, October 30, 2025, at the RLA Learning and Conference Center in Cranberry Township, PA.

More information is available here.

The 21st Annual Alleghenies Regional Safety Conference will be held on Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at the Frank J. Pasquerilla Conference Center in downtown Johnstown from 8:00 am to 1:30 pm.

More information available here.

In preparation for the 2026 PDC, we need to start the planning process and we need volunteers! The kick-off meeting for the PDC Planning Committee will be early September.

If you are interested in being a volunteer for the PDC Planning Committee, please email Wayne Vanderhoof at waynerjr13@gmail.com.