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16th Annual MASHA Safety & Health Conference Summary

The 16th Annual Safety and Health Conference was successfully conducted on Thursday, October 30, 2025, at the RLA Learning and Conference Center in Cranberry Township, PA. There were about 125 people attending including professionals, students from SRU and Thiel College Student Sections, speakers and exhibitors.

Thank you to Bill Bernhart, Christy Kirsch, and their team for planning and executing another successful MASHA Conference.

We are looking forward to 2026!

Candidates Needed for Chapter Leadership for Upcoming Chapter Year

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.

Chapter Nominations and Elections Committe Members Needed

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.