SLATE OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CANDIDATES 2026-2028
The official slate of candidates for the Executive Committee for the 2026-2028 Chapter year is listed below:
President: Alec Kinslow, CSP (uncontested)
Vice President: (contested)
– Jeremy Dixon
– Trudy Hayes, SMS
Treasurer: NO CANDIDATES
Secretary (contested): Jocelyn Milby MS, CSP (uncontested)
Advisory Group Members (contested):
– Josh Muth
– Daniel Wible
– Leif Lindgren
– David Johnson
– Angelo Miklos
– Jared Meyer
– Fran Sehn
– Cody Bergad
All candidates listed above are members in good standing of ASSP and ASSP Western PA. The Chapter Election will be open from April 09, 2026, through April 24, 2026.
The electronic ballot will be emailed from ASSP (not the Chapter) notifying each Chapter member of the election.
Thank you! to the 2026-2028 Nominations & Elections Committee: Melissa Heike, Chair, and John Alivetto.
February Technical Meeting (SRU) Summary
The second February Technical Meeting was conducted at SRU at the Strain Safety Building Tuesday, February 24, 2026, with a lunch meeting. The speakers were Ryan Yanosh and Anthony Mastrorocco, both from Kiewit Construction.
The topic of the presentation was “Successful Planning and Execution of Work at Heights Operations”.
There was about 68 people at the meeting with about 8 Professionals and 60 students in attendance.
Thank you, Ryan Yanosh and Anthony Mastrorocco for providing a good plan working at heights!
Thank you, Dr. Cindy Medford, Leif Lindgren, and the officers of the SRU Student Section for organizing the meeting!
IUP’s Safety Sciences and Environmental Engineering Department Awarded a US DOL OSHA Susan Harwood Training Grant
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Safety Sciences and Environmental Engineering Department has been awarded a $950,000 US Department of Labor OSHA Susan Harwood Training Grant to provide free safety training to small businesses in Pennsylvania.
https://www.iup.edu/safetysciences/news/2026/01/us-dol-osha-susan-harwood-training-grant-awarded-to-iup-safety-sciences-and-environmental-engineering.html
February Technical Meeting (IUP) Summary
The February Technical Meeting was conducted at IUP in Johnson Hall 2nd Floor Auditorium on Tuesday, February 03, 2026 with a lunch meeting. The speaker was Mr. Cole Campbell CSP, Regional Manager, Compliance Management International (CMI). The topic of the presentation was ” Leadership & Safety Culture”.
There was a total of about 84 people that registered with about 12 Professionals and 72 students in attendance with most of the students from the IUP Student Section although there was a group from the SRU Student Section. It looked like most everyone that registered attended the meeting!
Thank you, Cole Campbell, for providing timely information and insight!
Thank you Dr. Majed Zreiqat and the officers of the IUP Student Section for organizing the meeting!
Western PA ASSP Student Scholarship Program
The Western PA Chapter of ASSP offers a scholarship program for students who have shown a career interest in a safety or safety-related degree program. The application period is January 01 – March 01 (2026) with selection no later than April 01.
More information, the selection criteria, and applications are here.