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! 

The ASSP Greater San Jose Chapter will like to announce the elected and volunteer leaders of the Chapter Executive Committee for the 2023 – 2024 Chapter Year below.

Congrats to our Executive Committtee members!

The Executive Committee still has some leadership volunteer roles that are available. Contact Nirap (email at president@sj.assp.org) if you may be interested to volunteer, lead and network with your chapter.

President/Communication Chair – Nirap Sainju, CSP, CHMM

President-Elect – Open

Treasurer – Ramon Khu, CSP

Secretary – Julie Kreger King

VP Government Affairs / Wise Chair – Mary Stine, ASP

VP Membership – Meilinda Anderson, CSP

Chapter Advisory Group Members – Pat Hinds and Joe Gregory

Jobs Coordinator – Naci Ozgur, CIH, CSP, CHMM

Scholoarship / Awards and Honors Chair – Emily Liu, GSP

Social Event Chair – Tim Chang, M.S.

Program / PDC Chair / Past-President – Bill Stettiner