Congratulations to our Safety 2026 Speakers on their accomplishment and hard work. Safety 2026 was once again a great event and we hope to see many of you in New Orleans!

• 5001 | Scaffold & Access 2.0; Engineering, Human Performance and Temporary Works that Don’t Fail – Ryan Papariello
• 6012 | Management of Change? Change Management? – Consideration of Systems And People – Wyatt Bradbury
• 6034 | ANSI/ASSP Standards – Compliance and Use by Government – Why It Matters – Wes Wheeler
• 7076 | The Power of Partnership: Using Data and Insights to Advance Culture – Wyatt Bradbury

Please take a moment to recognize these NCC Members on outstanding service milestones within NCC and ASSP.

Five Years of Service

Mr. Zachary Benevento, CHST
Elise Dolores Easterly Fisher
Rebecca Bauman
David Joseph Poitras
Scott Newton
Gilberto Ovando, ASP, CHST, SMP
Mr. Evan Gorden Rabinowitsch, CSP
Stephen A. Ball
Mr. Mark Benjamin Geiger, CSP
Dr. Sabrina Fu
Mike Starner, CUSP, CHST
Tracy Kaleo, COSS

Ten Years of Service

Wyatt Bradbury, MEng, CSP, CHST, CIT
Ashelyn McConnell, ASP
Garrett D Perkins, CSP
Ken A Clayman, M.S., SMP
Brian Michael Lazarchick, CSP
Tony J Kugler, OHST
Nora Putt
Lindsay K Bell, CSP
Amanda Marie Decker, CSHM
Trang Do, CHST, OHST, SMP, STSC
Matthew R Gross

Fifteen Years of Service

Francisco A Trujillo, CSP
Gerald E Mayfield, CSP
Richard J Haehn, CSP, CHST

Twenty Years of Service

Eric L Allen, CSP
John C Rothe, Bachelors Degree
Orpheus R Tucker, CIT
Richard L Wright, CIH
Abdon J Friend II, Construction Insurance Risk Specialist (CRIS)

Twenty-Five Years of Service

Brian M Miller, CSP
Bruce A Zaczynski, CIH

Thirty Years of Service

Mr. Wayne J Creasap II

Thirty-five Years of Service

David R Carnow

Forty Years of Service

Alan Sactor, CFPS
Gregory A Harrison, Ph.D., P.E.

Fifty-Two Years of Service

Thomas S Altvater, P.E., CSP

If you would like a certificate to commemorate these accomplishments, please contact updates@ncc.assp.org to request your milestone award certificate.

The Nominations and Elections Committee work is ongoing to publish the final slate of candidates. The Committee, after carefully reviewing candidates’ qualifications and chapter bylaws, respectfully submits the following candidates for the 2026-2027 election:

President: Ryan Papariello, GSP

President-Elect: Argenis Burgos, MPH, CSP

Treasurer:

Secretary: Ross Iosefson

Advisory Group Member: Bruce Donato, CSP, CHMM, QEP, CECD, Fellow IHMM

Advisory Group Member: Wyatt Bradbury, MEng, CSP, CHST, CIT 

Director: Thomas Trauger, CSP, STSC, ARM

Director: Marcus Odorizzi, CSP, CHST   

This shall serve as the Nominations and Election Committee final recommendation for the proposed Slate of Officers for 2026-2027 elections. Please contact me with any questions.

Kindest Regards,

Jerry E. Rivera
Chair, Nominations and Elections Committee
NCC-ASSP