SafetyFOCUS 2024

Learn from Industry Experts

As leaders in their fields, ASSP approved instructors are the best of the best. We carefully review and confirm their credentials, experience, and teaching abilities to bring you the most up to date education available in the safety industry. Check out our list of instructors who bring relevant real-world experiences to support your education.

Georgia A. Bryce-Hutchinson, LMFT, MSEE, CPLC, CTP

Georgia Bryce-Hutchinson is a workplace mental health consultant and trainer and the founder of Building Families According to Pattern LLC. She holds master’s degrees in environmental engineering and marriage and family therapy. Bryce-Hutchinson is a returning SafetyFOCUS instructor and has been a keynote speaker at national and regional ASSP conferences since 2021.

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Rosa A. Carrillo, M.S.O.D.

Rosa A. Carrillo is president and founder of Carrillo & Associates Inc. She is a member of ASSP’s Women in Safety Excellence Common Interest Group and a long-time instructor and conference presenter for the Society.

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Ken A. Clayman, PMP, PMI-RMP, SMS

Ken Clayman is senior lead technical specialist with Booz Allen Hamilton. He has more than 25 years’ experience auditing quality, environmental and occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMS), and he has developed and presented management system auditor training courses for more than 20 years. Clayman holds an M.S. in Environmental Sciences. He has contributed to ASSP’s efforts to develop OHSMS standards such as ISO 45001 and ANSI/ASSP Z10.

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Paul Esposito, CSP, CIH

Paul Esposito is president of STAR Consultants. He is a long-time ASSP instructor and frequent conference presenter. Esposito holds a Master of Health Science and was a member of the Society’s Risk Assessment Committee. He has served ASSP as an area director and chapter president, has also chaired several regional and local conferences. Esposito has been a Presenter for over 30 years at national, local and regional conferences. Initial developer of risk assessment course and SMS study course.

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Samuel J. Gualardo, M.A., CSP, FASSP

Samuel J. Gualardo is president of National Safety Consultants Inc. He has been an assistant professor and director of the PA-OSHA Consultation Program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. During his career, Gualardo has been director of corporate safety and health for Niagara Mohawk Power; manager of safety and health for Metropolitan Edison; and manager of Safety, Hershey Foods USA. His LeadSAFE safety management system is used globally. Gualardo is a past president of ASSP.

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Danyle Hepler, CSP, CPEA

Danyle Hepler is a technical expert with Haley and Aldrich. As an EHS professional, she partners with clients to discover strategic paths and tools and focuses on cocreating strategy and tactical plans to help clients achieve their vision. Hepler chairs ASSP’s Standards Development Committee.

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Robert Hites, M.B.A., CSP, CIT, CHST, SMS

Robert Hites is managing partner with Nito Solutions LLC. He has more than 30 years of experience in the safety profession and has been delivering certification exam preparation courses for more than 10 years.

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Todd Hohn, CSP

Todd Hohn is the VP, Environmental, Health, Safety and Qualifications (EHS&Q) at One Gas. He has been the presenter of this topic for the last 10 years. Todd also supports the Sloan School of Management at MIT as an Advisory Board member on Human Error and is the convenor and organizer of the SIF Roundtable advancing thought leadership now in its 8th year. Todd has multiple years of experience with past SPY and leader of Construction Practice Specialty.

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Marilyn Joy Hubner, Ph.D.

Marilyn Hubner is a managing director at Build Up Research, OHS body of knowledge manager at the Australian Institute of Health and Safety, and occupational safety and health training faculty member at the University of Fredericton in Canada. She has worked in safety education for more than 15 years, presenting courses across Australia, the Asia-Pacific region and North America. Hubner is a member of ASSP’s Leadership Conference Committee and the membership chair of its Training and Communications Practice Specialty.

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Patrick Karol, CSP, SMS, CIT

Patrick J. Karol is president of Karol Safety Consulting Inc. He is ASSP’s Region VIII Vice President. He started his career as a front-line supervisor with safety as a collateral duty, and now he advises senior leaders on strategies to reduce risk as president of Karol Safety Consulting Inc. His experience includes more than 20 years in the corporate safety departments of two Fortune 200 companies and the federal government. Karol is a past president of the Philadelphia Chapter and former keystone area director for Region VIII.

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Jonathan Klane, M.S.Ed., CIH, CSP, CHMM, CIT

Jonathan T. Klane is a senior manager at Draeger Safety Inc. He has held roles as a consultant, trainer and professor, as well as being an embedded safety director for two colleges of engineering. His focus is adult learning, risk, perceptions, storytelling, learning and persuasion. Klane is a member of the ANSI/ASSP Z490 committee and he has held volunteer leadership roles in ASSP’s Management and Training and Communication practice specialties.

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Richard Lindsey, CSP, SMS, CHST

Richard Lindsey is managing partner of Nito Solutions LLC. He has more than 30 years of experience in EHS, including delivery of exam preparation classes and experience in a wide range of industries and safety, security and compliance subjects. He has provided independent safety consulting services for more than 10 years, with a significant portion of that work related to training at all employee levels.

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Jean Ndada, CSP, CIH, PMP, ASQ-SSBB

Jean Ndada is senior EHS director of Bull Moose Tube. He holds a master’s degree and shares proven tactics to solve real-world challenges. Ndada is a member of ASSP’s Detroit Chapter.

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Tamara Parris

Tamara Parris, Owner of Parris and Associates. She establishes professional communities for organizations and effectively manages teams. With over 30 years of experience spanning social work, Construction sector, CCTV and Security, and Commercial Retail industries in multiple countries, Tarmara brings a wealth of expertise to her work.

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Eldeen E. Pozniak, M.B.A., CRSP, CMIOSH, CHSMSA, FIIRSM

Eldeen E. Pozniak is director of Diggins Safety Consulting in the U.S. and of Pozniak Safety Associates Inc. in Canada. A frequent instructor and presenter, she is pursuing a Ph.D. focused on the topic of cultural intelligence, including a fellowship starting in 2025.

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Daniel Snyder, Ed.D., CSP, CHST, OHST

Dan J. Snyder is principal safety scientist with Safety Mentor LLC. His focus is leveraging influential safety leadership through experience, education and philosophy. He recently completed a three-year term as a director-at-large on the ASSP Board of Directors, and he chairs the ANSI/ASSP Z490.1 committee addressing accepted practices in EHS training.

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Dennis Terpin, Ph.D., OHST, EMT-P

Dennis A. Terpin is The International Safety and Health Specialist. He is a member of ASTM F23.65; and a master-level instructor for the Federal Emergency Management Agency/Department of Homeland Security. During his career he has been a senior industrial hygienist, emergency manager, fire chief, incident management team member and lead instructor on wildlife fire response and cleanup.

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Kathy Seabrook, CSP, CFIOSH, EurOSHM, FASSP

Kathy A. Seabrook is the CEO of Global Solutions, Inc. Her focus is on business integration and value, risk/opportunities, and she is a trusted advisor to corporations, governments and NGOs around the world. From the US to UK, Europe, Morocco, Taiwan, and Japan, Kathy is an enlightened leader, speaker, educator, helping EHS, ESG and sustainability leaders connect the dots on EHS, sustainability and human capital. She is also a Past President and Fellow of the American Society of Safety Professionals and a member of the ASSP and Global Operations Advisory group.

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Joel Tietjens, CSP, CSHM, FASSP

Joel N. Tietjens is president of T-JENS & T-JENS Inc. He is a professional speaker and seminar/course leader on safety and health management issues. Tietjens holds a B.S. in Industrial Safety from the University of Central Missouri, and he has held many volunteer leader positions within ASSP’s Gulf Coast Chapter, Region III and Society-level committees.

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Amy Timmerman, CSP, CHES,

Amy Timmerman is an instructional assistant professor at Illinois State University. She chairs the ANSI/ASSP Z10 committee and is a member of the U.S. TAG to TC 283 ISO 45001 standard. Her work focuses on helping organizations of any size implement occupational health and safety management systems.

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Vic Toy, M.P.H., CSP, CIH, FAIHA

Vic Toy is principal of InsystOHS LLC. He specializes in occupational health and safety management systems and has been involved in developing related voluntary consensus standards such as ANSI/ASSP Z10 and ISO 45001 for more than 20 years.

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Cary Usrey

Cary Usrey is vice president of growth with Safety Stratus. Following his career in the U.S. Navy nuclear power program, he has worked over the past 30 years in utilities, construction and technology. Usrey holds a B.S. in Occupational Safety and Health; has been an ASSP member since 1997; and is a frequent presenter at safety education event.

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SafetyFOCUS offers a deep dive into safety education and training with industry leaders who cover a range of topics that will help you excel at keeping workers in your industry safe.

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