Chapter News

2024 SPY

Congratulations Jennifer Calloway, CSP, CHST from Brady Services

Jennifer is the current Chapter President and came to us from the Colorado chapter and stepped right into the President’s role and took off with it. She has brought energy and enthusiasm to her leadership role and has done a great job of promoting the safety profession and our chapter in the Triad area.

February 2024

Lance Miller MS, CSP, RSO, LSO Consultant Carolina Safety & Health Consultants, LLC.

Meet Lance Miller, he has held both management and hands-on positions developing and implementing EHS programs in single and multiple site environments.  He has worked for Ford Motor Company, BMW Manufacturing, General Electric, BASF and others.  Lance earned his B.S. in Industrial Hygiene from Ohio University and his M.S. in Industrial Hygiene from Purdue University, where he attended as a NIOSH Fellow.  He is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Laser Safety Officer (LSO), Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) and Qualified Sales Safety Professional (QSSP).  He currently serves as the Standards Expert for the Triad Chapter.  He is also an OSHA Authorized Outreach Trainer for General Industry 10- and 30-Hour Courses. 

Some key and fun facts about Lance:

  • Name, Title, Company:  Lance Miller, Principal Consultant, Carolina Safety and Health Consultants
  • Years in the safety industry: 24 Years
  • Years as an ASSP member: 20 Years
  • Key job responsibilities: Developing Programs and Addressing Client Needs
  • Most meaningful professional achievement:  Developed a widely-used Arc-Flash Program
  • Future career goal or aspiration: Continue development of his business
  • Go-to comfort food: Dark Chocolate Pecan Turtles
  • Hobbies: Running, camping, hiking
  • Favorite book read: Project Hail Mary

January 2024

Kenneth “Brandon” Harvey, Safety Engineer for Thomas Built Buses

Meet Kenneth “Brandon” Harvey, Senior Safety Engineer for Thomas Built Buses. He has been a safety professional for over 12 years. In his current role, he is responsible for the overall safety of 1,800 employees covering 20 campuses with 9 different automotive manufacturing plants.

Some key and fun facts about Brandon:

  • Years in the safety industry: 8 years in the safety industry.
  • Years as an ASSP member: 12 years as an active member (including college)
  • Key job responsibilities: Responsible for the overall safety of 1,800 employees covering two campuses with 9 different automotive manufacturing plants.
  • Most meaningful professional achievement: Completing my CSP.
  • Future career goal or aspiration: Cooperate Safety Director.
  • Go-to comfort food: Pizza.
  • Hobbies: Fly-Fishing, Golf, Coaching Youth Sports.
  • Favorite book read: Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide.

December 2023

Charles Little, General Manager for WestRock

This month Charles is celebrating his 35th year of service as a NC EMT and NC Firefighter and NC Fire Instructor. He also serves on the Federal Disaster Medical Assistance Team DMAT for the Department of Human and Health Services as the Commanding Safety Officer.

Charles’ safety career began in 1999 as a Safety Professional for RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company.  In 2008, he transitioned to WestRock as a Process Engineer with responsibility for Safety and Environmental Departments. He has progressed in the WestRock family from Process Engineer to Superintendent to Plant Manager and most recently for the past several years as the Plant General Manager. 

As General Manager, Charles says that his role is safety focused, from a day-to-day operations to the highest strategic view.  He leads a continued focus on daily process’ and leading indicators of safety-what’s next!

He knows that his background yields him to safety each day.  Charles has a true passion for helping people and impacting their every day in a positive manner.

In Case You Missed It

The August ASSP Triad Chapter meeting is on You Tube. Watch Dell West speak on aligning with your operational leaders.