ASSP Foundation | About The Foundation

Serving as the charitable arm of ASSP, the ASSP Foundation provides financial and programmatic support of the profession on behalf of ASSP and the ASSP community.

The ASSP Foundation is committed to a safer future for workers. We advance occupational safety and health (OSH), we promote OSH as a career choice, and we help build a sustainable talent pipeline for the profession.

Our annual report to the ASSP community shares messages from ASSP's President, and the ASSP and ASSP Foundation Vice President of Finance, as well as audited financial statements.

The ASSP Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization, EIN 36-6145045. Donations are tax-deductible.

The ASSP Foundation has invested more than $6 million into the occupational safety and health community to develop opportunities for career guidance, education and leadership development. The charitable effort is designed to attract new individuals to the profession as well as enhance the knowledge and skills of current safety students and professionals.

View the ASSP Foundation's IRS-990 forms. To request copies of previous years, please email us at foundation@assp.org.

The American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) Foundation adheres to the Donor Bill of Rights as created by the American Association of Fund Raising Counsel (AAFRC), Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP), the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), and the Council for Advancement and support of Education (CASE). View the Donor Bill of Rights

Good governance is at the heart of any successful non-profit. It helps us achieve our objectives and drives improvement and ensures maintenance of legal and ethical standing. The ASSP Foundation Board of Trustees governs the ASSP Foundation, helping to steward and maximize the impact of your gifts.

In April of 2020, the ASSP Foundation Board of Trustees voted to shift their governance structure resulting in the ASSP Board of Directors serving as the governing body of the both the Society and our Foundation.

This helps to strengthen the strategic alignment between the ASSP Foundation and ASSP while making the ASSP Foundation’s programs more impactful. Since we are funded by contributions from the safety community, it is important that we optimize our resources as best we can so we can focus on programs that will build the pipeline of future safety professionals.

Executive Committee

CHAIR
Pam Walaski, CSP, FASSP
Senior Program Director
Specialty Technical Consultants Inc.

VICE CHAIR
Linda M. Tapp, CSP, ALCM, CPTD
President
SafetyFUNdamentals

VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE
Thomas E. Kramer, P.E., CSP
Managing Principal
LJB, Inc.

SECRETARY & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Jennifer McNelly
Secretary & Chief Executive Officer
American Society of Safety Professionals

Trustees

TRUSTEE
Philip Bell
President
Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA)

TRUSTEE
Scott DeBow, CSP, ARM
Principal of Health, Safety and Environmental
Avetta

TRUSTEE
Steven B. Gray, CSP, CHST
Director, Safety
Transurban

TRUSTEE
Stephanie L. Johnson, CSP, CHMM
Director, Environment, Health and Safety
AT&T

TRUSTEE
Todd W. Loushine, Ph.D, P.E., CSP, CIH
Associate Professor
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

TRUSTEE
Monique Parker, CSP
Senior Vice President of Safety, Environment and Health
Piedmont Lithium Inc.

The ASSP Foundation Next Generation Board (NGB) is a non-governing committee who works to increase awareness of the ASSP Foundation’s purpose, encourages participation in the ASSP Foundation’s programs, and cultivates intergenerational connections within the ASSP community, in support of the mission of the ASSP Foundation. The ASSP Foundation Next Generation Board consists of members between the ages of 23 and 40 and enables young Society members to support the profession while making a strategic investment in their own careers.

Chair
Josh Reed, GSP
Manager, EHS and Workers Compensation
Danone