We are proud to announce that Donna Earley, Director of Radiation and Environmental Safety at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, has gladly accepted the distinction of being named SC-AIHA / ASSE-LA "WISE" Safety and Industrial Hygiene Professional of the Year.. Ms Earley has over 25 years of leadership experience in the radiation safety field. She holds an MS in Health Physics from Purdue University and is credited with numerous radiation related publications. She has been a board member of the Southern California Chapter of the Health Physics Society and is a member of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine.  Among her leadership roles, Ms. Earley serves as a Board Member of the Cal Rad Forum which is an association of public / private institutions and corporations that use radioactive materials which generate low-level radioactive waste in the four-state Southwestern Low-Level Waste Disposal Compact region: Arizona, California, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

RSVP:

http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/LHFXBIAMKOYZTMSIDOQQ/WISE

This is the 3rd annual WISE meeting co-hosted by SC AIHA and ASSE LA.

Previous award winners include: Natalie "Lee" Klein (2006), and Kelly Bernish (2007).

Phone RSVP: 909-607-0403

As your outgoing chapter president, I would like to reiterate what a great pleasure it has been to serve what I consider to be among the best chapters in the Society. I would like to acknowledge the fine work of many ASSE LA members who have strived in making this organization what it is today and will be in the future.

In addition to our second annual (and very successful) Joint Technical Symposium in October, we ended 2007 with two great events “Greening the Construction and Demolition Process” and "Current and Proposed Legislation That Will Affect the Practice of Safety and Industrial Health". Both sessions were requested by our members and were well received.

2008 started with an event that our Board is especially proud of. We held our annual meeting honoring members with 25 - 40 years of chapter service, our past presidents, the Gebb Award winner (Bill Taylor), and our first ever “Joe Kaplan Safety Professional of The Year” award winner (Don Kramer). I particularly enjoyed hearing from our founding member Joe Kaplan along with several other local leaders in our profession.

We can’t thank Don Kramer and Bob D’Amato enough for starting our very own Ontario Section to service the professional needs of ASSE members in that area. We sincerely hope that the enthusiastic support they have received will continue and eventually lead to a new chapter in that region.

Thank you to all of our 2007-2008 officers - We look ahead to building on your outstanding contributions!

Sincerely, Ed Becker, Chapter President

We invite those interested in presenting at the 2008 Joint Technical Symposium to submit a proposal for review by the Conference Planning Committee. JTS 2008 provides a forum for attendees to learn the profession’s best practices and to:

The 2008 committee is particularly interested in advanced, technically oriented and practical presentations in the areas of Safety, Industrial Hygiene, and Sustainability.

Selected Tuesdays every Month of 2008 11:00 AM -12 Noon Pacific Time 5/13 “Can Back Injuries Be Prevented? Primary & Secondary Control”

(Intermediate to Advanced)

6/17 “Anthropometry & Workstation Design” (Advanced)

OSHA Training Institute Classes Sponsored by the Southern California NIOSH Education & Research Center and California State University Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). Call (800) 358-9206 for more information.

OSHA 511-STANDARDS FOR GENERAL INDUSTRY. May 19-22 AT UCLA Introduces OSHA policies, procedures,and standards, as well as general industry safety and health principles

The Annual Southern California Joint Technical Symposium (JTS) is a "must attend" event for industrial hygiene, occupational health, and safety professionals. Come and see why Southern California professionals have to come to rely on the JTS as their source for professional development and networking for more than 10 years. Engaging general and technical sessions, professional networking opportunities, and exposition of cutting edge tools and services available to local practitioners.

This one day event will allow you to refresh your skills and earn up to 1 certification maintenance point. Past events have received approval of 1.0 CM point by ABIH for certification maintenance. For continuing education programs approved by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH) for CM credit, one may convert ABIH CM credit to BCSP COC credit at a rate of 0.625 (1 CM point = 0.625 COC points). You cannot afford to miss this event co-sponsored by the Orange County and Southern California Sections of AIHA, and the Orange County and Los Angeles Chapters of ASSE.

• President: Ed Becker

• President Elect: Enrique Garcia

• VP Programs: Jane Bartlett

• VP News: Jody Van Leuven

• Treasurer: Adam Arzate

• At-Large: Charlie Lane

• Delegate: Jay Preston

• Delegate: Bill Taylor

• Secretary: Scott Boim

• WISE Chair: Melonee Cruse

• Risk Mgmt Chair: Thad Wolfe

• Jobs: Charles Yun

• Gov’t Affairs: Jun Laudencia

• Spawl: Hector Escarcega

• Awards: Scott Boim

• Archives: Don Kramer

• High Hazard Industry Chair:

• JTS Chair: Larry Bergenfeld