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Members of the NORA Manufacturing Sector Council

NOTE: This page is archived for historical purposes and is no longer being maintained or updated.

The Council has two co-chairs, one a NIOSH Program Manager and one a stakeholder representative. The NIOSH Program Coordinator and Assistant Coordinator facilitate the work of the Council. Members attend meetings and are the core of the group. Corresponding members are kept informed of Council activities, have opportunities to provide input on topics to be discussed, and may join workgroups. Contact the Sector Coordinator or the NORA Coordinator with questions or comments or to volunteer.

Current Members

Name Organization
Greg Lotz
Co-Chair
NIOSH
Frank M. Renshaw
Co-Chair
Bayberry EHS Consulting, LLC
Thais Morata
Program Coordinator
NIOSH
Alberto Garcia
Assistant Coordinator
NIOSH
Alfred A. Amendola NIOSH
Henry A. Anderson Wisconsin Department of Health Services Division of Public Health
Michael E. Barsan NIOSH
Scott Berger American Institute of Chemical Engineers Center for Chemical Process Safety
Theodore Braun Keene State College
Alberto M. Colombi University of Pittsburgh
Thomas Cunningham NIOSH
Richard Current NIOSH
Michael Douglas General Motors
Bill Horsford Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
Kevin J. Igli Tyson Foods, Inc.
James R. Johnson National Safety Council
Joan Karr NIOSH
Kristine Krajnak NIOSH
Wendy Laing North Carolina State University
John Mendeloff RAND Corporation
John S. Morawetz
Former Corresponding Member
International Chemical Workers Union Council
Jack Nunes
Former Corresponding Member
Ingersoll Rand
John L. O’Donoghue University of Rochester
David Parker Park Nicollet Institute
Brian Roberts CNA Insurance Company
Darius D. Sivin United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW)
Mark J. Skripol Pratt & Whitney
Thomas J. Slavin Slavin OSH Group, LLC
Kenneth Stevanus US Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Patricia Sullivan NIOSH
Gary Walbert NIOSH
Ken Wengert Kraft Foods North America
Elizabeth A. Whelan NIOSH
Michael J. Wright United Steelworkers

Current Corresponding Members

Name Organization
Thomas J. Armstrong University of Michigan
David Ayers
Former Member
National Ready Mix Concrete Association
Sherry Baron NIOSH
Ann Barr
Former Member
Pacific University Oregon
Marisol Barrero Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
Tom Beardsley
Former Member
United Auto Workers
William S. Beckett
Former Member
Mount Auburn Hospital
Kristopher W. Buck Hobart Brothers Company
Frank Buczek NIOSH
Janice Camp
Former Member
University of Washington
Tania Carreon-Valencia
Former Member
NIOSH
Tom Cecich TFC & Associates
David A. Felinski The Association For Manufacturing Technology
Steve Guffey West Virginia University
Carolyn Hester Harvey Eastern Kentucky University
Kenneth C. Joerger International Paper Company
Leeka I. Kheifets University of California, Los Angeles
Dan Markiewicz Markiewicz & Associates, Ltd.
William S. Marras The Ohio State University
Dan McCausland
Former Member
American Meat Institute
Trudi Zimmerman McCleery
Former Corresponding Member
Former Member
NIOSH
Bob Momany Safety Council of Northwest Ohio
Mike Morgan
Former Member
University of Washington
Ivan Most
Former Member
Strategic Occupational Health Management
Todd Niemeier NIOSH
Tapas Ray
Former Member
NIOSH
Gordon R. Reeve
Former Co-Chair
Arkansas Department of Health
Cynthia Robinson
Former Member
NIOSH
Donald Schill
Former Member
State of New Jersey Department of Health
William J. Search EHS Technology Group, LLC
John Sestito NIOSH
Mark Stephenson NIOSH
Linda Tapp Crown Safety LLC
Ronald Tubby
Former Member
Intel Corporation
Setenay Tuncel-Kara University of Cincinnati
Troy K. Uahinui Toyota Motor Manufacturing & Engineering, North America, Inc.
Ainsley Weston NIOSH
Joseph Whitlock Wright State University
Steve Wurzelbacher
Former Member
NIOSH

A heartfelt thank you to past participants for their contributions:

(please note: affiliations listed were current as of the time of participation but may no longer be accurate)

Name Organization
Michael Baskett
Former Program Coordinator
formerly with NIOSH
Rebecca Carlo
Former Assistant Coordinator
Formerly with NIOSH
George Chelovich
Former Member
Formerly with CNA Insurance Company
Lilia Chen
Former Member
Former Corresponding Member
Formerly with NIOSH
Greg Day
Former Member
Former Corresponding Member
NIOSH
Renguang Dong
Former Member
NIOSH
Scott Dotson
Former Corresponding Member
Former Member
NIOSH
Linda Frederick
Former Member
NIOSH
Edward Fries
Former Corresponding Member
Former Member
Formerly with NIOSH
Charles Geraci
Former Corresponding Member
Former Member
NIOSH
Manuel Gomez
Former Member
Formerly with US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Mike Gressel
Former Program Coordinator
NIOSH
Lee Hager
Former Member
Former Corresponding Member
3M (self-employed consultant to)
James Harris
Former Member
Formerly with NIOSH
Lawrence Hecker
Former Corresponding Member
Formerly with Hospira, Inc.
Donna S. Heidel
Former Member
Former Corresponding Member
Formerly with NIOSH
Phillip R. Hunt
Former Member
United Biosource Corporation
Robert, Jr. Isiminger
Former Member
US Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Lynn Jenkins
Former Program Coordinator
CDC
Kathleen Kreiss
Former Member
NIOSH
Bernadine Kuchinski
Former Member
Formerly with NIOSH
Brian McGuire
Former Corresponding Member
Former Member
Heico Wire Group
Paul Middendorf
Former Member
NIOSH
Robyn Robbins
Former Member
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
William Robison
Former Member
NIOSH
Christine Schuler
Former Corresponding Member
Former Member
NIOSH
Aaron Sussell
Former Member
NIOSH
Glenn Talaska
Former Member
University of Cincinnati
Julie Tremblay
Former Member
3M
Thomas Waters
Former Corresponding Member
Formerly with NIOSH
Mary Lynn Woebkenberg
Former Co-Chair
Formerly with NIOSH
Monica Laing Workman
Former Member
Formerly with Lincoln Electric Company
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