ACGIH 2024 Election Results

10/24/2024

ACGIH is pleased to announce the results of our recent Board of Directors and Nominating Committee election. Congratulations to all the 2024 election winners!

Three Active Members were elected to serve on the Board of Directors for a 3-year term:

Representing Academia/Government:

Michael Grant, ScD, CIH. Michael is a Deputy Branch Chief in the Division of Field Studies and Engineering, Field Research Branch, at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). He earned his Doctor of Science degree in Environmental Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (focused on designing, implementing, and evaluating interventions in the commercial construction and healthcare industries), Master of Science degree in Environmental Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (focused on Industrial Hygiene), and Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (focused on Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry and Public Health).

Megan Steele, MS, CIH, CSP. Megan serves as the industrial hygiene technical advisor at Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. In this role, she mentors new industrial hygiene consultants, supports their ongoing professional development, and ensures the quality of consultant services. Before joining BWC, Megan worked as an industrial hygiene research contractor and team lead in the Air Force Research Lab Force Health Protection portfolio. She started by conducting exposure assessments in Air Force unique environments, advanced to evaluating air sensor performance, and eventually led several projects including the evaluation of new surface limits for chemicals unique to Air Force operations. Megan holds dual master’s degrees in industrial hygiene and environmental engineering. While chemical engineering wasn’t her true calling, her bachelor’s degree has served her well in providing a strong background in chemistry, math, and analytical thinking.

Representing Industry/Labor:

Jonathan F. Hale, MPA. Jon is President of Air Systems Corporation with over 43 years of experience in the design, worker exposure, installation, governmental regulation of dust control and industrial ventilation systems, energy management and air system analysis projects. Mr. Hale has also worked as an EPA inspector and permits engineer. He is the winner of two national level ASHRAE awards for excellence in energy efficient design of industrial ventilation systems and is the co-chair of the North Carolina Industrial Ventilation Conference. He is the 2022 Meritorious Achievement Awardee. Mr. Hale obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from Wake Forest University and a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from Appalachian State University.

The 2025 ACGIH Nominating Committee will include three elected Active Members to serve a one-year term:

Representing Academia/Government:

Kendra Broadwater, MPH, CIH, CSP. Kendra is a Research Industrial Hygienist with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Spokane Mining Research Division (SMRD). She has performed workplace exposure assessments in workplaces across the United States for NIOSH since 2013. Before recently joining the NIOSH Mining program and turning her focus to mining exposures, she developed expertise in evaluation of exposures in nail salons and forensic chemistry laboratories and surface sampling methodology and survey development. She is interested in learning more about exposure assessment strategies used in mining and barriers to adoption of statistics-based decision making in exposure assessment programs.

Stephanie C. Griffin, PhD, CIH. Stephanie holds a PhD in Environmental Health Sciences and is a Certified Industrial Hygienist with over 20 years’ experience in a broad range of workplaces including the US Coast Guard, US Air Force, the fire service, and the mining industry, as well as academia. Dr. Griffin is an Associate Professor at Stockton University in Galloway, New Jersey where she trains undergraduate and graduate students in public health topics including occupational and environmental health. As a practicing public health professional, she engages in scholarship and service that advance and improve the public health. Dr. Griffin recently retired from that Air National Guard where she served as a Bioenvironmental Engineering officer.

Representing Industry/Labor:

Donald D. Elswick, CIH, CSP, CHMM, CIT. Don has over 30 years of government and multi-industry experience, holding several senior positions in Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) organizations. Don is an Occupational Environmental Health & Safety (OEHS) Solutions Specialist for ELSMART Associates, LLC. He was formerly the Executive Director, University of Alabama (UA) SafeState, Division of Industrial and Environmental Programs, which provides vision and leadership for environmental safety and health outreach activities for the University in partnership with groups, individuals, employers, and agencies external to UA. In 2022 he was chairperson of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) and served on the state of Alabama’s Technical Advisory Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (TAC-STEM). Don has supported oversight of implementing companies’ EHS policies, procedures, standards, guidelines, and practices in government operations, the chemical industry, high-speed manufacturing, and the food industry. He is the Local Section Vice Chair of the local section advisory group (LSAG) a member of the Thermal Stress Working Group (TSWG) for the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), and an active member of the advisory committee for the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP). Don retired as a Commander (CDR) in the United States Navy, serving as a Medical Service Corps Officer.