A Message From the VPPPA Chairperson Hello my fellow VPPPA members,
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s we enter a new year, I cannot help but reflect on how far we’ve progressed in 2021. Our amazing staff and VPPPA boards (both regional and national) worked hard through a challenging year to ensure the VPPPA community had
the resources they needed to maintain safety excellence at VPP workplaces throughout the country. I am very proud and humbled to be part of this outstanding group of professionals. Now we look forward to using the foundation of initiatives completed in 2021 as we move into 2022. Because everyone, regardless of their race, age, sex, religion, or other demographic, has the right to a safe workplace, it goes without saying that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is more important than ever. I am proud to present this issue of the Leader magazine to all of our members and subscribers, and hope it will be the catalyst for many tough, but important, conversations on DEI in safety.
With the amazing VPPPA membership, Boards of Directors, staff, and VPP community all working together, the best is yet to come.
We are also proud to partner with BSCP as an affiliate to support the Global Learning Summit happening this May. I encourage all of you to join through the VPPPA website (vpppa.org) to attend this worldwide safety professional educational event. We have a great safety excellence track lined up for this summit that you won’t want to miss. As we continue to expand our online member benefits, we listened to your feedback and created a new membership database. With this database it is easier than ever to update changing site personnel as well as search for other member companies within your industry to network with them directly. We have expanded our popular online webinars and e-learning opportunities. Please visit vpppa.org to learn more about our upcoming online educational events. You can also look for a new VPPPA webpage to be launched soon. We are as eager as ever to see you in person once again. Dates and plans have already been set for regional and national conferences. More information can be found on our website. We hope you will attend one or multiple conferences this year. As we enter into the new year knowing all the hard work we put into last year, I am confident we are ready for 2022. With the amazing VPPPA membership, Boards of Directors, staff, and VPP community all working together, the best is yet to come.
— Terry Schulte, Chairman—National VPPPA Board of Directors We are better together!
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Leader—Winter 2022
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