National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety & Health


NACOSH was established under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to advise the secretaries of labor and health and human services on occupational safety and health programs and policies. Members of the 12-person advisory committee are chosen on the basis of their knowledge and experience in occupational safety and health.

The 12-member NACOSH has two members representing management, two members representing labor, two members representing the occupational health professions, two members representing the occupational safety professions and four members representing the public. Two of the health representatives and two of the public members are designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, although actual appointment of these members, as well as all other members, is by the Secretary of Labor. The members serve two-year terms.

Assistant Secretary Dr. David Michaels addresses members of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) June 20, 2012 in Washington, D.C.
Assistant Secretary Dr. David Michaels addresses members of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) June 20, 2012 in Washington, D.C.
PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVES
Linda Rae Murray, MD, MPH* **
Chief Medical Officer
Cook County Department of Health
5344 South Hyde Park Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60615
Phone: 708-836-8656
Email: lindarae.murray@gmail.com
Term expires: 5/21/2014
Lida Orta-Anés, PhD
Professor
University of Puerto Rico
Medical Sciences Campus
P.O. Box 365067
San Juan, PR 00936-5067
Phone: 787-758-2525
Email: lida.orta@upr.edu
Term expires: 12/8/2012
Mark Carleson**
County Safety Manager
County of Orange
600 West Santa Ana Blvd.
Suite 104
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Phone: 714-285-5535
Email: mark.carleson@ocgov.com
Term expires: 5/21/2014
Anne Soiza
Assistant Director
Washington Division of Occupational
Safety and Health
P.O. Box 44600
Olympia, WA 48504-4600
Phone: 360-902-4805
Email: soiz235@lni.wa.gov
Term expires: 5/21/2014
MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVES
Joseph Van Houten, Ph.D
Senior Director, Worldwide EHS
Johnson & Johnson
410 George Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: 732-524-2548
Fax: 732-524-3296
Email: jvanhou1@its.jnj.com
Term expires: 5/21/2014
James Johnson
Group Vice President, Workplace
Safety Initiatives
National Safety Council
1121 Spring Lake Drive
Itasca, IL 60143
Phone: 630-775-2221
Fax: 760-340-0574
Email: Jim.Johnson@nsc.org
Term expires: 12/8/ 2012
   
HEALTH REPRESENTATIVES
Jacqueline Agnew, PhD, MPH**
Professor, Johns Hopkins School of
Public Health
615 North Wolfe Street, Room W7503
Baltimore, MD 21205
Phone: 410-955-4037
jagnew@jhsph.edu
Term expires: 5/21/2014
William B. Bunn, III, MD, JD, MPH**
Vice President, Health, Safety, Security & Productivity
Navistar Inc.
303 E. Wacker Drive
3rd Floor, Suite 360
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312-836-3938
Email: william.bunn@navistar.com
Term expires: 12/8/2012

 
LABOR REPRESENTATIVES
William Borwegen, MPH
Director, Occupational Health And Safety
Service Employees International Union
CTW,CLC
1800 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-730-7385
Email: bill.borwegen@seiu.org
Term expires: 5/21/2014
Margaret Seminario, M.S.
Director, Safety and Health
AFL-CIO
815 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-637-5366
Email: pseminar@aflcio.org
Term expires: 5/21/2014
   
SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES
Peter Dooley, M.S., CSP, CIH
LaborSafe
6301 N. Zeeb Road
Dexter, MI 48130
Phone: 734-320-5160
Email: peterfdooley@gmail.com
Term expires: 5/21/ 2014
Rixio E. Medina, CSP, CPP
Process Safety Auditor
BP Safety & Operational Risk-Audit
Corpus Christi, TX 78418
Phone: 713-876-0427
Email: rixio.medina@bp.com
Term expires: 12/8/2012
   
COMMITTEE CONTACTS
Amanda Edens
Designated Federal Official
200 Constitution Avenue, NW
Room N3641
Washington, DC 20210
202-693-2270 (phone)
Email: edens.amanda@dol.gov
Jens Svenson
Room N3641
Alternate Designated Federal Official
202-693-1964 (phone)
Deborah Page Crawford
Room N3641
Phone: 202-693-1932
Fax: 202-693-1641
Email: crawford.deborah@dol.gov
Veneta Chatmon (Travel)
Room N3647
Phone: 202-693-1912
Fax: 202-693-1634
Email: chatmon.veneta@dol.gov
Sarah J. Shortall
Committee Counsel
Room S4004
Phone: 202-693-5445
Fax: 202-693-5466
Email: shortall.sarah@dol.gov
Chia C. Chang, MPH, MBA
CDC/NIOSH
Office of the Director
395 E St SW
Washington, DC
Phone: 202-245-0656
Email: cuc8@cdc.gov
   

*Committee Chair
**HHS Designees