Volunteering gives you greater visibility in the EHS profession, offers you a new way to apply and enhance your skills, and enables you to expand your professional network to learn about innovations best practices.

CSHEMA offers the following types of volunteer positions for members. You can indicate interest in serving by completing the Volunteer Interest Form. Most volunteer positions are appointed by the president annually in July following the Annual Conference.

Leading Volunteers

Leading volunteers determine and advance strategic directions, govern over long-term goals, represent the association to other members, and set the tone for the member experience.


Planning Volunteers

Planning volunteer positions work well for those interested in collaborating to create member experiences such as events, research, fundraising, and other opportunities.


Serving Volunteers

These volunteers serve by supporting peer networking and resource sharing, collaborating on projects that meet a specific need, or communicating the value of CSHEMA.


Contributing Volunteers

Contributing volunteers curate content, review materials to help make decisions, share expertise to build credibility, and welcome participants at events.


In addition to the Board of Trustees, the individuals below compose CSHEMA's volunteer leadership.

Committee Chairs
  • Advocacy CommitteeThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Harvard University (Chair); This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Texas State University San Marcos; Peter Jayasekara, City University of New York; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Princeton University
  • Awards CommitteeThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Chair), University of Central Florida;This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Co-chair), Florida International University; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Co-chair) Nova Southeastern University
  • Conference PlanningThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Virginia Commonwealth University (Chair); This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Southern Methodist University(Conference Education Subcommittee Chair)
  • Membership CommitteeThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Kansas State University (Chair); This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Florida
  • Nominations CommitteeThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Texas Southwestern Medicine (Chair), Beth Welmaker,  Nova Southeastern University; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Princeton University; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Yale University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Ursinus College
  • Professional Development CommitteeThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." target="_blank" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(136, 37, 52); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">Hope Zavalin, Texas Woman’s University; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Georgia Tech
  • Scholarship Committee: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Oklahoma State University; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Task Force Leaders
  • CSAP/Complete Safety Programs Task ForceThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • CSHEMA Fellows Task Force:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Texas San Antonio
Special Representation Liaisons
  • Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium (HEASC): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Georgia
  • Chemical InsightsThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of North Carolina Charlotte, 
  • Center for Campus Fire SafetyThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Texas A&M University
  • Pistoia Alliance/CASThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of California-Los Angeles
  • American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Harvard University
  • International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Florida
  • Safety Training Consortium (STC)This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
  • Student Shop Managers Consortium (SSMC)This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Penn State University
  • American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS):This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Washington
  • Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals (AHMP)This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Washington University in St. Louis
  • University Risk Management and /Insurance Association (URMIA)This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Community of Practice Leaders
  • Animal Research: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Arizona State University; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Wisconsin Madison
  • Biosafety: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Texas A&M University; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Wisconsin
  • Embedded Safety: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign;  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Texas Tech University
  • Emergency Management: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., UNC Charlotte; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Princeton University
  • Environmental/Sustainability: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Maryland; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Utah State University
  • Facilities Management: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Virginia; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Clemson University; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Dartmouth College
  • Field Research Safety: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of California–Berkeley; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Cornell University
  • Fine & Performing Arts: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Fire & Life Safety:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Nova Southeastern University; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Arizona
  • Industrial Hygiene: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Memphis; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Minnesota
  • International Campuses: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Calgary
  • Lab Safety: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Oklahoma State University; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Marketing/Communications & Education: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Auburn University
  • Radiation and Laser Safety: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Portland State University; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
  • Safety Culture: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. University of Florida ; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Tennessee - Knoxville
  • Small Schools: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of New England; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Santa Fe College; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Moravian University
  • Technology: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Yale University; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of Delaware

Symposia Chaire (recruited by MEE)

Want to Volunteer?

If you are interested in volunteering for CSHEMA, please complete the form below, and we'll be in touch with how you can get involved!

Volunteer Interest Form

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If you are interested in being featured as a CSHEMA volunteer, please complete the form below, submit a headshot of yourself and send to Jackie Weis.

We look forward to learning more about those who lead and are a part of CSHEMA.

Volunteer Spotlight Form