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Aligning your brand with CSHEMA, to help campus professionals recognize you as a trusted Corporate Partner!

Sponsors

CSHEMA sponsors are widely recognized as leaders in safety, health, and environmental management. Through your sponsorship and special acknowledgements, you gain undivided and comprehensive promotional value with your target audience.

Currently CSHEMA is accepting sponsors for upcoming webinars, symposia's, and the Annual Conference.  Sponsorship opportunities are available to fit any budget, but they are available on a first-come, first-served basis, so act now to gain unmatched visibility with your higher education customers.

If your company has ideas, goals, or resources for the expression of your brand, CSHEMA will customize a sponsorship package to meet diverse marketing objectives that fit within your budget.

Corporate Partnership

Members like doing business with other members. CSHEMA has 4,000+ members from more than 400 higher education institutions in the United States and beyond. CSHEMA members are the top EHS officers on campus, providing the ability for associate members to drive awareness and demand directly with the decision-makers.

Corporate Partnerships with CSHEMA open doors for you on campuses. Maximize your visibility and investment in the higher education market by joining CSHEMA as a Corporate Partner. Your company will stand out from the crowd as an active participant and a trusted partner.

Corporate Partners Receive:
  • Discount on an exhibit space at the Annual Conference.
  • Discount on an exhibit space at the Spring Symposium.
  • Discounts on multiple year-round sponsorship offerings (available only to Corporate Partners).
  • Subscription to the CSHEMAConnection.
  • Listing on multiple website pages of the CSHEMA website as a Corporate Partner.
  • Discounts on conference and seminar registrations.
  • Members-only website access, including the membership directory and discussion forums.
Special Thanks to our Current & Past Corporate Partners

Volunteer

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 innovative 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 Committee: This 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 Committee: This 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 Planning: This 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 Committee: This 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 Committee: This 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 Committee: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 Force: This 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 Insights: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., University of North Carolina Charlotte, 
  • Center for Campus Fire Safety: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Texas A&M University
  • Pistoia Alliance/CAS: This 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)

  • Fall 2021 - Virtual - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(136, 37, 52); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">Scott Bourdon
  • Spring 2021 - Orlando -Brian Butkus 
  • Fall 2022 - Princeton University - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Spring 2023 - University of California Santa Barbara - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Spring 2024 - University of Wisconsin-Madison - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Spring 2025 - University of Texas San Antonio - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Planning Volunteers

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

Find out more about the responsibilities, time commitment, and selection process for each position below.

Conference Planning Team

Provide leadership in planning CSHEMA’s premier educational and networking event. Individuals serve less than one year, the pace of which hastens between February and July. Responsibilities include:

  • Crafting a schedule that balances the Annual Conference's educational, networking, and social purposes.
  • Identifying keynote speakers of interest to CSHEMA participants.
  • Participating in monthly conference calls and a site visit (paid by CSHEMA) to the conference location.

The president selects team members annually.

Symposium Planning Team

Volunteering on the planning committee for a CSHEMA Symposium will help you make greater connections with colleagues in your area, provide an opportunity for your staff to present their expertise and offers an excellent time to showcase exciting projects and successes from your campus. Working together with the CSHEMA Central Office, the planning committee is responsible for:

  • Curating high quality and in-demand content that meets the needs of EHS professionals in the surrounding area.

These are ad hoc groups, created and filled as needed.

Professional Development Committee

Develop core competencies for the EHS profession and design year-round programmatic efforts to meet those needs. Individuals serve one-year terms beginning in July at the Annual Conference. Responsibilities include:

  • Collaborating with other volunteer groups to create a calendar for online learning.
  • Encouraging professionals to share their expertise through presentations at the Annual Conference and Symposia.

The president selects team members annually in July.

Awards Committee

Recognize the innovative work and leadership within the EHS profession. Generally, this committee initially meets monthly but will need to come together more frequently during the first and second quarter of the calendar year. Responsibilities include:

  • Ensuring awards meet the needs of the membership and the profession.
  • Proposing changes and developing new awards as necessary.
  • Evaluating award entries based on criteria.

The president selects team members annually in July.

Scholarship Committee

Engage students as aspiring safety professionals and members who are seeking to further their education in the environmental health and safety field through scholarship opportunities. Responsibilities include:

  • Ensure scholarship opportunities meet the needs of students and members.
  • Plan and participate in activities to help fund CSHEMA’s scholarship program. 
  • Evaluate applications and select scholarship recipients based on criteria.

The president selects team members annually.

Conference Education Committee

Provide leadership in planning the educational program for CSHEMA’s annual conference. Responsibilities include:

  • Develop a well-rounded technical session and professional development offering.
  • Work with representatives of CSHEMA’s Communities of Practice to solicit and select relevant session proposals.
  • Review abstract submissions and select educational sessions that will engage members and enhance the overall value of the annual conference.

The President selects team members annually.

 

Contributing Volunteers

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

Find out more about the responsibilities, time commitment, and selection process for each position below.

Presenter

Sharing your professional knowledge with others is a great way to hone your expertise and teach others. CSHEMA has opportunities for volunteers at all competence levels to create helpful and important content for the EHS profession. Some include:

  • Webinar presenter (typically a one-hour event online)
  • Deliver technical and educational content at an in-person meeting (typically 30 minutes to 1 hour in person)
  • Teach a professional development course (extended periods of time, delivered online or in person)
In addition to indicating interest on the volunteer form, you should actively review communications from the Association to discover when presenters are sought.

Other Opportunities to Share Knowledge and Provide Input

Looking for more ways to share your expertise? CSHEMA is always looking to work with individuals who would like to write white papers or review proposed regulation changes and prepare comments.
 

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.

Find out more about the responsibilities, time commitment, and selection process for each position below.

Board of Trustees

Help establish and further the strategic direction of the Association. Board members participate in a weekly conference call and up to two in-person, multiday meetings annually (paid by CSHEMA). Terms are three years and begin at the CSHEMA Annual Conference in July. The Board of Trustees consists of the president, vice president, treasurer, recording secretary, immediate past president, and six directors. Each year, two directors and the vice president will be elected; the treasurer and recording secretary are elected every three years, but never in the same election cycle.

Responsibilities include:

  • Advancing the strategic vision and core values of the Association
  • Directing the work of various volunteer committees and teams
  • Reviewing the Association’s budget Performing some ceremonial duties, such as speaking at various functions or representing the Association to outside groups

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Community of Practice Leader

Foster innovation and networking within the membership. Typically, each community has two co-leaders who each serve two-year terms. Responsibilities include:

  • Serving as a resource in helping members maximize the use of the community of practice.
  • Monitoring, promoting, and creating new threads for ongoing discussion and sharing in the online forum with the community of practice.
  • Contributing to the educational goals of the community of practice through relevant online learning programs, developing resources, proposing educational sessions, etc.
  • Serving as the primary point of contact for planning, promoting, and facilitating community events at the Annual Conference.

Communities are responsible for self-selecting their leaders annually.

Task Force Leader

Volunteers on a task force are charged with completing a specific project with defined outcomes. This could include researching best practices and recommending a course of action or the development of a new member benefit. Task forces are generally small, nimble, and narrow in focus. The leader of the task force is charged with keeping it on track, delegating tasks, and ensuring defined work is completed. Task force responsibilities might include:

  • Research and/or benchmarking.
  • Regular task force meetings conducted online.
  • Working in ambiguity.
  • Creation of written reports, articles, or other resources.
  • Presentation of materials, research, or other findings.

Task forces are appointed as needed.

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.

Find out more about the responsibilities, time commitment, and selection process for each position below.

Advocacy Committee

Communicate with members about government regulations affecting the EHS community. The Advocacy Council meets regularly depending on pending legislation and its relevance to members. Responsibilities include:

  • Monitoring legislation affecting the EHS profession.
  • Recommending to the Board of Trustees a legislative agenda that represents issues of importance to members.
  • Recommending how and when CSHEMA should officially comment or address a particular topic.
  • Communicating with members about the process and outcomes of regulatory action.

The president selects team members annually in July.

Membership Committee

Expand CSHEMA’s professional community. This committee meets monthly and spends some time outside of meetings making phone calls, interfacing with the annual conference planning committee, etc. Responsibilities include:

  • Welcoming new members.
  • Sharing information with members considering joining CSHEMA.
  • Contacting non-renewing members.
  • Monitoring and recommend changes to the CSHEMA dues structure.

 The president selects team members annually in July. 

Task Force Member

Volunteers on a task force are charged with completing a specific project with defined outcomes. This could include researching best practices and recommending a course of action or the development of a new member benefit. Task forces are generally small, nimble, and narrow in focus. Responsibilities might include:
  • Research and/or benchmarking.
  • Regular task force meetings conducted online.
  • Working in ambiguity.
  • Creation of written reports, articles, or other resources.
  • Presentation of materials, research, or other findings.
Team members are selected as needed when task forces are created.

Nominations Committee

Serve with former CSHEMA Presidents to identify candidates for the elected positions of Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and At-Large Member, on the CSHEMA Board of Trustees. Responsibilities include:

  • Evaluate nominations by members for open positions on the Board of Trustees based on criteria.
  • Identify the most qualified and committed individuals to lead the Association.
  • Provide a slate of candidates to the Board of Trustees and Executive Director that is representative of all CSHEMA members.

The President selects two members to serve on this committee with the three most recent former CSHEMA Presidents annually.

 

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