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Presidents Message
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Hello COCHMM members and friends!!
As President of the COCHMM in 2011, I would like to thank everyone for making 2011 a success. Some of our accomplishments for 2011 include:
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Holding six membership meetings
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Holding 11 board meetings
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Going to a Clippers baseball game together as a group
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Beginning the “Sponsorship Program” to help support our chapter and keep the meeting costs low for our members
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Increasing membership by approximately 10%
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Developing and passing the Chapter by-laws in May
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Attending the AHMP Leadership meeting, which as hosted here in Columbus, Ohio in April. Jeff Bates and Vicki Schneider were our representatives
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Attending the AHMP National Conference. Mike Ryan was our Chapter’s representative
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Holding one joint meeting with ASSE, and
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The Chapter Website has had more than 2,000 hits!
Thank you, too, for visiting our website. In 2011, we started our COCHMM website where we post important information like meeting dates and copies of presentations. And, we look forward to improving and expanding our website in 2012 to include job postings and much more. A special thanks goes to Allen Fredrick, one of the COCHMM founding Members, who provided books and coffee mugs at the May meeting hosted by Columbus State Community College.
We recently elected a new board for 2012 and our first board meeting was held on December 15th 2011, where I passed the President’s reins to Mike Ryan. Our new board is already hard at work and has established meeting dates and times for both Membership and Board meetings. We identified some topics for the 2012 meeting schedule (visit our website for meeting information), and we have already obtained a few corporate sponsorship commitments to support some of the meetings. We also established several committees including membership, sponsorship and the education committee, which will be looking into the feasibility of holding a CHMM certification course in Columbus in the future. Based on these early 2012 accomplishments, I am confident that the 2012 board members will continue to promote and support the Environmental, safety, health and transportation professions, and they will continue to help us make the Columbus Chapter of CHMM a wonderful success in 2012. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve you as your COCHMM President for 2011.
Now that I have assumed the position of Past President of COCHMM, I pledge my full support to our new president and board so together we can meet the visions and goals of the Columbus CHMM Chapter. I want to extend to you a personal invitation to join us for as many of our events and meetings as your schedule will permit in 2012. Get involved. Join a committee. Because I did, 2011 was a very interesting and rewarding experience for me.
2011 was truly a very successful year.
I hope to see everyone at the COCHMM meeting in February 2012. Have a Happy and Prosperous New Year!!
Mark Slaiman, CHMM
Past President, COCHMM
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COCHMM Mission
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The Central Ohio Certified Hazardous Materials Managers of Central Ohio (COCHMM) is a non-profit professional organization whose mission is to provide professionals a forum for professional development, continuing education and networking opportunities with other professionals in related occupations within the community and throughout Ohio.
The goal of our Chapter is to provide a balanced program of professional growth for our members focusing on the following areas:
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Environmental Compliance
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Health and Safety Compliance
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Regulatory Compliance and Policy
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Science and Technology
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Hazardous Materials Handling
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Emergency Response and Remediation
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Strategic Environmental Management
Membership in COCHMM is open to anyone with an interest in expanding their knowledge of environmental and safety issues.
COCHMM is an official chapter of the Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals (AHMP -- formerly known as the ACHMM or Academy of Hazardous Materials Managers), and acknowledges its role and responsibilities to meet and follow the Chapter Affiliation requirements of the AHMP, as well as the Institute of Hazardous Materials Managers (IHMM) Code of Ethics for CHMMs. The Chapter promotes the Code of Ethics to Chapter members and all CHMMs.
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Officers
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President
Mike Ryan, CHMM
Manager, Enterprise EH&S
Phone: 614-415-1769
Fax: 614-415-1275
Mobile: 614-638-1391
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Vice President
Vicki Schneider, CHMM
SRM & Associates, LLC
PO Box 340185
Columbus, OH 43234
PH: (614) 905-6756
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Secretary
Nick Zoellner
Heritage Environmental Services, LLC
Phone: (614) 439-0220
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Treasurer
Glorianna L. Cooley, REM
Environmental Health & Safety Engineer
KPA, www.kpaonline.com
Cell: 614-432-5044
Fax: 614-539-8916
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Programs Committee Chair
Daniel Compton, CHMM
Results Advisor
Advanced Waste Services, Inc.
New Castle, PA 16101
1001 Samson Street
Cell: 614-312-6142
Fax: 614-675-7986
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Membership Committee Chair
Darrin Lacheta
EHS Engineer
Tosoh SMD, Inc.
3600 Gantz Road
Grove City, Ohio 43123
614-277-4354
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Education Committee Chair
Jeff Bates, Ph.D.
Professor and Program Coordinator
Environmental Science, Safety & Health
Columbus State Community College
550 East Spring Street
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 287-3652
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Past President
Mark Slaiman
EH&S Specialist
Boehringer Ingelheim Roxane Inc.
614-276-4000 Ext. 2320
Cell 614-562-9277
Fax 614-308-3541
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Finance Committee Chair
Dave Rice
Project Manager
August Mack Environmental, Inc.
4150 Tuller Rd., Suite 212
Dublin, Ohio 43017
Office: 614.798.9922
Cell: 614.506.2365
Fax: 614.798.9927
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