Message From Our Chairman on 2018 Safety Summit

Welcome to “Safety by the Sea” in beautiful sunny San Diego. 2017 was a great year for the VPPPA in Region IX, we grew our mentoring, supported codification of VPP in Arizona, reintroduced a House resolution (H.R. 1444) currently with 49 co-sponsors and matching Senate Bill (S. 1878) currently with 2 cosponsors, connected with the national VPPPA organization in New Orleans despite some historical weather events and listened to our Region IX membership by coming together with our colleagues in San Diego.

The planning committee and Region IX board have working for over a year on this safety summit. We have a great summit in store for you packed with inspiration, learning, and networking with the finest safety and health professional around the region and country.

We look forward to great things to come – continue to support legislation to codify VPP, re-connecting in Nashville for the National VPPPA Safety Symposium, and continuing to drive growth of the VPP throughout the region through our continued partnerships.

On behalf of the Region IX VPPPA Board of Directors, I welcome you to this year’s Safety by the Sea Summit! We hope you make some new friends, learn a lot and gain the inspiration to achieve safety excellence


Gilbert Aceves
Chairman
Region IX VPPPA Board of Directors