OKC Chapter SPY Selection Process
2025 SPY Requirements
Eligibility: Open to any member of the Oklahoma City Chapter, in good standing, working in the safety, health, or environmental (SHE) field for five years or more.
Application Packet:
- Must contain three letters of reference (clients, employer, or colleagues).
- Accomplishments you have achieved while working in the SHE field during the past five years. (Introduced a new program, reduced Experience Mod by XX%, Best Service Award, wrote a safety program…)
- ASSP Service – participate in Chapter or Section activities, attended monthly meetings, served as Chapter or Section Officer, served on Regional or National Committees…
Extra Credit will be given for the following:
- Voluntary Community Service
- Conference Presentation/Publications
- Professional Designations
- Degree in SHE
Additional information and all application packets must be turned into Mike Messner at messnermik@aol.com, no later than midnight on October 31st, 2024. The award will be presented at our January Chapter Meeting.
Timeline:
- October 31st, 2024 – Deadline for Chapter Application Packet
- January 2025 – Chapter Safety Professional of the Year awarded
- April 1, 2025 – Deadline for Region III Safety Professional of the Year Application and Packet
- August 2025 – Region III Safety Professional of the Year awarded at Region III Professional Development Conference
- November 1, 2025 – Deadline for Society Safety Professional of the Year Application and Packet
- June 2026 – Society Safety Professional of the Year awarded at Safety Expo 2026
Past Winners:
- Jerrie Looney in 2024
- Shawn Helton in 2023
- Robert Aldridge in 2022
- Diana Edwards in 2021
- Cody Vinyard in 2020
- Paul Turner in 2019
- Denis Baker in 2018
- Patrick McGrew in 2017
- Leslie Stockel in 2016
- Stephanie Schroeder in 2015
- Sean Hickey in 2014
- Bill Young in 2013
- No one selected in 2012
- Casey Roberts in 2011
- Mark Huddleston in 2010
- Jim Ross in 2009
- Don Latimer in 2008
- No one was selected in 2007
- No one was selected in 2006
- Robert Williams in 2005
- No one was selected in 2004
- Clayton Abernathy in 2003
- Mike Messner in 2002