Awards

OKC Chapter SPY Selection Process

OKC ASSP Chapter SPY Award

2024 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:

  1. Must contain three letters of reference (clients, employer, or colleagues).
  2. 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…)
  3. 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, 2023.  The award will be presented at our January Chapter Meeting.

Timeline:

  • October 31st, 2023 – Deadline for Chapter Application Packet
  • January 2024 – Chapter Safety Professional of the Year awarded
  • April 1, 2024 – Deadline for Region III Safety Professional of the Year Application and Packet
  • August 2024 – Region III Safety Professional of the Year awarded at Region III Professional Development Conference
  • November 1, 2024 – Deadline for Society Safety Professional of the Year Application and Packet
  • June 2025 – Society Safety Professional of the Year awarded at Safety Expo 2025

Past Winners:

  • 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