News Release

Distinguished Service to Safety Award recipients honored

Itasca, IL – The National Safety Council (NSC) announced today that seven safety professionals have been awarded its Distinguished Service to Safety Award. The award is the highest honor bestowed on an individual safety professional by the NSC in recognition of outstanding service to the field of safety. The seven recipients will be inducted during the opening session of the National Safety Council's 93rd Annual Congress & Expo in Orlando.

This year's recipients are:

• Dennis R. Cloutier, CSP, President, Cloutier Consulting Services, Cincinnati, OH
• Greg Hale, Chief Safety Officer & Vice President, Safety, Accessibility and Advanced Technology for Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, Lake Buena Vista, FL
• Andy Garcia-Rivera, Director, Department of Safety, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
• Lucena Slaten, Reservation Agent, Northwest Airlines, Inc., St. Paul, MN
• Steven T. Theis, CSP, CHMM, CUSA, Vice President Safety, MYR Group, Inc., Rolling Meadows, IL
• Wilson M. Yancey, Jr., Director of Corporate Safety, Quanta Services, Inc., Houston, TX
• Stephen F. Campbell, Executive Director, Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, Washington, DC

The The National Safety Council is a nonprofit, nongovernmental, international public service organization dedicated to protecting life and promoting health. Members of NSC include more than 45,000 businesses, labor organizations, schools, public agencies, private groups and individuals. Founded in 1913, and chartered by the U.S. Congress in 1953, the primary focus of the NSC is preventing injuries on highways and in homes, workplaces and communities.