2022-2023 Executive Committee

PRESIDENT
Lt. Timothy Beck, MPH
CDC/NIOSH

PRESIDENT-ELECT
Dane Mitcheson, CIH, CSP, CHST
FedEx Ground
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DIRECTORS
Tom Blank, CIH, CSP, FAIHA
​BWXT Technologies, Inc.

2nd Director to be named

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SECRETARY
Renee Cowell, CSP
Hitachi Energy

TREASURER
Frank Pokrywka, EdD, CIH
KTA Tator, Inc.

PAST PRESIDENT
Laura Hallett Allen, MS, CIH
Cardno ChemRisk

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY AND WEB COORDINATOR
Christy Kirsch
Pittsburgh AIHA, SE Technologies, LLC
412-789-4254
Local Section Committee Chairpersons

Audit Committee
  • Paula Sweitzer, CHMM, Duquesne University

Program Committee
  • Dane Mitcheson, CIH, CSP, CHST FedEx Ground (Chair)
  • Rona Smeak, PhD, CSP, Slippery Rock University
  • Darrick Bertig, CIH, CSP, CUSA, MS, FirstEnergy

Corporate Sponsorship Committee
  • Laura Hallett Allen, MS, CIH, Cardno ChemRisk

Newsletter Committee
  • Christy Kirsch, Pgh AIHA, SE Technologies, LLC​

Nominating Committee
  • Laura Hallett Allen, MS, CIH, Cardno ChemRisk

Historical Committee
  • Josh Maskrey, CIH, Insight Exposure & Risk Sciences

The table below provides a list of past committee members of the Pittsburgh AIHA.  Click the link below to download the complete list of committee members since 1940!

Pittsburgh AIHA Honors / Achievements

Pittsburgh Section Members Who Served as Presidents of the National AIHA:
  • 1989 Frederick M. Toca, PhD.
  • 1983 Charles E. Powell, Sc.D.
  • 1962 Kenneth M. Morse
  • 1956 Lester V. Cralley, Ph.D.
  • 1953 Henry F. Smyth, Jr., Ph.D.
  • 1949 Edgar C. Barnes
  • 1947 Theodore F. Hatch
  • 1943 Helmuth H. Schrenk, Ph.D.
  • 1939 William P. Yant, Sc.D.
Pittsburgh Section Members Who Received the Henry F. Smyth Award:
  • 2017 Robert D. Soule, CIH, CSP, PE 
Pittsburgh Section Members Who Received the Edward J. Baier Award:
  • 2007 -- Paul Hewett, PhD, CIH
  • 1997 -- Loren A. Anderson Jr. and the AIHA Environmental Lead Task Force 
Pittsburgh Section Officers Who Were Recipients of the AIHA Cummings Memorial Award:
  • 1970 Edgar C. Barnes
  • 1957 Helmuth H. Schrenk, Ph.D.
  • 1956 Henry F. Smyth, Jr., Ph.D.
  • 1951 Theodore F. Hatch
  • 1947 William P. Yant, Sc.D.
Pittsburgh Section Members Who are AIHA Fellows:
  • Daniel P. Adley, CIH, CSP 
  • Loren A. Anderson, Jr., CIH, ROH 
  • Thomas L. Blank, CIH, CSP, PhD, CIH
  • Charles F. Brehm, CIH
  • Carl W. Heinlein, ARM, CPEA, CRIS, CSHM, CSP, OHST, STS
  • Paul Hewett, PhD, CIH
  • Julie Panko, CIH
  • Francis J. Pokrywka, Ed.D., CIH​​
  • Raffie C. Sessa, CIH
  • Robert D. Soule, CIH, CSP, PE 
  • Steven D. Stockton, MS, CIH
  • Edward A. Stuber, CIH
  • Robert W. Wheeler, PE, DEE
Pittsburgh Section Members Who Received The Distinguished Service Award:
  • 2012 -- Loren Anderson, CIH, ROH
If you notice someone who is missing from any of the above lists, please contact us.