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2025 & 2026 Executive Board
President
Jonas MotiejunasEngineered EHS
Email: President
Vice President
Jay Shinall Batson-Cook
Conference Operations Officer
Don Satterfield The Home Depot
Email: COO
Secretary
Lauren Larkey Bardavon
Email: Secretary
Treasurer
Bruce Bugg ABF Freight System
Email: Treasurer
Conference Advisory Board - 2026
Blake Alston - National Trench SafetyJohn Barnard - USI Insurance ServicesGladys Billups - Southwire Patrick Burkeen - The Home Depot Ed Davis - Retired, USI InsuranceEd Foulke - Fisher & Phillips Danny Fowler - Fowler Safety ConsultingMark Hartz - ACES-USA, Inc. Carol Henson - Cox Automotive Zach Issa - Wayne Davis Concrete Nicole Ivers - Brookfield PropertiesGeorge Jehlen - Retired, USI Insurance Services Darrell Jones - CSX Rail Gene Keserica - United Collab Alex Lehocky - Kennesaw State UniversityGarlana H. Mathews - SelectOne Network Daniel Maxson - New South Construction Rob McKinney - SALUS Jimmy Mize - United Community Bank / ASSP-GA Cindy Parham - Georgia Associated General ContractorsOrdale Randall - Cobb County Paul Schlumper - Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute Gene Scott - Retired, Georgia PowerDavid Smith - Constangy, Brooks, Smith, & Prophete LLP Jarrod Waller - Mitsubishi Power Lisa Weaver - Kason IndustriesMichelle Wilds - SelectOne Networks

Past President's & Conference Chair

The GA Department of Labor - Safety Engineering Division launched the Governor's Safety Conference in 1994 and the conference was privatized in 2013 as the Georgia Safety, Health, and Environmental Conference. In 2023, the conference was rebranded as the Georgia Safety Conference.
  • 1996 - 2012 Jimmy Mize, Conference Chair & Heavy Lifter for many conferences
  • 2013 - 2015 Alex Lehocky, Founding President of the Privatized Non-Profit 501(c)
  • 2015 - 2019 Mark Hartz (2 terms)
  • 2019 - 2021 Gene Scott
  • 2021 - 2023 Edward Davis
  • 2023 - 2025 Nicole Ivers
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