Kellie McGuire, President
President’s Message 2025 | Kellie McGuire
Fellow Board of Directors of the Washington State Governor’s Industrial Safety and Health Advisory Board,
(GISHAB) Volunteers, and Occupational Safety and Health Professionals –
As we look toward the 2025 Governor’s Industrial Safety and Health Conference in Spokane later this year, 2025
is off to a great start and has proven to be a busy year. We wrapped up two of our Agriculture Safety Days, one
in Wenatchee and the other in Yakima, and we moved into the Maritime and Construction Safety Days in April.
As your newly elected 2025 President of GISHAB, I am honored to be a part of this organization that promotes
safe and healthy work environments for the people of Washington State by providing education and outreach
training programs. Our Board of Directors is comprised of committed safety and health professionals from both
Labor and Management with diverse backgrounds in the safety and health industry and collectively have the
goal of ensuring all workers go home to their families safely each and every day.
We also have many volunteers who serve alongside our Board Directors, and we are so appreciative of their
assistance and support to help us to have successful conferences. And we also want to recognize our wonderful
conference staff that assist us with all the coordination of our conferences.
We are looking forward to the many opportunities as we look toward the 2025 Governor’s Industrial Safety and
Health Conference with the Pre-Conference beginning on Tuesday, September 23 and the 50th Anniversary of
the Pole Top Rescue Competition beginning Wednesday, September 24. The main conference will be held on
September 24-25, all being hosted at the Spokane Convention Center. We hope you will be able to join us and
take advantage of the many safety and health sessions and safety professionals who will be providing
presentations at the conference.
If you would like to sponsor our upcoming conference, there is a link on our GISHAB website, located at
www.gishab.org. At the top of the menu bar, there is a Sponsor link that has all the sponsorship information. We
would appreciate partnering with you and your company and/or union, as we believe you will find great value in
in our sponsorship opportunities.
In closing, I would like to thank each of my fellow board members, our volunteers, and conference staff for the
time, energy, and dedication you give to GISHAB and for the partnership we have with the Washington State
Department of Labor and Industries, which continues to support our organization and partner with us for great
success.
We hope to see you in September in Spokane at our upcoming conference!
Kellie McGuire, Office & Professional Employees International Union, Local 8
Kellie McGuire
Board President
Washington State Governor’s Industrial Safety and Health Advisory Board