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VPPPA Announces Three New Board Members

Dec. 7, 1999

VPPPA recently elected three new members to the national board of directors.

The Voluntary Protection Programs Participants' Association (VPPPA), announced the election of three new members of the national board of directors.

Newly elected members include Labor Representative from a site without a collective bargaining agent, Charles W. Marum, maintenance coordinator from Monsanto-Searle Pharmaceutical, Augusta, Ga.; and two new Directors-at-Large, Monty Gartin, process technician, ExxonMobil, Joliet, Ill.; and Michael Guillory, loss and prevention supervisor, Monsanto Agricultural Group, Luling, La.

There are 11 elected VPPPA Board of Directors members who serve two-year terms. The board meets quarterly to oversee the direction of the association.

The VPPPA was formed in 1985 by representatives of worksites and their companies who were participants in OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs.

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