Leading the Way: Highlights from Safety Leadership Conference 2025
Glendale, Ariz., was the site of EHS Today’s14th annual Safety Leadership Conference (SLC 2025). Taking as its theme “Leading the Way,” the conference hosted hundreds of EHS professionals, solution providers and thought leaders, as well as representatives from the winners of the 2025 America’s Safest Companies Award.
SLC 2025 featured keynote presentations from Coca-Cola Consolidated’s Dennis Padgett, Discover Leadership Training’s Michael Jones, and a panel of America’s Safest Company winners: Mike Ellis (Apollo Mechanical), Mary Gurasich (Mangan), and Keith Kluger (KBR). There were also 12 sessions organized into four topic areas: Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, The ROI of Safety, and Training & Engagement. Plus four workshops, a tabletop expo, and numerous networking events.
Another highlight of SLC 2025 was an award ceremony and reception honoring the six winners of the 2025 America’s Safest Companies awards.
The following pages offer visual highlights from SLC 2025 (unless otherwise noted, all photos were taken by Chandler Stafford, event marketing manager for EHS Today's owner, EndeavorB2B).
Stay tuned for details on the next Safety Leadership Conference.
About the Author
Dave Blanchard
Editor-in-Chief / Senior Director of Content
During his career Dave Blanchard has led the editorial management of many of Endeavor Business Media's best-known brands, including IndustryWeek, EHS Today, Material Handling & Logistics, Logistics Today, Supply Chain Technology News, and Business Finance. In addition, he serves as senior content director of the annual Safety Leadership Conference. With over 30 years of B2B media experience, Dave literally wrote the book on supply chain management, Supply Chain Management Best Practices (John Wiley & Sons, 2021), which has been translated into several languages and is currently in its third edition. Prior to joining Endeavor/Informa/Penton, he spent a decade covering the artificial intelligence industry. He is a frequent speaker and moderator at major trade shows and conferences, and has won numerous awards for writing and editing. He is a voting member of the jury of the Logistics Hall of Fame, and is a graduate of Northern Illinois University.