Health and Occupational Safety Committee
Appointed by the Provost
The Health and Occupational Safety Committee encourages and supports a proactive approach to health and occupational safety by developing and recommending policies and procedures relating to students, faculty and staff of the university community as well as visitors to the campus. The committee considers campus accident reports, lost time accidents, traffic accident patterns and fires, and investigates serious accidents as dictated by the Arkansas Department of Labor.
The committee is comprised of four faculty members, one faculty at large, one each from the College of Engineering, the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, and the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences; seven staff representatives, one representative each from the Pat Walker Health Center, Facilities Management, University of Arkansas Police Department, Division of Agriculture, University Housing, Risk Management, Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, and Staff Senate; two student representatives, appointed each year by the Associated Student Government president; ex officio non-voting members who may designate representatives, the associate vice chancellor for Human Resources, the occupational safety coordinator for campus safety, campus fire marshal, the manager of the Office of Environmental Health and Safety, and the agricultural safety officer.
The chair, to be selected from the faculty representatives, is elected by the committee members. The occupational safety coordinator for campus safety acts as secretary of the committee, works with the chair to schedule meetings and arranges for the recording and distribution of minutes.
Kaitlin Gallagher | Faculty at Large, Committee Chair | 2026 |
Tom Spicer | Faculty College of Engineering |
2025 |
Matt McIntosh | Faculty J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences |
2025 |
Ryan Dickson | Faculty Division of Agriculture/Dale Bumpers College of Agriculture, Food and Life Sciences |
2025 |
Sue Howerton | Staff Pat Walker Health Center |
2025 |
Kelley Sharp | Staff Facilities Management |
2026 |
Stephen Gahagans | Director University of Arkansas Police Department |
2026 |
John Swenson | Staff Division of Agriculture |
2026 |
Brent Schlotfeldt | Staff University Housing |
2025 |
Houston Hopkins | Risk Management Program Coordinator | 2026 |
Jeff Barnett | Department of Intercollegiate Athletics | 2026 |
Jen Boyer | Staff Staff Senate |
2025 |
Ahmed Tolba | Student representative | 2025 |
Jessica Doss | Student representative | 2025 |
Michelle Hargis Wolfe | Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources ** | Ex-Officio |
Richard Ashworth | Manager Environmental Health and Safety** |
Ex-Officio |
Wayne Brashear | Campus Fire Marshal** | Ex-Officio |
Danielle Best | Occupational Safety Coordinator for Campus Safety** | Ex-Officio |
Christine Bryant | Agricultural Safety Officer ** | Ex-Officio |
** - Ex-Officio, Non-voting
Updated:
07/12/2021
12/18/2020
07/07/2020
11/22/2019
02/28/2019