The Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) is actively seeking nominations from individuals who wish to be members of the BCSP Board of Directors.

Potential candidates for the Board must have held the CSP for a minimum of five (5) years and be in good standing. In the election process, an overriding goal for BCSP is to ensure there is a wide diversity of professionals in safety, health, and environmental (SH&E) practices included in the governance of BCSP. This diversity is based on geography, industry, areas of specialization, and other characteristics found in the profession, having at least five (5) years of senior leadership experience and breadth of experience in the SH&E practice. Holding additional certifications is strongly encouraged. 

Directors typically devote an average of 2 to 4 hours per week to BCSP matters and attend semi-annual meetings (April and November) to complete official BCSP business. A Director also will need to be free of potential conflicts of interest, have the ability to comply with the BCSP Conflict of Interest Policy and knowledge of the BCSP Bylaws. Per BCSP Bylaws, any former BCSP Director who has not served on the Board within the past seven (7) years may apply to be considered as a nominee. 

BCSP Directors are prohibited from participating in the development, translation, production, copying, publication, distribution of, teaching of any course, program, workshop, or materials which are not created by, designed by, or developed by BCSP and which are specifically directed toward preparation for any BCSP certification examination at any time during their service to BCSP. 

BCSP will be accepting nominations through an online application platform. The deadline for submission is June 15, 2024. The Board will elect the new Director(s) prior to the November 2024 BCSP Board meeting.