ConocoPhillips Distinguished Speaker Series
The Distinguished Speaker Series was created to highlight the importance of fire protection and safety in society and to provide opportunities for the student body to engage with prominent industry leaders.
Previous Speakers
Spring 2023 - Tony Militello, PE, CSP, ARM, BCSP Foundation Board of Trustees, SFPE Board of Directors,
Lead EHS Consultant - Shirley Parsons, North America
Spring 2022 - G. Keith Bryant, Oklahoma State Fire Marshal, Former U.S. Fire Administrator - President Appointee, Chief, Oklahoma City Fire Department, retired
Fall 2021 - Micah Backlund, CSP, HSE Director, Helmerich and Payne International Drilling Co.
Spring 2021 - Jack Poole, PE, SFPE President and CEO, Poole Fire Protection
Fall 2020 - John Frucci, Director, OSU Center for Fire Explosives and Investigations
Fall 2019 - Treasa Turnbeaugh and Josh Franklin, Board of Certified Safety Professionals
Spring 2019 - Linda M. Biernacki, Founder and President, Fire Tech Systems, At-large Director American Fire Sprinkler Association
Fall 2018 - Rixio Medina, ASSP President and OSU Alumni
Spring 2018 - Dan Coombs, VP EHS, Lyondellbasell Chemical Corporation
Spring 2017 - Kate Holzhauser, Vice President of EHS&S, ChevronPhillips
Fall 2016 - Jim Pauley, President & CEO, National Fire Protection Association
Spring 2016 - David Bates, OSHA Area Director, OKC; David Leavitt, Deputy Administrative Law Judge,
Oklahoma Corporation; Warren Hubler, Vice President of HSE, HP International Drilling
Co.
Fall 2015 - Denise Smith, PhD, Professor and Research Scientist, Skidmore College and the University
of Illinois Fire Service Institute
Spring 2015 - Mike Ferrow, Vice President of HSE, ConocoPhillips
Fall 2014 - Kathleen Almand, Vice President, National Fire Protection Association
Spring 2014 - Lt. General Russel Honoré, Commanding General, U.S. Army First Army and Joint Task
Force Katrina
Fall 2013 - Dr. Albert Vasquez, PhD, Dean of Campus Security, Student Health, and Safety, Santa
Monica College
Spring 2013 - Craig Torres, MS, CIH, Environ Corporation
Fall 2012 - Chief Tonya Hoover, California State Fire Marshal
Spring 2012 - Dr. Perry Logan, PhD, CIH, President of the Academy of Industrial Hygiene, Global
Manager of 3M Corporate Industrial Hygiene
Fall 2011 - Dr. Sam Mannan, PhD, PE, CSP, Regents Professor and Director, Mary Kay O'Connor Process
Safety Center, Texas A&M University
Spring 2011 - Honorable Tim Manning, FEMA Deputy Director for Protection and National Preparedness,
Presidential Appointee
Fall 2010 - Honorable James Shannon, President, National Fire Protection Association - former
Massachusetts Attorney General and Member of the US House of Representatives
Spring 2010 - Chief John Norman, Chief of Special Operations, Search and Rescue Manager-9/11 World
Trade Center Attack, Fire Department of New York
Fall 2009 - Honorable John Howard, MD, MPH, JD, LLM, Director of World Trade Center Medical Monitoring
and Treatment Program, Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health, Presidential Appointee
Spring 2009 - Honorable John Bresland, Chairman and CEO – United States Chemical Safety Board, Presidential
Appointee