About the Purchase Area Chapter


Chapter Officers


Ben Cook, CSP, Purchase Area ASSE President

  • Risk Manager for the City of Hopkinsville
  • ASSE Member since 2004

Tom Barron, Ph.D., CBM, CIHM, CECM, CECD, Purchase Area ASSE President Elect

  • Own consulting company, 21st Management Corporation, since 1993
  • Memberships include ASSE, American Industrial Hygiene Association, American Society for Quality, and Association of Professionals in Business Management.

Holly Burgess, Purchase Area ASSE Secretary

  • Safety Specialist for Honeywell Speciality Materials
  • ASSE Member for 7 years
  • Purchase Area Chapter Secretary since 2006

Chuck Hill, CSP Purchase Area ASSE Treasurer

  • Safety Supervisor for ARKEMA
  • ASSE Member since 1990
  • Treasurer since 1997

David L. Fender, Ed. D, CSP, Student Section ASSE

  • Associate Professor of Occupational Safety and Health at Murray State University
  • American Society of Safety Engineers, Professional Member
  • Past-President, Wiregrass Chapter
  • National Safety Management Society
  • Advisor to the MSU ASSE Student Section (Outstanding Student Section for 2000, 2002, 2004) and 2005)

Cindy Medford, CSP, Purchase Area ASSE Delegate

  • Risk Manager for the City of Paducah.
  • ASSE Member for 20 years
  • Served in several offices in the Sacramento and Colorado Chapters

Randy Gray, Purchase Area ASSE Delegate

  • OSHA Safety Compliance Officer Specialist
  • Previous Audubon Chapter President from the Henderson, Owensboro, Kentucky and Evansville, Indiana region.

David Hart, CSP Purchase Area ASSE Delegate

  • Senior Safety Specialist for Air Products and Chemicals
  • 9 Years of ASSE Officer Service (Including ASSE Student Section President)