VICE PRESIDENT – FINANCE CANIDATE

Donald S. Jones, Sr., PE, CSP
Senior Manager, EHS
Verenium Corp.
Jennings, LA

BIOGRAPHY

Don Jones, CSP, PE, is Senior Manager of Environmental, Health and Safety for the Verenium Corporation.  Don has 35+ years experience in industry as a manager, engineer and safety & health professional.  He has served as an OSHA Special Government Employee (SGE).  Don holds a BS in Engineering from Louisiana State University and a Master of Business Administration from Texas A&M.

Jones has been actively involved with the ASSE at a local, regional, national and international level.  He held all offices in the Greater Baton Rouge Chapter.  Don was actively involved with the Regional Government Affairs, Nomination, PDC, etc. committees.  He served as Administrator and Assistant Administrator of the Management Practice Specialty (MPS).  Don also served as Vice Chair and Society Vice President of the Council on Practices and Standard (CoPS).  He has served as Society Senior Vice President and Chair of the Council on Member Region Affairs (CoMRA) and Congress of Councils (CoC).  Don has served as Society President Elect and Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee as well as a member of the Finance Committee.  He has served as Society President, Chair of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Board.

Don is recipient of numerous awards including the ASSE Chapter, Regional, MPS, and National Safety Professional (SPY) of the year Awards.  He also received the ASSE National Culbertson Award. 

Jones was involved with community related activities such as the BSA, Leadership Greater Baton Rouge. 

PLATFORM STATEMENT

I have been fortunate to see the inter-workings of ASSE and meet many wonderful people from the grass-roots chapter level through the national organization. Throughout, I have consistently found that members are committed to the profession and the Society exists for its members. Without the members, there is no Society!

ASSE plays a vital role in helping members be the best professionals they can be. To do this, ASSE must be run in the most efficient and fiscally responsible manner possible. We have seen what can happen when this is not the case.  I want to make sure that this continues to be done in the best interest of the Society and its membership.

I have had the privilege of holding many offices in ASSE and numerous positions in industry throughout my 35 years in the petrochemical industry. This included many industry management positions and ASSE offices from the chapter level up to and including president of the Society. Over this time, I have been involved first-hand with the operations as well as the financial elements of the organizations. One thing I have learned is that ASSE is a business and should be run as one.

For ASSE to be successful, we must have a plan for serving you (the members) and have the proper allocation of resources (financial and otherwise) to accomplish the plan. It is vital that the finances be tied closely to what needs to be accomplished for the membership.

I would  like to have the opportunity to use my demonstrated strengths/experience (ASSE and industry) and education (M.B.A.) to plan/lead as the Vice President of Finance to ensure that ASSE stays on a financially sound footing and delivers cost-effective services to members.