Charter: The 45 In 5 Task Force is assigned the responsibility to attract IHMM and AHMP volunteers in the various states to encourage states to formally recognize IHMM credentials.
| Members: | |
|---|---|
| Mark Bruce | AHMP |
| LeRoy Demarest | Delaware |
| Cheryl Stith | California |
| Jerome Fields | Washington |
| Matt Pope | Texas |
| Mike Whitehead | Texas |
| Jason Schmerer | Florida |
| Gary Johnson | Ohio |
| Robert Wilkinson | Tennessee |
| Cole Thornton | Alabama |
| Paola Njandja | Maryland |
| Mike Schultz | Virginia |
| Jessica Morrison | Massachusetts |
| Marlin Debramaletta | South Carolina |
| Philip Simon | Kansas |
| Jeff Romine | Georgia |
| Patrick Hardy | California |
| Samuel Fisher | Missouri |
| Tony Uliano | Washington |
| Sean Strong | Colorado |
| Willis Butler | Tennessee |
| Michelle Penn | Florida |
| William Diesslin | Iowa |
| Karen Trimberger | North Carolina |
| Bryan Malseed | Maryland |
| Ineke Abunwass | Georgia |
| Kenneth Osborne | Virginia |
| Brad Jones | Texas |
| Melissa A. Hamer-Bailey | Indiana |
| Steven Tharp | Ohio |
| Mary Duda | Nebraska |
| Steven Ross | Nevada |
| Tim Manchester | Texas |
| Andrew M. Popovics IV | Missouri |
| Candice Smith | Oklahoma |
| Luke von Oldenburg | Georgia |
| Allyson Mari Clark | California |
| Jonathan Mikiska | Missouri |
| Chris Leney | Texas |
| Paul Melillo | Indiana |
| Timothy Stirrup | New Mexico |
| Michelle Young | West Virginia |
| Jack E. Leonard | Indiana |
| Eric Vega | Puerto Rico |
Staff Liaison: Eugene A Guilford, Jr.
Committee Documents
IHMM & AHMP Launch 45 in 5 – National Credential Recognition
In 2019 Mark Bruce from AHMP and Gene Guilford from IHMM worked on a project to get the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to recognize the CHMM and CDGT credentials. With Mark’s work on the ground in Pennsylvania, we succeeded. We have already succeeded in 6 states – New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Indiana, California, and Nebraska.
Since the launch, we have added Delaware, Florida, Texas, California, Washington, Georgia, Ohio, Tennessee, Alabama, Maryland, Virginia, Massachusetts, Kansas, South Carolina, Missouri, Colorado, North Carolina, Iowa, Nebraska, New Mexico, and West Virginia as the next states to work on.
- The State of Colorado recognizes the CHMM as a Health & Safety Officer under Department of Transportation contracts, as well as for certifications under 40 CFR Part 261 Subparts C and D, and for compliance under CERCLA, Section 101 [14], as amended. Colorado is the 7th state government to have recognized the CHMM. This is a part of the IHMM-AHMP 45 in 5 Program to secure recognition by governments around the country.
Now Mark at AHMP and Gene at IHMM has launched 45 in 5, getting the other 45 states to recognize our credentials in 5 years. If we can find a volunteer like Mark in 45 other states we can work with those volunteers on crafting the right message to the right agencies in state governments across the country. If we find enough volunteers we can get this done in less than 5 years.
Here’s what we ask each volunteer to do:
- Take a template letter we write and send it to the right people at the right agencies of state governments
- IHMM & AHMP will identify the agencies and the people to contact
- Follow up after sending the letter
- IHMM will engage all of our certificants and AHMP will engage all of its members in each state to communicate with the agencies in support of the recognition