About Us

Chartered in 2007 as a non-profit corporation in the State of Arizona, the Arizona Safety Education Center (ASEC) is the culmination of several years of effort by the Safety Professionals in Arizona.

Recognizing the need for an educational center devoted to the Safety and Health profession a group was formed to research the opportunities available to establish a single point for Safety education that includes OSHA compliance training, technical Safety training, and courses leading to degrees in Occupational Safety and Health.

The following is from our Articles of Incorporation and summarizes our beliefs in the importance of advancing the education of all individuals in Safety and Health.

"ASEC is organized exclusively for charitable, scientific, and education purposes. Its primary purpose is to provide safety, health, and environmental education and training. Further, the primary purposes for which ASEC was formed is to provide education and training to safety, health, and environmental professionals, students, and the general public, to provide scholarships, fellowships, and grant funds to such professionals and students, and to contribute funds to the Arizona Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers and to the American Society of Safety Engineers in furtherance of their nonprofit objectives."

The ASEC Team

Katherine's background is in utilities as she worked in telecommunications for Regional Bell System Operating Companies, AT&T Communications and the City of Phoenix, Water Services Department.

She has an extensive OSHA background and is currently a safety compliance supervisor at the Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health (ADOSH).

She is a past President of the Arizona Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers and the Arizona Governmental Safety Association. She is a member of the Gateway Community College Occupational Safety and Health Technology Program Advisory Board.

Harold has an extensive background in occupational safety and workers compensation insurance. He was employed with SCF Arizona, the largest workers compensation insurance company in the state, for almost 27 years. He held positions as loss control supervisor, manager of the Phoenix District and Central Region, and finished his career as Risk Manager. Currently Harold is the Safety Program Consultant for the Arizona Small Business Association and has his own safety consulting business.

Harold has a master's degree in safety management, and is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP). He has earned Associate in Risk Management (ARM) and Associate in Loss Control Management (ALCM) certifications.

He has conducted safety and workers compensation insurance seminars for individuals, businesses, and state funds in several western states and has served on the Safety and Health Committee of the American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds (AASCIF). He also has been a faculty member for the National Safety Council, Arizona State University, the University of Phoenix, Gateway Community College, and is currently an instructor for the OSHA Training Institute at the University of California, San Diego.

A Safety Professional with over 25 years in the field, Mike has served in many professional positions.

Mike is a past president of the Arizona Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers, a Certified Safety Professional, and a Certified Utility Safety Administrator.

Mike is currently the Safety and Health Manager for the Central Arizona Project and was a leader in the Central Arizona Projects receiving the VPP designation in 2006.

Vicki Allen-Buglisi is a native of Arizona and a safety professional with over 25 years of experience in occupational safety and health. She is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and a Professional Member of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE). She is a past president of the Arizona Chapter of ASSE, a past president of ASEA, a former Chair of the Southwest Safety Congress and a Six Sigma Green Belt. Vicki is also a past recipient of the Arizona Chapter ASSE's Safety Professional of the Year Award. She has implemented behavior based safety systems in a variety of manufacturing settings, including food, drug, chemical and automotive.

Vicki is currently the EH&S Manager at the Goodrich facility in north Phoenix. In her current role, she is responsible for developing, implementing and improving EH&S systems in a manufacturing environment that includes the use of explosive and energetic materials. Vicki has conducted behavior based safety training at manufacturing locations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. She has also been actively involved in writing a VPP application, developing employee participation systems and creating training to support the achievement of the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) designation.

David has worked in the insurance and safety field for over 20 years and has been the Treasurer of the AZ Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers for over 15 years.