Safety and Facilities Committee - Operational

Current Membership

Noah Berkowitz (SNR - GSA Representative) - 244 North HARH; EC 0962 | E-mail: njberkowitz95@gmail.com [Term Expires: 2024]

Noah Berkowitz (SNRGSA Representative) - 244 North HARH; EC 0962 | E-mail: njberkowitz95@gmail.com [Term Expires: 2024]

Rebecca Cerderberg (EHS Liaison) - HARH | phone: 402-472-4925 | E-mail: rcederberg2@unl.edu

Lindsey Chizinski - 412 South HARH; EC 0974 | phone: 402-413-9634 | E-mail: lchizinski2@unl.edu [Term Expires: 2026]

Anthony Delgado (UPD Education and Training Officer) - HARH | E-mail:

Ella England (UNLPD Dispatcher) - HARH | E-mail:

Dennis Ferraro (Chair) - 415 South HARH; EC 0974 | phone: 402-490-2155 | E-mail: dferraro1@unl.edu [Term Expires: 2024]

Ethan Freese - 318 South HARH; EC 0973 | phone: 402-429-9921 | E-mail: efreese2@unl.edu [Term Expires: 2026]

Karen Gilbert (Hardin Hall Operations (ex oficio)) - 914 South HARH; EC 0989 | phone: 402-472-8197 | E-mail: kgilbert5@unl.edu

Matt Gruntorad - 301 South HARH; EC 0973 | phone: 402-472-7573 | E-mail: mgruntorad2@unl.edu [Term Expires: 2024]

Jeremy Hiller (Lab Safety Coordinator (ex-officio)) - 410 South HARH; EC 0974 | phone: 402-472-2093 | E-mail: jhiller2@unl.edu

Betsy Howe (EHS liaison) - 101 W1; EC 0824 | phone: 402-472-5488 | E-mail: ehowe2@unl.edu

Jacki Loomis (Event Coordinator (Treasurer / ex-officio)) - 121a South HARH; EC 0961 | phone: 402-472-7550 | E-mail: jloomis3@unl.edu

Glen Roebke (NSCO Rep) - 154 North HARH; EC 0931 | phone: 402-472-6704 | E-mail: groebke2@unl.edu

Christine Steggs (ex-officio) - 908 South HARH; EC 0989 | phone: 402-472-8120 | E-mail: csteggs1@unl.edu

Dan Uden - 302 South HARH; EC 0973 | phone: 402-472-4915 | E-mail: duden2@unl.edu [Term Expires: 2026]

Membership Criteria

The community engagement committee shall be composed of six elected faculty, three elected staff and one graduate student. representatives. Faculty and staff shall serve staggered three-year terms and may serve two consecutive terms. The chair or his/her designee will (1) serve as the SNR safety liaison to the office of environmental health and safety; and (2) serve on the Chancellor's University Safety Committee (CUSC). The graduate student association will vote on a representative each year. The safety and facilities committee may coordinate SNR’s sustainability efforts through a subcommittee. Director's office will invite Statistics to name a liaison to this committee.

 

The committee shall:

  • serve in an advisory role to the director on matters relating to safety, facilities, space allocation and utilization, and ecological and natural resources sustainability, which includes the recycling program in HarH, and education program for employees and students, encourage and promote recycling, and other sustainability efforts
  • serve as the point of contact for related planning for SNR
  • propose policies related to the committee’s assignments
  • promote a safe work environment
  • develop and review, as necessary, SNR policies related to the committee’s assignments
  • develop a safety plan for SNR; review it, at minimum, every five years
  • perform an annual assessment of safety within SNR
  • provide an annual report to SNR membership
  • carry out other assignments as requested by the director