The Broken Top Chapter of the American Society of Safety Professionals is pleased to announce that Velia Pagnotta-Brunette was recognized as the 2022-23 Peak Leadership award recipient. This award is presented to a deserving leader that has been supportive of the Safety Profession and/or of the Broken Top Chapter. The award may be given to a chapter member or a non-member working or living in Central Oregon.
Velia is the Risk and Safety Manager at The City of Redmond. Her responsibilities include managing OSHA compliance, workers compensation, the safety committee, hearing conservation, employer-at-injury-program (EAIP), ergonomic assessments, hazard communication, driving standards, safety orientation training for new hires, emergency preparedness, and many other safety related duties. Her other roles include processing insurance claims, contract insurance management, restitution collection, among others.
Velia’s Director Keith Leitz noted her leadership in safety with the City, “For at least the last five years, Velia has been recognized as the “safest employee in the City” and she is now the safest employee in the region. Thank you to Velia for all her efforts in making the City a safer place and to ASSP for recognizing Velia as an outstanding local safety leader!”
Velia is one of the founding members of the Broken Top Chapter and attended the kick-off event when the chapter was initially forming. She consistently promotes the benefits of ASSP and the chapter to people in the safety profession. She has served on several committees and was the chapter’s first Membership Committee Chair. Her efforts helped the Broken Top form as a section of the Cascade Chapter and later transform into an independent chapter in 2021. As part of the leadership team, she helped the chapter receive the ASSP Chapter Platinum Award (the highest chapter recognition in society) in its first year of existence.
Beyond all the formal roles Velia has been involved with she has also consistently been a behind the scenes contributor to the chapter’s efforts. She is a consistent attendee and participant in all chapter events and is always willing to share advice and information with other members. Velia is one the leaders that have made the Broken Top Chapter successful.
Past Peak Leadership Award Recipients