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OSHA News Release: [12/14/2004]
Contact Name:
Al Belsky or Pamela Groover
Phone Number: (202) 693-4676 or x1999
U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Announces
New Appointments at OSHA
WASHINGTON —U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao
announced today that Jonathan L. Snare has been appointed the deputy assistant
secretary for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Secretary Chao also announced that Snare, who has worked closely with OSHA
in the Solicitor's Office, will also serve as acting assistant secretary
upon the departure of the current OSHA Assistant Secretary John Henshaw on
Dec. 31, 2004.
“John Henshaw has been a tremendous leader at OSHA, charting a new course
for the agency that has helped make workers safer and healthier than before.
We want to keep the momentum going in this same direction by advancing some
of the individuals who have helped achieve these results,” said Chao.
Snare came to the U.S. Department of Labor in June 2003 where he served
as senior advisor to the Solicitor of Labor. In that position, Snare focused
on issues at OSHA as well as at other agencies including the Department's
Wage and Hour Division and the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
Prior to joining the U.S. Department of Labor, Snare was engaged in private
law practice in Texas. Originally from Indianapolis, Ind., Snare received
his undergraduate degree (with Distinction) from the University of Virginia
and his law degree from Washington & Lee University School of Law.
Kim Lazor, special assistant to the assistant secretary, will also assume
a larger role in the agency's operations. Over the last three years, Lazor
has been key to OSHA's expanding compliance assistance efforts and stakeholder
outreach. She previously worked on Capitol Hill and in industry and received
an undergraduate degree from Indiana University and a M.B.A. from George
Washington University.
In addition, R. Davis Layne, deputy assistant secretary for OSHA, has announced
that he will retire from the federal government effective Dec. 31, 2004,
after more than 37 years of government service. In January, he will take
the reins of the Voluntary Protection Programs Participants' Association
(VPPPA) as its executive director. Steve Witt will assume the position of
acting deputy assistant secretary for OSHA as Layne moves on. Witt has been
with OSHA since 1983 and is currently the director of OSHA's Directorate
of Standards and Guidance.
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