NSC board of directors welcomes new chair, vice chair

San Diego — Andrew Johnson is the new chair of the National Safety Council board of directors. Outgoing Chair Mark Vergnano passed the gavel to Johnson on Monday during the Opening Session of the NSC 2019 Congress & Expo.

Johnson previously served as vice chair of the NSC board, as well as chair of the NSC Delegates. Johnson is chief risk control officer at Captive Resources LLC, advisor to member-owned group captive insurance organizations, and has both CSP and ARM designations.

Taking over as vice chair of the board is Elaine Beitler, who also will serve as chair of the delegates. Beitler is CEO of Browz LLC, a global software developer and provider. Before joining Browz, she spent 13 years at Bowne & Co. Inc., a shareholder and marketing communication services company, where she was corporate officer, president of marketing and business communications, and chief information officer.