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Voluntary Protection Programs Participants' Association

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Voluntary Protection Programs Participants' Association, Inc. (VPPPA)
FoundedSeptember, 1985
FounderRonald R. Amerson, Founding Chair
Type501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
Location
Members2,100+
Key people
R. Davis Layne, Executive Director
Adam K. Pawlus, Deputy Executive Director
Mike Maddox, VPPPA National Board of Directors’ Chairperson, Corporate VPP Director, NuStar Energy, LP
Employees15
Websitehttp://www.vpppa.org

The Voluntary Protection Programs Participants’ Association, Inc. (VPPPA), is a nonprofit association of cooperative safety and health management systems. It organizes the largest VPP education event of the year, and promotes occupational health and safety.

Membership with the association is established on a site-by-site basis. Member sites consist of everything from refineries to office buildings to mobile workforces. There are currently over 2,100 member sites. The organization gives out achievement, outreach and innovation awards, and several scholarships on an annual basis. It holds ten chapter conferences in each of OSHA's regions every year, as well as the Annual National VPPPA Conference.

The association is the premier