Safety Committee

Approved: 05/17/2011

Charge:

Central Oregon Community College is committed to creating a healthy and safe working environment for its students, staff, employees and guests. The College demonstrates this commitment, in part, through the work of the Safety Committee. The Committee meets quarterly to discuss potential health and safety issues, recommend improvements to policies and procedures, conduct quarterly safety inspections and to increase safety awareness on campus. Additionally, the Safety Committee will assist in monitoring, improving, and maintaining job site safety and occupational health as mandated by OSHA regulations.

For more information about this committee, see section G-6-8.3 of COCC's General Procedures Manual.

Current Members 2026-27:

Rachel Knox
Presidential Appointment
Term: 2026-28
rknox@cocc.edu 
541-383-7233
JT Strang
Presidential Appointment
Term: 2025-27
jstrang@cocc.edu 
541-383-7768
Rachael Miles
Presidential Appointment
Term: 2026-28
rmiles2@cocc.edu 
541-318-3799
Megan Michell
Presidential Appointment
Term: 2026-28
mmichell@cocc.edu 
541-383-7586
Jenna Arlie
Faculty Senate
Term: 2026-28
jarlie@cocc.edu 
541-383-7523
Stephanie O'Bryan
Faculty Senate
Term: 2025-27
sobryan@cocc.edu 
541-383-7554
Lin Hong
Faculty Senate
Term: 2025-27
lhong@cocc.edu 
541-383-7261
Jared Miller
Faculty Senate
Term: 2026-28
jmiller53@cocc.edu 
541-383-7234
Sayward Barrett
Classified Representative
Term: 2025-27
sbarrett3@cocc.edu 
541-504-2905
Wendy Duarte
Classified Representative
Term: 2026-28
wduarte@cocc.edu 
541-317-3073
Shawn Hoxie
Classified Representative
Term: 2026-28
 shoxie@cocc.edu 
541-3383-7267
Vacant
Classified Representative
Term: 2026-28

541-
Roger Thorsvold
Campus Safety
Term: Automatic
rthorsvold@cocc.edu
541-317-3065
Cory Darling
Campus Safety
Term: Automatic
cdarling3@cocc.edu 
541-383-7733