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Chicagoland Safety Health & Environmental Conference
SEPT 15-17, 2025
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Consider being a speaker for the 2025 Conference. Submission portal opens Spring 2025.
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SAVE THE DATE!
at NIU’s Naperville Campus – 1120 Diehl Rd.
The Chicagoland Safety Health and Environmental Conference is for EHS professionals, business owners, facility managers, plant managers, supervisors, safety committee members, human resources managers, municipalities and others who have safety, health, training, environmental management and OSHA/EPA compliance responsibilities.
The goal of the conference is to provide timely and relevant environmental management, safety, health, professional development and OSHA/EPA compliance training. Since 2016 the conference has drawn 6,600 session attendees and offered 338 sessions that drew more than 2,700 people from 4 foreign countries, 34 states and 155 Illinois communities working in 467 companies working in 32 industries.
Attendees will enjoy:
With decades of experience in business, banking, law enforcement and public service, lifelong Naperville resident Scott Wehrli was first elected to the office of mayor in 2023. A nonstop volunteer since he was 12 years old, Mayor Wehrli is keenly aware of the decisions that make Naperville one of the greatest communities in the country in which to live, work, raise a family or retire. Mayor Wehrli leads the City with a focus on public safety, economic development and sound fiscal policy, supporting a thriving local economy and providing residents a safe place to call home.
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Kevin J. Igli is the former SVP, Sustainability & Chief Environmental, Health and Safety Officer for Tyson Foods, Inc. Mr. Igli led a team of over 500 professionals who oversaw the company’s Environmental Management/Compliance, Continual Improvement efforts for Water Conservation, and Waste processes, Health and Safety and Sustainability in collaboration with all business operating units and enabling support functions (e.g., engineering, legal, finance, accounting, food safety, etc.).
Mr. Igli served as the Vice President for Environmental Affairs for Willamette Industries, Inc., a leading forest products company based in Portland, Oregon. In addition, Mr. Igli was Director of Environment, Health and Safety for Packaging Corporation of America and served as Vice President of Environment, Health and Safety for Chemical Waste Management, Inc. He is a graduate of Malone University in Canton, Ohio, with a BA degree in Biological Sciences.
Mr. Igli currently serves as an Independent Director for the Board of Carylon Corporation, based in Chicago, as well as on the Board for the Ozark Foundation.
Mr. Igli served in the past on the Board of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Arkansas, has participated with The Sustainability Consortium (co-administered by the University of Arkansas and Arizona State University), the External Advisory Council for the Iowa State University Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering; the Academic Advisory Board for the University of Arkansas Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department; and the Board of Beaver Watershed Alliance.
Outside interest include spending time with family, playing live music, cycling, hiking and other outdoor recreation activities.