Trish Kerin, director of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Safety Centre, wins the Women In Safety Leader of the Year Award. The award recognizes Kerin’s outstanding leadership and contributions to driving change in process safety internationally, according to the organization, mainly through her activities with the IChemE Safety Centre (ISC). She was also a finalist in the Professional of the Year category. Kerin also serves as subject matter expert in Chemical Processing's Process Safety With Trish & Traci podcast.
“I am grateful and humbled to have received this award. The work we do in process safety is vital to ensure people can stay safe at work. This award recognizes that effort from the ISC internationally,” says Kerin in a press release from the organization.
Margaret Donnan, former chair of the IChemE Safety Centre who nominated Kerin for the award, accepted the prize on Kerin’s behalf at an online ceremony as part of the Women In Safety Virtual Summit on October 5.
In her nomination, Donnan says, “Trish Kerin is very deserving of the Women In Safety Leader of the Year Award for the enduring impact she is making to advance process safety in workplaces locally, nationally and internationally. Trish’s guiding belief is that,’People have a right to not get hurt, no matter where they are.’”
She continues, “One of Trish’s greatest strengths is her ability to connect – different industries, different associations, different people and different concepts – clearly a key marker of strong professional leadership. She is then able to share the safety message in ways that everyone can understand. This is quite a feat when talking about complex engineering challenges and solutions.”
The Women In Safety is a network designed to encourage women working as safety professionals to discuss issues and barriers and to help each other grow and learn. These were the first awards held by the organization.
Read the entire press release at: www.icheme.org