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Joe Korpi, CSP

Manager, Safety & Health, Renewable Energy Group

As the safety and health manager for Renewable Energy Group, Joe Korpi, CSP spends a significant amount of time training employees, creating training programs, providing support for the employees in the company’s production facilities, enhancing the documentation in its safety management system, and overseeing its incident management software. Originally a professional radio broadcaster, Korpi brings energy, humor and colorful storytelling to passionately make safety concepts real, pertinent, and impactful. His goal is to translate OSHA regulations and industry standards into the language workers understand. Korpi completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Safety and Health from Columbia Southern University and received the Certified Safety Professional designation from the BCSP. He has also completed OSHA train-the-trainer courses for General Industry, Construction, (along with the HazWoper 40 hour training), lead numerous OSHA 30 hour training sessions, been active on the board of the ASSP Hawkeye Chapter in Central Iowa (now serving as Past-President).