For 30 years, Charles D. Reese, PhD, has been involved with occupational safety and health as an educator, manager, and consultant. In his early career, Dr. Reese was an industrial hygienist at the National Mine Health and Safety Academy. He later became manager for the nationтАЩs occupational trauma research initiative at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and HealthтАЩs Division of Safety Research. Dr. Reese has played an integral role in trying to ensure workplace safety and health. As the managing director for the LaborersтАЩ Health and Safety Fund of North America, he was responsible for the welfare of the 650,000 members of the laborersтАЩ union in the United States and Canada.