The Yale Office of Environmental Health and Safety proudly honors Dan Champagne as our 2018 Employee of the year. As the Communications Officer, Dan is a significant contributor to the office and EHS mission. He has done so much to market EHS and convey our messages to the Yale community. He delivers communications that inform, educate, and influence faculty, staff, and students. He assists EHS and university leadership on communications regarding incidents, extreme weather conditions, and other sensitive and mission critical events. Dan did an outstanding job planning and managing the Yale Harvard Biological Safety Symposium, redesigning the EHS webpage, developing Accessibility guidelines for the EHS webpage and online materials, and acted in the Public Information Officer role at the recent radiological counterterrorism tabletop exercise. He also manages the Traffic Safety Committee, working directly with the faculty chairperson, committee members, and City of New Haven with the goal of keeping motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists safe. Dan’s helpful nature and positive attitude are exemplary.
