Joseph McKillips Of Abbott Laboratories Named New Chairperson Of NETS
On April 23, the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS) announced the election of Joseph McKillips, Senior Manager, Commercial Program Support, Global Environment, Health, and Safety for pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories, as NETS Board Chairperson for 2014 and 2015. McKillips replaces Sandra Lee, Director Worldwide Fleet Safety for Johnson & Johnson, following a successful two-year term. McKillips has been a member of the NETS Board of Directors since 2008.
During his 24-year career with Abbott, McKillips has provided safety and health leadership and technical support throughout various manufacturing, R&D, and commercial sales and service organizations, with special emphasis in the areas of fleet safety, process safety management, and loss prevention. In his current position, McKillips provides fleet safety leadership and direction to Abbott’s worldwide commercial sales organization totaling 38,000 employees in over 80 countries. Recently, he worked with executive leadership to develop and successfully implement a comprehensive worldwide cell phone ban across Abbott’s field-based organizations.
In his previous service as a NETS board member, McKillips has helped shape the Strength In Numbers fleet safety benchmark program, is a standing member of the steering committee for NETS’ annual Drive Safely Work Week campaign, and has represented and promoted the work of NETS as a speaker at various fleet safety conferences.