Meet Our Team
Glenna (Davenport) Smith
CMSP – dedicated safety professional with a career spanning multiple decades. Glenna’s passion for safety is evident by her numerous degrees and certifications. She keeps herself on the cutting edge of safety theory and practices through continuous learning and deep connections through the safety community (national and international). Glenna has served as a safety professional in the private, public, government and consulting sectors. Throughout her career has she been involved in every aspect of a comprehensive safety leadership system. She is an accomplished leader in the industry with the ability to inspire those who work with her to rise to the highest standards for safety and health in the work place.
Glenna’s training and experience covers the mining, construction, general industry, and energy sectors. Her certifications and degrees include; Masters of Business – Risk Management, Bachelors of Science – Occupational Safety and Health, Certified Mine Safety Professional, Registered Safety Manager, Der Norse Veritas Modern Safety Management, Incident Investigation Methods, MSHA Instructor (IS, IU, MR, IN), OSHA Outreach Instructor (Construction and General Industry), Leadership & Supervisory Training, etc.
Allan Henson
Allan’s safety career began 30 years ago as a U.S Navy seaman where he monitored and maintained a variety of electrical equipment and mentored incoming electricians on safe work practices. Although Allan is still a member of 162nd division of the Air National Guard, he transitioned from active duty and into the private sector with a long career at FedEx Freight. With this change Allan’s safety focus shifted to commercial vehicle regulations, compliance and safe driving practices. From there Allan took his expertise out to the mines, ensuring equipment and operators met the regulatory and safety requirements to ensure continued safe operation.
Allan then extended his expertise and holds certifications to train OSHA General Industry (10/30), ATSSA Flagger, Forklift/AWP/Scissor Lift, Fall Protection, American Heart Association’s Heart Savers/BLS, in addition to training related to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulation and operational procedures. Allan truly understands how the overall experience in the classroom impacts the effectiveness of learning and earnestly connects with each client.
Claudia Peña, RSO
Whether in the classroom or out in the field, Claudia lives, breathes and leads safety. Claudia loves being a Safety Professional because she truly cares about her students and her crew. She knows she can help them make the safe choices which will bring them back to their families day after day. Claudia specializes in mine site safety and construction but has experience with general industry as well. Claudia is an MSHA instructor (blue card holder). Other competencies include LOTOTO, Fall Protection, Confined Space, Hazard Recognition, Workplace Examinations, Incident Investigations, Safety Audits, Emergency Evacuations and Safety Policies, Programs and Manuals.
Shaundiin Whalawitsa-Curley
Shaundiin has a balanced mix between field, training room and administrative experience. This mix of skills allows her to focus on safety while also ensuring compliance. She understands the need for documentation, policies and procedures and can easily translate the technical/administrative aspects of safety into practical application out the in the field utilizing training as the critical bridge. She can also apply this knowledge in reverse by effectively documenting operating activities into audits, inspections, and management reports and then integrating operational safety data into relevant policies and procedures. Shaundiin has her MBA with an undergraduate degree in Business Administration.
Irit (Suseth) Zazueta
If you have commercial vehicles you need to know Irit. For the last several years Irit has been dedicated to managing DOT compliance files and documentation for our clients. Irit’s thoroughness and dedication is unsurpassed. Because of her friendly service-oriented demeanor, our clients always look forward to her monthly on-site visits. DOT compliance is detailed, cumbersome work and Irit happily relieves our clients from what many feel is a burden
Sarah McCraren, RSP, IMSP
is a Tucson native with a strong sense of community. Sarah spent many years in the corporate finance world specializing in operational analysis, project management and system implementations. However, Sarah wanted to do work which was meaningful and would positively impact her community. She found that saving lives and reducing injuries through comprehensive safety programs fit that bill. Sarah supports the McCraren compliance team through marketing, systems, tools, and process development. Sarah serves on the Board for the SME Tucson Chapter and is active with ABA, ARPA and ATB. Sarah has a bachelors degree in accounting and is a certified registered safety professional and and Registered International Mine Safety Professional.
Bruce Wolf
Bruce is a career miner and journeyman electrician. After serving in the United States Navy, he spent the bulk of his career keeping mining operations energized and its many electrical apparatuses in safe working order. Bruce brings his decades of experience along with his passion for working safely into each class and project he leads. He is eager to share what he has learned with anyone and everyone. His transition into safety was a natural evolution as he is able to impact the greatest number of individuals and organizations. He offers the right balance of regulatory knowledge along with years of boots on the ground field application (the what, the why and the how) which allows him to relate to any level of experience.
Dr. Rustin Reed
Dr. Rustin Reed is a Certified Industrial Hygienist (11378) and Certified Safety Professional (34673). He earned his graduate degrees in industrial hygiene from the University of Arizona. Rustin has over 10 years of experience in mining and other industries and is an MSHA-Approved Instructor for Part 48 and an Authorized OSHA Trainer for General Industry. He is a Past Chair of the AIHA Mining Working Group. Rustin has experience teaching at the secondary, undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels, as well as managing research projects cumulatively valued at over $10 million.
Dean Hendzel
Dean Hendzel – has over 30 years of experience in mining and construction. He is an accomplished trainer with extensive knowledge and world experience. His areas of expertise are in both safety and environmental training and consulting services including; training and education, process and procedures, management and field auditing. He is well respected throughout the EH&S community and appreciated by adult learners for his knowledge and passion.
William Henley
William (Bill) Henley (Need to get a photo from him) Bill is a mining and construction safety professional who came up through mining. Over the course of his career he has supported and contributed to safe and efficient operation at several mine sites throughout Arizona. Bill is a natural people person which also makes him an excellent leader. He is able to relate to both the entry level field person and senior managers. He is solution focused and always open to learning new things.
Mike McCraren
Mike became involved in safety in order to continue the family legacy started by their grandfather Joseph and then continued by their father Larry and brother Sean. Mike was a serial entrepreneur and brought his experience for creating successful business to the sales team at McCraren. Mike had a great sense of responsibility to grow the impact left by his family and to carry on the message safety is both a morale obligation and good business.