ASSP Energy Corridor Section Meeting – August 2026

TOPIC: Value of a Learning Culture

SPEAKER: Geoff Cislo, Director HSSE, Commonwealth LNG

Attendees will earn 0.1 CEUs for attending

JOIN US on August 13^th as we hear from Matt Marapode on “Value of a Learning Culture”. Geoff will be asking the participants to challenge status quo and 1. Acknowledge we will make errors and if accepted 2. We can either learn and improve or blame and punish, but we cannot do both.  With this acceptance, we explore what a learning culture looks like and the value return.

Geoffrey Cislo is a senior Environment, Safety, and Health (ESH) leader with 35 years of global experience driving safety performance, risk reduction, and organizational improvement across the oil and gas, mining, telecom, and nuclear sectors. He has held leadership roles with Bechtel, Hess, Chevron, JMJ, and Caturus, and currently serves as Director HSSE for Commonwealth LNG. Known for building trusted partnerships, aligning leaders and workforce teams around shared safety goals, and advancing performance-based safety cultures grounded in learning, accountability, and Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) principles. His leadership emphasizes safe work planning, data-informed decision-making, and sharing learnings from normal work to strengthen execution and prevent serious incidents. He holds a Master of Public Health from Tulane University, a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management and Industrial Hygiene from Ferris State University, and is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP).

Learning Objectives:

• Have insights on value return to companies by applying learning culture elements
• Identify practical application of the 5 HOP principles
• Recognize behaviors that support a learning culture in practice

As always, feel free to arrive before the presentation for networking and lunch!

Agenda

11:00 am to 11:30 am Networking and lunch

11:30 am to 11:45 am Welcome and Section Business

• Welcome
• Sign In
• Introductions
• Old & New Business

11:45 am to 12:45 pm Presentation

In-Person Location

960 Memorial City Way (next door to Memorial City Club)
Houston, TX 77024

All attendees should park in the 920 Memorial City Way parking visitor area (the parking garage). The parking in front of the conference room is reserved for the gym and the management office.