President George W Bush has nominated John Lester Henshaw to be assistant secretary of labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). He is presently the director of environment, safety, and health for Astaris LLC in St Louis MO and was previously director of environment, safety, and health for Solutia Inc.
From 1975 to 1995, he was with Monsanto Co in various positions, including corporate director of quality and compliance assurance and corporate stewardship for environmental safety and health and as corporate industrial hygiene director. Henshaw served 16 years in the Air National Guard. He is a graduate of Appalachian State University and received a master's degree from the University of Michigan.