President George W Bush has nominated John Lester Henshaw to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. He is presently the Director of Environment, Safety and Health for Astaris LLC in St Louis MO and was previously the Director of Environment, Safety and Health for Solutia Inc.
From 1975 to 1995, he was with Monsanto Company in a variety of 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 for 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.