hen Randee Johnson—the founder, president, and lead safety consultant for Anchorage-based SafeLogic—learned she was the 2026 recipient of the Governor’s Safety Professional Award, she says it caught her off guard.
“I was surprised because I do think there’s some really amazing safety professionals here in Alaska,” she explains. “I was very humbled to receive it.”
Johnson accepted the award at an April 8 ceremony in Anchorage, as part of the Governor’s Safety & Health Conference. The award celebrates safety professionals who have devoted their careers and personal time to safety through service. Nominees must be active in the profession, have spent at least a decade working in safety and health in Alaska, and a minimum of fifteen years in the field during their career. They must also show substantial contributions and be an active volunteer in a safety-related nonprofit for at least three years.
Originally from Alaska, Johnson had just graduated when her mother told her a friend needed a safety administrator for the summer. What she assumed would be a temporary gig became her calling.
hen Randee Johnson—the founder, president, and lead safety consultant for Anchorage-based SafeLogic—learned she was the 2026 recipient of the Governor’s Safety Professional Award, she says it caught her off guard.
“I was surprised because I do think there’s some really amazing safety professionals here in Alaska,” she explains. “I was very humbled to receive it.”
Johnson accepted the award at an April 8 ceremony in Anchorage, as part of the Governor’s Safety & Health Conference. The award celebrates safety professionals who have devoted their careers and personal time to safety through service. Nominees must be active in the profession, have spent at least a decade working in safety and health in Alaska, and a minimum of fifteen years in the field during their career. They must also show substantial contributions and be an active volunteer in a safety-related nonprofit for at least three years.
Originally from Alaska, Johnson had just graduated when her mother told her a friend needed a safety administrator for the summer. What she assumed would be a temporary gig became her calling.
Johnson was hired as the safety manager at Matanuska Electric Association’s Eklutna generation station, and she was on her way. “I got a lot of experience on that project and learned a lot,” she says.
After several years in the field, Johnson launched SafeLogic in December 2016. She recalls, “It started with me having a newborn, working from my basement office.”
From there, the business quickly grew and now employs about twenty people. Johnson observes, “We’ve grown organically on a nice, slow, sustainable pace.”
“I encourage companies to be proactive with safety, rather than reactive,” she says. “As a safety professional, you never know what lives you saved or who you helped because it’s the call that you don’t get.”
Johnson now holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental health and safety from Oakland University in Michigan and is certified by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, which she describes as one of the most difficult safety certifications to earn.
Johnson has an impressive resume. She was formerly employed by CH2MHill supporting the North Slope, Anchorage, and northern region operations. Through SafeLogic she works with the Municipality of Anchorage, where she assists with fluoride safety in the water system, solid waste services, and homeless camp abatement safety. SafeLogic contracted with Anchorage-based Unit Company while working on the Eielson Air Force Base F-35 hangars construction. There she served as the company’s safety and health manager. She’s worked on bridge projects, helped with wildlife and polar bear programs, has dealt with helicopter safety, and more.
AGC member Fullford Electric Inc. is another loyal client. Vice President Brian Gnoffo says Fullford Electric Inc. has come to rely on the services Johnson’s company provides.
“Randee and her team at SafeLogic have been instrumental in strengthening our safety program. She brings a practical, proactive approach and truly cares about our people. Partnering with her has elevated our safety culture and accountability across the entire organization,” he says.
Suicide prevention is another area she devotes time to, both professionally and as a volunteer. “In Alaska, construction workers are five times more likely to die from suicide than they are from the top four OSHA hazards,” she says. “I work with individual companies on it, training people how to have that conversation and how to identify people who are at risk.” The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration lists falls, struck by objects, electrocution, and caught-in/between (including trench collapses) as the “fatal four” causes of construction worker deaths.
Additionally, she’s climbed Mt. Baker, the third-highest mountain in Washington, and she’s trekked to Everest Base Camp as part of Any Mountain, a nonprofit working to fund research on the first ever diagnostic tool to detect ovarian cancer. Later this year she’ll hike Africa’s tallest mountain, Kilimanjaro, through the Any Mountain program, and then she’ll work in Africa with a medical team that will include her oncologist, Dr. Joanie Mayer Hope.
“It’s a super full-circle, special opportunity to be able to get to do something like that,” Johnson says.
Despite her accomplishments with SafeLogic and her recent award, Johnson says she still doesn’t think of herself as an industry leader. She reflects, “Sometimes I still see myself as an up-and-coming junior safety professional. I don’t think I’ve quite accepted the fact that I’ve been around for a while and I’m in my 40s now, and people are actually out in the world who look up to me.”