2025 Board Chair Cassandra Robinson
An ASTM International Award of Merit honoree, Robinson became a member in 2006. She is chair of the homeland security applications committee (E54) and vice chair of three E54 subcommittees. In addition, she is a member of the committees on textiles (D13), leather (D31), pedestrian/walkway safety and footwear (F13), and personal protective clothing and equipment (F23).
Casandra W. Robinson is an engineer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL). In this role, she serves as the lead for the Big City Fire Working Group, as the subject matter expert for standards and conformity assessment, and as a member of project teams for operational field assessments and the System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders (SAVER) program.
Prior to taking her current position in 2023, Robinson spent ten years as a physical scientist at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (Gaithersburg, Maryland). She was responsible for leading the development of documentary standards and coordinating with other federal agencies, industry, and relevant stakeholders in the development of standards and conformity-assessment systems.
Robinson has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Clemson University and a master’s degree in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Alabama. In addition to ASTM International, she is the federal co-chair for the ANSI Homeland Defense and Security Standardization Collaborative, and a member of the ANSI Executive Standards Council.
To learn more about Cassy, read this interview.