ASQ Boulder 2022-Jan-27 Section Web Meeting

Topic: Fighting Climate Change
Cost: Free
Note: Thursday 5:45pm to 7:45pm US-MT meeting

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5:45 pm Web Conference Start: Networking, Welcome and Section Business
6:00 pm Presentation

• Speakers: Richard Emory and David Saunders

• Topic: Fighting Climate Change

• Presentation Emory Slides at https://my.asq.org/communities/files/247/9595

• Presentation Saunders Slides at https://my.asq.org/communities/files/247/9596

• Presentation Video at https://my.asq.org/communities/files/247/9594

• Abstract:
  
  • How might climate change impact your company and your role as a quality professional?
  
  
  • What can you do to prepare?
  
  
  • What can be done to prevent catastrophic outcomes?
  
  
  • This workshop will provide scientific evidence of climate change;
  
  
  • Discuss legal, social, and political issues; and suggest actions for prevention.
  
  
  • The requirements for becoming a certified Climate Change Professional (CC-P©) will be discussed.

• Bio: Richard W. Emory, Jr.
  
  • Was a career environmental enforcement attorney who retired in 2011 from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
  
  
  • He served as our nation’s top lawyer directly responsible for all EPA investigations of pollution crime.
  
  
  • Then, often collaborating with the OECD and UNEP, for 17 years he worked globally in EPA foreign assistance to many other nations also wanting clean air and clean water
  
  
  • the author of Fighting Pollution and Climate Change: An EPA Veteran’s
  
  
  • Guide How to Join in Saving Our Life on Planet Earth (BookLocker, 2020)
  
  
  • and technical papers on international environmental policy and law.
  
  
  • Richard holds a BA from Yale University and a JD from Harvard Law School.
  
  
  • To learn about the author, the book and how to get it, visit http://www.fightingpollutionbook.com/

• Bio: David M. Saunders, CC-P
  
  • Now retired, was the Senior Director of Quality for ResCare, a human services company with 45,000 employees.
  
  
  • Before ResCare, David was a consultant at ARBOR specializing in research and training on gathering, understanding, and deploying the voice of the customer.
  
  
  • His client list included Ford Motor Company, Anheuser-Bush, Allied-Signal, Intel, and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
  
  
  • He is the co-author of Four Days with Dr. Deming, Addison-Wesley Press (10th printing);
  
  
  • Measuring Customer Satisfaction (ASQ ISO 9000 Handbook, Ch. 29);
  
  
  • Voice of the Customer Guide (USDOL) and numerous technical papers.
  
  
  • David earned a BA from Hobart College and an MS from Pratt Institute.
  
  
  • He is a volunteer at the Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN)
  
  
  • and a member of the Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO).

• References:
  
  • Book: "Fighting Pollution and Climate Change"
  
  
  • Book: "Four Days with Dr. Deming"
  
  
  • Article: "Step up to the Challenge", Quality Progress, Jan 2022

Presentation Climate Change Web Resources

• https://www.paclimateacademy.org

• https://fightingpollutionbook.com

• https://toolkit.climate.gov

• https://climateofficers.org

• https://www.climaterealityproject.org/training

• https://www.rewiringamerica.org/