Call for Nominations – Section Officers
The nomination period for our Section Officers is now open, and will close on March 16, 2010, at the March Section Board Meeting. Nominations are requested for the following positions: Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. Nominations should include the Name, Member Number, and a short bio or summary of qualifications.
Section Executive Board Nominations
These are the current nominations for the Section Board 2009-2010 Program Year:
- Chair – Joan Richter
Joan Richter, CQPA, CQA, is currently Vice-chair of the ASQ Baltimore section 0502. Her other duties within the Section Board include Education Chair and Certification Chair. JR is currently a Senior Quality Assurance Specialist for IDS, a subsidiary of ICON Clinical Development, a Clinical Research Organization based in Columbia Maryland. She has 15+ years experience in chemical manufacturing quality.
- Vice-Chair – William Stevens
Bill Stevens (BS, MBA) joined the Section 0502 board last year as membership chair. He has over 20 years of quality experience in the manufacturing sector, currently as a senior quality engineer for Knorr Brake Corp. (located in Westminster, MD); a train braking system manufacturer for the U.S. transit rail division of Knorr Bremse (a global enterprise). He is a senior member of ASQ with certifications including CQA, CQT, and CMI.
- Treasurer – Mark Berron
Mark Berron is the current Section Treasurer and the Board Evaluations Chair. Mark Berron is a regular speaker at ASQ Baltimore breakfast and dinner meetings. He has worked for over 10 years in the Quality area for both Computer Sciences Corporation and ARINC. He has the ASQ CQE and CSQE designations and is a certified Black Belt.
- Secretary – Eric Finegan (“Eric F”)
Eric Finegan CQA, CBA, is current Secretary, current Placement/Jobseekers Chair, as well as the Webmaster for the ASQ Baltimore section website. Eric is currently VP, Regulatory and Quality Affairs at DeJarnette Research Systems, Inc, a medical imaging software company in Towson, MD. He has 15+ years of software development and software quality experience in the financial, air traffic control and medical imaging sectors.
The Section Board’s current slate of Officers for the 2009-2010 Program Year are listed above. Note that you may nominate additional candidates. Such nominations require the submission of a petition, with clear evidence of support by at least 10 section members in good standing, and submitted to the Section Secretary via prior to April 15th.
Your local section is always looking for volunteers to assist your section work for its members. If you have something to offer, please review our Section Board position page and contact us if there is something you are interested in. Every committee can use help from the membership.
Section Board Roster updates
Executive board:
Chair Eric Whichard
Vice-Chair Joan Richter
Treasurer Mark Berron
Secretary Eric Finegan
Other Board / Committee members:
Programs Committee Chair Arlene Hendrix
Arrangements Committee Chair Aron Brall
Breakfast Committee Jo MacLaughlin Susan Spurgeon
Evaluations Mark Berron
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Publicity Chair Lauren Fagan
Newsletter Editor James Cooper
Internet Liaison/Webmaster Eric Finegan
Yahoo Group Moderator Kathy Free
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Membership Committee William Stevens Joan Richter Susan Spurgeon
Nominating Chair Jina Eckhardt
Placement Chair/Jobseekers Eric Finegan
Recognition Chair Jina Eckhardt
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Education Committee Chair Joan Richter
Examining Chair Joan Richter
Chief Proctor Kay Duchesne
Examining/Recertification Committee Chair Joan Richter
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Koalaty Kid Activity Chair Kevin Gilson
Science Fair Activity Chair Kevin Gilson
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Auditing Chair Robert Rayme
Section Management Plan Committee Nancy Hall
MPEA Liaison Kevin Gilson
There are also other multiple (non elected) positions open within the Section.
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Section Executive Board
The Section Board is presenting your officers for the 2008-2009 Program Year.
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- Chair – Eric Whichard (“Eric W”)
- Eric Whichard (BS, MBA) is past Vice-Chair and previously held the position of Treasurer while also assisting in the Arrangements role. He has 20+ years experience in chemical manufacturing quality, currently as manager in a divisional quality organization of W.R. Grace & Co. (HQ in Columbia, MD). He is a senior member with certifications including QM, QE, and SSBB, who joined in 1982.
- Vice-Chair – Joan Richter
- Joan Richter, CQA, remains Vice-chair of the ASQ Baltimore section
0502. Her other duties within the Section Board include Education Chair and Certification Chair. JR is currently a Senior Quality Assurance Specialist for IDS, a subsidiary of ICON Clinical
Development, a Clinical Research Organization based in Columbia Maryland. She has 15+ years experience in chemical manufacturing quality.
- Joan Richter, CQA, remains Vice-chair of the ASQ Baltimore section
- Treasurer – Mark Berron
- Mark Berron is the Board Evaluations Chair. Mark Berron is a regular speaker at ASQ Baltimore breakfast and dinner meetings.
He has worked for over 10 years in the Quality area for both
Computer Sciences Corporation and ARINC. He has the ASQ CQE and CSQE designations and is a certified Black Belt.
- Mark Berron is the Board Evaluations Chair. Mark Berron is a regular speaker at ASQ Baltimore breakfast and dinner meetings.
- Secretary – Eric Finegan (“Eric F”)
- Eric Finegan CQA, CBA, is past Secretary, current placement/ Jobseekers Chair, as well as the Webmaster for the ASQ Baltimore section website. Eric is currently VP, Regulatory and Quality Affairs at DeJarnette Research Systems, Inc, a medical imaging software company in Towson, MD. He has 15+ years of software development and software quality experience in the
financial, air traffic control and medical imaging sectors.
- Eric Finegan CQA, CBA, is past Secretary, current placement/ Jobseekers Chair, as well as the Webmaster for the ASQ Baltimore section website. Eric is currently VP, Regulatory and Quality Affairs at DeJarnette Research Systems, Inc, a medical imaging software company in Towson, MD. He has 15+ years of software development and software quality experience in the
