Open elections are in December with a slate of candidates also presented by the current chair. The terms of elected officers vary from one to two fiscal years unless they are voted out of office. Appointed officers may and do often last many years at the discretion of the chair.

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Elected Officers

Brett Carter

Gregg Oliver

Jody Surowiec

Geraldine Domingo

Appointed Officers

Doug McCloskey
Manijeh Farrokhi


Elected Section Officers
Officer terms begins July 1 and ends June 30 each year.
CHAIR: Overseer of all section activities.		Brett Carter Overland Storage Director Global Quality (858) 495 - 4243 BCarter@overlandstorage. com (add .com when use)
Chair Elect Open	Selected among the elected section officers in case of emergency loss of elected Chair position. The Vice Chair position was created / appointed due to a vacancy in the office of Chair-Elect. The term limit for the Section Chair and Treasurer is two consecutive years. There is no term limit for the Secretary and Vice Chair position. In case of a vacancy in the office of Section Chair, the Chair-Elect will succeed immediately to the Chair. If there is no Chair-Elect to serve as Section Chair (current situation) the Vice Chair will serve as Section Chair for the ensuing fiscal year. The addition of a Vice Chair position gives the section more organizational flexibility.
Vice CHAIR: Assists the Chair with all section activities. Also acts as SMP Chair		Gregg Oliver Gregg.Oliver@PathfinderCommunication.net or Gregg.Oliver@ga-asi.com
SECRETARY: Takes and publishes notes from board meetings. Moderates meetings.		Jody Surowiec jodysuro@hotmail. com
TREASURER: Responsible for all financial aspects of our section. Prepares quarterly reports and tax information to National ASQ. Reports to our board. Two year position.		Geraldine Domingo REMEC Defense & Space (858) 505 3762 asq_703_treasurer@yahoo.com Financial State of Our Section: Very Strong
Appointed Committee Chairs
Business Liaison & Past Chair: Strategically oriented position. Duties and links to plans here soon.			Doug McCloskey Grant Rathbard dm@grantrothbard.com http://grantrothbard.com
ARRANGEMENTS: Manages aspects of arranging for meetings. Mainly includes contacting the caterer with head counts and manning the table at check in.			Manijeh Farrokhi mfarrokhi@pulseeng.com
Internet Liaison, Newsletter Editor, & Historian: Manages the website, section related historical information, prepares, and sends the newsletters.			Kim Niles www.KimNiles.com 760-494-6745 direct line kim.niles@cox.net Alphatec Spine, Inc.
Jobs Page Manager		Geoff Hunt	Quality Manager for Raytheon, coordinates our jobs page as well as San Diego Quality Professional's Job Hunting Network. ohanahunt@cox. net
Education Page Manager		Keith Boyle	See Below	See Below
Meetings Page Manager		Abe Wong	See Below	See Below
Sponsors Page Manager		Stacy Apostol	See Below	See Below
Web Review Committee Chair		Gregg Oliver	See Below	See Below
PROCTOR COM. CHAIR: Manages all aspects of certification tests in San Diego twice per year.			Emelito Ong Works for Remec Tel (858)312-6943 emelito.ong@remecbroadband. com
Chief Proctor		Leonard Badour	Quality Engineer at Qualcomm, has proctored previously, and holds many ASQ certifications. Email: lbadour@qualcomm. com & phone: (858)-658-2591.
Sr. Assistant Proctor		Mark Corvin	Mark Corvin; Quality Analyst mcorvin@magma. <remove this space> com Proctors needed ... esp. Qualcomm employees
PROGRAMS & SPEAKERS: Manages our list of upcoming speakers. Arranges for audio video equipment. Assists speakers with their questions and coordinates reimbursement of special costs, etc.			Abe Wong Managing Director, GMPSigma, LLC Telephone: (858) 231-9399 Email: awong@gmpsigma. com CV Click Here
Special Event Planner TJ and Mexicalli Liaison		Frank Snook	SnookFrank@yahoo.com
MEMBERSHIP: Manages our roster. Calculates membership trend information. Coordinates special membership campaigns. Sends greeting letters to new members.			Donna Skille dskille@yahoo .com (add .com when use)
AUDITING COMMITTEE CHAIR: Coordinates non-biased quarterly audits of our financial records four times per year. Sends the results to National ASQ and reports to our membership.			Natalie Vollrath nrvollrath@yahoo.com
PUBLICITY / AWARDS: Manages monthly raffle prizes of ~$185 during meetings. Coordinates special awards as required. Collects company donations for raffle prizes and other donations.			Arta Motadel 858-453-7551 Cell Phone: 619-843-3482 amotadel@yahoo.com
EDUCATION: Manages development of new and on-going member education programs (refresher courses; not including workshops or regular meetings). Writes a monthly education based message to the membership. Coordinates new and existing instructors and related payments. Coordinates periodic education planning / board meetings.			Dave Clinard dlclinard@cox.net 619.244.2797
Assistant Education			Keith Boyle info@qprs.com or http://www.qprs.com/
Assistant Education			Harry Cullen Webpage of contacts and other info at Harry Cullen
RECERT - EXAM - SCHOLARSHIP: Manages lists of who attended what meetings. Sends all re-cert packages to National ASQ. Assists certified members with re-certification.			Rich Ostrin 858-578-5300 rostrin@adelphia. net rostrin@roadrunner.com Address for re-certs in article
Regional Officers
REGIONAL DIRECTOR		Holly Duckworth, CQM, CSSBB	holly.duckworth@TRW.com 408-329-8476
	Holly is a certified Master Black Belt with TRW Automotive, with over 20 years experience in aerospace and automotive manufacturing. Holly mentors and instructs Black Belts and Green Belts in the Six Sigma tools, training techniques, and influence strategies, with over 2,000 hours as a classroom instructor. She is a Regional Director for the American Society for Quality. She has a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering and an M.S. in Management. Holly is currently pursuing a Phd. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Region 7 ASQ Administration		Leta Thrasher	Community Care Administrator ASQ Head Quarters	800/248-1946 x7649 or use help@asq.org
DEPUTY REGIONAL DIRECTOR		Ray Klotz, P.E.	(rklotz@roadrunner.com) (760-476-9029) (Cell 760-310-6632)
Region 7 councilor for the Measurement Quality Division		Randy Farmer	Randy_Farmer@vwr.com	Calibration Manager, San Diego; CQT (858) 695-7626 Desk (858) 688-2672 Cell

Or email board@asqsandiego. org

or if you are interested in just the educational board, email edboard@asqsandiego. org

Special Recognition

Recently filled in for Glen Hanington mid year as Membership Chair		Bud Russell asq703treasurer@cox.net
Volunteers several times per year		Stacy Apostol STACY.APOSTOL@cubic.com asq_chick@hotmail. com
PAST CHAIRS: Masters of section oversight
2006-2008	Doug McCloskey Grant Rathbard dm@grantrothbard.com http://grantrothbard.com
2004-2006	Hank Posters ASQ Fellow hposters@hotmail. com
2002-2004	Don Greigo QASD@nctimes. net
2000-2002	Jerry Wilken jerryw@incom.net 619- 697-2884
Other Possible Positions Open Position, Please Contact Chair
Chief Booster		Open position to manage a list of corporate contacts and develop a plan to improve company / society interaction.
Intersociety Coordinator		Open position to manage a list of other society contacts and develop a plan to improve intersociety interaction. There are over 40 other societies in San Diego that might benefit from interaction with us and visa vera.
Community Coordinator		Open position to manage a list of other activities around the community that our section might participate in. Examples: We are currently active with Math counts and a scholarship program with Grossmont college.
National Quality Month Coordinator		This position coordinates special activities for our section during October.
Student Branch Counselor		ASQ sanctioned position to develop and manage student branches of the section
Publicity Chair		ASQ sanctioned position to develop and manage section publicity
Placement Chair		ASQ sanctioned position to coordinate the section’s job placement program to facilitate access to professional opportunities for section members and assist area companies with recruiting quality professionals
Nominating Chair		ASQ sanctioned position to identify and nominate, with the nominating committee, qualified individuals for the elected section positions of chair, chair-elect and/or vice chair(s), secretary, and treasurer.
Examining Chair		ASQ sanctioned position to manage fellowship and Sr. level advancements
Nominations Chair		Assists with the formation of new officer ballot preparation
Access to Database		ASQ sanctioned position to manage a database of membership information