Open elections begin in December with a slate of candidates presented by the Nominations Committee Chair for membership voting in April. 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. New officers start in July.

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Elected Officers

Brett Carter

Gregg Oliver

Jody Surowiec

Nancy Pasquan

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 New job ... bcarter@san.rr.com
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, SMP Chair & Volunteer Coordinator: Assists the Chair with all section activities. Also acts as SMP Chair		Gregg Oliver Gregg.Oliver@PathfinderCommunication.net or Gregg.Oliver@ga-asi.com Contact me if you want to know more about volunteering for our section!!
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		Nancy Pasquan asq_703_treasurer@yahoo.com or npasquan@eyes-on.us Financial State of Our Section: Very Strong
Appointed Committee Chairs
Business Liaison & Past Chair: Strategically oriented position. Duties and links to plans here soon.			Brett Carter bcarter@san.rr.com	See Chair photo above
ARRANGEMENTS: Manages aspects of arranging for meetings. Mainly includes contacting the caterer with head counts and manning the table at check in.			Bupesh to be added here soon, temporarily supported by Manijeh Farrokhi mfarrokhi@pulseeng.com
Outgoing Internet Liaison, Newsletter Editor, & Historian: Manages the website, section related historical information, prepares, and sends the newsletters. Incoming Division Communications Committee			Kim Niles, Fellow, MSQA Quality & Statistics www.KimNiles.com www.linkedin.com/in/kimniles Email: kim.niles@cox.net Ed Perias (Assist) eperias@pacbell.net
Incoming Webmaster: Will manage the website			Steve Babb shbabb@yahoo.com
Student Support Committee: Engage with related university student activities.			Mia Hamilton - Lead miahamilton@yahoo.com Helen Thomas - Assistant
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		Dave Clinard	See Below	See Below
Meetings Page Manager		Abe Wong	See Below	See Below
Sponsors Page Manager		Donna Skille	See Below	See Below
Chair of Proctor Committee: Manages all aspects of certification tests in San Diego twice per year. Chair of Nominating Committee: Manages all aspects of yearly officer elections.			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 CHAIR: Manages our roster. Calculates membership trend information. Coordinates special membership campaigns. Sends greeting letters to new members. Assists and bills sponsors.			Wylene Lengel WLengel@clarkstonconsulting.com
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 & SPONSORS: 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.			Manijeh Farrokhi mfarrokhi@pulseeng.com
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		Elias Monreal
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)

Or email board@asqsandiego. org

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

Special Recognition

Recently retired from the Education Chair Position		Dave Clinard dlclinard@cox.net 619.244.2797
Recently retired from Membership Position to travel back east and live near relatives		Donna Skille dskille@yahoo .com (add .com when use)
Recently retired from 2 yr Treasurer Position		Geraldine Domingo REMEC Defense & Space (858) 505 3762 asq_703_treasurer@yahoo.com
Volunteers several times per year		Stacy Apostol STACY.APOSTOL@cubic.com asq_chick@hotmail. com
Donated his quality library to the section members after retiring.	Phil Girden Now volunteers for http://www.sdmaritime.org/
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
1988-1989	Barry Cramer
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
Examining Chair		ASQ sanctioned position to manage fellowship and Sr. level advancements
Access to Database		ASQ sanctioned position to manage a database of membership information