September 20, 2023 Meeting at Calhoun’s On The River, 6:00 P.M

The East Tennessee Chapter of ASHRAE will kick off the chapter year with a dinner event at Calhoun’s on the River. The event will take place on the evening of Wednesday, September 20 at 6:00 PM and include a dinner buffet and cash bar. The cost will be $35 per person.

 We will recap July’s Region VII CRC event hosted in Louisville, along with discussing the board’s vision for the upcoming chapter year.

Doors will open around 5:45. Around 6:30 we will announce board and committee chair appointees as well as handing out awards from CRC. Dinner and presentation to follow at 7:00.

Our guest speaker will be the East Tennessee Chapter’s very own Tom Werkema who will be covering ASHRAE’s relevance to you, based on Tom’s experience as a Vice President in ASHRAE. 1 PDH hour will be available.

 Tom Werkema graduated from the University of Michigan in 1971 with a BS in Chemical Engineering and in 1975 from Seidman Graduate School, a division of Grand Valley State University, with an MBA.  Mr. Werkema worked in the chemical industry for a variety of companies, building chemical plants, running them as plant manager, and in 1987, became Business Manager for the $200 million Industrial Chemical Division of Pennwalt.  In 1993, he became Vice President of Government Activities for Paris based Arkema.  In 2012, he retired from full time work and served as a fulltime ASHRAE Vice President and Technology Council Chair (2013-14), one of the three ASHRAE Councils.  Tom is currently a member of the East Tennessee Chapter Board of Governors.

 Mr. Werkema was involved in, and for over 20 years attended, United Nations meetings of 1) the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, 2) Framework Convention on Climate Change and 3) Strategic Implementation of Chemical Management.  Mr. Werkema is an internationally known expert on Climate Change and Ozone Depletion science, and was recognized by the Nobel Peace Prize Committee for his contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change award, shared with Al Gore in 2007.

 Please come join us for the first event of the new chapter year!

We will be having our 2022-23 chapter year kickoff dinner meeting at Calhoun’s On The River on Thursday, September 20, 2022 at 6:00 PM. This meeting is open to all ASHRAE members and potential members! We are looking forward to a pleasant evening on the river! We hope to see you there!

Please register for the event by clicking this link: REGISTER HERE

Please send any and all questions/discussion topics of interest to Zach Rose at zrose@bce1946.com