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Chesapeake Chapter Page
(previously Baltimore-Washington Chapter)

2024 Officers​

Chair: Naveen Devata 
(ERM)

Vice Chair: Mark Gibson
(KCI Technologies, Inc.)

Past Chair: Hannah Ashenafi
(DC Department of Energy and Environment)

Secretary: Susan Weirman
(Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University Engineering for Professionals Program)

Treasurer: Sunhee Park
(Black & Veatch)

Board of Directors
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Director: Tiffany Dillow 
(Power Engineers, Inc..)

Director: James Blando, Ph.D.
(Old Dominion University)

Director: John Kinsman
(Edison Electric Institute)
 

CHAPTER BY-LAWS

Chapter Picture Album

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Upcoming Chapter Events

D.C., Maryland, and Virginia Air Directors Panel

VIRTUAL EVENT

Thursday, April 18th, 2024
10:00AM - 12:00PM ET


For more information please email the Chesapeake Chapter.

This free, virtual event hosted by the A&WMA Chesapeake Chapter will feature a panel of Air Directors from D.C. Maryland, and Virginia. ​

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Hannah Ashenafi, P.E.
Director, Air Quality Division
Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE)

 

Chris Hoagland
Director, Air and Radiation Administration
Maryland Department of Environment (MDE)

 

Michael Dowd
Director, Air and Renewable Energy Division
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ)

Past Event Presentations and Recordings

February 2024 Meeting

“Two-Eyed Seeing" investigation of the air quality and health concerns of Pictou Landing First Nation, Nova Scotia, Canada - a story of environmental injustice - Mark Gibson

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May 2021 Meeting

Developing Community-Wide Energy and Climate Action Plans 

1. Climate Planning Process by Stan Edwards

2. Organization Structure and Climate Planning by Kambiz Agazi

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March 2021 Meeting

Air Quality and the Air-Water Interface of the Chesapeake Bay​

1. Direct Observations of Pollution Gradients within the Chesapeake Bay - Presented by Dr. John Sullivan

2. Observations of Bay-Breeze Events Over a Marine Site During the OWLETS-2 Campaign - Presented by Dr. Vanessa Caicedo

3. VOCs, Trace Gases and their Sources Over the Chesapeake Bay during OWLETS-2 - Presented by Joel Dreessen

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October 2020 Webcast Meeting

Air Quality Permitting and Compliance for Data Center

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August 2020 Webcast Meeting

Air Quality Environmental Justice Issues

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1. Social Justice is in the Air - Presented by Elizabeth Spike

2. Building an Equitable and Just Environment - Presented by Karen T Campblin

July 2020 Virtual Panel Discussion and Q&A

Hot Topics for Air Quality Regulators in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia

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2020 Air Quality Symposium Presentations

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  1. Cleaning the Air with Science - Presented by Tad Aburn

  2. Decadal Trends in Air Pollution over te Eastern US - Presented by Russell R. Dickerson

  3. Direct Observations of Pollution Gradients within the Chesapeake Bay - Presented by John T. Sullivan

  4. Applications of Satellite NO2 Data - Presented by Dan Goldberg Ph.D.

  5. Recent Trends in Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Presented by Scot M. Miller

  6. O3 Production & NAQFC Performance in the MidAtlantic Region - Presented by Pius Lee

  7. E-PAMS Profiler and Ceilometer Network - Presented by Ruben Delgado

  8. Air Pollution Exposure for Reproduction and Pregnancy - Presented by Carrie Nobles PhD

  9. Updating Emissions Inventories with Local and Regional Input - Presented by Susan McCusker

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