2021 PFAS Workshop

Tuesday, January 26th:

6:00 - 7:00 p.m. (All Times Eastern)- Welcome, Introductions and Brief Overview

Adam Hinterthuer
Director of Programs, Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources

Sarah Mock
Program Assistant, Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources

Dave Spratt
CEO, Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources

Garret Ellison
Environment Reporter, MLive.com


Wednesday, January 27th

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (Eastern) - A Chemical Walks Into an Environment...How PFAS Gets into the Wider World and How to Get It Out

 

Michelle Crimi
Professor/Director of Engineering and Management, Clarkson University

Cora Young
Associate Professor and Rogers Chair, Department of Chemistry, York University

Rob Bilott
Partner, Taft Law; Author, Exposure

 

12:30 - 1:00 p.m. - Break

1:00 - 2:30 p.m.Contains PFAS: Evaluating Risk and Exposure in Humans and Animals

 

Jamie DeWitt
Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, East Carolina University

Chris Higgins
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines

Elsie Sunderland
Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Chemistry, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

 

2:30 - 3:00 p.m.Break

3:00 - 4:30 p.m. - Safety Dance over PFAS: What Could a New Administration Mean for PFAS Policy?

Susan Hanson
Council member, NTTC/Environmental contractor to Shoshone Bannock Tribes

Rob Simon
Vice President, Chemical Products, American Chemistry Council

Elizabeth “Betsy” Southerland
Former Director of Science and Technology, Office of Water, U.S. EPA

Larry Dunn
Superfund Cleanup Manager, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe (retired); Member, Native Tribes Toxics Council

Steve Risotto
Senior Director, American Chemistry Council

4:30 - 5:30 p.m. – A Conversation with Linda Birnbaum

 

Linda Birnbaum
Former Director, National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences; Current Scholar in Residence, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University

 

5:30 p.m. — Workshop adjourns for the day.


Thursday, January 28th

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (Eastern) – Origin Story: West Virginia

Alan Ducatman
Professor Emeritus, School of Public Health, West Virginia University

Olga Naidenko
Vice President, Science Investigations, Environmental Working Group

David Andrews
Senior Scientist, Environmental Working Group

Emily Donovan
Co-Founder, Clean Cape Fear

12:30 - 1:00 p.m. – Break

1:00 - 2:30 p.m.Military Faceoff: New Mexico

Andrea Amico
Founder, Testing for Pease

Art Schapp
Owner/Farmer, Highland Dairy

Rebecca Stenholm
Director, Government and Public Affairs, EPCOR USA

John Calkins
Director of Environmental Compliance, EPCOR USA (former drinking water coordinator state of Arizona)

2:30 - 3:00 p.m.Break

3:00 - 4:30 p.m. - Proactive Policy: Michigan

 

Steve Sliver
Executive Director, Michigan PFAS Action Response Team

Pam McQueer
Citizen Member, Michigan PFAS Action Response Team

Marcus Wasilevich
PFAS Response Coordinator, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

 

4:30 - 5:30 p.m. - Reporter Happy Hour

5:30 p.m. - Workshop adjourns.