SUMMARY
In March of last year, IFMA’s Corporate Facilities Council began a series of webinars on covid response strategies just as the pandemic was beginning to accelerate in the United States. The CFC experienced record-breaking attendance and views of these webinars as the FM community was struggling to get a handle on an informed response plan. Two months into the pandemic, the CFC devoted a webinar to “Separating Fact from Fiction” as the marketplace was adapting and pivoting to provide support and solutions to FMs.
Now one year later, the CFC is taking a look back at what we have learned and where our predictions were accurate or off-the-mark. We will also look into the future at emerging technologies and solutions for the workplace that have been shaped and influenced by the events of the past year. Once again, nationally-recognized Certified Industrial Hygienist, David Brinkerhoff of Forensic Analytical Consulting Services, Inc. will be reuniting with the CFC’s Wayne Whitzell to take and evidence-based look back and a look forward as we enter a future that has fundamentally shifted over the past year.
PRESENTERS
David Brinkerhoff, CIH, CIEC
Forensic Analytical Consulting Services (FACS)
David has over 17 years of increasing leadership roles within the environmental health, industrial hygiene and hazardous building materials consulting community, while serving a wide array of clients in both the litigated and non-litigated environments. Over the course of his career, he has built a broad range of exposure assessment experience including indoor air quality investigations, building and HVAC system evaluations, evaluating engineering controls and assessing various physical, chemical and biological exposures. He has extensive asbestos abatement and mold remediation project oversight experience for numerous industry sectors including, healthcare, defense, property management, hospitality, higher education and insurance agencies.
As a senior member of the technical team, David provides QA/QC oversight on project reports, client hazard communication and services related to industrial hygiene inspections and assessments. David’s understanding of the standard of care in industrial hygiene is the result of having evaluated hundreds of investigation strategies and sampling plans, as well as interfacing and collaborating with some of the top names within the industrial hygiene community.
Wayne Whitzell, LEED®AP, BEP, GBO EVP
DFS Green
Wayne Whitzell has been an active member in IFMA since 2000. He is IFMA’s 2018 International Distinguished Member of the Year. In 2015, he was selected as IFMA’s Associate of the Year at IFMA’s World Workplace in Denver and was selected as IFMA’s Distinguished Author of the Year in 2016. He is the current Programs chair for IFMA’s Corporate Facilities Council and the Past President of IFMA East Bay. Over the years, he has held various chapter positions such as Sustainability Committee Chair, Website Chair, and Sacramento Valley Chapter Vice President. He has presented at several World Workplace conferences and many IFMA chapter and council events around the USA. He supports the IFMA Foundation initiatives by routinely speaking at local schools and colleges about a career in FM. Wayne holds credentials as a LEED®AP, Business Energy Professional (BEP), and is a certified Green Business Operator (GBO).