Dr. Ruby Lee
Senior Microbiologist and Senior Food Safety Specialist, NSF International
@NSF_Intl

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Scientific Update on COVID-19: Hazard & Control and Q&A

Bio:
Dr. Ruby Lee has served as Senior Microbiologist & Senior Food Safety Specialist at NSF International since 2011. She completed an MSc in microbiology and a Ph.D. in food science and technology and was a postdoctoral scientist in animal science at Iowa State University. Dr. Lee is a much sought-after speaker and an authority on various food safety topics.

Sean Egan
Deputy Director, Labor, State of Michigan
@MichiganLEO

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State of Michigan COVID-19 Update and Q&A

Bio:
As a lifelong West Michigander and activist for working people and families, Sean Egan brings a wealth of experience across all areas of our economy. Sean was in the Navy and after his service served an apprenticeship and became a Journeyman Electrician through the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). He maintains his membership in his Union and state license as a journeyman to this day.

Having been a shop steward, in 2004 Sean moved into a leadership position with IBEW Local 275 in West Michigan. In 2007 he was elected by the members as the head of the Local Union representing construction electricians, manufacturing, broadcasting, and electrical motor service industries. His duties included managing the non-profit operations and representational activities for members. In 2010, he was named as one of the “40 under 40” by the Grand Rapids Business Journal.

During this time, he also served on the Board of the Heart of West Michigan United Way, including the executive committee and as chair of the financial independence focus as it was being developed. Somehow, he also earned a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in finance from Davenport University, and a Juris Doctor (JD) from Thomas M. Cooley Law School going to classes nights and weekends.

He has been the president of the local AFL-CIO labor council, the local Building Trades Council, and the Labor Heritage Society of West Michigan. He has also served on many boards throughout the labor movement across the state of Michigan. He continues to serve our communities as an avid volunteer through the A. Phillip Randolph Institute, his Local Union and Labor Council, the United Way as a volunteer tax preparer in the VITA program, and pretty much anywhere groups are focused on helping people lift themselves into the middle class.

Most recently he served as General Counsel to IBEW Local 876 which represents working people in construction, government, utility, line clearance, and other industries. He also worked as an attorney with many other Labor Unions and worker focused efforts across Michigan.

Sean serves on the Board of Governors for the Joint Michigan Apprenticeship Program (JMAP) which trains electrical utility and line apprentices for municipal and utility organizations across Michigan, is a delegate to the Kent/Ionia Labor Council, and President of the Labor Heritage Society of West Michigan.

Sean’s focus at LEO will be on Labor, primarily overseeing MIOSHA, Workers Disability and Compensation Agency, the Bureau of Employment Relations, and the Wage & Hour Division. He also supports LEO’s efforts across the spectrum as his experience spans many of our goals.

Elizabeth Merritt
Vice President, Strategic Foresight and Founding Director, Center for the Future of Museums
American Alliance of Museums
@futureofmuseums

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10 Thoughts About the Post-Pandemic Future of Museums

Bio:
Elizabeth Merritt is the American Alliance of Museums’ Vice President for Strategic Foresight and Founding Director of the Center for the Future of Museums (CFM)—a think-tank and research & development lab for the museum field. She studied ecology and evolution as an undergraduate at Yale and received her masters in cell and molecular biology from Duke University. Her museum career has included working in a children’s museum, as well as natural history and history museums, and she is a graduate of the Getty Leadership Institute’s Museum Management Program.

Prior to starting CFM, Elizabeth literally wrote the book on museum standards and best practices, as director of the Alliance’s accreditation and excellence programs. She notes this was perfect preparation for her current role as agent provocateur—challenging museums to question assumptions about traditional practice, and experiment with new ways of doing business. Elizabeth is the author of the Alliance’s annual TrendsWatchreport and works with museums around the world to help them build a better tomorrow. 

Werner Linders
Global Director, Checked by NSF, NSF International
@NSF_Intl

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NSF COVID-19 Global Update

Bio:
Werner Linders has over 20 years’ experience in food safety, risk management and brand protection consulting in the EMEA and Asia-Pacific markets. Most recently, Werner was the Global Head of an international food safety consulting practice. He also founded SCASJ in 2017 to provide assistance to technology minded start-ups in the food and beverage sector, with solutions based on augmented reality, statistical quality assurance, the Internet of Things, gamification, analytics, etc. Werner is a member of the Global Markets Technical Committee of the Global Food Safety Initiative and a Departmental Board Member at the University College Ghent, Faculty of Biosciences. When Werner is not spending time with his large family, he is finishing his house renovation, teaching Jiu-Jitsu or preparing for his annual quarter triathlon.

Panel Conversation | Managing Pandemic Fatigue: Best Practices in Keeping Employees and Guests Engaged and Committed and Q&A

Moderated by Paul Medeiros, Managing Director, Consulting and Technical Services, North America, NSF International

Panelists:

• John Anderson, COO, Michigan Science Center

• Michael A. Bruggeman, CPP, Sr. Director, Facilities, Event Operations & Campus Safety, College for Creative Studies

• Patricia Walker, Chief Administrative Officer,Michigan Opera Theatre

• MaryAnn Wilkinson, Executive Director, The Scarab Club

Paul Medeiros
Managing Director, Consulting and Technical Services, North America, NSF International
@NSF_Intl

Paul Medeiros has more than 27 years of strategic and technical experience in food safety, quality management and public health. His wealth of senior management experience in consulting and technical services allows Mr. Medeiros to support food safety and quality services in North America through fully integrated consulting, technical and certification services in the agriculture, supply chain management and retail sectors. As the food supply chain becomes increasingly more complex, Mr. Medeiros plays an essential role in providing innovative risk solutions to North American companies, helping them protect public health and food supply chain, and in turn, protect their brand integrity. Mr. Medeiros is also a key founder of an NSF assurance program that helps organizations of all types and sizes follow best-practice guidance on COVID-19 risk management and to communicate their commitment to protecting their employees and customers through this program. In addition, Mr. Medeiros is a Certified Public Health Inspector (CPHI(C)).

John Anderson
COO, Michigan Science Center
@Mi_Sci

A leader in attractions operations, organizational culture, and customer service, JohnAnderson joined the Michigan Science Center as COO in 2015 and was named interim CEO in July of 2018. John returned to his role as Chief Operating Officer in June 2019. John previously held professional positions with the City of Detroit and Detroit Zoological Society.

With three decades tenure in nonprofit cultural attractions, John's diverse operational background includes hospitality,, public programming & education, emergency management & facility security, information technology, facility management, exhibit design, and capital planning & construction.

As Vice President of Administration and Chief Operating Officer of the Michigan Science Center, John is responsible for activating the organization's vision of empowering and enriching all children and all communities with STEM, and strategically managing operations, business practices, and the organization’s culture.

A zoologist by training, John is a former Emergency Medical Technician and open water diver. John has served as a human resources committee member for the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA), and is an IAAPA Certified Attractions Executive. In 2015, John was recognized as a Patriotic Employer by the U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Mike Bruggeman
Sr. Director Facilities, Campus Safety, Event Operations, College for Creative Studies
@CCS_Detroit

Mike Bruggeman is the Sr. Director for College for Creative Studies. Mike leads the Facilities, Environmental Services, Campus Safety, and Event Operations. As Sr. Director he oversees 1.6 million sq. footage of buildings over two campuses in Midtown Detroit. 

Mike also is the Founder and President of Titan Group USA, a boutique security advisory firm that provides clients with special counsel, expertise, and services utilizing a variety of solutions – all individually targeted to meet the client’s needs. 

Prior to founding Titan Group USA, Mike was Senior Vice President of Security for Rock Ventures, the umbrella entity formed to provide operational direction to a diverse portfolio of more than 100 companies, investments, and real estate, including: Quicken Loans, Bedrock, the 2016 NBA Champion Cleveland Cavaliers and JACK Entertainment. 

Project Lighthouse, co-founded by Mike, was developed to enhance the safety and security of visitors, employees, and residents of Detroit’s Central Business District. It’s a public-private-partnership, neighborhood watch program with more than 40 local organizations and law enforcement agencies – all collaborating to keep Detroit residents, daily commuters and visitor’s safe. It provides shelter, aid, safety, information, potential lodging and temporary assistance. – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. It has been recognized as a Best Practice of Public/Private Partnership by the Department of Homeland Security. 

Prior to joining Rock Ventures in 2011, Mike served as Director of Global Security for General Motors and spent more than 33 years with General Motors Corporation. During his time with General Motors, Mike was responsible for executive protection, crisis management, travel security, threat assessments, future product security and security operations for GM’s global headquarters in Detroit. He established the GM global crisis command center and developed GM’s corporate crisis management program for global crisis teams. 

Mike Bruggeman is the chair of Detroit Southeast Michigan Information Center Advisory Board., U.S. Department of Justice – U.S. Attorney Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council and a board member of both the Detroit’s Public Safety Foundation and the Detroit Crime Commission. In addition, he is a board member for the Michigan Association of Security & Investigation Professionals and the Wayne County Community College Detroit (WCCCD) Police Advisory Committee. 

Mike is a deputized sheriff of Wayne County in Michigan. He has a master’s degree in Security Administration from the University of Detroit Mercy and a bachelor’s in Management of Human Resources from Spring Arbor University. He is a Board-Certified Protection Professional of the America Society for the Industrial Security and is a licensed Professional Investigator Agency in the State of Michigan. 

Patricia Walker
Chief Adminstrative Officer, Michigan Opera Theatre
@DetOperaHouse

Patricia Walker is Chief Administrative Officer for Michigan Opera Theatre where she oversees Detroit Opera House operations & events, finance & accounting, human resources, IT, facilities, MOT archives and general management. She joined Michigan Opera Theatre in 2016 with extensive financial, managerial, and leadership experience in the nonprofit sector. She has managed Michigan non-profit organizations for 20 years, with a successful record of consistently improving operational and financial performance. Prior to her arrival at MOT, Ms. Walker served as Chief Operating Officer at the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation (2014-2016), Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at the Michigan Science Center (2013-2014), and Chief Operating Officer at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (1999-2013). She holds degrees from Cornell University and the University of Michigan. 

MaryAnn Wilkinson
Executive Director, The Scarab Club
@ScarabClub

MaryAnn Wilkinson became the Executive Director of the Scarab Club on October 15, 2018. Her most recent position was as the Exhibition Director at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan, a position held since January 2012. For the architecture college, she developed an ongoing exhibition program for both the North Campus college gallery and a college-supported alternative space in downtown Ann Arbor, presenting faculty work, student projects, and exhibitions from sister institutions. Prior to her work at the University, she built a curatorial career over more than 25 years at the Detroit Institute of Arts, where she was head of the Modern and Contemporary Art department and Curator of European Modern Art. At the DIA, she specialized in European modern painting, sculpture, and decorative arts, with particular emphasis on German expressionist painting and Wiener Werkstaette design, while also documenting and exhibiting the work of local, national, and international contemporary artists. She holds a master’s degree in the History of Art from the University of Michigan and an undergraduate degree in French Language and Literature.

Dr. Robert Dunne, MD
COVID-19 Chief Medical Consultant, City of Detroit
@DetHealth

Presentation: City of Detroit COVID-19 Update and Q&A

Bio:
Dr. Robert Dunne is an emergency medicine physician in Detroit, Michigan and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area. He has been in practice for more than 20 years. Dunne graduated from the University of Michigan's Inteflex program (a combined bachelors degree MD program). He completed emergency medicine residency training at Henry Ford Hospital In Detroit, MI where he was chief resident. He has served as EMS coordinator, associate program director and research director. He has held faculty positions at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University. He is currently the vice chief of emergency medicine and St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit. He is the author of peer reviewed papers, book chapters, and educational materials. He lectures extensively on EMS, preparedness, and topics in trauma and emergency medicine. Dunne has served as a tactical medical physician for the Detroit Metropolitan Airport Special Response Team and the Michigan FBI SWAT team. He has served as faculty for the basic SWAT course. Robert Dunne is a supervisory medical officer on MI-1 Disaster Medical Assistance team, a federal medical team. He has been deployed for many Hurricanes from 1997 to the present, including Katrina, the World Trade Center response and many special events. He serves on the NDMS senior medical policy work group. He serves on the State of Michigan Emergency Medical Services Coordinating Committee, where he is the co-author of the State Model Weapons of Mass Destruction Treatment protocols. He is President of Michigan's ACEP chapter. He has also serves on the ACEP Disaster Committee nationally.