2021 RETA Breeze Jan-Feb

2020-21 BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIRMAN Vern Sanderson, CIRO, CRST, RAI Wagner-Meinert, LLC PRESIDENT Eric Teale, CARO, CRST Danfoss Industrial Refrigeration EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Keith Harper, CARO Tyson Foods Inc TREASURER Pete Lepschat, CIRO, CRES, CRST Lineage Logistics SECOND VICE PRESIDENT Bengie Branham, CIRO Perdue Farms DIRECTORS Alan Gervais, CARO, CIRO Western Precooling Systems Bill Lape, CARO, CIRO, CRST SCS Engineers David Gulcynski, CIRO Dot Foods Inc. Debbie Koske Calibration Technologies, Inc Edward Johnson, CARO Schwans Global Supply Chain, Inc. Jeremy Murfin AC & R Specialists Jim Kovarik Gamma Graphics Jordan Reece, RAI Lanier Technical College Michael Hawkins Midatlantic Refrigeration, LLC Raymond Urban, CARO Lineage Logistics Ricky Jimenez, CIRO Mericle Mechanical Inc William Ellena Coastal Pacific Food Distributors, Inc COMMITTEE CHAIRS Dascha Whitmore, Marketing Dave Gulcynski, CIRO , Education Dot Foods, Inc. Jim Kovarik, National Conference Gamma Graphics Lee Pyle, CARO, Certification SCS Tracer Environmental Matt Hayes, CARO, Publications TJW Industrial Michael Hawkins, Membership Midatlantic Refrigeration, LLC Jim Barron, Executive Director

FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT

The unknown of 2021 is on the top of a lot minds these days. I know for me, the closing months of 2020 and the beginning of 2021 have been especially hard dealing with the unknown. I am reminded of a poem by DavidWhyte, The Old Interior Angel. A youthful David was exploring the Himalayas and took a solo side trip where he encounters a bridge over a chasm that was in such a state of disrepair that passage across it looked like certain death. Dismayed and defeated he sat in fear for over an hour until an old mountain woman appeared seemingly out of nowhere, kindly greeted him with a “Namaste”, nimbly moved across the bridge, and disappeared into the distance. David just needed someone to show him compassion and the way to move forward. As we continue into 2021, I am proud to tell you that the RETA Staff and Volunteers have been working hard for you. The Certification Committee just wrapped up the ANSI Annual Application Process and the Education Committee is working hard to get more Virtual Training opportunities available as well as continuing work reviewing, updating, and revising RETA’s Books. The Conference Committee is already deep into the planning for the 2021 RETA National Conference in

Schaumburg, IL and has just called for White Paper Abstracts. The Publications Committee is starting to translate articles into Spanish and recruit new authors for the Breeze and Technical Report. The Membership Committee is restarting its COVID delayed International Membership and Membership Benefit efforts, and the Marketing Committee is finishing up volunteer recruitment. We have some exciting things in the works for 2021 and I am grateful to have all the RETA Family on the journey. “Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long, we keep moving forward, opening new doors and doing new things because we are curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” ~Walt Disney. Namaste Eric Teale, RETA National President

(I greet the God in you.) Eric W. Teale, P.E., CRST National President

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