Topic: A Primer on Climate Change

Speaker: Dallas Hetherington, approved presenter for the C-Change Conversations

Presentation:
C-Change Conversations’ Primer delivers a multimedia slide presentation on Climate Change addressing questions many Americans have about the topic including: 

- Is it real?  
- Is it us?  
- What do scientists say?   
- What are the risks/dangers?   
- And, Is there hope we can address it?   

The presentation closes with a few tips on what actions need to be taken next, and is followed by Q&A.

Speaker’s bio:
Dallas Hetherington is an approved presenter of “Climate Change 101,” the C-Change Conversations Primer presentation about the science and effects of climate change. 

In 2017 Dallas retired from a 31-year career that began with National Starch and Chemical Company and ended at AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry, both global specialty chemicals concerns. His career spanned technologies such as adhesives, polymers and food ingredients, customers like PepsiCo, Monsanto and Procter & Gamble, and included nearly 1.5 million miles of travel across four continents. He addressed diverse markets such as personal care, packaging and foods and served in functions such as marketing/sales, financial planning, and business management. Dallas’ passion ultimately became innovation, including the leadership qualities, processes, and training needed for innovation projects impacting hundreds of people in different functions and locations around the world. 

Dallas graduated Beta Gamma Sigma from the NYU Stern School of Business MBA program in 1989 where he majored in Finance and Economics. He received his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Lafayette College in 1984. He has served on local charitable boards and is currently president of the board of trustees of Raritan Headwaters Association, which serves as a water quality watchdog of almost 500 square miles of northern New Jersey.