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26 <br /> Page 1 of 2 Bill Ward <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Dr Bill Ward <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 107 Forest Ridge Drive <br /> Chapel Hill NC 27514 <br /> Phone (Day): 9199602587 <br /> Phone (Evening): 9199602587 <br /> Phone (Cell): 9194481613 <br /> Email: sandbward@mindspring.com <br /> Place of Employment: Retired <br /> Job Title: Orange County Volunteer <br /> Year of OC Residence: 1998 <br /> Township of Residence: Chapel Hill <br /> Zone of Residence: County <br /> Sex: Male <br /> Ethnic Background: white <br /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> I volunteer to help the county with its sustainability activities as well as serve on the OC <br /> Commission for the Environment. I serve on the Orange-Chatham Sierra Club executive <br /> committee and work to combat climate change with the following organizations: NC Warn, <br /> the Climate Reality Project, the Audubon Society, and the Orange County Climate Action <br /> Coalition. <br /> Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br /> Commission for the Environment <br /> Boards/Commissions applied for: <br /> Orange County Climate Council <br /> Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br /> My education is in physics and biology and my career was in aerospace system engineering and <br /> as a data scientist for the EPA. I have studied the causes of climate change, particularly the <br /> work of James Hansen, and proposed remedies from many sources for the last two decades. <br /> Reasons for wanting to serve on this board: <br /> Through my efforts to prepare the Orange County GHG inventory I have learned the sources of <br /> GHG emissions in our county. With this information I have focused my studies on those <br /> methods that can best curtail GHG emissions from these sources. I have also learned the <br /> critical importance of racial and economic equity in policies and programs that reduce GHG <br /> Conflict of Interest: <br /> Supplemental Questions: <br /> Boards/Commissions appointments: <br />