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Stephen Kaminski Named NPGA President and CEO


                   tephen T  Kaminski has      associate with the law firm of    ties with
                   been selected as the        Covington & Burling, LLP, and     partners and
                   new president and           he also was a Judicial Clerk to   relevant
            Schief executive officer           the Honorable Arthur J  Gajarsa   stakeholders;
            of the National Propane Gas        of the U S  Court of Appeals for   and
            Association. He will officially    the Federal Circuit, Washington,   overseeing
            begin his service to the industry   D C                              internal
            on October 28                           Throughout his career,       operations
                 Kaminski currently serves     Kaminski has had significant      and
            as chief executive officer of the   experience in successful         governance
            American Association of Poison     advocacy before Congress,              Kaminski is originally from
            Control Centers, which is a trade   federal agencies, and working    rural Michigan  He has a degree
            association representing the       to scale up state initiatives;    in chemical engineering from
            country’s 55 regional poison       implementing national public      Johns Hopkins University and a
            control centers  Previously,       affairs campaigns; overseeing     J D  from Harvard Law School
            he served as general counsel       standards and certification       He has a 13-year-old daughter
            and senior vice president          programs; designing, building,    and lives in Arlington, Virginia  In
            of the American Humane             and launching new programs        his spare time enjoys cooking,
            Association as well as serving     and tools for members and new     playing soccer, and watching
            as vice president of Discovery     revenue-generating programs       football ■
            Communications  He was an          for associations; building deep




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