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W EEKLY EDITION JULY 25 2018 Meet the People of the PSAI Staff turnover leads to new faces, new positions Emily Newberg, Director of Membership and Credentialing My journey with the PSAI began in August 2017 as the Membership and Data S ervices Coordinator, and I had the pleasure of meeting many of our Members at last year's Nuts and Bolts Educational Conference in Minneapolis. In June I was promoted to the new position of Director of Membership and Credentialing. Although I still process member applications and renewals and oversee the database, I now have added duties related to the PSAI certification program, specifically processing registrations and maintaining records of certified professionals. This new position is exciting for me, as it blends my love for organization, attention to detail, and customer service into a satisfying profession with greater responsibility (and a better view of our atrium garden). The past 11 months have awarded me plenty of opportunities to learn about portable sanitation: Its achievements, its innovations, and its setbacks. Writing is my (not so hidden) passion and I have had the pleasure of contributing each week to Association Insight with the little news blurbs, and early this year I began adding art icles related to my position. Keeping up with industry news means that I am sometimes privy to the news of the weird, but I also get a taste of Member achievements and stories that highlight portable restroom companies as heroes. These are my favorite. I 've said it before and I'm not afraid to repeat myself: I have a lot of respect for this industry. I used to hope for a pit t oilet instead of a portable unit when out enjoying the natural world and I have since changed my tune. Through my travels in Asia a nd Africa on overnight trains, boats, and buses, I have seen and experienced makeshift "rest areas" in more forms than I thought possible. There were times I had to follow the women to even understand what to do, and discovered they sometimes feel safer hu ddled together behind a pile of rocks than using the "facilities," which were at times no more than a cement slab and a wall. Portable units would have been a dream. Thank you for welcoming me so warmly to the PSAI team! Rand Retterath , Director of Market ing I am your new marketing director. I am here to do these things: 1. Grow membership of both supplier and provider companies 2. Retain existing mem bership 3. Grow the database upon which we prospect for membership growth 4. Serve as the point person for exhibitors and directo r of operations at PSAI events Sounds easy, right? Maybe not so much! To accomplish this, I will be calling on potential new Members and expiring or past Members, working closely with staff to ensure brand integrity in the market place, and su pporting the efforts of the director of communications, the executive director, and the Board. One more thing regarding " duties as assigned": P AGE 7 CONTINUED ON PAGE 8