Ed Kerns will speak on "What Does Climate Change Mean for Business and Civic Leaders?” at the Rotary Club Meeting on June 8, 2017.
Ed Kerns has a Master’s degree in Chemistry from California State University. He worked four years for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on the cleanup of pollution in rivers and lakes and on hazardous waste site cleanup. He then worked 30 years in drug research at Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer where he was Associate Director of Chemical Technologies. For the last 4 years of his career, he worked at National Institutes of Health on drugs for rare diseases. Mr. Kerns is co-author of four books on drug research. Since retiring, he has been involved in volunteer activities with the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Science Montgomery, Town of Laytonsville Parade and The Climate Reality Project. His talk will also address the question of what he believes can be done to address climate change.