We are excited to welcome you back to our newsletters.  We’ve been making a lot of changes andupdates lately, as a result, our newsletters have been temporarily on hold.  With our new system as wellas the brilliant and generous board members' time and efforts, we are back on track! Due to the current concerns of health, and in order to respect employer's requests to minimize non-essential gatherings, we have decided to cancel the upcoming ASPE meeting scheduled for March 16,2020.  We will keep you all notified of changes and let you know when we can re-schedule.  In themeantime, please check out our website for updates. The newest version(V4) of the ASPE Tables app for iOS  has been made available by Apple and can nowbe downloaded.  To update, visit the App Store for iPhone and/or iPad and search for ASPE Tables V4.After downloading the update, enter your last name and membership number to activate this app. Elections are on the horizon.  I would love to hear from members that are interested in participating onthe board.

ASPE NASHVILLEM o n t h l y N e w s l e t t e r

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MEET YOURBOARD

Who sits on the board at ASPE? Learn fun facts and where your

board members work whenthey're not doing ASPE stuff p. 03

OUR NEXT 2SPEAKERS

Read more about what topics wewill cover at presentations for our

next 2 meetings and the bios ofour speakers p. 02/03

ASPE TABLETOPRECAP

The 2020 ASPE Tabletop was asuccess with vendors and

participants alike! Read about ourturnout and profit p. 02

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

V o l 2 0 I s s u e 1

C h r i s t i n e L a r s o n , P r e s i d e n t

TREASURY REPORTJ o e G a i n e s , T r e a s u r e r

This year has started off with abang! We raised over $3,000 atthe ASPE Tabletop Event inFebruary with overwhelmingsupport from the chapter. With this money, we couldofficially name 75 stars in thenight sky. We won’t need to,though, since all our membersare stars. The money raised willbe going to continuingeducation, networking events,and community outreach.              Another exciting new item is thechip card reader! With this cardreader, we can make paymenteasier for all of us. Gone are thedays of requiring invoices,coordinating with HRdepartments, counting cash, etc.(unless you prefer cashor invoice). We strongly encourageeveryone to pay online or inperson with card for allupcoming meetings.

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ASPE TABLETOP RECAPM i c h e l l e G b u r , V i c e P r e s i d e n t - M e m b e r s h i p + F u n d r a i s i n g

The annual ASPE Tabletop Product Showcase was a huge success,thanks to our members and vendors! Thank you ALL for promotingand participating in the event. We had over 20 vendors displaying product and speaking with firmsfrom all over Nashville. This year was unique in that our tabletop alsosaw architects and interior designers in attendance as well as engineers,contractors, and wholesalers. I have sent out a post-event survey for feedback and we have receivedsome responses with great insight on what we can improve next year.Help us out and take our survey! Go to: https://tinyurl.com/vc2edxm

FUNDRAISINGM i c h e l l e G b u r , F u n d r a i s i n g

Keep your eyes peeled for funevents this summer, like aCORNHOLE TOURNAMENT &Trivia!

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March 16th - POSTPONEDMODERN PLUMBING VALVE DESIGN

Lauren Berenato – Jomar Group Lauren Berenato has been with Jomar Group since February of 2019. She is the national specifications manager for the commercialplumbing division of the company.  She connects the twenty-threemanufacturer’s representative agencies in the USA with Jomar to helpadvance the plumbing and hydronics industries to the most efficientmethods of developing their systems.  Prior to working with Jomar,Lauren served as the national business development manager with avalve manufacturer.  She has been involved in the plumbing andhydronics industries since 2016.

Lauren Berenato, National Specifications ManagerEmail: Lauren.Berenato@jomar.com

Cell: 610-764-8723

THE CPD EXAMK e n t B r i n t o n

Registration for this year'sCPD Examination is open

through March 19, 2020. TheCPD Exam is only offered oncea year in the Spring, so if youhave any interest in sitting forthe exam in 2020, now is your

chance.

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April 20thTHE ART OF WATER

Jim Montgomery - Elkay

Jim graduated from Illinois State University in 2012 and startedworking for Elkay in 2013. Jim has worked in Customer Service, onlinesales, direct sink sales, and now the Architect and Engineer team withthe main goal of gaining feedback on Elkay’s processes and products. 

Jim Montgomery, Technical Field Support Specialist

Email: james.montgomery@elkay.comCell: 630.632.4327

JOE GAINES: Hi ASPE Members! For those of you who don’t knowme, my name is Joe Gaines, and I’m the new ASPE Treasurer as ofJanuary 2020. I’m a plumbing/fire E.I.T. at Power Management in

Nashville with a mechanical engineering degree from UT Knoxville. Ilook forward to getting to know you all and serving ASPE as best I can.

 JOEY FOSTER: Hello ASPE! My name is Joey Foster, I am graduate ofMiddle TN State University. I am a district sales manager for LochinvarLLC and serve on the board as Vice President, Legislative. I am marriedto the love of my life for almost 15 years and we have 3 little boys! I am

very much looking forward to our meetings this year!  

MICHELLE GBUR: Hi everyone!  I’m Michelle Gbur and I work forMendell Sales as an AEC Sales Engineer.  I graduated in 2013 with a

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, and I have workedin hydronics and plumbing for the last 7 years in various roles. 

I serve on the board as VP of Membership & Fundraising Chair, and Ican’t wait to see how we can grow and revitalize ASPE Nashville.

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FUN FACTMario & Luigi (of the SuperMario Brothers videogame)are plumbers!

MEET YOUR NEW BOARDMEMBERS

STAY SAFE & BE WELL, EVERYONE!