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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 12042001 - C.43 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE " Costa DATE: JUNE 19, 2001 v County SUBJECT: APPOINTMENTS TO THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION: REAPPOINT the following individual to the Advisory Council for Equal Employment Opportunity: Appointee Seat Term Expiration Kofi Opong-Mensah Women, Minorities, Other #4 November 30, 2004 109 Thistle Court Hercules, CA 94547 BACKGROUND: The Advisory Council on Equal Employment Opportunity was established in July 1991 to serve as an advisory. committee to the Board of Supervisors regarding the implementation of the County's Affirmative Action Plan, to review the Affirmative Action Program and recommend action's�to facilitate attainment of the County's goal for affirmative action. The above nomination was endorsed by the Council and approved by the Internal Operations Committee at its November 19, 2001 meeting. The Committee now proffers its recommendation to the Board. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE ~APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): J N GIOIA MARK DeSAULNIER ACTION OF BOARD ON eCellber 4, 2001 APPROVE AS RECOMMENDED__OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN _X UNANIMOUS(ABSENT None ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE AYES: NOES: SHOWN. ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ATTESTED December 4, 2001 CONTACT: JULIE ENEA (925)335-1077 JOHN SWEETEN,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR CC: INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE EEO ADVISORY COUNCIL STAFF CLERK OF THE BOARD(MADDY BOOK) BY EPUTY .. . - � '; ' '. -' , . �:��: ..1�.'.` � 3 .I . _........ .. ... _ ._-.. _ .... ... .. ...��'f.- ?�i' f 'SFr . -!.• ^3 1-j l�:• •�^. - If . ,.l".•.i ., r •. � '1. r. .7'. . .. . �r .\'. � ('. . .. J. � � - ... . .. r _... .. .r� � ... ... �. .. • ... _ r• . ...... . ... . .. - r .- --- —... - i• . • I.. .r ..., '�' �, ... .- . .t .� � rl'. . .. ( ` t. .. -� �o ��^ `` S, County of Contra Costa OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR MEMORANDUM DATE: November 6, 2001 TO: Internal Operation Committee FROM: Emma Kuevo Affirmative Action Officer SUBJECT: Advisory Council on Equal Employment Opportunity The Advisory Council on Equal Employment Opportunity is recommending the reappointment of Kofi Opong-Mensah to the upcoming vacant seat for the community member (one of four representing women, minorities and other protected groups) seat that will expire on November 30, 2001. Background The Advisory Council on Equal Employment Opportunity was established by the Board July 9, 1991. The Council advises the Board on the implementation of the County's Affirmative Action Plan, Outreach Program, and Small Business Enterprise Program. The Advisory Council consists of eleven members as follows: ► two representing County management, ► two representing employee organizations, ► four representing women, minorities and other protected groups, ► one representing disabled, ► one representative of outreach, ► one representative of labor organizations. The two employee organization seats are for two year terms and are rotated as follows: Seat #1 Seat #2 CONTRA COSTA COWNFY SEW, Local 535 Deputy Sheriff's Association RECEIVED AFSCME, Local 512 Californid Nurses Association DAA Investigators Public Employees, Local 1 Firbfighters, Local 1230 AFSCME, Local 2700 NOV 1 3 2001 l OFF!CE OF COMFY Ai)f, 1N�STRATOR The two County management seats are for two years and are appointed by the County Administrator. The other seats are for three years and are solicited by the Advisory_ Council. Recruitment of Applicants In accordance with the October 12, 1999 memorandum from the IO Committee to Department Heads responsible for staffing selected advisory bodies, the Advisory Council on Equal Employment Opportunity asked Mr. Kofi Opong-Mensah if he wanted to continue to be a member of the Council. Mr. Opong-Mensah said he would like to be reappointed to the Council. The Advisory Council interviewed and voted to recommend Mr. Opong-Mensah's reappointment to the Council. Recommendation The Advisory Council recommends that Mr. Kofi Opong-Mensah be reappointed as a member of the Advisory Council. cc: Advisory Council on Equal Employment Opportunity Scott Tandy, Chief Assistant County Administrator CONTRA COSTA COUNTY ADVISORY BOARDS, COMM ISS ES APPLICATION FORM NOV 2 21996 Name of advisory board applying for Equal Employment OpportuniNOW VISORS CONTRA COS Application Fonn must be typed or hand printed. Name of Applicant: K o F ( o p o N &-M E1 SA 14 Home Address: I D q Tq I STL E GT / N ERCU 1-ES1 C/1 9 4-54-7 Home Phone: 7q q- 4b5q Business Address: F. 0. kX 5'771., HEWLES� CA 14,54 7 Work Phone: �Slb) 2 31 - S6I - Signature: AAS-r 'Z Date: (1— 17—1S Personal Experience, Skills and Interests EducationBackground: pt+.,b_ Toxl"LO&Y /ctlC-MlsTlzY , VNJVC1U1N of w�scon,slN /m�-n, ��i M.S . E-NvIrZ0NM64TA-L Cff;MISTA- , VNIV. 01= WISGaNS1N , /►tAfil�n7n/ M•S_ wNTER/ NAWA-41- P-600 MfrNA6-��% VOW. X wX, M.ly- l-ON OcchAti& (stucdent, torpay w ork,not fo�y workt,ret retiree or similar 15I)SIN6SS MA-n! /C- JVP--'Xi%Nf-VfL Community Activities: ,b1R6cToP, W AIoN-PRo+�=rr a�G 12 �a� _ p RlG4-►v Cvl� Cdiv 10 Ric*MVND, S>;Rv 6-t� o N prFf-i g-m ASI V E eo m aa,Tr6S' P'F VA U F• b"T. OY—' Ii'0461C. Special Interests: C-O m M V N r TH At-n V)-n f;S tWv I R d N lvt,Erl Y t, FR 0T&07� f�FFlR n1 A-T V>✓ �cT►n t'j �,�SVrn E Information: L File completed application with Clerk of the Board, 651 Pine Street, Room 106, Martinez, CA 94553. 2. Members of some advisory bodies may be required to file annual Conflict of Interest Statements. 3. Meetings of advisory bodies may be held in Martinez or in areas not accessible by public transportation. 4. Meetings may be held either in the evenings or during the day, usually once or twice a month. 5. Some boards assign members to subcommittee'or work groups requiring additional time. �o RESUME KOFI OPONG-MENSAH, PH .D . PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: PRESIDENT, Mensa Laboratories, UC Berkeley, Richmond, CA 1991-PRESENT Literature Searches, Reviews and Toxicology of Chemicals; Environmental Services, Research & Development, Pesticides Risk Assessment, Methods Development, Air Pollution Technologies, Data Analysis; Quality Assurance, Regulations on Risks, RI/FS, EIS, EIR CONSULTANT, Al Raheem & Johnson Environmental Services QUALITY ASSURANCE OFFICER, Laboratory Audits, Safety, Data Reviews, Risk Assessment, Research and Development TOXICOLOGIST, California Dept of Health Services/Impact 1991-1992 Assessment, Inc. , Emeryville, CA Superfund Health Hazard Assessment, Risk Communication, Risk Assessment, QA/QC Reviews, Teaching, Methods Development 1990-1991 SENIOR ANALYST, Milligen/Biosearch, Millipore Division, Novato, CA Research, Method Development, Quality Control, Quality Assurance Chromatography, Analysis of Hydrocarbons, Gasoline, Analysis of Biotechnology Raw Materials, Products; 2D-Electrophoresis Spectroscopy, Bioimagery, Toxicology, Safety FACULTY LECTURER, Part-time Spring 1990, Sonoma State University Chemistry Department, Rohnert Park, CA Teaching Chemistry and Laboratory; Analysis of Hydrocarbons; Toxicology Research GUEST LECTURER, University of California, Berkeley, CA 1987-PRESENT Part-time lecturer in Toxicology 1987-1989 RESEARCH AK"YST, ICI Americas, Agricultural, Richmond, CA Chromatographic Analysis; Hydrocarbon Analysis; Gasoline Analysis; Air Pollution; Method Development; Structure-Activity Relations; Correlations; Pattern Recognition Analysis; Toxicology; Pesticides; Risk and Fate Assessment RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA 1985-87 Biopharmaceutical Analysis, Method Development, Drug Metabolism Pharmacokinetics, GC/MS, HPLC, Teaching Chemistry, Toxicology, Advanced Drug Analysis; Computers 1980-1985 RESEARCH ASSISTANT, School of Pharmacy, Univ. Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin r r Kofi Opong-Mensah, PH.D. Page 2 of 3 Instrumentation: Spectroscopy-Mass, UV/VIS, IR, FT-NMR, Atomic Chromatography-Gas, HPLC, TLC; Electrochemistry, Radioisotopes Rodenticides research and development: Synthesis, Analysis; Plant Scale; Computational Chemistry, Data Processing, Molecular Modelling, Drug Metabolism, Stability Studies Air Pollution Technologies PESTICIDE SPECIALIST, Bell Laboratories, Madison, Wisconsin Environmental Protection Agency's Bioassays, Pesticides Registration, Methods Development, Training of Laboratory Personnel, HPLC, GC, Rodenticides Formulation, Quality Control 1976-1977 RESEARCH OFFICER, Environmental Protection Council, Ghana Research, Analysis, Chemical Regulation, Technical Reports Preparation, Secretary - Pollution Committee Air Pollution Technologies, Monitoring Hydrocarbons in Gasoline 1975-1976 SENIOR CHEMISTRY AND STATISTICS TEACHER, Ghana Instrumentation, Method Development, Teaching Chemistry, Statistics and General Science EDUCATION: TRAINING COURSES: Managing Environmental- Data Quality - 1986-PRESENT EPA Auditing for Improved Performance; Quality Assurance, Laboratory Audits Registered Environmental Assessor, State of California Health/Risk Assessment - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA; Environmental Hazard Assessment; Automated Ion Analysis - Flow Injection Capillary Gas Chromatography; Chemical Separations; High Performance Liquid Chromatography; 2D-Electrophoresis Bioimagery; Pharmacokinetics; Air Pollution Technologies PH.D. Toxicology (Environmental) ; Analytical Chemistry Minor University of Wisconsin, Madison 1981-85 Other courses in Chemical, Mechanical, and Civil Engineering, Pharmacy, Microbiology, Advanced Organic Chemistry, Medicine, Computer Programming, Pharmacokinetics, Technical Writing, Physics, Statistics; Air Pollution Technologies Research Thesis: Structure-Toxicity Relations of 2-Benzoyl-lH- Indene-1, 3 (2H) -Dione Rodenticides Kofi Opong-Mensah, PH.D. Page 3 of 3 M.S. Chemistry (Environmental) , Univ. Wisconsin, Madison 1980-81 Research Thesis: Aquatic Chemistry .of Temephos Insecticide M.S. Water Resources Management, Univ. Wisconsin, Madison 1977-80 Research Report: Pollution Investigation Study in Wisconsin B.S. (Hons) . Biochemistry, Univ. Science & Technology, Ghana 1971-75 Research Report: Haptoglobins in Human Blood HONORS: Registered Environmental Assessor (REA-0554) State of California Teaching Credentials in Chemistry, State of California (Valid for Life) University of Wisconsin GUTS-HASH Distinguished Chemistry Tutor Award; Research on Laboratory Animals, University of Wisconsin, Madison American Association for the Advancement of Science Travel Award and Guest of Honor African Cultural Center USA Honorary Award MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: Society of Toxicology American Chemical Society American Association for the Advancement of Science Sigma Xi, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS: (Approx 30 - available on request) INVITED PRESENTATIONS: (Approx. 10 - available on request) REVIEW PAPER /BOOK CHAPTER: Available on Request REVIEWS ON QUALITY ASSURANCE PROJECT PLANS FOR CALIFORNIA (Approx. 15) * Other manuscripts are currently under preparation.