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Say Thanks To The Volunteers

April 24, 2008

Have you been riding the shuttle buses as I have? If so, I'll bet there is a volunteer at your hotel and at the convention center everyday. That volunteer is making sure everything works, as it should. Tom is the first volunteer I see every morning outside the Chicago Hilton. He is also the last volunteer I see at the convention center. He was even at the reception getting us all on the correct buses after festivities. He always has a smile and kind word. Tonight I told him thanks. I took his photo and told him I was going to put him in the blog. Tom told me he was just doing his job the real hero was over there and pointed to another gentlemen. In my book all the volunteers are the invisible hands supporting us everyday.

About the Author

Gene Wolf Blog | Technical Writer

Gene Wolf has been designing and building substations and other high technology facilities for over 32 years. He received his BSEE from Wichita State University. He received his MSEE from New Mexico State University. He is a registered professional engineer in the states of California and New Mexico. He started his career as a substation engineer for Kansas Gas and Electric, retired as the Principal Engineer of Stations for Public Service Company of New Mexico recently, and founded Lone Wolf Engineering, LLC an engineering consulting company.

Gene is widely recognized as a technical leader in the electric power industry. Gene is a fellow of the IEEE. He is the former Chairman of the IEEE PES T&D Committee. He has held the position of the Chairman of the HVDC & FACTS Subcommittee and membership in many T&D working groups. Gene is also active in renewable energy. He sponsored the formation of the “Integration of Renewable Energy into the Transmission & Distribution Grids” subcommittee and the “Intelligent Grid Transmission and Distribution” subcommittee within the Transmission and Distribution committee.