There are a number of opportunities for the young and emerging career professional to learn more about and build skills in standards development and conformity assessment.  
Join us for this webinar where two young professionals talk about the resources and programs with which they are involved include the US National Committee of the IEC, the Society for Standards Professionals (SES) and other resources. Young and emerging professionals and those who manage them are especially welcome to participate in this webinar. 

Carrie Schmaus is a ME (marine energy) Technology Manager at the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and a 2018 Young Professional Leader at the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Before spending two and a half years with WPTO as a NOAA Knauss Marine Science and Policy Fellow and ORISE Fellow from 2018-2020, she worked as a research fellow at the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships, a DC-based non-profit that supports successful public-private partnership models. Her master's is from the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs at the University of Washington, and she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wittenberg University with a degree in biology.

Carolyn Hull is the DICOM General Secretary. She previously served as MITA’s Manager of Global Regulatory Standards, and was chosen to represent the US National Committee (USNC) as a Young Professional at the 2019 ITC Shanghai meeting. Hull previously worked at the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions and has served in multiple roles in the federal government: as a Scheduler for a Member of Congress, covering health, education, and telecommunications issues, as a Senior Analyst in the Obama White House. She also worked at the Pan American Health Organization. Hull graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from Illinois Wesleyan University in Psychology and Spanish and holds a Master of Health Administration and the Certificate of Healthcare Corporate Compliance from the George Washington University and holds the Associate Standards Certification from SES.