Posted on March 20, 2019
ADAO 15th Annual International Asbestos Awareness and Prevention Conference
“Where Knowledge and Action Unite”
April 5 – 7, 2019
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel
2019 Conference Info | Know Before You Go | Registration | Marriott Reservations | Agenda | RSVP for Events | Friday – March for Justice and Remembrance | Friday – Trolley Tour | Friday – Casual Dinner | Saturday “Meet the Artists” Reception and Gala Awards Dinner | Sunday Brunch | Honorees | Speakers | Speaker Information | Tributes | Sponsors | Media | Meet the Speakers Blog Series | 2019 Livestream | Previous Conferences
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is proud to present a new weekly series “Meet the Speakers and Honorees,” which will highlight esteemed participants of our highly anticipated 15th Annual International Asbestos Awareness & Prevention Conference! The ADAO conference, which will take place on April 5-7, 2019 in Washington, D.C., combines 30 expert opinions, victims’ stories, and new technological advancements from 10 countries across the globe into one united voice raising awareness about asbestos. ADAO is the only U.S. nonprofit that organizes annual conferences dedicated solely to preventing asbestos exposure and eliminating asbestos-caused diseases. Register Here Today! 
This week, we are honored to introduce our 2018 Keynote Speakers: Patrick J. Morrison, Chris Graham and Eric Jonckheere; and Artists: Jordan Zevon and Earl Dotter.
2019 ADAO Conference Keynote Speaker, Andrew Schneider Memorial Lecturer, and Artist:
Keynote Speaker: Dr. David Michaels
Andrew Schneider Memorial Lecturer: David McCumber
Artist: Jordan Zevon
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David Michaels, PhD, MPH is an epidemiologist and Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University. From 2009 until January 2017, he was Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, the longest serving in OSHA’s history. From 1998 to 2001, he was Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environment, Safety and Health, charged with protecting the workers, community residents and environment around the nation’s nuclear weapons facilities. In addition to his epidemiologic research, much of Dr. Michaels’ work has focused on protecting the integrity of the science underpinning public health and environmental protections. He is the author of Doubt is Their Product: How Industry’s Assault on Science Threatens Your Health. His new book The Triumph of Doubt: Dark Money and the Science of Deception will be published by Oxford University Press in early 2020.
David McCumber is the editor of The Montana Standard. Previously, he was Washington Bureau Chief for Hearst Newspapers, and has led newsrooms large and small over a career spanning nearly 50 years. He was managing editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer for the last nine years of that newspaper’s print existence. McCumber is the author of three nonfiction books: “X-Rated: The Mitchell Brothers (Simon & Schuster), made into a film starring Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez; Playing off the Rail: A Pool Hustler’s Journey (Random House); and The Cowboy Way: Seasons of a Montana Ranch (Avon). He is the co-author, with investigative reporter Andrew Schneider, of “An Air that Kills: How the Asbestos Poisoning of Libby, Montana Uncovered a National Scandal,” which grew out of work Schneider and McCumber did at the Seattle P-I.
Jordan Zevon, ADAO’s tremendous National Spokesperson and Celebrity Board Co-Chair, is a singer/songwriter and film composer. Jordan was the executive producer for his father, Warren Zevon’s, final album The Wind. He also co-produced Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon, which features an all-star cast of singers and musicians. Jordan’s own work includes his self-titled EP and the New West release, “Insides Out”. He’s performed multiple times on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Grammys and his music has been featured on numerous television shows. Jordan’s immeasurable commitment to asbestos victims and concerned citizens has provided a united voice that will continue to help ensure that their rights are fairly represented and protected, while raising public awareness about the dangers of asbestos exposure and often deadly asbestos related diseases.
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Check back next week for the eighth and final installment of “Meet the Speakers and Honorees” featuring our 2019 Honorees.
In Unity,
Linda