Since joining the Board, David Schmidt has stepped up to serve in many key roles, including Inspector of Elections and Awards Chair. In late 2022, when the SPEC and EEMBC Boards explored EEMBC joining SPEC, David managed to keep other Board projects running on life support while quickly and enthusiastically pivoting to Chair of the EEMBC Merger Committee. The SPEC and EEMBC Boards deeply appreciated David's organizational skill and friendly, agreeable leadership, and he successfully led numerous meetings, organized and tracked countless tasks, and assisted in setting up the SPEC member-wide meeting and vote. Thanks in no small part to David's contributions, the EEMBC merger was successful and has created a much stronger-together organization.