David Tallman Elected Vice-Chairman of the ESFI Board of Directors

David Tallman Elected Vice-Chairman of the ESFI Board of Directors

The Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) announced on December 9, the election of David Tallman, vice president and general manager, Residential Products Division, Eaton's electrical business, as vice-chairman of the ESFI Board of Directors.

"This impressive level of expertise will serve ESFI well as we move into our second decade of providing electrical safety information for the home, school and workplace", noted Michael G. Clendenin, executive director of ESFI.

"David Tallman, a member of the ESFI Board since 2001 and had been with Eaton's electrical business since 1992. In addition to his successful career, David Tallman's leadership and wealth of experience in the electrical industry will certainly help keep ESFI a solid and effective organization", Clendenin noted.

The Electrical Safety Foundation International was founded as a nonprofit organization in 1994 in a joint effort by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The Foundation was established to promote electrical safety in the home, school and workplace through public education about electrical hazards and the preventative measures we can take to avoid property damage, litigation, personal injury and death due to electrical accidents. The foundation's main annual activity is sponsorship and promotion of May as National Electrical Safety Month.

Formerly known as the National Electrical Safety Foundation the name was recently changed to better reflect the foundation's growing reach, and the global relevance of what they preachthat of all the hazards people face day-to-day, electricity remains uniquely unforgiving; the smallest mistake can be fatal. For more information on ESFI please visit www.electrical-safety.org.