12:30 p.m.

Fiedler Auditorium (Room 1107)

Corporate responsibility will be the topic of a presentation given by Kansas State University’s 2012 College of Engineering Alumni Fellow Ray Dempsey, Jr.  The event is open to the public.

Dempsey is a 21-year veteran of BP, currently serving at the vice president government and public affairs for BP America.  During his career with the company he has held a variety of management and operational roles in engineering, environmental, strategy, and financial areas of BP’s operations in the United States and abroad.  During the summer of 2010, Dempsey led external affairs across Florida as a member of the Deepwater Horizon Response team.  He was based in the Florida Command Posts in St. Petersburg and Miami.

He is president of the BP Foundation, a member of K-State’s College of Engineering Dean’s Advisory Council, a member of the BP Advisory Board for the National Society of Black Engineers, and a Board Liaison for the national Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME).

Dempsey received his bachelor’s in industrial engineering from Kansas State University.  He also holds a master’s degree from Northwestern University.