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Honoring Lives Through CO Awareness
Carbon monoxide poisoning changes lives in ways that are difficult to put into words. Behind every tragedy is a person, a family, and a story that should never be forgotten.
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In this special NCOAA webinar, we will explore how remembrance can be a part of carbon monoxide awareness and prevention. The conversation will feature NCOAA Board Member Tom Overbeck, who lost both of his parents to accidental carbon monoxide poisoning in 2003. Tom will share how that heartbreaking loss shaped his life, led him to NCOAA, and inspired his commitment to helping other families build lasting legacies for their loved ones.
Attendees will also learn more about the NCOAA Memory Wall, a space created to honor loved ones lost to carbon monoxide poisoning and preserve the stories behind them. During the webinar, NCOAA will walk through how the Memory Wall works, how families can submit a tribute, and how sharing these stories can help others better understand the real human impact of CO poisoning.
The webinar will also include personal reflections from NCOAA Founder and President Charon McNabb, who will share how her own experience helped grow NCOAA into a national movement focused on awareness, prevention, and advocacy.
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Speakers
Charon McNabb
Founder
NCOAA
Charon holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Electrical Engineering from Lawrence Technological University. She spent 25 years in automotive development focused on new technology with General Motors, Denso and Magna International. She also dealt directly with the National Highway Safety Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) driving new backup camera regulation that began in 2018. Ms. McNabb previously co-founded Global Advance Sales & Marketing, helping guide manufacturers and inventors through the automotive sales process, driving growth and profitability. She also founded NCOAA in 2015, after struggling with 11 years of chronic CO poisoning from 3 low-level home appliance leaks and was repeatedly misdiagnosed with TBI, COPD and early onset Alzheimer’s disease.
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Tom Overbeck
Board Member
NCOAA
Thomas Overbeck has over 40 years of hospital and healthcare construction renovation experience within the occupied hospital environment. He is employed at HC Beck, Ltd. in Dallas, Texas as a Healthcare Operations Manager. Currently, he is responsible for oversight of all healthcare renovation projects and overseeing multiple projects in many of the major healthcare systems in the DFW Metroplex.
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Tom lost both of his parents in March 2003 to accidental carbon monoxide poisoning at their retirement facility. His passion is to change legislation and spread education and awareness of the dangers of CO poisoning in hopes of preventing the many needless tragedies from occurring to others.
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In 2009, he succeeded in getting legislation passed in the State of Michigan called the “Overbeck Law” (Michigan Legislature Section 125.1504f) which requires all new homes built in the State to have carbon monoxide detectors.