Andrzej Stewart, "NASA: Travel to Mars & Mission Simulations Experience in Johnson Space Center, and Hawaii" - Andrzej is an experienced spacecraft operator for a wide variety of NASA missions. He's worked as a spacecraft mission controller for NASA's Mars orbiter fleet, Juno, GRAIL, and the Spitzer Space Telescope. He now works in Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center developing tracking and navigation operations for upcoming missions of the Orion spacecraft.
A native Oklahoman, Clayton Taylor grew up on his family’s ranch near Oktaha in Muskogee County. After graduating from Oklahoma State University in 1974, he began his career in Washington, D.C., working on the legislative staffs of five members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
After leaving Washington, Taylor spent the next 15 years working in corporate management, government relations and public affairs positions for McDonald’s Corporation, Phillips Petroleum Company and the Coastal Corporation.
Since 1994 he has served as the principal of the Taylor Group that he founded in Oklahoma City in 1994. The Taylor Group is a full-service lobbying and consulting firm specializing in Oklahoma business issues.
He is married to Marnie Taylor and they have two sons, Clay and Clark. He is married to Marnie Taylor and they have two sons, Clay and Clark. Clay is married to Becky and they are parents to grandchildren Josie and Tripp. Clark currently resides in Crested Butte, Colorado.
Brittney Cavaliere is the program manager at the Connecticut Foodshare Institute for Hunger Research & Solutions. In her role, Brittney is responsible for overseeing many of the day-to-day operations of the Institute, managing various projects, and conducting research to promote long-term food security, health, and well-being. Brittney’s experiences working with people with HIV in the beginning of her career fuels her passion for a more equitable America where everyone can thrive. She received a Master of Public Health from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies from Fordham University. In her free time, you can find Brittney volunteering in her hometown of East Hartford, CT, on a hike with her puppy Scout, or at a new bookstore finding her next read.
Description of presentation:
It Takes More Than Food
Food insecurity is rooted in poverty and systemic injustices. To create long-term solutions, we know it takes more than food to end hunger. Brittney will talk about ways food banks and pantries across the country are working to not only meet the need of people experiencing food insecurity today, but addressing the root causes of hunger at the individual level to make sure there is not a need tomorrow.
E. J. Neafsey has 20 years of experience in water quality monitoring, analytics, and consulting. He completed his PhD at Cornell University, focusing in part on assessing infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics's usefulness to subaqueous soil survey. His research at the University of Virginia examined the linkages between hydrologic connectivity, water quality, and mangrove health in Southwest Florida. At LG Sonic US, he guides continuous improvement of its predictive analytics suite, transforms customer data into management recommendations, builds stakeholder coalitions, and advocates for environmentally sound water quality stewardship.
My presentation will describe how RI's new environment focus aligns with our longstanding work on public health and water projects, including potential opportunities here in District 7890.
A dynamic speaker, Joy is a global traveler who has slept with a Motmot, dined with Sheiks in Saudi Arabia, been face to face with a Polar Bear and eaten Whichetty Grub soup in Australia, She has just published a book of adventure and humor, From Schnitzel to Nockerln And Everything That Happened In Between which draws from her diaries in Kenya, Trinidad and Tobago, India, China, Saudi Arabia, The Galapagos Islands, Australia, Cuba, the Canadian Wilderness and Western United States.
An octogenarian, Joy is the oldest member of the Rotary Club of Weston and Wayland. To the left Joy (on the right) autographed her book for Rotarian Patty MacNeil.
Still traveling, Joy stresses the importance of getting out of one’s comfort zone and not letting age deter you from pursuing your dreams.
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