Greetings Rotarians & Friends,
Our speaker this week is Los Alamos County Airport Manager Gary Stoddard. His career path began with a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology in 1998, after which he worked as an architectural designer and builder in Oakland, CA. In 2014, he earned a master’s degree in systems engineering from Iowa State University’s Industrial Engineering Department and joined Los Alamos National Laboratory as a building automation controls engineer. At the lab, he collaborated with both the Facilities Engineering and Sustainability Program teams, focusing on high-performance sustainable buildings with an emphasis on energy conservation, analysis, and optimized building control systems. For the past twenty years, he has also pursued his passion for hang gliding and piloting airplanes.
Next week, we’ll have geologist Tom McCrory followed by Megan Jackson from Big Brothers Big Sisters on October 21. You can view last week’s speaker Los Alamos Arts Council Brandi Engeman (and other past speakers) on our YouTube channel.
International Project Fair This Weekend
The International Project Fair (formerly known as the Tri-District Conference) will be held this weekend in El Paso, Texas. Come join us to see what Rotary clubs are doing to help their communities and beyond! If you’d like to support our club’s projects, visit our page on LosAlamosGives.org.
Just across the border in Juarez, our club president James Wernicke will be racing in one of the most extreme mountain bike races, the Chupacabras 100K!
Advancing Plant Forward Food Policy
Join the Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group (ESRAG) this Wednesday October 8 at 2:00 PM for a conversation on plant forward food policy. This presentation explores how cities, universities, and public institutions can begin shifting toward more plant-based food policies to reduce environmental impacts and support public health.
It draws on Canadian case studies including six municipal wins and a national university initiative to highlight practical strategies and lessons learned.
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