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Speaker Biographies and Lecture Information
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- BJ Cummings, Coordinator, Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition
- Rich Franko, AIA , Senior Associate, Mithun Architects
Rich is the project manager of the LEED® Gold certified IslandWood on Bainbridge Island (http://www.islandwood.org/aboutus.asp) and also served as Sustainable Design Advisor for the new mixed-use project for Portland State University, slated for a Silver LEED® rating. Rich has over 25 years experience in a wide array of projects (including the Sustainable Urban Design plan for the Lloyd Crossing neighborhood in Portland, which created a plan and framework for increasing density and growth while improving environmental performance over a 50 year period).- Stephen Garrow, Media Instructor, BCC
Mild-mannered media instructor by day, Stephen Garrow is also hard on the trail of spiritual truths, social justice, and living in our modern world in peaceful ways.- Nancy Gonlin, Anthropology Instructor, BCC
Nancy Gonlin, a Mesoamerican archaeologist, earned a Ph.D from Penn State University in 1993. Since that time she has conducted significant fieldwork in Honduras and Mexico and is the author of several publications and conference papers. In addition, she teaches anthropology at BCC.- Art Goss, Astronomy Instructor, BCC
- Mike Jackman, Resource Conservation Manager, City of Bellevue
Mike Jackman has 28 years experience working with Bellevue Utilities. He has personally pushed a toilet through a major parade route to promote the use of low flow toilets and water conservation. Currently, he oversees drinking water quality and industrial waste programs and public outreach on resource conservation including water supply, drinking water quality, solid waste, recycling, and Stream Team.- Patty Martin, founder of Safe Food and Fertilizer
Patty Martin is the founder of Safe Food and Fertilizer (www.safefoodandfertilizer.org) a non-profit organization advocating for a ban on the use of hazardous wastes in fertilizer, soil amendments and animal feed. As the former mayor of Quincy, Washington, Martin exposed the practice of disposing hazardous wastes in fertilizer after area farmers experienced crop loss, diseased livestock and health problems. The book Fateful Harvest, the True Story of a Small Town, a Global Industry, and a Toxic Secret chronicles her battle.- Michael Mayer, Associate Attorney, Earthjustice
Michael Mayer joined Earthjustice as an associate attorney in 2001 after a year with the Democratic National Committee that included some ballot counting in Florida. From 1997 until 2000, Mr. Mayer was an associate with Howrey & Simon in Washington, D.C., during which time he worked with the Natural Resources Defense Council on protection of the Tongass National Forest. He graduated from the University of Texas Law School with honors in 1996 and clerked for Judge James L. Dennis of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Mr. Mayer also attended a summer session of environmental law through Vermont Law School in 2000.- Dave Montgomery, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington
Professor David R. Montgomery is internationally recognized as a leader in the study of geomorphology, the evolution of landscapes. He is the Director of the Quaternary Research Center, a professor in the Department of Earth & Space Sciences at the University of Washington. His research interests range from the co-evolution of the Pacific salmon and the topography of the Pacific Northwest to the environmental history of Puget Sound rivers, sediment transfer from the Andes to the Amazon, giant glacial floods in eastern Tibet, and the formation of Martian outflow channels. In addition to his recent environmental history of salmon (King of Fish: The Thousand-Year Run of Salmon) he has published over 150 publications in the scientific literature.- Mark Plunkett, Seattle Aquarium
Mark’s interest in sustainable fisheries stems from his experience as a marine biologist and educator with 20 years experience at the Seattle Aquarium. He presently serves as the Conservation Coordinator and is a member of the West Coast Working Group for the Seadfood Watch program out of Monterey Bay Aquarium. He also taught marine biology for 20 years at Bellevue Community College and co-produced a 22-episode video course for BCC on marine biology. He received his M.S. in Marine Ecology from Western Washington University’s Huxley College of Environmental Studies in 1980 and his B.S. in Biology from Seattle Pacific Univ. in 1978.- Kevin Rennert, AIA , Atmospheric Science Department, University of Washington
Kevin Rennert is a doctoral candidate in Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington. His thesis research focuses on better understanding the impacts of climate change on the Arctic, and his hope is to use that understanding to help make sensible climate and energy policy.- Jeanie Sedgely, Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility
Jeanie Sedgely, MS, is the Hanford Issues Coordinator for Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility. Prior to that she worked for Oregon’s Dept. of Environmental Quality and the Rocky Flats Local Impacts Initiative in Colorado. She has been with WPSR since December 2002.- Tyrus Smith, The Evergreen State College
- Mark Storey, BCC, Philosophy Instructor
Mark Storey teaches Eastern Philosophy at Bellevue Community College, and is presently chair of the Philosophy Department.- James Torrence, BCC, Arts and Humanities Instructor
James teaches English, Communication, and American Studies at BCC, and also advises the student newspaper - The Jibsheet. Before BCC, he taught in Hiroshima, Japan for two years, and still visits Japan for a couple of weeks every year.
BCC Earth Week is organized by the BCC Science Club. For more information contact Rob Viens in the BCC Science Division at rviens@bcc.ctc.edu or (425) 564-3158.
Last Updated April 20, 2005