Invitation to MARL Leadership Banquet-St Paul

You are invited to attend the

MARL Leadership Banquet – St Paul

Thursday, January 24, 2013

6 PM Social ● 7 PM Banquet

Best Western Kelly Inn
161 Saint Anthony Avenue ● St. Paul, Minnesota

Keynote Presentation: “Clean Water, Common Ground”

                                           Bruce Tiffany                   Lark Weller                        Peggy Knapp

Bruce Tiffany - Bruce Tiffany is active in areas concerning water quality, renewable energy, and agriculture. The Tiffany family farms produce corn, soybeans, sweet corn, cattle, sheep and some custom work. Many of the soybean acres are used to produce seed. He is a proud member of MARL Class V. Bruce is married to Ann and they have three grown sons (two are married) and one grandchild. He is active in their church, United Way, Dollars for Scholars, Redwood Area Chamber of Commerce and Redwood Wrestling Boosters. Bruce also serves on the Board of Directors for Bio-business Alliance of Minnesota and Life Science Alley.

Lark Weller - Lark Weller is the Water Quality Coordinator at the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area (a unit of the National Park Service), where she works with park partners to minimize the negative impacts of human activities on the park's water resources. She is the co-author of the recently-released State of the River Report, and enjoys the challenge of communicating complex water resource issues to people in non-technical ways. She organizes and hosts a monthly meeting series, the Mississippi River Forum, for water resources practitioners and decision-makers.

Peggy Knapp - Peggy Knapp, Ed.D., is the Director of Programs at the Freshwater Society, where she oversees civic engagement initiatives to protect, preserve and restore fresh water in Minnesota.  Prior to her work with Freshwater, Peggy was an assistant professor at Hamline University’s School of Education and the Center for Global Environmental Education, where her teaching and scholarship focused on effective strategies for science and environmental education. In her earlier work as reporter, producer and writer with CNN’s award-winning Earth Matters, and field reporter on PBS’ nationally acclaimed science education program, Newton’s Apple, Peggy traveled the world to bring science and environmental stories to national and international audiences.

Cost for the Banquet - $30 per person

 

Please register by January 18, 2013.

To register and pay for the banquet, please visit the MARL Web site at
www.MARLprogram.org or click here: REGISTER NOW.

For more information, call Dan Hoffman at 507-421-7167