Events

Chris has served as Sparks Police Chief since 2004.  Chief Crawforth will share with us how he works to meet the needs of the Sparks community through residential outreach, filling police officer vacancies, and helping the homeless through the department's Homeless Outreach Proactive Engagement (H.O.P.E.) Team.  We will learn how The HOPE Team assists those experiencing homelessness through a boots-on-the-ground approach, where needs are assessed and then aligned with field-based services and local Medicaid resource partnerships.

Dr. Susan Enfield is superintendent for the Washoe County School District in Northern Nevada.  Serving over 61,000 students and 103 schools, Washoe County is the second largest district in the state.  Dr. Enfield will share with us the Strategic Plan, Promise, Goals, where we are now, and where we are going to ensure that our students graduate prepared for the future they choose.
Dr. Enfield is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley, and has earned her masters degrees from Stanford and Harvard University.  She also holds a doctoral degree in Administration, Planning and Social Policy from Harvard's Urban Superintendents Program.
 

A native of Argentina and a citizen of Switzerland and the United States, Carina has lived in the U.S. since 1988.  She received her Ph.D. from UNR in 1997 in comparitive politics.
She is the first executive director of the N. NV. International Center, an organization that manages public diplomacy programs with funding from the U.S. Dept. of State and USAID.  Dr. Black initiated the Refugee Resettlement Department, making it the only entity for resettlement in N. Nevada.  Dr. Black is a faculty member at UNR, and has taught classes in global studies, world politics, comparitive politics, democratization, international organizations and Latin American Politics.  She is actively involved in international education for the local community and supports programs for minority groups.

Tim started water skiing at age 9, and by 12 was water skiing, performing and acting in live ski shows with his team "The Minnieska Whitewater Ski Team" in Whitewater WI.  Tim later turned pro and began skiing for Sea World at 18.  By 1995, water-ski shows started to evolve into stunt shows, and this is when he was offered a position to open the Water World Stunt Show at Universal Studios Hollywood.  He spent 10 years there, working on his craft and slowly transitioning into film and Television.
Tim now has hundreds of credits, including Batman "The Dark Knight Rises", Televisions shows including all 9 seasons of CSI New York, 24 with Kiefer Sutherland, and Heroes.
Tim has also coordinated music videos for artists including Cold Play, Beyonce, and Post Malone.
With the Screen Actors Guild on strike, Tim was kind enough to make the trip here to speak to our club!