Speakers

1 Regency Plaza, Providence.

At the gated parking entrance, say that you are visiting Patrick Emond, Apt 909. We gather at 5:15pm and meet from 5:30-6:30.

Mark is a Rotarian, member of the International Fellowship of Flying Rotarians, and board member of the Air Care Alliance.  He spends his time promoting public benefit flying to both non pilots and pilots around the USA.  As a volunteer pilot, he has flown/donated more than 400 missions for a variety of organizations, flying people, turtles, and bone marrow.

Jason Evans will talk about the American food system, with a focus on current challenges in the system and innovative solutions that will (hopefully) ultimately yield a system with better food, increased food access, better nutrition outcomes and mitigated ecosystem damage. Dr. Evans is Dean of the College of Food Innovation and Technology (CFIT) at Johnson & Wales University, which offers baccalaureate and graduate programming in Culinary Arts, Culinary Science, Culinary Nutrition, Food & Beverage Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Food Systems. Formerly, Dr. Evans was an Associate Professor of Agricultural Business Management at the State University of New York’s College of Agriculture and Technology, Cobleskill (SUNY Cobleskill), where he also served as the Director of the Institute for Rural Vitality and Chair of the Department of Agriculture & Food Management.