Hello,
This event was posted on the Tacoma Arts listserve, but it is just as
appropriate for the enviro-education list, so I'm passing it along.
Krystal
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 12, 2016
MEDIA CONTACT: Mariesa Bus, Marketing Assistant Manager
Phone: 253.573.2507 | Email: mbus@broadwaycenter.org<mailto:
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Local Environmental Leaders to be Interviewed Live
With Radiolab co-host Robert Krulwich
At the Pantages Theater January 22
Sponsors: MultiCarehttp://www.multicare.org/, Immanuel Presbyterian
Churchhttp://www.ipctacoma.org/ | Media: KUOWhttp://kuow.org/, KPLU<
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Tacoma, Wash. - A panel of four local environmental leaders will discuss
Northwest water issues in an interview format live with the co-host of a
popular NPR science podcast as part of the show Inside Radiolab with Robert
Krulwich<
http://broadwaycenter.org/events/calendar/eventdetail/154/9/inside-radiolab-with-robert-krulwich?filter_reset=1>
on January 22, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. at Tacoma's Pantages Theater. Tickets
start at $19 and are on sale now.<
http://broadwaycenter.org/events/calendar/eventdetail/154/9/inside-radiolab-with-robert-krulwich?filter_reset=1
RadioLabhttp://www.radiolab.org/ is one of the most popular podcasts -
played on more than 450 NPR stations, and downloaded over 4 million times.
For the first part of this event, co-host Robert Krulwich<
http://www.radiolab.org/people/robert-krulwich/> will discuss the inner
workings of the smash hit, shedding light on what makes his work examining
big questions in science, philosophy, and the human experience so
compelling.
In the second portion of the event, Krulwich will lead an interview
discussion on the earth's most precious resource: water. The local panel of
environmental leaders will explore current challenges facing the region's
water supply, as well as the concept of One Water. An audience Q & A with
Mr. Krulwich and the panelists will follow. Panelists include:
Joel Bakerhttps://www.tacoma.uw.edu/center-urban-waters/joel-baker-phd
Professor, University of Washington and Science Director, Center for Urban
Waters in Tacoma
Professor Joel Baker holds the Port of Tacoma Chair in Environmental
Science at the University of Washington Tacoma and is the Science Director
of the Center for Urban Waters in Tacoma. He earned a B.S. degree in
Environmental Chemistry from Syracuse University (1982) and M.S. (1985) and
Ph.D. (1988) degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the
University of Minnesota. Dr. Baker's research interests center around the
transport of organic contaminants in the environment, specifically
atmospheric transport and deposition, aerosol chemistry, the dynamics of
contaminant transport in estuaries, and modeling the exposure and transfer
of bioaccumulative chemicals in aquatic food webs. He teaches courses in
water quality modeling, environmental chemistry, and quantitative methods.
Jennifer Changhttp://www.trff.org/staff/
Program Associate, Puyallup Watershed Initiative, Russell Family Foundation
Jennifer serves as a Program Associate for The Russell Family Foundation,
supporting the Puyallup Watershed Initiative's Communities of Interest and
their coordinators as well as Initiative-wide planning. She was born and
raised in Tacoma, and managed regional projects around urban green space
restoration and environmental education prior to joining the Foundation.
Jennifer holds a Master of Public Administration and B.S. in Atmospheric
Sciences both from the University of Washington.
Ryan Mellohttp://www.piercecountycd.org/260/Meet-Our-Team
Executive Director, Pierce Conservation District
Ryan Mello has served as the Executive Director of the Pierce Conservation
District since 2012. Ryan's real job is "Chief Relationship Officer" for
the Conservation District - ensuring we have the best staff to perform this
important work and they have the resources necessary to be successful, our
many stakeholders understand our role in the system, and our partners are
supported in a meaningful way. Mello is also a member of the Tacoma City
Council, having recently been sworn in for an additional four year term.
Born in Kailua, Hawaii, Ryan moved to Tacoma in 1997. A graduate of the
University of Puget Sound, he earned a degree in Politics and Government.
Ryan served as Co-Chair of the City's Green Ribbon Task Force on Climate
Change, which produced the City's plan for addressing global climate change.
Sheida Sahandyhttp://www.psp.wa.gov/sheida-sahandy-bio.php
Executive Director, Puget Sound Partnership
As Executive Director of the Puget Sound Partnership, Sheida provides a
big-picture policy view of the challenges that face the Puget Sound and its
many watersheds, including the Nisqually Watershed in which the PSP offices
and Tacoma is located. She was appointed by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee in
Jan. 2014 to run this state agency charged with leading the recovery of the
Puget Sound. Previously, Sheida spent eight years as Assistant to the City
Manager for the City of Bellevue where she led strategic initiatives and
was responsible for creating the City's first city-wide environmental
stewardship initiative. Prior to joining the public service sector, Sheida
spent seven years as a corporate attorney. Sheida earned her Master of
Public Administration from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government where she
concentrated her studies on climate, energy, and the environment. She also
earned a Juris Doctorate from Columbia University's School of Law, and a
Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Berkeley, where she
studied environmental design and the biological sciences.
About Robert Krulwich:
Robert Krulwichhttp://www.radiolab.org/people/robert-krulwich/
Radiolab Co-host
Robert Krulwich is co-host of Radiolab, WNYC's Peabody Award-winning
program about 'big ideas' now one of public radio's most popular shows. It
is carried on more than 500 radio stations and its podcasts are downloaded
over 5 million times each month. He is also the author of the "Krulwich
Ponders" blog, featured on National Geographic, where he illustrates
hard-to-fathom concepts in science using drawings, cartoons, videos, and
more.
For 22 years, Krulwich was a science, economics, general assignment and
foreign correspondent at ABC and CBS News. Krulwich has been called "the
most inventive network reporter in television" by TV Guide. His specialty
is explaining complex subjects, science, technology, economics, in a style
that is clear, compelling and entertaining. On television he has explored
the structure of DNA using a banana; on radio he created an Italian opera,
"Ratto Interesso" to explain how the Federal Reserve regulates interest
rates; he also pioneered the use of new animation on ABC's Nightline and
World News Tonight.
He has won Emmy awards for a cultural history of Barbie, the world famous
doll, for a Frontline investigation of computers and privacy, a George Polk
and an Emmy for a look at the Savings & Loan bailout, and the 2010 Essay
Prize from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Krulwich also won the AAAS Science
Journalism Award for a 2001 a NOVA Special, Cracking the Code of Life, The
Extraordinary Communicator Award from the National Cancer Institute, and an
Alfred I. Dupont-Columbia Award.
Krulwich earned a BA in history from Oberlin College, and a law degree from
Columbia University in 1974.
Tickets for Inside Radiolab with Robert Krulwich are $19, $29, $35, $49 and
are on sale now.<
http://broadwaycenter.org/events/calendar/eventdetail/154/9/inside-radiolab-with-robert-krulwich?filter_reset=1>
To purchase tickets, call the Broadway Center Box Office at 253.591.5894 or
visit in person at 901 Broadway in Tacoma's Theater District or online at
www.BroadwayCenter.orghttp://www.BroadwayCenter.org.
The Broadway Center for the Performing Arts gratefully acknowledges the
following for support of the 2015-16 Season: ArtsFund<
http://www.artsfund.org/>, Ben B. Cheney Foundation<
http://www.benbcheneyfoundation.org/>, The Boeing Company<
http://www.boeing.com/>, CHI Franciscan Health System<
http://www.fhshealth.org/>, City of Tacomahttp://www.cityoftacoma.org/,
The Forest Foundationhttp://forestfound.org/, MultiCare<
http://www.multicare.org/>, The News Tribunehttp://www.thenewstribune.com/,
Pierce County Arts Commission<
http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/pc/services/arts/artscom.htm>, The Puyallup
Tribehttp://www.puyallup-tribe.com/ of Indians, Washington State Arts
Commissionhttp://www.arts.wa.gov/, and Wells Fargo<
https://www.wellsfargo.com/>.
Mariesa Bus
Marketing Assistant Manager
Broadway Center for the Performing Arts
901 Broadway, Suite 700 | Tacoma, WA 98402
www.BroadwayCenter.orghttp://www.broadwaycenter.org/