North Bethesda Rotary charter member and Past President, Kent Mason, presented an update of his Natures Conservancy Photos and the story they illustrate.  Kent was an officer in the Army Military Police; which led to a career in the Montgomery County Corrections and Rehabilitation.  Following retirement from the Montgomery County Government, he establish a photo portrait business.  He bought a retirement home in the West Virginia mountains, and retired a second time to devote his spare time to spectacular Natures Conservancy photography

Samantha Crosby grew up in Ellicott City, Md, with both parents and two older brothers.  She graduated from University of Md with a Bachelor of Science in Family Science.  Her career success is due in part to her 4 internships in high school and collage: music instruction to low income students; support of infant disabilities; furniture for the poor; and taught GED to students that didn’t complete high school. Samantha also traveled to Kenya during her senior year of college through a Kenya contract.During this trip, she volunteered at the David Sheldrick wildlife Trust and taught classes and delivered educational materials to three schools.  Samantha is currently a Case Manager with Interfaith Works under Friends In Action (FIA) and the Interfaith Housing Coalition (IHC).

Victoria is an established architect and has an architectural diploma (1972) and PhD in Architectural Theory (1982) from Moscow, Russia. She had an architectural practice and academic rank in The Academy of Architecture in the city of Ekaterinsburg, Ural region of Russia (23 years) and immigrated to the US (Maryland) in 1995. Victoria showed before and after slides of custom homes, modifications of existing homes, interiors, entrances, kitchens, and baths she has done since 1996. Customer satisfaction is very important. Victoria starts with and artist sketch and produces a computer generated detail later. Her work can be viewed in the web sight (www.vifdesign.com) or on Facebook (www.facebook/vifdesign.com).