Walter Weiss will discuss the global warming crisis and the leading role Montgomery County is playing in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, with special attention to the important contributions that community groups here are playing.

Walter is a member of the River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation, where he is co-chair of the Environmental Task Force and organizes the vegetable garden.  In 2017 he helped found the Montgomery County Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions, to bring together congregations committed to work against climate change.  He lives in Bethesda, and is a retired doctor and medical researcher.

John Young is a MD/DC/VA REALTOR in the Top 3% of agents worldwide and has been featured in the Washington Post, on WTOP radio and as a Top Agent in Washingtonian Magazine for eight consecutive years. He also sits on the Board of Directors for the Residential Real Estate Council—the largest REALTOR affiliate organization under the National Association of Realtors. 
He is also the parent of a non-verbal autistic daughter and is committed to helping other special needs families and clients with disabilities.

 SPECIALIZATION
Families targeting top school districts in Montgomery and Fairfax counties, clients with special needs/disabilities, sellers needing help to prepare their home for sale, first-time homebuyers, federal employees, military families/VA loans.

Our own Victoria Feldman is an Architect and has an Architectural Diploma (1972) and PhD in Architectural Theory (1982) from Moscow, Russia. She received an Architectural practice and academic certification in the Academy of Architecture in the city of Ekaterinsburg (Ural region of Russia) where she worked for 23 years.  In 1995, she emigrated to Maryland in the US. After a short adaptation period, she joined her professional field. Victoria was involved in Church projects, Office buildings, Gas stations, and others.  She presented her project/idea in the Pentagon Memorial competition.  Lately, she is working mainly on residential projects in the US and abroad.  Samples of her work can be viewed at www.facebook.com/vifdesign.  In 1999-2006 she worked for “Architects at Work”, Bethesda. In 2001 she registered her own business.  From 1998 to the present, Victoria has been a licensed Foreign Language Docent at the National Gallery of Art of Washington, DC. For a few years she volunteered in Architectural classes at Thomas Edison High School of Technology.

In 2000 Jay Davies recommended her to the North Bethesda Rotary Club.  Victoria loves her Family, her Friends, likes to travel, draw, read and cook.