Join us for an engaging presentation by Paul Arveson as he shares insights from his unique and varied journey. While Paul’s primary field is physics, his career has extended across government, commercial, and nonprofit sectors, reflecting a deep curiosity and passion for exploration.

In this talk, Paul will highlight some of his most interesting experiences, illustrated with a selection of slides, and will leave time to answer your questions.

My mission is for you to answer that question with a resounding…YES!

I love teaching and learning at Springbrook.  I’ve been here in many capacities since 2000.  Yes, more than 20 years at the Brook. Prior to Springbrook I taught at Eastern Middle School in World Studies.  I moved to Maryland in 1998 after teaching Social Studies in Camden, NJ and North Penn School District in Lansdale, PA.  Originally from Philadelphia, I love all things Philly.  Go Eagles!I attended Penn State University, Temple University and Johns Hopkins University.

I live a quiet life with one college aged son, a supportive spouse and a loyal black lab mix whom we rescued when he was 3 months old.  

Laura, a Montgomery County native, is the Office Manager & Marketing Specialist with The Monitor Group, LLC, a financial management firm located in Rockville, MD where she facilitates two philanthropic programs, one hyper-local and one national.

She also has her own wedding officiant business Meet You at the Altar. Laura has worked with many nonprofits in the community and logs 100s of service hours each year with various local non-profit organizations that focus on homelessness, hunger, children, domestic abuse, and entrepreneurship.

Her commitment to helping people extends to holding positions in numerous nonprofit organizations, including her current role as Vice President for the Personal Care Foundation.

This morning, our very own Dan Moore will be giving his Classification talk. Since becoming a Rotarian in 2014, Dan has been actively involved in many of our Club’s projects. We look forward to hearing his story!

Claes will give a kind of classification talk. He comes from a Rotary family. His father was a dedicated  Rotarian. Claes will survey key points in his life and professional career, discuss interesting people he has met, and describe surprising, rather exciting events along the way.

Marina Khoury is an expert in sustainable urban redevelopment, master planning, and form-based codes. A partner at DPZ CoDesign, she has led its Washington D.C. office since 2007. A licensed architect fluent in several languages, she has worked on projects worldwide, including pioneering resilient urbanism codes. Khoury co-led the development of the Miami21 code, the first form-based code in the U.S., and serves on the Expert Committee of the UNEP-GFHS International Green Model City Initiative. She is active in civic groups like the Congress for the New Urbanism and Smart Growth America’s Form-Based Code Institute, where she served as Chair.