Events

Owen was born in England. He completed a 7 year Engineering Apprenticeship with Rolls Royce in England emerging with a degree in Manufacturing Engineering. He joined Parker Pen UK as a Production Engineer and after a few years he was managing the engineering group with postgraduate degrees in Business and Management.

In ’83 he was moved to Wisconsin with his family for a one-year temporary assignment to help revive the main Parker plant. The assignment became permanent as he was asked to run the plant.

Later he assumed the responsibility for North American Operations. He became American Citizen in ’89 He was part of the management buyout of Parker which ended after 7 years with the sale of the company to Gillette in the mid 90s.

Owen was born in England. He completed a 7 year Engineering Apprenticeship with Rolls Royce in

England emerging with a degree in Manufacturing Engineering. He joined Parker Pen UK as a Production Engineer and after a few years he was managing the engineering group with postgraduate degrees in Business and Management.

In ’83 he was moved to Wisconsin with his family for a one-year temporary assignment to help revive the main Parker plant. The assignment became permanent as he was asked to run the plant.

Later he assumed the responsibility for North American Operations. He became American Citizen in ’89 He was part of the management buyout of Parker which ended after 7 years with the sale of the company to Gillette in the mid 90s.

Executive clients at TurningPoint wanted help with new careers and  that led to partnering with Colorado Careers. In 2004 Owen bought the  assets and decided to revive and rebuild the company with its unique  approach to careers and its Colorado market niche’.  

The TurningPoint retreat was sold in 2005 and by then Owen and his  wife Jeanie were operating Colorado Careers with a book of 50 clients  and offices across the Front Range.  

Owen has always had a taste for adventure, both in his career and his  private life. In England he was a long distance Kayak racer and an avid  dingy racer both giving way to ocean sailing windsurfers. He started  mountain biking and salmon fishing in Wisconsin moving on to  marathoning in Colorado and Utah. He took up off-road expeditioning  in 2005 after just one backcountry trip in a Rover Defender. He now  also guides leadership training expeditions with his partnership with  High Trail Expeditions.  

District Govenor Bob Kemp will be visiting the club meeting today.

Madeline serves as a cancer genetic counselor that works with individuals and families affected by cancer to provide information and support in matters of hereditary cancer. Her presentation is detailed but in simple terms that everyone can understand.  She talks about genetic causes and risk factors, genetic testing, screening, and prevention.

IREA’s Board of Directors has appointed Mr. W. Ronald Kilgore, P.E., a longtime Conifer resident and forensic investigative engineer, as its newest member representing Director District 2.

Mr. Kilgore holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering and has operated his own electrical engineering firm since 1995.

Mr. Kilgore has lived in Conifer since 1998. He and his wife, Raney, are parents to four children: Rylie, 25; Reisa, 23; Rhett, 21; and Ramsey, 19. His hobbies include fishing, backpacking, skiing and hikin

Dr. Woodland (Woody) ran a federally-funded research laboratory for many years studying mechanisms of pulmonary disease mediated by pandemic pathogens. He also served on the government's National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity setting guidelines for the laboratory handling of extremely dangerous pathogens and for many years (until this year) was the Editor-in-Chief of the international research journal, Viral Immunology.  His 20-minute talk will address the initiation, frequency, and impact of pandemics in general and will also finish on a few comments about SARS-CoV-2 (i.e. the talk is not exclusively focused on the current pandemic). 

A nonprofit 501(c) (3) agency founded in 1980, Mount Evans provides compassionate and experienced care to individuals and families, including home health, palliative care, and hospice. In addition to medical services, Mount Evans offers grief support, caregiver support, community health services and education.

A new leader recently assumed the helm at Mount Evans Home Health & Hospice. She’s a mountain resident of Idaho Springs, a nurse, and an incredibly competent health care administrator with a wealth of experience. Her name is Keri Jaeger. Although her name may be new to the broader mountain community, she’s not new to Mount Evans. She’s spent the last three years nurturing a team of more than 60 clinicians as the Senior Director of Clinical Services. Jaeger is credited with gently guiding the organization to a sustainable future that allows our care teams to provide more and better care to the mountain community’s rapidly growing number of patients. While doing so, she earned the genuine love and respect of her team.

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