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Frank Colonna is a long-time resident, local business owner, and accomplished leader in Long Beach. He served two terms as 3rd District Councilmember and two years as Vice Mayor, during which he represented Long Beach at the national level as Chair of the Federal Legislative Committee and as Chair of the Central Cities Committee for the National League of Cities. He was also appointed Chair of the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority and worked diligently to draft legislation and implement the reconstruction of the I-710 Freeway. In addition to his extensive leadership experience, Frank has been a real estate professional and business owner in Long Beach for more than thirty years and an active community member in the 3rd District. Frank earned a Bachelor’s degree from CSULB and a Master’s degree from CSU Northridge in Environmental Health. He is currently on the Economic Development Commission and served as its inaugural chair. -- Long Beach Report

Session Three: Representatives of educational institutions and subject matter experts Participants: Dana Scaduto, General Counsel, Dickinson College; Pamela Bernard, General Counsel, Duke University; Jerry Blakemore, General Counsel, University of North Carolina-Greensboro; Kathleen Santora, President & Chief Executive Officer, National Association of College and University Attorneys; Terry Hartle, Senior Vice President, Government and Public Affairs, American Council on Education; Michelle Johnston, President, University of Rio Grande; Naomi Gittins, Managing Director, National School Boards Association; Phillip Hartley, Vice Chair, National School Boards Association; Kimberly Lau, Warshaw Burstein, LLP; Anne Hedgepeth, Interim Vice President, Public Policy and Government Relations, American Association of University Women; Deborah Blake, Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; Ritchie Berger, Board of Regents, American College of Trial Lawyers; Naomi Shatz, Zalkind Duncan & Bernstein, LLP; Dianne Harrison, President, California State University; John Jasinski, President, Northwest Missouri State University; Stephen Eck, Council for Christian Colleges & Universities; Steve Sandberg, Deputy GC, Brigham Young University; Patricia Bradley, Title IX Coordinator, Fayetteville State University; Michael Zola, Vice President for Government Relations and Policy Analysis, American Association of State Colleges and Universities -- Washington Post

Another study seemed especially applicable to Apple. In 2009, researchers at California State University Northridge studied carbon sequestration on the university’s 350-acre campus. Students inventoried all 3,900 trees by type and size. Using data from the Center for Urban Forest Research, a branch of the U.S. Forest Service, they estimated the amount each tree was likely to sequester. The average was 88 pounds per tree per year. (By contrast, the average American is responsible for emitting about 44,000 pounds of carbon annually.) Then they compared total sequestration to the amount of carbon emitted by campus sources. (Those sources included the production of electricity to power campus buildings—but not transportation to and from campus.) The result: The trees sequestered less than one percent of the amount of carbon released during the same period. Put another way, the amount of carbon sequestered, at a school with 41,000 students, equaled the carbon output of eight average Americans. -- ArchDaily

As Congressman Sherman presented the award to Dr. Madelian, he noted, “A research scientist and a lecturer at California State University, Northridge, Dr. Madelian is a volunteer member of the Los Angeles-based, nonprofit Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR), serving as its secretary and heading its Outreach and Education programs. Today, I’m privileged to present her with this Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, in acknowledgment of her selfless, more than 15-year service to ABMDR’s life-saving mission.” -- Armenian Weekly