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The President’s Fireside Chat is a sub-series of the President’s Speaker Series, focusing on local industry leaders and prominent alumni. Hosted by º£½ÇÉçÇø President Janine Davidson, Ph.D., the ongoing series provides an opportunity for an intimate experience for academic courses to engage with local leaders. The series offers a wide range of thought-provoking and conversation inducing ideas and topics. The Fireside Chat Series has featured such guests as Robert Kenney, Gloria Steinem and Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, Monica M. Márquez, among others.

º£½ÇÉçÇø President, Janine Davidson, Ph.D., welcomed George Sparks, the President/CEO of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, for a fireside chat in the CAVEA Theater from 11 a.m. to Noon, on Oct. 15.

George Sparks has been the President/CEO of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science since November 2004. He spent 24 years in the electronics measurement business at Hewlett-Packard and Agilent Technologies. His career included marketing, sales, and general management of global businesses in software, systems, and services. Prior to joining Hewlett-Packard, George spent 9 years in the Air Force as a pilot and as an Assistant Professor of Aeronautics at the USAF Academy (1976-1978). He is a Distinguished Graduate of the USAF Academy with a BS in Aeronautical Engineering and holds an MS in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT. George’s passion is public policy, particularly around science and education. He is a member of the Colorado Forum, Colorado Concern, and is on the Boards of Colorado Education Initiative, Colorado Business Round Table, Colorado Music Hall of Fame and Denver Council of Foreign Relations. George is the founder of the Institute for Science & Policy, a program of the Museum.

He loves his wife and all his children.

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