La Société Deux Magots (LSDM) Speaker Summaries 2016

LSDM Speakers

# of Speakers: 27

January 2016

Robert Perkins, former Mayor, Greensboro, NC, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM), Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.  05 February 2016
There is only one way to energize a city:  jobs.

Rabbi David Levinski speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.  25 January 2016.  Rabbi Levinski is chief rabbi of Temple Har Shalom.  Park City, UT.
So, many Jews want to retain the social justice message of the bible as they consider their political affiliation.

Mike Belcher, Tesoro Area Marketing Head,  speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  Wasatch Bagel.  Park City, UT.  29 January 2016.
Summit County pipeline?  Doesn't make sense any more with price of crude as it is. 

February 2016

Dr. Jay Jacobson, MD, medical ethicist, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).   Wasatch Bagel.  16 February 2016.
20% of Americans spend their last days in and ICU.  Expensive.  Uncomfortable.  Studies of patients in their last week of life reveal that up to 35% describe pain as severe or intolerable.

Roger Lipton speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.  09 February 2016.
Gold will be the last currency standing.  Everything else is frivolous.  

Harlan Cadinha, Money Manager, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM), Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.  
Think of this as the "glass half full" approach to investing.

Sandy Flury, co-head of Park City Dance, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM), Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.  25 February 2016.
I loved the feeling of making music with my feet.

March 2016

Dr. Samuel R. G. Finlayson, Chair Department of Surgery, University of Utah, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.  07 March 2016.
Health Care today is structured around doctors.  The patient doesn't experience it that way.  We need to make some changes to insure a better experience of health care delivery for the patient.

Chuck Klingenstein and Ali Zeisler, community activists, address La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  Wasatch Bagel.  09 March 2016.
We hope that the planning process going forward can be "bottoms up..."   created with significant community input along the way.

Harvey J. Sugerman, M,D. speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  Wasatch Bagel, 15 March 2016. Dr. Sugerman, a retired, nationally recognized bariatric surgeon,  is Editor-in Chief of "Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases," the official journal of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
Surgery is NOT the solution to America's obesity epidemic.  We need to attack obesity like smoking was attacked.

Lyn Kaufman, 89, TV engineering pioneer, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.  17 March 2016.
Yes, I know Cafe Deux Magots very well!  I went there frequently.  I know very well the traditions of your group!

April 2016

Danielle Butin, Executive Director AFYA Foundation, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM). 02 April 2016.  Wasatch Bagel.  Park City, UT.
I had no preparation for seeing the scale of human suffering one sees in the under developed world.  At least we can go home and do something about that.

Phil Kaplan, Member, Park City School Board, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  05 April 2016.  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT. 
We are "pro teacher."  We recruit the best.  Average teacher tenure is 10 years.  I think that's a nice blended average.

Peter Yogman, candidate for school board, Park City School District, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM) on 13 April 2016.  Wasatch Bagel.  Park City, UT.
I believe that early education should focus on mental flexibility more than facts.  We need to stimulate curiosity... eagerness to learn... positive behavior about learning.

Frank "Fuzzy" Furr, Air Force U2 pilot and administrator, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM) 14 April 2016.  Wasatch Bagel.  Park City, UT.
If Global Hawk is "a Nikon,” the U-2 is "a Hubble."

May 2016

June 2016

Colin Deford, candidate for Summit County Council, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM), Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.  28 June 2016.
Technology is the difference today.  I work on enormous logistical problems in large scale TV productions.  Using this knowledge I can make a difference on issues facing the Summit County Commission.

N. (Sonny) Vistan, ret. CEO Land Bank of the Philippines, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM). Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT. 30 June 2016.
We have had six good years.

July 2016

Dana Williams, former three time mayor of Park City, UT, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM). Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT. 15 June 2016. Dana's "umpteenth" visit to LSDM.
want Park City to become a "Disneyland," says Dana.

Wes Richards speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.  19 July 2016.
Stress is not good for you.  Get in the slow lane.  Find the longest line at Costco.

Robert Peoples, Ph.D., Executive Director CARE (Capret America Recovery Effort) addresses La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.  27 July 2016.
humans.  But, each of us is also a colony of living organisms.   

August 2016

Blake Christian addresses La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  18 August 2016.  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.
Year-end tax planning will be critically important this year since there will likely be either significant marginal tax increases on both ordinary and capital gain income under a Clinton administration or marginal tax decreases under a Trump administration.

September 2016

October 2016

November 2016

Judy Jackson speaks at LSDM.  03 November 2016. Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT. 
Fighting 9/11 headwinds, Judy applies sports marketing and media background to build story of first ever third generation US Olympian.

Mike Luers, GM, Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM), 30 November 2016.  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.
There is evidence to support the theory that native male Cutthroat Trout in East Canyon Creek are being "feminized" by these chemicals.

December 2016

Ben Rifkin, Co-Chair, Park City Thin Air Innovation Festival, speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM) 14 December 2016.  Wasatch Bagel.
"When I find a door, I generally go through it."

Tom Kelly, Communications Director US Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) speaks to ROMEOs at La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  Wasatch Bagel.  Park City, UT.  15 December 2016.
USSA will soon be undergoing a branding change.  Be patient.  If I were to tell you the details, I'd have to kill you.

Tim Ross, long time head (now retired) of ski instruction at USSA speaks to La Societe Deux Magots (LSDM).  16 December 2016.  Wasatch Bagel, Park City, UT.
First move to a new ski technique was spurred, early 90s, by big, gangly, bow legged Norwegian ski racer, Ole Kristian Furuseth.

Charlie Sturgis, Head Mountain Trails Foundation, speaks to ROMEOS at La Societe Deux Magots.
1992. 14 "bandit" trails. Today: 500 miles of trails "under management."