Eric Meeks is associate professor of history at Northern Arizona University and the author of Border Citizens, a history of racial and ethnic identities in 20th century Arizona. Before participating in a panel in Tucson about whether Arizona’s history matters today, he admitted in the green room that he was savoring not just the opportunity to talk about the subject of his research but the chance to be alone … and the martini he was planning to have at the end of the night. …
Jim Cahill is the regional operating director for consumer solar energy company SolarCity. Before participating in a panel on California’s solar gold rush, he sat down in the green room and revealed that when he’s not helping put up solar panels around Southern California, he’s feeding others—human and squirrel alike. …
Anne-Marie O’Connor is the author of The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt’s Masterpiece. A former Los Angeles Times reporter, she now lives in Mexico City and writes for The Washington Post. Before telling the story of a Klimt portrait that was stolen by the Nazis and then fought over for years, she sat down in the green room to talk about tacos, election excitement, and why she recently considered buying a karaoke machine. …
Ron Nichols is the general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Before participating in a panel on the future of solar energy in California, he confessed in the green room that although he’s a workaholic, he still can’t get everything the LADWP needs done as quickly as he’d like. …
Physicist Daniel Kammen is the founder of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory at UC Berkeley and an expert on climate change. Before participating in a panel on California’s solar gold rush, he sat down in the green room to talk about what energy inefficiency makes him feel guilty, why he’d like to be a whale, and when he’ll get a chance to play with his daughters. …
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