History of PACA Monthly Luncheon Speakers
Monthly PACA Member luncheons speakers between 1993 and 2016 listed below. For the list of speakers between 2017 – current visit the events page.
| Year | Month | Speaker |
| 2016 | Dec | Holiday Party |
| 2016 | Nov | Dr. Katie Richardson, Science and Development Director, Senator Heinrich’s Office |
| 2016 | Oct | Networking Event |
| 2016 | Sept | Ms Mandie White, Toastmasters |
| 2016 | Aug | Briefing for Industry |
| 2016 | July | Ms Jane Powdrell-Culbert, Representative to the NM House |
| 2016 | June | Tim Barnes, Drones |
| 2016 | May | Mr. Eric Kivi: Dir. Military Base Planning & Support |
| 2016 | Apr | Networking |
| 2016 | Mar | Tammie Johnson Chief of the Contracting Office at Detachment 8 AFRL |
| 2016 | Feb | BG Coffin. CG WSMR |
| 2016 | Jan | Dr. Richard Jimenez. Director EMRTC New Mexico Tech |
| 2015 | Sept. | Mr. John Stocker III – DTRA |
| 2015 | Nov. | Col. Kawane Standin Peggy Corcoran 377th SBA & Johanne Perkins (377th PA) |
| 2015 | March | Dr. Dave Hardy SES Director Directed Energy Directorate. AFRL/RD |
| 2015 | June | Col. Goldstein. AFRL / RV Director |
| 2015 | July | Networking |
| 2015 | August | BFI |
| 2015 | April | Stacy Sacco |
| 2015 | Oct | Mr. Mark Neice Director HEL JTO |
| 2015 | May | Michelle Sager: AFRL Person for long term support to the BFI |
| 2015 | May | Christian Anderson: Spaceport America Executive Director |
| 2015 | Feb | Neal McCasland Ph.D / Retired AFRL CG / MG |
| 2015 | Jan | Gary Oppendahl. ABQ Economic Development |
| 2014 | Sept. | Honorable Ken Martinez. Speaker of the House – NM Legislature |
| 2014 | Oct. | Bill Miera. President Fiore Industries |
| 2014 | Nov. | Col. J. Stutz. Deputy Commander SMC/AL |
| 2014 | March | Col. Becklund 58th SOW CO |
| 2014 | June | Dr. Kelly D. Hammett. AFRL Directed Energy Chief Engineer |
| 2014 | July | Mr James Rubeor SES DV-5. Executive Director of the Air Force Safety Center. |
| 2014 | Feb. | BG Retired Hanson Scott |
| 2014 | April | BG Daryl J. Hauck (MG Selectee) PEO AF Stratetic Systems |
| 2014 | Aug | BFI – No Speaker |
| 2014 | May | Debora Johnson. CNN |
| 2014 | Jan | Speaker was going to be Hanson Scott – fell & couldn’t attend |
| 2013 | Sept. | Brad Hayden. Aspen Avionics |
| 2013 | Oct. | John Garcia Albq Economic Development |
| 2013 | Oct. | Charles Lowery National Nuclear Museum |
| 2013 | Nov. | Jeff Thomas. DTRA & Russ Fisher-Ives – Inquiry Faclitators |
| 2013 | Nov. | No Speaker |
| 2013 | June | Dave Keese SNL |
| 2013 | June | Jerry Langheim SNL. Partnership with Dave Keese |
| 2013 | July | Elizabeth (Lisa) J. Kuuttilaq. CEO & Chief Economic Development Officer STC.UNM |
| 2013 | April | Patricia Knighten – Plaque for Service |
| 2013 | April | Major General Scott D. West AFOTEC Commander |
| 2013 | Aug | BFI – No Speaker |
| 2013 | May | Dr. Dave Hardy SES Director Directed Energy Directorate. AFRL/RD |
| 2013 | Mar | Col. William Bill Cooley. Director AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate |
| 2013 | Feb | Gruia-Catalin Roman Ph.D. Dean of Engineering UNM & Christopher D. Hall Ph.D. |
| 2013 | Jan | Dr. Beverlee J. McClure. President & CEO Association of Commerce & Industry |
| 2012 | Sept. | Dr. Joe Janni. |
| 2012 | Oct. | Scott Cook Director of Small Business Programs KAFB |
| 2012 | Nov. | Kenneth Hodges NM MEP |
| 2012 | March | Col. Carol Welsch – Deputy Dir SDTW |
| 2012 | June | Sherman McCorkle. Chairman CEO & co-founder of Sandia Science & Technology Park |
| 2012 | July | Dr. John Meason. Director Energistics Materials Research & Testing Center (EMRTC)-NM Tech |
| 2012 | April | Casey DeRaad. Chief of Technology Outreach-AFRL Directed Energy & Space Vehicles Directorates. |
| 2012 | Aug | BFI |
| 2012 | May | Col. John C. Kubinec. 377th Air Base Wing CC |
| 2012 | Feb | Bill Miera. President Fiore Industries |
| 2012 | Jan | George Frieberg Senior Director for Technology Tech Ventures Corp |
| 2011 | Nov | Brian Leen |
| 2011 | Oct | Terry Kruger |
| 2011 | Sep | Honorable Tim Hale Cabinet Sec’y for NM Dept of Veterans’ Services |
| 2011 | Aug | BFI |
| 2011 | Jul | Dr. Lind S. Gee Scientist-In-Charge US Geological Survey Albuquerque Seismology Lab |
| 2011 | Jun | Mr. Jeff Olinger HQ AFOTEC/Technical Advisor |
| 2011 | May | Col Robert L. Maness 377th ABW/CC |
| 2011 | Apr | Dr. David Hardy AFRL/Directed Energy Directorate/Director |
| 2011 | Mar | Mark Neice Director HEL Joint Technology Office |
| 2011 | Feb | Col Bill Cooley AFRL/RV/CC |
| 2011 | Jan | Col Robert L. Maness 377th ABW/CC>>>Mark Neice Director HEL JTO |
| 2010 | Nov | Col Robert L. Maness 377th ABW/CC Col Bill Cooley AFRL/RV/CC |
| 2010 | Oct | Bgen John Thompson PEO Strategic Systems |
| 2010 | Sep | Col Michael Moran Space Development & Test Wing |
| 2010 | Aug | BFI |
| 2010 | Jul | Susan Thornton AFRL/DE Director |
| 2010 | Jun | Mr. Mark Neice Director HEL JTO >>Col Brad Smith AFRL/RV |
| 2010 | May | Col Robert D. McMurry Jr. ABL SPO/CC |
| 2010 | May | Appreciation Plaque to Ray Saunders |
| 2010 | Apr | Col Stephen Clark 27SOW Wing/CC>Col Brad Smith AFRL/RV>Hanson Scott |
| 2010 | Mar | Tammie Johnson AFRL/PK Director |
| 2010 | Feb | Dr. Pete Worden NASA Ames Director (Replacing Rep. Martin Heinrich) |
| 2010 | Jan | Carol Yarnell SNL/Director of Suppy Chain Management |
| 2009 | Nov | Randall Hayes Executive Director NM Museum of Space History |
| 2009 | Oct | LTC Troy Molendyke DMOC/CC |
| 2009 | Sep | B/Gen (USAF ret) Reg Rider CACI VP AF Business Dev. |
| 2009 | Aug | BFI |
| 2009 | Jul | Mr. Roberrt Carter SES WSMR/Executive Director |
| 2009 | Jun | Hanson Scott BGen USAF (Ret.) Director |
| 2009 | May | Col Brad Smith AFRL/RV |
| 2009 | Apr | Fred Mondragon NM Sec’y of Economic Dev.Dep’t |
| 2009 | Mar | Gerald Mora |
| 2009 | Feb | Col Mike Duvall 377th ABW/CC |
| 2009 | Jan | Col John Pearson AFOTEC/CV |
| 2008 | Nov | Col Richard Stuckey AF Nuclear Weapons Center |
| 2008 | Oct | Dr..Peter Wegner Office of Responsive Space Director |
| 2008 | Sep | Col Burke (Ed) Wilson Space Development &Test Wing/CC |
| 2008 | Aug | BFI |
| 2008 | Jul | Col Michael J Kingsley AFIA/CC (TDY-Replaced by Col Mark Andersen) |
| 2008 | Jun | Col Robert McMurry ABL SPO/CC |
| 2008 | May | Susan Thornton AFRL/DE Director |
| 2008 | Apr | Maran Vedamanikam & Tim Carmichael Euroclydon |
| 2008 | Mar | Dale Hite AFRL/VS Deputy Director |
| 2008 | Feb | Col Parhizkar 377th ABW/VC |
| 2008 | Jan | Tammie Johnson AFRL/PK Director |
| 2007 | Nov | Mark Roverse AFRL/VS/Chief Engr. |
| 2007 | Oct | Col Green AFRL/VS Director (TDY: =Dr. David Hardy-AFRL Chief Space Technologist) |
| 2007 | Sep | Fred Mondragon NM Sec’y of Economic Dev.Dep’t (TDY: =Stuart Paisano Ass’t. Sec’y) |
| 2007 | Aug | BFI (Nambe bowl + engraving for Joan Fulkerson) |
| 2007 | Jul | Nick Smerigan COO Albuquerque Studios |
| 2007 | Jun | Tom Berard Director WSMR |
| 2007 | May | Ross Crown |
| 2007 | Apr | Joan Fulkerson AFRL/Small Business Advocate |
| 2007 | Mar | Col Robert E Suminsby Jr. 377th ABW/CC |
| 2007 | Feb | Stu Purviance Kirtland Partnership Committee Director |
| 2007 | Jan | George Frieberg Senior Director for Technology TVC |
| 2006 | Nov | Col Tom Trask 58th SOW/CC (Subbed by Col Eugene Haase Vice-Commander) |
| 2006 | Oct | Col Green AFRL/VS Director |
| 2006 | Sep | Mike Daly CEO Mesa Del Sol |
| 2006 | Jul | Carol Yarnell LANL/Director of Ethics and David Keese LANL/Dep’y for Technical Programs |
| 2006 | Jun | Casey DeRaad AFRL/Kirtland Technology Park |
| 2006 | May | Cisco Tapia AFRL/SBIR Director |
| 2006 | Apr | Lonny Sumpter Director Office of Space Commercialization |
| 2006 | Mar | Gene DeWall AFRL/PK |
| 2006 | Feb | Col Rex Kiziah AFRL/VS Director |
| 2006 | Jan | Dr. Bruce Simpson AFRL/DE Director |
| 2005 | Nov | No Speaker |
| 2005 | Oct | Dr. Eric Rinehart DTRA Chief Scientist Test & Technology Division |
| 2005 | Sep | Carol Radosovich (Dir.Economic Dev PNM) Brad Steward (financial consultant) |
| 2005 | Aug | BFI |
| 2005 | Jul | Col. Rich SMC/Det 12/CC |
| 2005 | Jun | Stu Proviance Director Kirtland Partnership Committee |
| 2005 | May | Dr. J.Douglas Beason LANL/Defense Threat Reduction Director |
| 2005 | Apr | Rich Kestner (NM Dir. Of Office of Space Commercialization) Dr. William Gaubatz. (X-Prize VP) |
| 2005 | Mar | Canceled due to weather |
| 2005 | Feb | Col Joe Bonin Det 1 AFOTEC/CC |
| 2005 | Jan | No Speaker |
| 2004 | Nov | Joan Fulkerson AFRL/Small Business Advocate |
| 2004 | Oct | Gregory A Alston AF Safety Center Deputy Director |
| 2004 | Sep | Lt Col Jerry Rodney Couick ABL SPO Deputy Director |
| 2004 | Jul | Col Mouse Neumeister SMC/Det 12/CC (Substituted by Deputy Commander) |
| 2004 | Jun | Dr. Bruce Simpson AFRL/DE Director |
| 2004 | May | Hanson Scott NM Office of Military Base Planning & Support Director |
| 2004 | Apr | Jack Harrington Eclipse Aviation VP |
| 2004 | Mar | Joe Sciabica AFRL/VS Deputy Director |
| 2004 | Feb | Dr. Dan Prono LANL Directo of Military Programs |
| 2004 | Jan | Rear Admiral Paul K. Arthur WSMR/DEP CG |
| 2003 | Nov | Sherman McCorkle TVC President & CEO |
| 2003 | Oct | Dr. Bruce Simpson AFRL/DE Director |
| 2003 | Sep | Dr. Marion W. Williams HQ AFOTEC Chief Scientist |
| 2003 | Jul | Hanson Scott NM Office of Military Base Planning & Support Director |
| 2003 | Jun | Col James A. Neumeister SMC/Det 12/CC |
| 2003 | May | Dr. William J Wepfer & Dr. Alan Hale Project Earthwise |
| 2003 | Apr | Hon. Rep. Heather Wilson |
| 2003 | Mar | Peter Mitchell NM Office of Space Commercialization Executive Director |
| 2003 | Feb | Joe Sciabica AFRL/Space Vehicles Deputy Director |
| 2003 | Jan | Dr. Earl Good AFRL/DE Director |
| 2002 | Nov | Dr. J. Douglas Beason LANL/Defense threat Reduction Director |
| 2002 | Oct | Bruce Bortner Albuquerque Character Counts Executive Director |
| 2002 | Sep | Hon. Claude M. Bolton Ass’t. Sec’y of the Army/Acquisition Logistics and Technology |
| 2002 | Jul | Dr. Art Guenther State of NM Chief Scientist |
| 2002 | Jun | MGen William A. Peck AFOTEC/CC |
| 2002 | May | Col James A. Neumeister SMC/Det 12/CC |
| 2002 | Apr | Edward W.Pogue High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office Director |
| 2002 | Feb | Col William N McCasland AFRL/Space Vehicles Director |
| 2002 | Jan | BGen William F. Engel WSMR/CG |
| 2001 | Nov | John Garcia NM Economic Development Dept. Secretary |
| 2001 | Oct | Dr. Jerry Yonas & Dr. Judy Moore Sandia National Lab/Advanced Concepts Group |
| 2001 | Jul | Sherman McCorkle TVC President |
| 2001 | Jun | Dennis Morrison NMERI |
| 2001 | May | Col Eva Wallace ABL SPO/Senior Reservist |
| 2001 | Apr | BGen Steven W. Flohr WSMR/CG |
| 2001 | Feb | Dr. David Hardy AFRL/Space Vehicles Deputy Director |
| 2000 | Nov | Col Jan Eakle 377th ABW/CC |
| 2000 | Oct | Col Ralph D. Monfort SMC/TE Director |
| 2000 | Sep | MGen William A. Peck AFOTEC/CC |
| 2000 | Jul | Paul Shirley National Directed Energy Center & Joint Technology Office for DE |
| 2000 | Jun | Col Ellen M. Pawlikowski ABL SPO Director |
| 2000 | May | BGen Steven W. Flohr WSMR/CC |
| 2000 | Apr | Christine Anderson AFRL/Space Vehicles Director |
| 2000 | Mar | Dr. Earl Good AFRL/DE Director |
| 2000 | Feb | Robert Q. Fugate AFRL/DE/Starfire Optical Range |
| 2000 | Jan | Dr. Joseph Janni AFOSR Director |
| 1999 | Nov | Col Donald B. Bortner 58th SOW Director of Staff and IG |
| 1999 | Oct | Richard E. Glass DoE Albuquerque Operations Office Manager |
| 1999 | Jul | MGen Jeff Cliver AFOTEC/CC |
| 1999 | Jun | Hon. Rep. Heather Wilson |
| 1999 | May | Col James E. Ford SMC/TE Director |
| 1999 | Apr | Christine Anderson AFRL/Space Vehicles Director |
| 1999 | Feb | Charles R. Garcia WSMR/Materiel Test Directorate Director |
| 1999 | Jan | Dr. Earl Good AFRL/DE Director |
| 1998 | Nov | Dr. Mike Borky AF SAB Study Chair (Space Roadmap for 21st Century Aerospace Force) |
| 1998 | Oct | Maj Ken Verderame AFRL Space Maneuver Vehicle |
| 1998 | Sep | LTC Chuck Pinney ABL SPO Deputy Director |
| 1998 | Jul | Hanson Scott NM Office For Space Commercialization Executive Director |
| 1998 | Jun | LTC Jack Bishop AFRL/PK |
| 1998 | May | Christine Anderson AFRL/Space Vehicles Director |
| 1998 | Apr | Col James E. Ford SMC/TE Director |
| 1998 | Feb | BGen Jerry Gunner Laws WSMR/CG |
| 1998 | Jan | Dr. Earl Good AFRL/DE Director |
| 1997 | Nov | Dr. Jason Wilkenfeld Electronics Industry Association Defense Science & Technology Status |
| 1997 | Oct | LTC Paul Burns TACCSF/CC |
| 1997 | Sep | Dr. Joseph Janni Phillips Lab Chief Scientist |
| 1997 | Jul | LTC Mark E.Kain SMC/TEO |
| 1997 | Jun | Dr. Marion W. Williams HQ AFOTEC Chief Scientist & Technical Director |
| 1997 | May | Col Michael W. Booen ABL SPO Director |
| 1997 | Apr | Bob Martin Dymocks Flyer Pilot/President |
| 1997 | Feb | Col Mike Heil PL/CC |
| 1997 | Jan | Col Robert Duryea PL/LI Director |
| 1996 | Nov | Dr. Jason Wilkenfeld Electronics Industry Association Defense Science & Technology Status |
| 1996 | Oct | Col Craig Martin SMC/TE Director |
| 1996 | Sep | Christine Anderson PL/Space & Missiles Technology Director |
| 1996 | Jul | Hon. Rep. Steven H. Schiff |
| 1996 | Jun | Col Bill Byrne PL/XP Director |
| 1996 | May | Col Dick Tebay ABL SPO Director |
| 1996 | Apr | BGen Jerry Gunner Laws WSMR/CG |
| 1996 | Feb | Col Mike Heil PL/CC |
| 1996 | Jan | LTC Jess Sponable PL/NASA Liaison Officer |
| 1994 | Nov | Dr. Joseph Janni Phillips Lab Chief Scientist |
| 1994 | Oct | LTC Joseph Marino SMC/TE (Space Test Program) Deputy Program Manager |
| 1994 | Sep | James P. O’Neill Ass’t Sec’y NM Taxation & Revenue Dept |
| 1994 | Sep | Col William G. Heckathorn Chairman Contracting Acquisition Process Team |
| 1994 | Jul | LTC Jay Melin PL/XPX (The AF/PL Planning Process & Industry Involvement |
| 1994 | Jan | Col Bill Byrne Phillips Lab Director Plans & Programs |
| 1993 | Nov | BGen Dick Paul AFMC/Director of Science and Technology |