LANL Community Conversation Event Held April 12 At Buffalo Thunder Resort

Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Thom Mason, left, sits down to his breakfast burrito with Patrick Moss of the Department of Energy NNSA Los Alamos Field Office at the April 12 LANL Community Conversation event at Buffalo Thunder Resort. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Los Alamos County Councilor Melanee Hand chats with Santa Fe County Commissioner Justin Greene at the LANL Community Conversation event April 12 at Buffalo Thunder Resort. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Kathy Keith, Director of the LANL Community Partnership Office, welcomes attendees to the April 12 Community Conversation at Buffalo Thunder Resort. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Allan Saenz, owner of SALA Event Center in Los Alamos, left, and Kevin Holsapple at the April 12 LANL Community Conversation at Buffalo Thunder Resort. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Miles Conway, Executive Director of the Santa Fe Area Homebuilders Association, left, chats with LANL Community Partnerships Office director Kathy Keith at the April 12 LANL Community Conversation breakfast at Buffalo Thunder. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Los Alamos County Council Chair Denise Derkacs, far left, chats with Los Alamos County Economic Development Manager Dan Ungerleider, center, and Matt Miller, Field Representative for Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez at the LANL Community Conversation at Buffalo Thunder. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

LANL Director Thom Mason, second from right announced the award of $2.5 million for “Community Uplift” to community organizations April 12 during the Community Conversation breakfast. Also pictured are, from left, Ginny Parks, President and CEO of the LANL Foundation, Val Alonzo, executive director of the Regional Development Corporation , Mason, and Kathy Keith, director of the LANL Community Partnerships Office. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Regional Development Corporation board members Jack Jekowski, left, and Dr. Cedric Page chat during the LANL Community Conversation April 12 at Buffalo Thunder Resort. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com