BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20250203T203000Z DTEND:20250203T220000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:"Make it Monday" forum - Waste to Energy on Steroids at the PCA DESCRIPTION:NOTE LOCATION CHANGE: Petroleum Club of Anchorage\n\n \n\n\n\n\nIn this discussion\, Mark Spafford\, Deputy Municipal Manager at the Municipality of Anchorage\, will present a potential mass-burn waste-to-energy project for Southcentral Alaska. This project could produce 20 30 MW of renewable power for the electrical grid while potentially addressing other utility issues in Alaska. These issues include significantly extending the life of the Anchorage Regional Landfill\, offsetting the need for natural gas to produce electricity\, disposing of sludge generated from wastewater treatment in Anchorage\, enabling the thermal treatment of PFAS/PFOA-containing materials\, and overall reducing the per-ton cost of solid waste disposal in Alaska.\n\n\n\nPLUS\, a member presentation from Wayland Baptist University.\n\n \n\n\n\n\nMark Spafford holds Bachelor (2000) and Master (2002) of Science Degrees in Environmental Engineering from the University of Central Florida. He is a registered Professional Civil Engineer in the State of Alaska (2005). Mark has over 25 years of private and public agency experience with Orange County (Florida) Utilities\, Geosyntec Consultants\, the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium\, City of St. Cloud (FL)\, Denali Commission\, Municipality of Anchorage\, Tetra Tech and Jacobs and is currently serving as the Deputy Municipal Manager for the Municipality of Anchorage. Mark thrives on challenges and not being bored and the more complicated an issue\, situation or problem\, the better. He is a senior engineering and operations leader offering a record of success leading organizations\, creating strategies and visions\, and developing customer-oriented solutions to complex environmental infrastructure challenges. Mark loves to leverage vision\, innovation\, creativity\, technology and collaborative problem solving to consistently deliver practical solutions that meet or exceed targeted expectations and outcomes. Mark grew up in Alaska and has two boys (Hendrix and Marley) and one furbaby Vinny\, a partner Larysa all of whom he enjoys spending time with in addition to playing guitar and singing with his band Spaffdaddy. \n\n \n\n\nHave a specific question for the presenters?\n\n ASK IT HERE\n\n\n\n\n New to Monday Forum? What to expect\n Join our members-only Facebook group for updates\n Sign up for Monday forum emails\n Present at a Monday forum - Submit a proposal \n Sponsor free lunch door prizes\n Donate a door prize\n\n\n\n \nUPCOMING FORUMS\n\n\n\n\nFeb 3"Make it Monday" forum - Waste to Energy on Steroids at the PCA\n\nFeb 10"Make it Monday" forum - Understanding the Economic Impact of Alaska's Nonprofit Sector\n\nFeb 17No Monday forum - Presidents' Day\n\nFeb 24"Make it Monday" forum - Cybercrime in the World of AI: What You Need to Know\n\nMar 3"Make it Monday" forum - ASD and MOA Budget & Bonds\n\nMar 10"Make it Monday" forum - YPG Takeover\n\nMar 17No Monday forum\n\nMar 24"Make it Monday" forum - Don Young Port of Alaska Update\n\nMar 31"Make it Monday" forum - TBA\n\nApr 7"Make it Monday" forum - Annual Anchorage Assembly Progress Report\n\n\n\n\n/**/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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\nIn this discussion\, Mark Spafford\, Deputy Municipal Manager at the Municipality of Anchorage\, will present a potential mass-burn waste-to-energy project for Southcentral Alaska. This project could produce 20&ndash\;30 MW of renewable power for the electrical grid while potentially addressing other utility issues in Alaska. These issues include significantly extending the life of the Anchorage Regional Landfill\, offsetting the need for natural gas to produce electricity\, disposing of sludge generated from wastewater treatment in Anchorage\, enabling the thermal treatment of PFAS/PFOA-containing materials\, and overall reducing the per-ton cost of solid waste disposal in Alaska.
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\nMark Spafford holds Bachelor (2000) and Master (2002) of Science Degrees in Environmental Engineering from the University of Central Florida. He is a registered Professional Civil Engineer in the State of Alaska (2005). Mark has over 25 years of private and public agency experience with Orange County (Florida) Utilities\, Geosyntec Consultants\, the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium\, City of St. Cloud (FL)\, Denali Commission\, Municipality of Anchorage\, Tetra Tech and Jacobs and is currently serving as the Deputy Municipal Manager for the Municipality of Anchorage. Mark thrives on challenges and not being bored and the more complicated an issue\, situation or problem\, the better. He is a senior engineering and operations leader offering a record of success leading organizations\, creating strategies and visions\, and developing customer-oriented solutions to complex environmental infrastructure challenges. Mark loves to leverage vision\, innovation\, creativity\, technology and collaborative problem solving to consistently deliver practical solutions that meet or exceed targeted expectations and outcomes. Mark grew up in Alaska and has two boys (Hendrix and Marley) and one furbaby Vinny\, a partner Larysa all of whom he enjoys spending time with in addition to playing guitar and singing with his band Spaffdaddy. \;
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UPCOMING FORUMS
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Feb 3"\;Make it Monday"\; forum - Waste to Energy on Steroids at the PCA
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Feb 10"\;Make it Monday"\; forum - Understanding the Economic Impact of Alaska'\;s Nonprofit Sector
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Feb 17No Monday forum - Presidents'\; Day
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Feb 24"\;Make it Monday"\; forum - Cybercrime in the World of AI: What You Need to Know
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Mar 3"\;Make it Monday"\; forum - ASD and MOA Budget &\; Bonds
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Mar 10"\;Make it Monday"\; forum - YPG Takeover
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Mar 17No Monday forum
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Mar 24"\;Make it Monday"\; forum - Don Young Port of Alaska Update
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Mar 31"\;Make it Monday"\; forum - TBA
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Apr 7"\;Make it Monday"\; forum - Annual Anchorage Assembly Progress Report
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\n LOCATION:Petroleum Club of Anchorage -- NOTE LOCATION CHANGE! 3301 C Street\, Ste 120 UID:e.1417.13694 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260502T155810Z URL:https://business.anchoragechamber.org/events/details/make-it-monday-forum-waste-to-energy-on-steroids-at-the-pca-13694 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR