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11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
November Signature Education Lunch
11/13/201811:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Event Description
November Signature Education Luncheon
Get to know your fellow Chamber members and the businesses/fields they represent, as well as other business owners and community leaders at this monthly luncheon. This event features a guest speaker who's topic is generally centered around motivational and educational topics which tie in with business professional's daily challenges.
USS PHOENIX (SSN-702) Cold War Monument Foundation
Featured Guest Speaker: CAPT Pete Lumianski, USN(ret) - Director of the Foundation
Mission: Build a monument in a downtown City of Phoenix park which commemorates the role of the USS Phoenix (SSN-702) in helping end the Cold War.
Vision: Using the reconstructed parts of the USS Phoenix (SSN-702) as the centerpiece, create an inspirational/educational/functional monument complex which highlights the relationship between the United States Navy’s attack submarine force and the efforts to contain, control and resolve the fearsome tensions arising from the Cold War, circa 1947 to 1991. The monument concept is to include and integrate submarine artifacts and technology, as well as historical information and recognition tributes. It will be done in a manner which is inspirational and respectful, and provides the general public with an appreciation of the skills, determination and sacrifices involved in our nation’s amazing efforts to deter war and prevail in a prolonged, tension-filled ideological conflict affecting the entire world.
Purpose: The principal purpose of the monument is to recognize, memorialize and express appreciation for the creators and builders of our nuclear-powered attack submarines, and for the fantastic efforts of the sailor-submariners who manned and operated the famed Los Angeles Class, the largest single class of nuclear submarines ever built.
CAPT Pete Lumianski, USN(ret) is the third son of an English professor at Michigan State University, and grew up in central Michigan. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy, and spent the next 24 years in the Navy as a helicopter pilot and leader-manager, ending his career in 1988 as a Captain and as the Commanding Officer of the Naval Reserve Center, Tampa, FL. Along the way, he acquired an MBA in management from Bryant University and graduated with honors from the Naval War College in Newport, RI. Over the past 27 years since moving to Phoenix, Pete has held positions in the hospitality industry as the Chief Human Resources person at both the Pointe Resorts and at Macayo Restaurants. Pete was the President of the Service Academy Alumni Association of Arizona for eight years. Pete has been involved with the USS Phoenix (SSN 702) since 1989, first as a USS Phoenix Commission member, and for the past 21 years as a leader in the effort to save parts of the USS Phoenix and place them in a downtown Phoenix park as part of a Cold War monument. Pete and his wife Chris are both retired and have three daughters and eight grandchildren, all living in Phoenix. Pete is currently a Director in the USS Phoenix (SSN 702) Cold War Monument Foundation.
R.S.V.P. online to attend this informational and engaging luncheon.
For additional information, please contact the Chamber office at 602.482.3344
As a member, you will enjoy discounted pricing and the opportunity to connect further with our members.
