06/21/2026
At CoffeeTalk yesterday, we enjoyed a member spotlight with Danny P. Danny shared with us a little about his childhood, time as a pilot in the Air Force, and his experience as a professor at Arizona State University. He explained how his prior experiences helped him to understand the impacts of hazardous materials and the importance of a process based on research to gain knowledge, formulating plans for preparation, implementing regular training to understand obstacles and to learn where more knowledge is needed, implementation of new protocols and ways of doing things and openness to repeating this process over and over to be successful in emergency management. Danny also explained how he uses these same guiding principles in his personal journey with Parkinson’s Disease. These principles includes research into Parkinson’s Disease, regular doctor visits, learning from others who are also living with Parkinson’s to learn and adapt ways to having a better quality of life with the disease, formulating and implementing plans of action that include regular exercise and socialization at BNW, modifying (as necessary) his lifestyle to work through the challenges that are unique to his specific symptoms, and then doing it again and again to be successful in daily living. It was so informative and we enjoyed his presentation.
