Idaho State Historical Society

Fellow Rotarian, Dr. Cheryl O'Brien, Director of the Idaho Women's Business Center and Board Member of the Idaho State Historical Society will update us on the "Idaho State Historical Society".

Dr. Cheryl O’Brien worked several years as a naval architect for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and then over 30 years at the INL, where she directed Engineering Programs including criticality and nuclear safety, engineering design, and structural analysis. Her management career included bringing green building design and clean energy advocacy to the Laboratory as one of the first LEED^TM Accredited Professionals in Idaho. With a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Civil Engineering her technical expertise is natural hazard structural analysis and has planned and led technical conference sessions in Asia and Europe. Post career, she completed a Doctor of Arts degree in Political Science with a focus on state legislative adoption of nuclear energy policy and understanding attitudes and risk perception. She is now working part-time as an Associate Director for a non-profit organization advancing women in business. One of her community commitments is serving as a governor appointee on the Board of Trustees for the Idaho State Historical Society, representing District 7. She and her husband Barry own a historical home in Idaho Falls.