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The 2027 Juliette's Pearls Leadership Society Luncheon is Tuesday, April 27, at the Marriott Wichita.
Keynote Speaker: Dorothy (Dottie) Metcalf-Lindenburger
Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger grew up along the Front Range of Colorado. She graduated from Fort Collins High School, where she ran on two state championship cross-country teams and placed second as a Science Olympiad team member.
A scholar athlete, she ran cross-country and track and earned her B.A. in Geology (with honors) from Whitman College. She went on to get a teaching certification from Central Washington University, and she taught earth science and astronomy for five years at Hudson’s Bay High School in Vancouver, WA. In addition to teaching, she coached cross country and Science Olympiad.
In June of 2004, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) selected her to join the Astronaut Corps. After several years of training, she flew as a mission specialist on the STS-131 crew, an International Space Station (ISS) resupply mission. Dottie served as Mission Specialist 2 (also known as the flight engineer), a robotic arm operator, the Intra-vehicular crew member (the inside coordinator of the spacewalks), and a transfer crew member (helping move six tons of hardware and equipment). The mission lasted fifteen days.
During June of 2012, Dottie commanded the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operation (NEEMO) in the Aquarius Reef Habitat off the Florida coast. The 16th underwater mission sought to develop techniques for working at an asteroid, while operating under a 50-second, one-way communication delay.
In June of 2014, Dottie retired from the Astronaut Corps and returned to the Pacific Northwest with her family. She earned her M.S. in applied geology at the University of Washington and worked as a geologist for Geosyntec Consultants. In 2023, Dottie founded her own business, Dottie ML, LLC. She is a professional speaker, continuing to promote Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) education. She also volunteers for: Challenger Center (Board Chair), the Board of Trustees for Whitman College, and the Seattle Museum of Flight (Board of Trustees).
2026 Annual Leadership Society Luncheon
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