Meet the eight candidates vying for a seat on Los Alamos County Council

Los Alamos County voters will elect four county councilors in Tuesday’s general elections. The top four vote-getters among eight candidates win seats. Here are the candidates.

DAVID IZRAELEVITZ

AGE: 58 PARTY: DEMOCRAT EDUCATION: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT OCCUPATION: Retired research engineer at Los Alamos National Laboratory

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: LA County Councilor last 7 years, Council Chair past two years; retired after a career as a Research Engineer and Program Manager at LANL; president, NM Municipal League; LA County Planning and Zoning Commissioner (2004-09); president and co-founder, Los Alamos Community Foundation.

JAMES ROBINSON

AGE: 29 PARTY: DEMOCRAT EDUCATION: Bachelor’s of Business Administration:

Operations Management OCCUPATION: Los Alamos National Laboratory RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: Thirdgeneration Los Alamos native. Co-founder of a local nonprofit. Chair of Environmental Sustainability Board. Ran the effort to approve the UNM-LA mill levy.

HELEN M. MILENSKI

AGE: 44

PARTY: LIBERTARIAN EDUCATION: Associate of Science in PreEngineering from the University of New Mexico OCCUPATION:

Research Technician with the Los Alamos National Laboratory

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: I’ve gained leadership experience from forming and organizing various community groups focused on Los Alamos County issues, as well as in my role as Vice Chair of the Libertarian Party of New Mexico. However, I find my most important qualification is considering Los Alamos my home. We fight for what we love.

DAWN TRUJILLO VOSS

AGE: 40+

PARTY: REPUBLICAN

EDUCATION: A.S. Biotechnology; A.S. Medical Radiography; B.S. Project Management OCCUPATION: Performance Assurance at Los Alamos National Laboratory RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: 15 years of work at Los Alamos National Laboratory; Chair of two Worker Safety and Security Teams at Los Alamos National Laboratory; a former volunteer with Stars Rotary Clubs; member of No Labels; resident and taxpayer of Los Alamos County.

RANDALL RYTI

AGE: 60 PARTY: EDUCATION: B.A. Biology, UCLA; Ph.D. Biology, UC San Diego OCCUPATION: Retired environmental scientist and business owner, currently an independent consultant

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: Neptune and Company, Inc. co-founder; Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) Board, 6 years; Transportation Board, 4 years; Los Alamos County District Science Fair, volunteer, 13 years; Graduate of Leadership Los Alamos.

BRADY BURKE

AGE: 58

PARTY: REPUBLICAN EDUCATION: B.S. Computer Science OCCUPATION: Senior Datacenter Administrator RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: Voter and taxpayer

SARA SCOTT

AGE: 59 PARTY: DEMOCRAT EDUCATION: B.S. Chemistry; Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry; NATO National Science Foundation Postdoctoral

Fellow; Los Alamos

National Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellow.

OCCUPATION: Retired/consultant RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: Perspective of a 30-year Los Alamos County resident. Leadership experience from my roles as scientist, Division Leader and Program Director at Los Alamos National Laboratory — responsibilities included budgets of more than $100M/year, over 400 staff, diverse facility operations, strategic planning and implementation, and constructive engagement with federal program leaders.

JOHN BLISS

AGE: 67 PARTY: REPUBLICAN EDUCATION: Master’s degree from Texas A&M University in nuclear engineering.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: 22 years in the Army; certified as a fellow of the Health Physics Society; worked at Los Alamos National laboratory for 22 years; trustee at The United Church.