Peter Komendowski of Cedar Valley Trails Partnership is speaking on Monday at Rotary.
Peter serves as president of The Partnership for A Healthy Iowa, is a former Chair of the Partnership, and succeeded Senator Grassley as Chair of the Face It Together Coalition which authored Iowa’s “Blueprint for Healthy Communities. He also founded Friends of Iowa Trails and the Iowa Trails Summit and was honored by the National Park Service as Iowa's Trails Person of the Year in 2013. He has been a member of the Cedar Valley Trails Partnership Board of Directors for over 15 years.
As a Futurist (a person who engages interdisciplinary and systems thinking to identify trends, emerging opportunities, risk factors and scenarios relating to future outcomes) Peter studies the habits of American youth to map an understanding of what instigates high-risk behavior and develops educational programs to help motivate healthier decision-making. Working with collaborators worldwide, including the Iowa State University Department of Psychology, Mayo Health Services and Des Moines Public Schools, he is developing a Digital Literacy & Wellness critical thinking skills curriculum and innovations in the real-time monitoring of youth media interactions as they relate to health, welfare, wellness, happiness, and academic performance.
Peter speaks to children and adults, on topics ranging from "A Mindful Approach to the Media - Knowing the Tricks & Traps," to "Rebuilding America from the Inside Out." He has enjoyed a healthy dose of media exposure, has been a TEDx speaker, and hosts the TV Show "Surviving Bad" on Mediacom.