The Arizona Space Grant Consortium, whose main offices are hosted by LPL, played host to the Fall 2015 National Space Grant Directors’ Council Meeting at the Westin La Paloma in Tucson at the start of October. LPL’s Tim Swindle, Director of the Arizona statewide consortium, and Susan Brew, Program Manager for Arizona, were the organizers. LPL's Professor Dante Lauretta was the keynote speaker for the meeting. The meeting drew more than 150 attendees from all 50 states to discuss STEM workforce-development issues, particularly those related to Space Grant. At one point, Senator John McCain, who happened to be in the building, even stopped by for an impromptu 5-minute speech (see photo below, with Steve Ruffin, chair of the National Space Grant Directors’ Council).