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Rotary Club bids Lizama goodbye
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Posted on May 19 2004
The Rotary Club of Saipan said goodbye yesterday to former Coastal Resource Management permit manager Becky Lizama, who is leaving the islands to pursue a law degree this August at the Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of Law in Oregon.
The former permit manager in return, acknowledged the trust and confidence she enjoyed during her four-year career with the government, particularly under the Babauta administration, which she claimed had given her leeway to do everything she wants to advance the CRM’s mandate.
“Definitely, I would be coming back after five years,” said Lizama during the Rotary Club’s weekly luncheon meeting at the Hyatt Regency Saipan yesterday.
Rotary Club president Jeff Schorr said Lizama has been an unofficial member of the club and has been helping with various community-related activities, including those sponsored by the organization.
Lizama, who is also the CNMI’s Point-of-Contact to the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force, has been actively promoting environmental awareness and the preservation of coral reefs in the CNMI.
She has already resigned from her government posts effective after April 30. She submitted her resignation letter to CRMO director Joaquin D. Salas Friday.
The 29-year-old Lizama, who obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the Marquette University in Wisconsin, will be enrolling at the Oregon school sometime in August this year.
Before she joined the CRMO in May 2000, she had worked for a private engineering consulting firm in the CNMI.
