Speaker Date Topic
Tour - National Judicial College Sep 24, 2026 4:00 PM
Join us for a tour of the National Judicial College
Join us for a tour of the National Judicial College

Please join us in the hospitality of President and CEO Aviva Abramovsky and her staff as they host a tour of their esteemed college. Parking is limited, so car pooling is suggested.

Location: University of Nevada, Reno

                Judicial College Building/ MS 358

 

 

 

 

James Ingraffia Oct 01, 2026 4:00 PM
Mining in Northern Nevada
Mining in Northern Nevada

Founder and CEO of Janus Mineral Stategy.

Please join James as he brings us up to speed on what is happening in the field of mining, specifically lithium, in Northern Nevada.

James is a senior lithium geologist specializing in Nevada. Mr. Ingraffia is the founder of Lithium Arrow LLC. He has seven years of experience in lithium economic geology, and is a highly trained specialist in lithium claystone and experienced in lithium brines and pegmatites. He got his start with the United States Geological Survey in lithium brine and claystone geochemistry, in partnership with Pure Energy Minerals before its purchase by Schlumberger. He then characterized the Thacker Pass lithium claystone deposit, from the atomic to kilometer scale, and published the results in partnership with Lithium Americas Corporation and the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. He holds a Master’s Degree of Geology, with training in Business Administration, from the University of Nevada Reno and a Bachelor’s of Geology from California State University Northridge. Mr. Ingraffia is based in Reno, NV.