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Speakers 2002–03

Date Name Title and Organization Topic
07/10/2002 Mike York Owner, Ocean Sash and Door and Past President, Rotary Club of San Francisco West Rotary International Conference, Barcelona
07/24/2002 Nancy Erbe, JD Director, Rotary Center for International Studies in Peace & Conflict Resolution, UC Berkeley The Rotary Center, our scholars and our work
07/31/2002 Ellen Schell, RN, PhD Project Director, Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance (GAIA) Responding to the AIDS crisis in southern Africa
08/07/2002 Fred West Member, Rotary Club of Belmont and District Governor 2003–04; founder, Marble West (restoration and maintenance of natural stone); native Australian. Slideshow on Australia
08/14/2002 Greg Molloy District Governor, Rotary District 5150 Spaghetti Sauce Challenge
08/21/2002 Maggie Wilhelm President, California Rotary License Plates California Rotary License Plates
08/28/2002 Lawrence Chickering Founder and president, Educate Girls Globally (EGG). EGG’s objectives are to increase girls’ enrollment and retention rates in primary school as well as improve overall school quality. “Educate Girls Globally”
09/04/2002 Charles Flinton, Ph.D. program manager, The SHARP Program, Social Habilitation And Relapse Prevention Treating sex offenders
09/18/2002 Bill Sturgeon Rotary District 5150 past district governor Polio Plus
09/25/2002 Anna Haight Board member, Global Partners for Development “Community-based development in East Africa”
09/25/2002
bonus speaker		 Tyson Lemons California Association for MicroEnterprise Opportunity (CAMEO)’s Micromentor program, an on-line mentoring program that connects low-income “microentrepreneurs“ to those who have successfully navigated the business world from the same industry, via the Internet. MicroMentor
10/02/2002 Mark Stewart Executive Director, East Meets West and member, Oakland #3 Club East Meets West projects in Vietnam including water development.
10/16/2002 Joel Rubinstein President, Rotary Club of San Francisco West, and former Vice President, Leland O’Brien Rubinstein Associates (LOR): the firm that invented Portfolio Insurance. “How I caused the stock market crash of October 19, 1987.”
10/23/2002 Geri Peoples, RN, NP San Francisco Department of Public Health Breast and Cervical Cancer Services Screening, education, and outreach to women regarding breast and cervical cancer and general health
10/30/2002 Mai Le Development Director, Janet Pomeroy Center, which was known at the time as RCH, Inc, and Recreation Center for the Handicapped before that. History, mission and successes of RCH
11/13/2002 Matthias Erbe Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar from Frankenberg, Germany, studying violin at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Being a young violinist
11/20/2002 Matt Jeschke Program Associate, Business and Human Rights, Business for Social Responsibility, a global nonprofit organization that helps member companies achieve commercial success in ways that respect ethical values, people, communities and the environment. Mr. Jeschke was a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar in La Paz, Bolivia, in 1993. “Corporate Social Responsibility in the Global Economy.”
Dec 18, 2002 Renan Dominguez Rotary Club of South San Francisco Rotaplast trip to Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Nov. 6–17.
Jan 8, 2003 Janet Bowman Johnson Accredited Professional Astrologer, Astrological Insights “Astrology and You”
Jan 22, 2003 Richard Brandi Western Neighborhoods Project, a nonprofit organization formed to preserve and document the history and culture of the neighborhoods in western San Francisco. Slideshow on history of Sutro Forest and the West of Twin Peaks area, especially West Portal
Jan 29, 2003 Colleen McLaughlin Project Director Asia, Equal Access, providing development information service through a satellite communication channel to Nepal, India, and Afghanistan. The information is delivered in local languages, and adapted for cultural appropriateness. Ms. McLaughlin was a Rotary Scholar at the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji. Equal Access’ Digital Broadcasting Initiative in Afghanistan, with programming on literacy, teacher training, rural health, water sanitation, and landmine awareness issues; and much more planned.
Feb 12, 2003 Scharleen & Ernest Colant members, Rotary #2 club Rotary Organ Donation Program
Feb 19, 2003 Gary Krane Founder and Executive Director, FairElections Let’s replace our campaign finance system with a publicly funded system called Clean Elections, already successful in Maine and Arizona.
Feb 26, 2003 Ann Cochrane Executive Director, San Francisco Conservation Corps SFCC’s programs, offering young people the opportunity to serve the community, receive academic training, and do environmental preservation work.
Mar 12, 2003 Norma Hotaling Founder and Executive Director, Standing Against Global Exploitation (SAGE). SAGE’s work by and for survivors of prostitution, trauma and abuse, helps women and girls develop healthy lifestyles. Combating and ending sexual exploitation of underaged girls.
Mar 19, 2003 Russ Giles Corporate trainer and business coach, and founder, Appreciation Unbound. Giles will appear at the Rotary District 5150 Conference. “Acknowledgment and sowing the seeds of love.”
Mar 26, 2003 Danielle Gordon Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar 2003–2004, student of English Literature The Ambassadorial Scholarship program, future studies, and planned personal service projects.
Apr 2, 2003 Fiona Ma Supervisor, City and County of San Francisco  
Apr 9, 2003 Michael Hall Northern California Project Manager, Borrego Solar “The technological, financial, and environmental aspects of solar power.”
Apr 16, 2003 Michael Grover San Francisco business development manager, Barton Protective Services. Mr. Grover has more than 23 years of assorted security and loss prevention experience. Barton is the fifth largest security company in the U.S.  
Apr 23, 2003 John “Jack” Barry Member, San Francisco Taxicab Commission London has a world-class taxi system, why not San Francisco?
May 21, 2003 Eleanor Jacobs Vice President, Development & Community Outreach, San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium (SFCCC). SFCCC is comprised of nine partner clinics, including the Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinic and the Mission Neighborhood Health Center. SFCCC’s programs of community-based primary care for all San Franciscans, targeting the uninsured and underserved.
May 28, 2003 Al Frumkin Past District Governor, Rotary District 5160, and member, Rotary Club of San Ramon “The Face of Hopelessness . . . the Face of Hope.”
Jun 4, 2003 Father John Hardin Executive Director, St. Anthony Foundation  
Jun 11, 2003 Scharleen and Ernest Colant Rotary #2 club report on the Rotary International Convention in Brisbane, Australia.
Jun 18, 2003 Judith Closson Motivational speaker and author, director, producer, and star of one-woman play “Soul-Song: An Offering”  

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