Local, national and global notables, business and community leaders along with a variety of interesting professionals being of service, creating interesting technologies and products as well as individuals with a great story to tell are hosted at our lunch meetings.
The following special guests will be appearing at our regularly scheduled weekly meetings at La Valencia Hotel
January 2020
January 7th – Cal Mann, Peace Corps work
January 14th- Lorie Zapf, Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County
January 21st- DARK
January 28th – Dianne Crawford, District 5340 Membership
February 2020
February 4th- Laura Garrod, International Relations
February 11th- Roger Bingam, The Science Network
February 18th- Stephanie Weaver, La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
February 25th- Mardi Gras “Mardi Bras”
Past Guest Speakers
July 2016
July 5th- President’s Time- Ken King
July 19th- Congressman Scott Peters
August 2016
August 23rd – District Governor
September 2016
September 6th – Dr. Arnold Packer
September 13th – Club Assembly!
September 27th – Andy Friedenberg
October 2016
October 11th – Jonathan Wilson
November 2016
November 1st – Dr. Pamila Brar
November 15th – Dr. Kelly Parsons
November 29th – Aimeclaire Roche
December 2016
December 6th – DARK
December 13th – Dr. Peter Farrell
December 20th – Dr. Martha Dennis
December 27th – DARK
January 2017
January 3rd – DARK
January 24th – The Challenged Athletes Foundation
January 31st – Dr. Molly McClain
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February 2017
February 28th- La Jolla Music Society
March 2017
March 14th- 4-Way Speech Contest
April 2017
April 4th- DARK
April 7th- 70th Anniversary Dinner Celebration
April 11th- RYLA Student Visit
May 2017
May 2nd- Dr. Derrick Cartwright
June 2017
June 6th- DARK
June 9th- (Friday) Joint RCLJ luncheon meeting with La Jolla Kiwanis at La Jolla Presbyterian Church
June 13th-The Rotary Club of Tijuana
June 20th- Presidents Time
June 27th -DARK FOR LUNCH – Demotion Party for Ken at 5:30pm!
July 2017
July 4th- DARK
July 11th – Mark Aldrich – San Diego Air and Space Museum
July 18th- Lihini Aluwihare – Scripps Institute of Oceanography
July 25th- Earl Edwards – UCSD Athletics
August 2017
August 1st – Judge Jeffrey Barton – San Diego Superior Court
August 8th – Sue Ball / Tim Golba – La Jolla YMCA
August 15th – Logan Jenkins – Union Tribune
August 29th – Scott Carr – District Governor
September 2017
September 5th – Andy Crowder – Scripps – Chief Information Officer
September 12th – Dr. Dilip Jeste- Senior Associate Dean for Healthy Aging and Senior Care
September 19th- Nathan Fletcher – Candidate – County Supervisor – Addressing Homeless Issue
September 26th – Dr. John Reynolds – Salk Institute -“Evolutionary Gifts: Using Tools Borrowed from Bacteria and Algae to Understand Our Brain.”
October 2017
October 3rd – Jim Stuart – Pirch
October 17th – Henri Magala – Director of UC San Diego International House
October 24th – Justin Judith McConnell – Administrative Presiding Justice
November 2017
November 7th- Sally Carrillo – Assistant Port Director, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
November 14th – Dr. Sise- Surgeon, Scripps Health
November 21st – Nico Marcolongo, Challenged Athletes
November 28th – Pastor William Harmon – Retired Pastor, Bethlehem Lutheran Church
December 2017
December 5th, 2017 – HOLIDAY PARY- DARK
December 12th – Colonel Jason G. Woodworth
December 19th- Jason Callahan -Illumina, Cyber Security
January 2018
January 2nd, 2018- DARK
January 9th, 2018 – Ernest Droneburg – Assessor/Recorder/Clerk- County of San Diego
January 16th – District Attorney Summer Stephan
January 23rd – Dr Marc Milstein
January 30th – Phyllis Pfeiffer
February 2018
February 6th – Peter Seidler – Managing Partner San Diego Padres
February 13th – Verna Tabor – Center for Community Solutions – Workplace Harassment, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault
February 20th – Jasmin Harris -Innocence Project
February 27th – 4 Way Speech Contest
March 2018
March 20th – Dennis DuBard – Leads the Communications & Public Relations Team at General Dynamics NASSCO
March 27th – Bill Toone – Executive Director & Founder- ECOLIFE
April 2018
April 10th – Francisco Javier Urtasun
April 24th- RYLA
May 2018
June 2018
June 26th- DARK
July 2018
July 10, 2018: Gerald McFadden, CEO, Volunteers of America Southwest: “Changing Lives from Vulnerable to Vibrant.”
July 17, 2018: Ron McDonald, Arlington National Cemetery: An historical look at the most famous cemetery in the USA
July 24, 2018: Alex Montoya, A-MO. “Overcoming Obstacles.”
July 31, 2018: Chuck Day, President, Ronald McDonald House of San Diego.
August 2018
August 7, 2018: Mel Gallegos, District Governor
August 14, 2018:
August 21, 2018: Kalani with Cammies and Canines
August 28, 2018: Chief of Police Nisleit, Sara Napoli, CEO San Diego Police Foundation
September 2018
September 12th, 2018: Deb Plotkin, U-Touch
September 18: Dr. Kristine Tran, Liberia medical mission.
September 25: Chief of Police Nisleit and CEO of the San Diego Police Foundation, Sara Napol
October 2018
October 2nd: Michelle Forbes, Senior Living: A Changing Industry
October 9th: Paul Greenwood, attorney and former San Diego County Deputy District Attorney on Elder Abuse
October 16th: Professor Sam Popkin
October 23rd: Salvation Army and Mr. Ernest Rady
October 30th: Mr. Jack McGrory
November 2018
November 6th: Dr. Joanna Davies, SD Biomedical Research
November 13th: CAPT Charlie MacVane, USN (Ret)
November 20th: Lisa Record, Veterans Village of San Diego
November 27th: Dr. Janice Kurth, Rotary Foundation
December 2018
December 4th: DARK for Evening Holiday Party
December 11th: Mr. Scott Pirrello, Deputy District Attorney, San Diego DA
December 18th: Mr. Issac Sanchez, CAL Fire
December 25th: DARK
January 2019
January 1st, 2019: DARK
January 15: La Jolla Music Society and the Conrad
January 22: Claire LeBeau, STAR/PAL.
January 29th Edie Littlefield Sundby, “Mission Walker”
February 2019
February 5th: Mr. Gary Chiles from All Heart CPR
February 12th: Mr. Oscar Tel, Tuskegee Airmen
February 19th: Tim Chelling, Mt. Soledad Memorial
February 26th: Mr. Heath Fox, La Jolla Historical Society
March 2019
March 5th: Summer Stephan, San Diego District Attorney
March 12th: Chris Wiley, East County Transitional Living Center
March 19th: Dr. Tom Buchholz, MD Scripps/MD Anderson Cancer Center
March 26th: Jodi Rudick, Executive Director, La Jolla Village Merchant’s Association
April 2019
April 9th : Matt Moreland, Meteorologist In Charge, US National Weather Service, San Diego
April 16th : RYLA Presentation with Craig Schniepp and high school attendees
April 30th: Jamie Duitz Quient, Free to Thrive and Inspired Innovation
May 2019
May 7th: Aviva Paley, Kitchens for Good
May 14th: Shari Storm, Rotary Inspiration
May 21st: Jeff Edmon, San Diego Youth Symphony
May 28th: Rotary and Riford Scholarship Luncheon
June 2019
June 11th: Kevin Barber, Wheels of Change
June 18th: Ted DeDee, CEO of the La Jolla Music Society
June 25th: DARK- Demotion Party for President Kevin that evening
July 2019
July 2nd: Club Meeting: Survey Results and the Year Ahead
July 9th: Tim Rice, from SDSU Athletics
July 16th: Walter Lam, with Alliance for Africa.
July 23rd: Nathan Brunetta, Just in Time for Foster Youth
August 2019
August 6th – Jenna Zobrowsky- Mindful Living
August 13th – Lindsey Forrester Archer / The Borgen Project
August 20th – District Governor – Marta Knight
August 27th – Eric Lovett- Urban Street Angels
September 2019
September 3rd – Devin Hughes – Motivational Speaker
September 10th – Spencer Hutchins – Concert Health
September 17th- Gen Kelsang Lhadron – Kadampa Meditation Center
September 24th – Navid Alipour / Analytics Ventures
October 2019
October 1st- Chuck Dick / History of RCLJ
October 8th – Jonathan Schwartz / Partner in Aging
October 15th- Linda K Olson / Author
October 22nd- Christian Hulburt / National Conflict Resolution Center
October 29th- Roberto Garcia / US Census
November 2019
November 5th – Eric Baggett / 2019 Year End Tax Planning
November 12th – Cher Durst and Mike Henry / US Department of Homeland Security, Immigration & Customs Enforcement
November 19th – Tom Karlo/ KPBS
November 26th – Penny Shurtleff Day; Thanksgiving
December 2019
December 3rd- Lawrence Alexander/ The Decline of Bourgeois Values
December 10th- Gregory Harris- “(David Goodell’s Son) 12 Months Around the World with a Family of Four”
December 17th- Holiday Party
December 24th- DARK
December 31st DARK