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
February 2015
February 24th-
**We will be in the Galeria!
Barbara Bry- San Diego: A Good Place for Your Start Up to End Up?
February 17th-
Stephen Larsen – OpenWorm Project
February 10th-
Dinner Meeting – La Valencia- Meeting Starts at 5pm
Rob Pace – “Travel the High Road of Feedback”
February 3rd -
Tom Karlo – KPBS General Manager – “KPBS: Where News Matters”
January 2015 Speakers
January 27th-
Jeremy Sidell – PATH
January 23th- FRIDAY
Joint meeting at the Braille Institute
Luis Giay, Rotary International President 1996-97
January 20th
Dark – No Rotary Meeting – See Above for Special Lunch Meeting
January 13th
Shaun Briley – La Jolla / Riford Library Branch Manager – Public service at La Jolla/Riford Library
January 6th
Fredrick Clerie- San Diego Rock Church- Hopestart International
ARCHIVE – Past Speakers
DECEMBER 2014
December 30th
DARK – no Rotary meeting
December 23rd
DARK – no Rotary meeting
December 16th
Erica Ollmann Saphire, Ph.D., Professor, The Scripps Research Institute – Ebola virus: Our Wits vs. Its Genes
December 9th
Dipak Gupta, San Diego State University – Understanding Terrorism and Social Conflict: My Life’s Journey
December 2nd
DARK - no Rotary meeting but we will be having our Holiday Party at La Valencia which will begin at 6:00. (Electronic invitations will be sent.)
NOVEMBER 2014
November 25, 2014
Herb Johnson, President/CEO, San Diego Rescue Mission
November 18, 2014
Jodi Waterhouse, Director, Business Development & Community Engagement, University of San Diego (USD) – University of the 3rd Age
November 11, 2014
Gregory R. Hillgren, The Patriots Initiative – Answer the Call… Embracing America’s 21st Century Armed Forces Community
November 4, 2014
Casey B.K. Dominguez, Assoc. Professor, University of San Diego – The 2014 Midterm Election and its Aftermath
OCTOBER 2014
October 28, 2014
Carmen Chavez, Executive Director, Casa Cornelia – Central American Refugees
October 21, 2014
Brian Keating, UCSD – Going to the Ends of the Earth to Glimpse the Beginnings of Time
October 14, 2014
Judy Keene, Next Step Service Dogs – How Service Dogs Help and Heal Veterans with PTSD
October 7, 2014
Presiding Judge David J. Danielsen, San Diego Superior Court – State of the Court Address
SEPTEMBER 2014
September 30, 2014
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer & Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman - They will give us an update on the State of the City and issues they face in their respective roles.
September 23, 2014
Dan McAllister, County of San Diego Tax Collector
September 16, 2014
No speaker this week – We will be on the Patio, as the hotel is booked. There will be no speaker that day, but the Community Service Committee will be meeting on the Patio immediately after the regular Rotary meeting. In attendance will be Mary Johnson, members of the Police Units who work with the homeless, the Captain of Northern Division and others who have pertinent information to guide us in our planning.
September 9, 2014
Julie Moss & Kathleen McCartney, Iron Icons – “Competitors to Collaborators, a 30-year Ironman Journey.” An inspirational saga of agony and ecstasy brought to us by two Ironman female athletes, former rivals turned friends and motivational speaker team.
September 2, 2014
Sarah Adams & Colleen Howard, Voices for Children – A Child Heard; A Life Changed (Note: rescheduled from original date: August 5, 2014)
AUGUST 2014
August 26, 2014
Chell A. Roberts, PhD, Dean, Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering at the University of San Diego – One Billion & Change
August 19, 2014
Tina Malka, Associate Regional Director, ADL - Anti-Defamation League
August 12, 2014
James Mailloux, Special Agent, FBI – San Diego Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory
August 5, 2014
Louise R. Andres, Rotary Club District 5340 Governor (2014 – 2015)
JULY 2014
July 29, 2014
Ed Hiner, US Navy SEAL Lieutenant, Retired – Making a U.S Navy SEAL
July 22, 2014
Amir Jafri, CEO/Founder, Immunicom, Inc. – Innovative Cancer Therapy
July 15, 2014
Nicole Matthews, The Henley Company – Your Assumptions About Gen Y & Social Media Are All Wrong!
July 8, 2014
Jeff Harding, Recycle San Diego – How to Recycle: Electronics, Batteries, Light Bulbs, & Paint
July 1, 2014
Stephen Wilson, Ph.D., La Jolla Institure for Allergy & Immunology – “Life Without Disease: Unleashing the Power of Our Immune System to Keep Us Healthy”
JUNE 2014
June 10, 2014
Bonnie Dumanis, San Diego District Attorney & San Diego Sheriff Bill Gore discussing crime and punishment in San Diego
June 3, 2014
George Chamberlin, San Diego Transcript, KOGO & NBC – The Economy and Your Investments
MAY 2014
May 27, 2014
We will be holding our scholarship awards presentation. Students from the Preuss School at UC San Diego, The Bishop’s School, La Jolla High School, and La Jolla Country Day school will be awarded college scholarships.
May 20, 2014
Imam Taha Hassane, Director, Islamic Center of San Diego
May 13, 2014
Kelsey L. Dowdy – Climate Change in the Arctic: A Rotary Scholar’s Research
May 6, 2014
Eric Zwisler, Chairman of Cardinal Health China – China Crossroads: Experiences and Thoughts on 25 Years Living and Doing Business In China
APRIL 2014
April 29, 2014
Dr. Peter Davis, UCSD’s Project IDA – What Southern Californians need to know about earthquakes
April 22, 2014
Richard Lederer, author, syndicated columnist & radio host will celebrate the Bard’s 450th birthday by demonstrating Shakespeare’s astonishing contributions to our English language.
April 15, 2014
Scott Peters, State Representative, 52nd District will be speaking at today’s luncheon.
April 8, 2014
Rotary Club of La Jolla is hosting the students who attended this year’s Rotary Youth Leadership Award program. The Students will provide us with their thoughts and perspective on the impact of this program.
April 1, 2014
William Lanouette, author, speaks on Leo Szilard, the “True Father of the Atom Bomb”
MARCH 2014
March 25, 2014
Chantal Sicile-Kira, Autism College – Living with Autism: Challenges, Strengths, and Dreams
March 18, 2014
Mario R. Borja, Aerospace Engineer - On building 47 ft. replica of 18th Century Chamorro outrigger canoe.
March 14, 2014 (Note: Friday)
Joint Meeting with La Jolla Kiwanis Club at La Jolla Presbyterian Church
7715 Draper Ave, La Jolla, CA. 92037, 858-454-0713
March 11, 2014
Our regular Tuesday luncheon won’t be held this week. (see 3/14/2014 above for further info.)
March 4, 2014
Mary Walshok, Ph.D., UCSD – Innovation & Entrepreneurship in San Diego.
FEBRUARY 2014
February 25, 2014
Welcome back Pat!
February 18, 2014
Jean Mendieta, Joan B. Kroc School of Peace
February 4, 2014
Greg Gastelum, P.E., SANDAG – Update on the SANDAG Mid-Coast Corridor Project.
JANUARY 2014
January 28, 2014
4-Way Speech Contest – La Jolla High School Student Contestants
January 21, 2014
Michael G. Murphy, Managing Director, The Old Globe Theater
January 14, 2014
Concetta Antico, Artist – Tetrachromacy, a rare condition giving her extraordinary color vision.
January 7, 2014
Susan Taylor, Scripps Health – Former NBC anchor speaks on: the state of healthcare today, technology, genomics, Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”), etc.
DECEMBER 2013
December 31, 2013
Dark for lunch (no meeting)
December 24, 2013
Dark for lunch (no meeting)
December 17, 2013
Dark for lunch (no meeting). Holiday Party, 6pm, La Valencia Hotel
December 10, 2013
Rick Itzkowich, 501 Connections Inc – “21st Century Networking – a Powerful Way to Get Referrals”
December 3, 2013
John A.T. Young, Ph.D., The Salk Institute – “Killing more than one bird with one stone―new approaches toward treating virus infections.”
NOVEMBER 2013
November 19, 2013
Bill Geppert – San Diego Foundation’s Regional Vision Initiative, Mayor’s Leadership Group
November 12, 2013
Club Assembly – This meeting will be dedicated to committee reports giving updates on progress of our current programs and the goals for the remainder of the year.
November 5, 2013
Dr. William Brody – Salk Institute (Rescheduled from June 25, 2013)
OCTOBER 2013
October 29, 2013
Jim Ponder, Turnkey Strategic Relations – The Power of Relationships
October 22, 2013
Dr. Babak Rahimi, UCSD - “Iran: Managing the politics of change”
October 15, 2013
Gary H. London, The London Group – “The Third Inning, San Diego’s Early Recovery & Implications On the Real Estate Market”
SEPTEMBER 2013
SEPTEMBER 2013
September 24, 2013
Keith Slotter & Lynn Stuart – Crime, What You See on TV and What Really Happens
September 17, 2013
Dr. Stuart Brody – Our Daily Biological Clock
September 10, 2013
Dan’l Steward – SEALS and the Making of No-Fail Teams
September 3, 2013
Jon Sundt – “Natural” High, Youth Drug Prevention Program
AUGUST 2013
August 27, 2013
Carl Kruse – Rotary District 5340 Governor
August 20, 2013
Pradeep Khosla – Chancellor of UCSD (rescheduled from 6/18/2013)
August 13, 2013
Larry G Stambaugh – Managing Director, Centre for Bioinspiration, San Diego Zoo Global
August 6, 2013
Heath Fox – Executive Director of the La Jolla Historical Society.
JULY 2013
July 30, 2013
Sally Bennett-Schmidt, Assessment Director of the San Diego County office of Education
July 23, 2013
Linda S. Greene, UC San Diego Vice Chancellor, Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion.
July 16, 2013
Viet N. Tran – Regional Manager, Public Affairs, Southern California Edison. Update on San Onofre nuclear power plant.
July 9, 2013
New President Pat Stouffer‘s introduction meeting.
July 2, 2013
Our July 2 meeting will be the Demotion ceremony (roast) for President Kate, 5:30pm, Cuvier Club.
JUNE 2013
June 25, 2013
Dr. William Brody – Salk Institute (RESCHEDULED…new date is November 5, 2013)
June 18, 2013
No speaker. Club assembly led by President Kate Adams.
June 11, 2013
Flavio Olivera & Eric Watts – Speaking on Tijuana, Tijuana Innovadora & Tijuana economy
MAY 2013
May 28, 2013
Sheriff William Gore – San Diego County Sheriff’s Deparment
May 21, 2013
Rotary Club of La Jolla will be hosting the recipients of the Rotary and Riford Scholarship awards. These students will be from the 4 La Jolla High Schools, La Jolla High School, The Bishops School, La Jolla Country Day School, and The Preuss School.
May 14, 2013
Dr. Larry Parsons speaking on drug addiction research at the Scripps Research Institute
May 7, 2013
John Gabriel, Executive director of “Center for World Music,” a nonprofit organization whose primary purpose is to foster awareness and understanding of the world’s performing arts and cultural traditions
APRIL 2013
April 30, 2013
Retired Police Chief Lou Scanlon – Coronado Police Department
April 23, 2013
Catherine Johnson, CTT – Owner & Certified Thermographic Tech, Silk Thermal Imaging, breast cancer detection & prevention.
April 16, 2013
Border Patrol Agent Ed Caliri will be speaking about “Transnational Maritime Criminal Activity,” focusing on human trafficking and drug smuggling.
April 9, 2013
Amoreena Urbeck – Amoreena is with The JusticeCorps, a program that organizes university students to assist self represented litigants with the Justice system. We will also be giving a Rotary award to one of the program participants.
April 2, 2013
Johanna Pope – Mingei Museum’s Education and Outreach Manager
MARCH 2013
March 26, 2013
Meena Westford – Special Projects Manager for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. They recently opened an office in San Diego. She will be discussing the history and background of the agency and discuss some important initiatives that they are working on to secure water reliability for southern California.
March 19, 2013
General Bob Cardenas – WWII bomber pilot
March 12, 2013 (Joint Kiwanis/Rotary meeting)
Larry Parsons Ph.D.- The Scripps Research Institute
March 5, 2013
Steve Pisanos – WWII fighter pilot who also flew in Viet Nam.
FEBRUARY 2013
February 26, 2013
William Muli of Woni Safaris, Kenya – Speaking on safaris & water wells in Nairobi.
February 19, 2013
Miko Peled – Author of “The General’s Son” Miko is an Israeli with a different take on the Israeli/Palestinian situation.
February 12, 2013
Tom Garfinkel – President of the SD Padres. What’s ahead for the Padres with new ownership.
February 5, 2013
“Diz” Laird. WWII fighter pilot and ACE. Distinguished Flying Cross recipient. He will talk about his Ace shoot downs and a little about Tora! Tora! Tora!
JANUARY 2013
January 29, 2013
Rotary 4-Way Test Speech Contest
January 22, 2013
Don Foulkes – Served as a bombardier on B 24 bombers in the European theatre. His aircraft was shot down over Poland and he was captured by the Germans and spent 7 months in a POW camp.
January 8, 2013
DECEMBER 2012
December 4, 2012
NOVEMBER 2012
November 27, 2012
Jim Bregante, History of San Diego’s Waterfront & Little Italy
November 20, 2012
Georgeanne Irvine, The Katrina Dolphins
November 13, 2012
To be announced
November 6, 2012
Dr. Peter Cowhey, UCSD Dean, Communications & Technology Policy
OCTOBER 2012
October 30, 2012
Dick Stevens, Rotary District 5340 Governor
October 23, 2012
Donna Keefe, Eastern medicine explained
October 9, 2012
Dr. Nigella Hillgarth, Exec Director of Birch Aquarium at Scripps
October 2, 2012
Sherri Lightner & Ray Ellis – Facilitated Q&A with your District 1 Council candidates Approx. 1 hour long program)
SEPTEMBER 2012
September 25, 2012
Dick Murphy, Former Mayor of San Diego: What went wrong.
September 18, 2012
Donna Eden & David Feinstein, “Energy Medicine” and “Energy Psychology” – A hands on demonstration.
September 11, 2012
September 4, 2012
AUGUST 2012
August 28, 2012
Steve Fisher, head coach of SDSU Aztec Basketball team
August 21, 2012
Haley Jain Haggerstone, Surf Rider Foundation, S.D. Chapter
August 14, 2012
Herb Johnson, San Diego Rescue Mission
August 7, 2012
Chuck Sweeney, Retired Naval aviator, President/CEO of The Distinguished Flying Cross Society
JULY 2012
July 31, 2012
Richard G. Cline, Superior Court Judge
July 24, 2012
Sharon Lawrence, Ex-officio President/CEO, Voices For Children
July 17, 2012
July 10, 2012 – Dark for lunch
(No meeting scheduled this week. Tonight is Outgoing Rotary Club of La Jolla President Ron J. Jones’s “Demotion Party.” Hope to see you there!)
July 3, 2012
Kate Adams, Incoming Rotary Club of La Jolla President (2012-2013)
