Vicki Puliz
Vicki Puliz (Tim)
District 5190 Governor 2013-2014
R.I. President, Ron Burton
International Theme: “Engage Rotary, Change Lives”
 
Vicki is a native Nevadan, raised on working cattle ranches north of Reno and attending public schools in Reno.  After high school, Vicki attended the University of Utah in Salt Lake City where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and a Masters of Business Administration before returning to Reno.
 
Vicki’s career started as a commercial lighting representative, then to the electrical wholesale business and finally to Electro-Tech, Inc., an electrical contracting company, as a one third owner. 
 
Joining Sparks Rotary in 1992 as the first female member of the club, Vicki enjoyed the association with business and community leaders and making a positive difference in the community. 
 
After 15 years of operating Electro-Tech, the company was transitioned to a publically traded entity; Vicki retired to spend more time with growing children, becoming very involved with Mountain View Montessori School, as well as with other youth sports activities and school groups.
 
Vicki served as president of Sparks Rotary in 2004-2005.  Completing her year as club president, she became involved in the District 5180/5190 RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) program, serving as camp co-director for RYLA in 2006, the inaugural year at Grizzly Creek Ranch.  In addition to the RYLA program, Vicki also became involved in the District Rotary Youth Exchange program as daughter, Kate, prepared for a year abroad in Chile in 2007.
 
Vicki served as District Chair for Youth Services/New Generations Service from 2009 through 2012, working with programs in our District for people under the age of 30, including Rotaract, RYLA, Interact and RYE, with a special focus on youth protection and ethics, and also worked to help create and build the successful Rotary Eighth Grade Leadership program.
 
Vicki and her husband Tim are blessed with a blended family of 7 children and 6 grandchildren.  Two of their children, Amy Jordan of Camarillo, California and Ryan Puliz of Reno, Nevada, are Rotarians.
 
Additional members of the family are three Rotary exchange daughters:  Camila Rubino of Araraquara, Brazil; Andrea Aviles Ibarra of Yucatan, Mexico; and Bernardita Reyes of Santiago, Chile.
 
Vicki and Tim participated in a National Immunization Day for Polio in northern India in 2009, and RYLA for District 9100 in Benin, Africa in 2011.
 
Vicki is a member of the Paul Harris Society since 2005 and Tim and Vicki are Major Donors to the Rotary Foundation.