Speakers

Jim Carriere joined Rotary International in 2004, and is a Past President of the Rotary Club of San Rafael Harbor. Jim is currently a member of the Rotary Club of Novato.

 

Jim has served Rotary District 5150 as the ShelterBox Chair, Area Membership Chair, Assistant Governor, District Administrator, and on the Grants Stewardship Committee. Jim is a Major Donor to the Rotary Foundation and a twenty-year member of the Paul Harris Society.

 

Jim learned of the ShelterBox program in 2007 at the Rotary International Convention in Salt Lake City. He immediately agreed to become an ambassador and has done presentations to Rotary Clubs and other groups throughout the Western United States. Jim was elected to the ShelterBox USA Board of Directors in 2010, serving as the organization’s Chairman in 2017 and 2018. Though his Board service has come to an end, Jim continues to serve on the SBUSA Finance and Audit Committee and he chairs the SBUSA Ambassador’s Council.

 

Professionally, Jim is the Executive Vice President – Chief Operating Officer at First Federal Savings of San Rafael, overseeing Operations, Information Technology, Retail Banking, and Compliance. Jim and his wife Nancy live Oakland, CA, and their son Joseph is a recent graduate of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.  

Josh Libresco is Executive Vice President of The OSR Group, a marketing research and public opinion research firm.  The OSR Group works on marketing research and public opinion research studies for clients in a variety of industries, and across 60 countries.  These studies might include focus groups, online interviews, and a variety of other research methods.  His clients include tech companies, financial institutions, consumer products companies, retailers, and others.

 

Josh has worked in public opinion research for more than 30 years, including stints at Opinion Research Corporation and The Harris Poll.  He is a graduate of Princeton University, where he studied in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.