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Redefining Professional Success and Fulfillment
Jul. 20, 2018
Join us Friday morning as we welcome Elatia Abate as our speaker. Elatia is an entrepreneur who left the corporate world to revolutionize the way the world thinks about careers and making money. She uses her extensive experience combining people, innovation and marketing strategies to teach individuals how to create careers that bring personal and professional fulfillment, and to teach companies how to build vibrant cultures and recruit the talent needed to ensure growth and success.
She speaks around the world on topics that include life design, professional fulfillment, and how to create stability in the uncertainty of the freelance economy. Her work has been featured in publications like The Wall Street Journal and Fast Company. Elatia served as Vice President, Human Resources for Dow Jones & Company, and as Global Director Talent Acquisition at Anheuser-Busch InBev. She received both her BA and MBA from The University of Chicago. She will be teaching a two-day workshop for Stanford Continuing Studies this weekend. Here are her thoughts from her web page: The workforce landscape is changing rapidly. Technology is replacing more jobs faster than ever before, completely disrupting or disappearing industries and giving birth to never-before-seen opportunities. Many traditional, salaried jobs are being substituted with freelance and contract work. Baby boomers are retiring and being replaced by millennials who are seeking flexibility of schedule and life experiences more than traditional bonus structures. In the face of all of this, individuals are redefining what professional success and fulfillment mean, as well as how to plan for them. Universities are seeking ways to create curricula and innovate career services to better prepare students for the uncertainty of the future. Companies are questioning old recruitment and retention strategies and seeking novel ways to find and keep top talent. Understanding the intersection of these three groups is the sweet spot where I partner with you to make sense out of the confusion and create valuable answers that propel your objectives forward. I have developed curricula, taught classes and delivered lectures that prepare students and alumni for professional success and fulfillment, working with University of Chicago, Stanford University, University of Toronto, Ross School of Business at University of Michigan, among others. I have blazed the trail to my own professional success and fulfillment, leaving the corporate world to revolutionize the way the world thinks about careers and making money. I’ve been teaching others to chart their own courses ever since. I am an entrepreneur fascinated by the infinite ways we can empower success in the uncertainty of our rapidly evolving global economy. This is what keeps me up at night. This is why I jump out of bed in the morning. |
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THE “H” IN HOSPICE IS NOT SILENT
Jul. 27, 2018
Mary Chigos RN NP is now in her 50th year of nursing with a few years out to care for her 5 children. Nursing from conception to death as an OB-GYN nurse to hospice today. After 15 years on the Mission Hospice and Home Care Board and 6 years of an Outreach Nurse she can affirm a passion for hospice. The “H” in Hospice does not have to be whispered! With the aid of Hospice 101 power point she will present new information and review the hospice benefit. There are many myths and misinformation about hospice in our communities. Are all hospices the same, can I choose my hospice, how do I get on hospice, can I continue to see my primary care physician, can I go into the hospital after signing the consents on hospice? What is a Hospice house and how does my loved one get admitted? These questions and more will be addressed. Hospice is a benefit for the patient and the family. It is a team-oriented, holistic approach that includes expert medical care, pain, and symptom management, along with emotional and spiritual support for individuals and families. Hospice care is directed toward comfort, rather than cure. Hospice care does not cure diseases, and while extending life usually doesn’t happen, we find that increasing your quality of life many indeed extend your life. Hospice focuses on quality of life.
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Hawaii in Eruption, 2018
Aug. 03, 2018
Please join us on Friday morning when our speaker will be Bob Christiansen describing the force of nature that is the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii. Bob is a Research Geologist Emeritus with the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park. He graduated from Stanford in 1956 and received his Stanford Ph.D. in 1961. He retired in 2003 but still actively continues research as a Scientist Emeritus. His career has centered on volcanism and tectonics, including studies that showed the region of Yellowstone National Park to be one of Earth’s largest volcanic systems. In addition to Hawaii and Yellowstone, Bob’s has carried out research at the Nevada Test Site, Mount St. Helens, Lassen Peak, and Mount Shasta. Bob has been a Visiting Lecturer at Harvard and is a fellow of the Geological Society of America, the Mineralogical Society of America, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Located along the southern shore of the island, the Kilauea volcano is between 300,000 and 600,000 years old and emerged above sea level about 100,000 years ago. Kilauea has been erupting nearly continuously since 1983. On May 17, 2018 at 4:17 AM, the volcano explosively erupted at the summit in Halemaumau Crater, throwing ash 30,000 feet into the air. Lava entered the ocean in three places, destroying Hawaii's largest freshwater lake, lava also filled Kapoho Bay and extended new land nearly a mile into the sea. This current eruption of Kilauea, now causing major destruction and hazards to people, has garnered much media and public attention. Kilauea is one of five volcanoes that, together, have built the island of Hawaii. Each of the active volcanoes is part of a magmatic system that originates at depth in Earth’s mantle and connects to the surface through a complex “plumbing” network. It is through these connections that lava and gases erupt. What causes Hawaiian eruptions? What different kinds of eruptions can occur on Hawaii? What further might happen if present activity near sea level should continue for an extended time? Get the answers Friday. |
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Able Works
Aug. 10, 2018
Please join us Friday when we welcome Sue Johnson the Director of Programs at Able Works. Able Works strives to break cycles of poverty by providing life skills and financial education to under-resourced youth and young moms so that they are able to chart their own path to financial stability. FutureProfits currently serves 500 students a week in nine local high schools in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. They leverage marketplace volunteers, supported by Able Works staff, to equip youth with the financial knowledge, skills and assets needed to reach their full potential. LiveAble serves about 60 families each year in Redwood City and East Palo Alto. With a strong belief in the power of young mothers to drive positive economic outcomes, they make personal change relevant, accessible and enduring by building community, fostering stability and cultivating ability. Their yearlong cohort program is a holistic, culturally sensitive, strengths-based approach to economic mobility. Sue Johnson worked in the high tech industry for over 10 years, first as a management consultant with Accenture, then in Latin America business development for Apple. After becoming a mother, Sue devoted her time to raising her two children and volunteering in their schools and church. With a deep desire to make a positive impact in her local community, Sue relaunched her career in 2010 with a focus on social justice. She is passionate about helping others reach their full potential. Sue holds a B.A. and an M.B.A. from Baylor University and an M.I.M. from Thunderbird School of Global Management.
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Beijing's Leping Foundation
Aug. 17, 2018
Please join us Friday when we welcome Yun Liu as our speaker. China has a population of over 1.4 billion, with over 40 million kids aged between 3 to 6 year-old. As researches have shown that the early years of students' education quality has a significant impact on one's learning habit and subsequently on future academic and life success, the Chinese government has picked up the challenge to provide preschool education to more children, especially to fill the gap in rural areas where preschools were previously not available. Ever since 2010, initiatives have been taken, new preschools were built or renovated, and kids are put into school. However, the education quality is far from qualified. Teachers are badly in need and those who are teaching in the classroom often do not have professional background. How to deal with education equity issue and support teachers in a scalable and sustainable way? Yun Liu is the project manager at Beijing Leping Foundation. She is responsible for teacher development and online teacher training program, and is also a member of the backbone team for Rural Early Childhood Education Collective Impact Initiative (co-founded by Leping Foundation and Macao Tongchai Charity). She has been at Leping for 2 years, investigating problems in different counties, piloting online teacher training programs, designing and implementing workshops to help advance rural teachers' professional development. Prior to joining Leping, she has 4 years’ experience in teaching English (TOEFL & SAT) and students' academic advising on study abroad. From that experience, she saw education inequity issue and began to recognize the importance of teacher development and family education. Yun earned a Master's of Arts in International Education from the George Washington University, where she received a Nakyuin Shin International Education Award for excellent graduate student. She is also a member of the Graduate Fellow Program at United Nations Association of the National Capital Area. She has interned with the Fulbright Scholar Program and Americans for UNESCO. |
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The Journey Toward Denuclearization and Permanent Peace on the Korean Peninsula
Aug. 24, 2018
Please join us Friday when it will be our honor to welcome Jimin Kim, the Deputy Consul General of the Republic of Korea in San Francisco. South and North Korea have undergone a series of conflicts throughout the years of national division but have persistently striven to heal the wounds left behind by the tragedy through talks and exchanges. The South and North first began to work on opening the channel of dialogue and building mutual trust in the 1970s. The inter-Korean summits of 2000 and 2007 are the achievements of their unyielding effort to overcome predicaments and remain open to dialogue. In April 2018 there was another Inter-Korean Summit held at Peace House, Panmunjeom. The focus was placed on laying the foundation for denuclearization and the settlement of peace on the Korean Peninsula as well as for progress in inter-Korean relations, rather than on reaching an agreement on numerous fronts. Given the fact that inter-Korean relations have remained severed for a long time, thus deteriorating, it will be of great significance for both country’s two leaders to build mutual trust through candid and heart-to-heart discussions. After a long day of ceremonious pleasantries which included planting a symbolic peace tree and a multicourse dinner — President Moon and Chairman Kim stood side-by-side and announced the “Panmunjom Declaration.” In sum, the declaration says that North and South Korea will end the war this year, that Moon Jae-in will visit Pyongyang this fall and that both nations have a “common goal of realizing, through complete denuclearization, a nuclear-free Korean peninsula.” Against this background, Deputy Consul General Kim will talk about the latest developments towards a permanent peace on the Korean peninsula. Jimin Kim has been the Deputy Consul General of the Republic of Korea in San Francisco since August 2016. Most recently, he served as Director of Protocol from February 2015 to August 2016 and Director of National Community External Cooperation in charge of North Korean refugee issues abroad from August 2013 to February 2015 in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea. He has been a career diplomat for 20 years. His prior foreign mission posts include First Secretary at the Korean Embassy in Tokyo, Japan from 2008 to 2011 and Counselor at the Korean Embassy in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 2011 to 2013. He received Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and Master of International Affairs from Columbia University. He was awarded the Citation of the Foreign Minister in 2011. He is married with one son and one daughter.
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Economics
Sep. 07, 2018
Please join us Friday when we will hear from Economist Roman Weil. Roman is an emeritus faculty member at the Chicago Booth School of Business, who is teaching in academic year 2017-18 at the University of California San Diego School of Management. Additionally, Roman studies financial literacy and corporate governance, an issue that arose from the accounting scandals. Roman was co-director of the Chicago/Stanford Directors' Consortium, which he cofounded. The Consortium [now a five-day program] has met twice a year since 2002. In brief, the Consortium aims to teach corporate directors how to do their jobs better. He has also designed and implemented continuing education programs for partners at the accounting firms of Andersen and Price-Waterhouse-Coopers as well as for employees at Goldman Sachs, Montgomery Wards, Merck, and William Blair and for business executives in Great Britain, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Within the past couple of years, he has been visiting professor at Johns Hopkins Carey School, Stanford Law School, Harvard Law School, Princeton Economics Department, NYU Stern School, and Georgetown University. He finds it difficult to keep a job. Roman has been a CPA in Illinois since 1973 and a CMA from 1974 until his retirement from Chicago Booth in 2008. In 2010 he received certification as a Certified Forensic Accountant. The coauthor of more than 12 textbooks, he is the senior editor of, and contributor to, the Litigation Services Handbook, now in its sixth edition. He has published more than 100 articles in academic and professional journals and has served as the principal investigator on various research projects of the National Science Foundation. He has served as editor or associate editor of the Accounting Review, Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery, Management Science, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, and the Financial Analysts Journal. Roman has consulted to governmental agencies, including the U.S. Treasury Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission. In private industry, he has served as a consultant to Amazon, Bethlehem Steel, British Petroleum, Chevron, Cisco Systems, Ford Motor Company, Genentech, General Dynamics, General Foods, IBM, McDonnell Douglas, Pepsico, Pillsbury, Polaroid, Price-Waterhouse-Coopers, and VISA USA. In addition, he has served on several boards. Roman has served on the Securities and Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Replacement Cost Accounting. At the Financial Accounting Standards Board, he has served on two task forces - one on consolidations and the other on interest methods - and on the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council. He served on the Standing Advisory Group of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and on a Consultative Group of the IFRS Foundation. He received a bachelor's degree in economics and mathematics from Yale University in 1962, master's degree in industrial administration in 1965, and a PhD in economics in 1966 from GSIA/Tepper of Carnegie Mellon University. He joined the Chicago Booth faculty in 1965. Outside of academia, Roman is a grandfather whose interests include sabermetrics [particularly as applied in the NFL], oenometrics, and oenonomy. He has recently become interested in catering to the cravings of eclipsomaniacs. He served with the 2017 Solar Eclipse Action Committee of the City of Madras OR. |
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Models for Delivering Care to the Poor
Sep. 14, 2018
Please join us Friday when we will hear from our own medical industry expert Ken Graham. Ken is a Charter member of the PAUR. He has served a 46 year career in Hospital Administration. He holds Professional certifications in Hospital Administration and Medical Records. He has served as CEO at sophisticated hospitals and as a board member or advisor to dozens of healthcare organizations. From 2006 to 2011 Ken served as CEO of El Camino Hospital. In 2010, he was appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger to serve on the California Healthcare Policy and Data Commission. Recently Ken served as Health System Integration Advisor to The Queen's Health Systems, the largest healthcare provider in Hawaii. Currently he is serving as Interim CEO at MayView Community Health Center, which was formed in 1972 to serve the underserved as a Federally Qualified Health Center look-alike provider serving three sites in Silicon Valley: Palo Alto, Mountain View, and Sunnyvale. Ken joined his first Rotary Club 43 years ago, and has served in five different clubs on the West Coast. Ken is a volunteer board member for RotaCare Free Clinics (26 years) - a not for profit organization operated in association with Rotary club members. RotaCare now operates 18 free clinics in 4 states. Ken earned a BS, and Masters in Public Health, from UCLA. |
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District Governor Annual Visit
Sep. 21, 2018
It will be our pleasure give a warm PAUR welcome to our speaker on Friday: District Governor Tim Lundell. Tim's visit is an opportunity for PAU Rotarians to better introduce Tim to all that our Club has to offer, as we hear his perspective on Rotary helping to make the world a better place. He would like us all do our best to “Be the Inspiration” for each other, and to spread that enthusiasm throughout our communities. Tim was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, and got a B.S. in Philosophy and Mathematics from Portland State University. He came to California to attend law school at Santa Clara University. He started his law practice in San Jose in 1975, later being joined by his law school best friend, Nev Spadafore, and his law practice continues today. Community service, through schools, sports, local government, and now Rotary, have always been a part of life for Tim and his wife, Penelope O’Neill. Tim joined the newly-chartered Los Gatos Morning Rotary in 2004, and was its President in 2007-08. His service at the District level has continued as Asst. Governor, Lt. Governor, District Conference Chair, Annual Giving Chair and District Trainer. Tim is a past recipient of the District’s Rotarian of the Year Award, the Richard D. King Award, and the Carolyn Schuetz Award. The support of youth has been a passion for Tim, and Rotary’s Youth Service programs will continue to be a focus of his efforts. The growth (the survival!) of service organizations depends critically on nurturing the commitment of tomorrow’s adults in community service. |
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The High Cost of Good Intentions: Entitlements
Sep. 28, 2018
This Friday we will hear from John Cogan, a Hoover Fellow and a well-known authority on entitlements. John is the Leonard and Shirley Ely Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a faculty member in the public policy program at Stanford University. John’s research is focused on U.S. budget and fiscal policy, federal entitlement programs, and health care. He has published widely in professional journals in both economics and political science. His latest book, The High Cost of Good Intentions (2017) is the recipient of the 2018 Hayek Prize. The book traces the history of U.S. federal entitlement programs from the Revolutionary War to modern times. His previous books include Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: Five Steps to a Better Health Care System, coauthored with Glenn Hubbard and Daniel Kessler, and The Budget Puzzle, (with Timothy Muris and Allen Schick). John has devoted a considerable part of his career to public service. He served under President Ronald Reagan as assistant secretary for policy in the U.S. Department of Labor from 1981 to 1983, as associate director in the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from 1983 to 1985, and as Deputy (OMB) Director in 1988-89. His responsibilities included developing and reviewing Reagan Administration policies in the areas of health care, Social Security, disability, welfare, and employment training. John has served on numerous congressional, presidential, and California state advisory commissions. At the federal level, he has served on President George W. Bush's Commission to Strengthen Social Security, the U.S. Bipartisan Commission on Health Care (the Pepper Commission), the Social Security Notch Commission, and the National Academy of Sciences' Panel on Poverty and Family Assistance. He has also served on the California State Commission on the 21st Century Economy and the California Public Employee Post-Employment Benefits Commission. John received his A.B. in 1969 and his Ph.D. in 1976 from the University of California at Los Angeles, both in economics. He received his M.A. in Economics from California State University at Long Beach in 1970. He was an associate economist at the RAND Corporation from 1975 to 1980. He has been a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution since 1984. |
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New Member Talks
Oct. 05, 2018
You will be in luck on Friday when you join us for one of our favorite programs: New Member Talks. This time around we will hear from two more wonderful additions: Rick Sommer and Michelle Williams. After receiving his Ph.D. in mathematics from UC Berkeley, Rick came to Stanford as an Assistant Professor in the Mathematics Department. With a developing interest in pre-college programs, he helped launch the Stanford University Mathematics Camp (SUMaC) in 1995, and around the same time he became involved in Stanford's Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY). Rick has enthusiastically pursued these interests ever since, and now serves as Executive Director for Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies. In his spare time he enjoys international travel, running, gardening, and puzzles. Michelle is a leader in science, education and cognitive learning. During her 10 years as Associate Professor of Science Education at Michigan State University she received millions of dollars in National Science Foundation funding to develop learning technologies to improve STEM education among K-12 youth in the biological sciences. Earlier in her career, Michelle held several sales and marketing roles in corporate America working for Eastman Kodak and GTE Corporations. Michelle holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the University of Texas at Austin and a Ph.D. in Education in Development in Mathematics and Science from Cal. When she’s not disrupting science education, Michelle can be found enjoying time with her family. |
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November Ballot Measures
Oct. 12, 2018
Taxes and housing and water, Oh My! Here come the non-stop political commercials. How are we to make our minds up on the State and local measures on the November Ballot? This week please join us on Friday when we will again get the lowdown on the ballot presented by representatives of the League of Women Voters. We will have two representatives from our local league giving us some of the pros and cons for the State ballot measures and the Palo Alto measures. As time allows, and for the more interesting measures, we will discuss the title and type, the way it is now, what the prop will do, the effect on the budget, the pros from the supporters, and the cons from the opponents. The LWV is a tireless advocate for voters across the U.S. The League encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. The League does not support or oppose political parties or candidates. The speakers are Bonnie Packer & Ellen Smith. Bonnie has been a community volunteer in Palo Alto, for about 25 years, focusing on affordable housing, land use and planning issues, child care, art, Kiwanis, and, of course, the League of Women Voters. Ellen has lived in Palo Alto since the 1970's and been a League member for almost that long. Now retired from her career as a book editor in academic publishing, she has volunteered over the years - in addition to the League - with Learning Ally, Foundation for a College Education, Abilities United, and the Christmas Bureau of Palo Alto. Don’t count on the barrage of political advertising to give you an un-biased overview, get in the know for the election with us. As they say: “Because Democracy is not a Spectator Sport” |
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Oct. 13, 2018
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Oct. 18, 2018 7:00 p.m.
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RENEW - Prescription for Fatigue
Oct. 19, 2018
Join us Friday when our speaker will be Linda Hawes Clever, MD who wants us to “Be Better than Busy: Juggling Work, Volunteering, Family, Friends and Yourself”. Linda graduated from Stanford undergraduate and medical schools. She trained in internal medicine, infectious diseases, community medicine and occupational health at Stanford and UCSF. She and colleagues founded the not-for-profit RENEW 20 years ago. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and is author of The Fatigue Prescription: Four Steps to Renewing Your Energy Health and Life. Dr. Clever has Clinical Professor appointments at UCSF and Stanford. She served on a number of community boards, including the Stanford Board of Trustees for 14 years, and chaired the Boards of KQED and University High School. She also was editor of the Western Journal of Medicine. Dr. Clever likes good conversation, good walks, and good cookies. RENEW's vision is to reignite the human spirit to thrive and to make a positive difference. RENEW recognizes that people can get exhausted doing good and pursuing their dreams and yet they want to have whole, healthy lives for themselves and their family and friends. Its workshops, seminars, keynotes and Conversation Groups are aimed at hardworking, devoted people who have commitments to their professional and personal lives and who want to stay at the top of their games. RENEW is about reviving values, motivation and energy. The quest: meaning and joy. |
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WIRE for Women in Government
Nov. 02, 2018
Please join us on Friday morning when our speaker will be Carol Mayer Marshall. Carol is the founder of WIRE for Women — Women who Identify, Recruit & Elect — to help women get elected or appointed to offices in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. WIRE is a volunteer nonpartisan organization comprised of women and men who are committed to increasing the number of women in appointed and elected office in both Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. They envision a world where more women hold elected and appointed office, bringing their unique experience and wisdom to focus on our community's greatest problems. WIRE believes that better public policy decisions result when all segments of the community are fully represented.
Carol began her political career at age 12 volunteering for Senator Robert Taft of Ohio. Later she was a Congressional Intern on Capitol Hill, and a Legislative Assistant to three Congressmen and two Senators. In 1969, she became the first woman ever to serve as an Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations in any Administration. She was later appointed by the President and confirmed by the US Senate as the first female Director of VISTA (the Domestic Peace Corps). In 1989, President Bush Sr. appointed, and the Senate confirmed her as the first woman Director of the San Francisco Mint.
Carol has run her own consulting business, practiced law, and been active in commercial real estate development. She has run for the California State Senate and has served on many local community and political boards. She founded a salon of women, now in its eleventh year, which meets monthly to discuss issues of national and international importance. She serves on the board of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, is the Chair Emeritus of the NARAL Leadership Council, has served on the national NARAL board, and on both the local and state boards of Planned Parenthood.
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Habitat for Humanity
Nov. 09, 2018
Please join us Friday when our speaker will be Kevin Dowling from Habitat for Humanity. At Habitat East Bay/Silicon Valley, they believe in a world where everyone has a decent place to call home. Within that home a family can find the strength, stability, and independence they need to build a better life. Unfortunately, in the Bay Area the dream of homeownership is a farfetched idea for many families. That’s where Habitat steps in. Through innovative programs and services, Habitat EBSV is empowering families to change their lives while strengthening our communities. Kevin is an Individual Giving Officer for Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon Valley. He previously worked for UC Hastings College of the Law and the San Leandro Boys & Girls Clubs. Kevin also served on the Hayward City Council for 12 years. Kevin was raised in and currently lives in Hayward attending local schools including Moreau Catholic High School. He has a B.S. from Santa Clara University in Political Science and Economics. |
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Club Action and Satisfaction Survey
Nov. 16, 2018
Please join us Friday when our Vocational Service Committee will ask us for input and insights into our causes, skills, interests, and satisfaction. The Vocational Committee will be conducting a survey of our membership for the purpose of: 1) Helping committees identify service projects that best combine the interests and skills of our members, as well as meeting the needs of the community; 2) Providing experiences for members to become better acquainted and creating opportunities for developing friendships through activities of shared interests; and 3) Gathering input for fine-tuning our club to make being a member an even more positive experience. The four questions on the survey will be: 1) Do you know of any charitable organization(s) within the community that could benefit from our club’s support through a financial donation, social event, or site improvement project? 2) What personal skills do you possess that might benefit our club on future projects? (a list of possible skills will be offered) 3) Do you have any interests outside the club where you would enjoy the company of other club members? (again a list of possible interests will be offered) 4) What could we do as a club to make your experience as a member even better? They are asking that each member consider these questions prior to the meeting to provide the most thoughtful responses. Ted Marston will be following up with members absent from the meeting on the 16th so that the survey results are truly representative of our club as a whole. |
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Women Entrepreneus in MENA
Nov. 30, 2018
Please join us Friday when our speaker will be Areen Shahbari. Areen has taught in the United States, Chile, Jordan, Palestine, Morocco, Turkey, and Mexico. She is also the Chief Executive Officer of Cactus Int., a company that she founded in 2013 to promote women entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region. Areen is a social entrepreneur, a business consultant, and a lecturer on entrepreneurship, strategic management, marketing, and effective communication at Harvard University Extension School and Simmons School of Business. Areen provides consulting services to local and international entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial companies, leads workshops and training sessions on networking, negotiation, entrepreneurship, communicating across cultures, and persuasion, and instructs courses on women leadership and entrepreneurship. Prior to her teaching and entrepreneurial career, Shahbari worked in the media industry for ten years as a journalist, a TV programming director and a TV host. She hosted six TV shows and interviewed hundreds of professionals, half of whom are women. Areen is a highly rated instructor at Harvard University Extension School and Simmons School of Business where she received the 2016 and 2017 MSM excellence in teaching award. She is fluent in three languages, holds a BA in psychology and communication, and an MBA in entrepreneurship from Simmons School of Business, where she was a Fulbright scholar. Cactus provides MENA women with the tools they need to become successful entrepreneurs. Since the company's founding in 2013, the company has provided business courses, workshops, and counseling services to over 1,200 women from most of MENA countries. Cactus flagship course is its business plan course that teaches women how to identify business opportunities, write business plans, create pitch decks, and pitch their businesses confidently. The BP course includes online pre-recorded business training, live business training, and one-on-one consultation. So far 100+ women graduated from the business plan course with a success rate of over 60%. Cactus is based here in the Bay Area, and is made up of diverse team members from the US and MENA countries. Cactus vision is to enable women to build, develop and turn the universe into a safer, happier, and a better place to live in. |
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Peloton Technology
Dec. 07, 2018
Please join us Friday when our speaker will be Dave Lyons, Founder and Chief Innovation Officer for Peloton Technology. He will be joined by Jake Gregory, one of Peloton’s test drivers. Peloton Technology is an automated and connected vehicle technology company established in 2011 and headquartered in Mountain View. It is developing a vehicle platooning system that enables pairs of commercial heavy-duty trucks to operate at close following distances with a stated goal of improving safety and fuel efficiency. Peloton Technology was the first company to test a non-research commercial truck platooning system on public roads in the United States. Peloton Technology uses 5.9 GHz DSRC to establish Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communications between pairs of trucks. Combined with commercially-available radar-based forward collision avoidance systems on each truck, this allows two trucks to operate with a shorter minimum safe following distance. The result is that trucks are able to platoon, improving aerodynamics to reduce fuel consumption. This implementation of these technologies together for the purpose of maintaining a constant gap between vehicles is sometimes referred to as Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control. Peloton’s system includes connection of each individual truck to a cloud-based monitoring and management system, which they refer to as the Network Operations Center (NOC). The NOC is designed to monitor individual truck safety and geofence the use of the platooning system by approving the linking of pairs of trucks in specific order only on suitable roads under appropriate weather, vehicle and traffic conditions. Peloton’s version of truck platooning operates at SAE Automation Level 1, where drivers in both vehicles continue to steer while the following driver’s acceleration and braking is automated to immediately mimic the actions of the leading truck. Peloton’s platooning system has reportedly been tested over approximately 15,000 miles in several states, including Nevada, Texas, Utah, Michigan, and California. Unique from government and university-funded research projects, Peloton's system is the only commercial platooning system to have been tested on public roads with the intention of deploying to fleets. Peloton is engaged in several state and federally funded research projects related to truck platooning. The company is a partner in a Federal Highway Administration-funded “Partial Automation for Truck Platooning” project led by Auburn University that includes the American Transportation Research Institute, Meritor WABCO, and Peterbilt Trucks. Peloton also contributes to a second FHWA-funded platooning research project led by UC Berkeley PATH and including Volvo Trucks. Peloton is a partner in the US Department of Transportation-funded Smart City Challenge project awarded to Columbus, OH in July 2016. The California Energy Commission granted the San Diego Port Tenants Association a $5.9 million grant in July 2016 to fund 10 zero-emissions freight vehicles, which includes Peloton Technology as a technology subcontractor. Dave Lyons has led the development of some of the world’s most advanced products and systems. As employee number 12 and Director of Engineering, he led the development of the powertrain for the Tesla Roadster and was the initial lead of the Tesla Model S. Throughout the 90’s Dave was studio head at IDEO, the world-renowned design firm. Dave has also led engineering for a truck APU maker. Dave holds a BSME from MIT, and an MSME and MBA from Stanford University Jake Gregory has been a Test Driver for Peloton for the last 3 years. However, before that he was an FBI Special Agent from 1989-2013. He has garnered his truck driving and safety experience in summers during college, before and after FBI career. Jake holds a B.A. from Princeton University and JD from Golden Gate University. |
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Dec. 13, 2018 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
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Our Annual White Elephant Holiday Gift Exchange
Dec. 14, 2018
This week’s meeting will reprise PAUR’s joyful holiday gift exchange program. Once again it will allow us the perfect opportunity for the practical application of our beloved 4-Way-Test. It is essential for this to work that each of us brings a wrapped gift to the meeting. It can be something new, that costs around $10, or something gently used, (commonly known as a “white elephant”), that you may already have at home. The simple rules of the exchange will be explained at the meeting. Everyone who arrives with a wrapped gift is sure to leave with an unwrapped new treasure. Come join the festivities certain to be filled with fun and fellowship. |
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The US Electric Power System Infrastructure and Its Vulnerabilities
Jan. 04, 2019
Please join us Friday when our first speaker for the New Year will be our own Ted Marston. Ted will base his talk on a paper he did for the National Academy of Engineering this summer about the US electric power system infrastructure and its vulnerabilities. The US power infrastructure is one of the largest and most critical infrastructures in the world. The country’s financial well-being, public health, and national security depend on it to be a reliable source of electricity to industries, commercial entities, residential facilities, government, and military organizations. Considering the complexity and age of most of the equipment in the US power infrastructure, the lifetime reliability is extraordinary—and it has improved in the last ten years. Future system reliability may be challenged, however, by the effects of climate change, increasing supplies of renewable energy, and potential cyberattacks. Ted’s talk will expand upon the current high voltage transmission system, the effect of these factors, his conclusions, and his thoughts for next steps. Upon retirement from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) as its Chief Technology Officer, Ted established Marston Consulting in June of 2006. This firm is dedicated to the innovation, development, demonstration and deployment of new technology to address two key issues facing developed and developing countries in the 21st century: energy independence and management of global climate change. His clients include venture capitalists, commercial and energy companies, R&D organizations, and U.S. and international national laboratories. Previously, as CTO of EPRI, he directed multi-hundred million dollar, international science and technology programs to improve the generation, transmission, distribution and utilization of electricity and reduce the associated environmental risks. Earlier, he led a large international program to develop utility requirements for advanced nuclear reactors, design certification for advanced light water reactors, first-of-a-kind engineering and siting of nuclear reactors. In addition to his nuclear experience, he developed international, independent, fossil-fueled power generation projects. Ted has over 30 years of global experience in the assessment and management of risk in a broad range of industrial facilities, including nuclear and conventional power plants, refineries, chemical plants, railroads, and defense facilities. Ted received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1972 and is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. |
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Innovative Financial Inclusion
Jan. 11, 2019
Please join us Friday when our speaker will be Ken Singleton from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. This presentation explores some of the innovative ways that start-ups are overcoming financial frictions, reinforcing user engagement through social and business networks, and using data in novel ways to enhance the financial capacities of households and small businesses. Poor financial health is now an issue for nearly half the U.S. population. We will highlight some of the ways that FinTech has been addressing this challenge, and examine its past, present, and prospective social impact. Ken’s research focuses on econometric methods for estimation and testing of dynamic asset pricing models; modeling of term structures of government and defaultable bond yields; pricing credit derivatives; measuring and managing market, credit, and liquidity risks; and debt financing in emerging economies. He is the Adams Distinguished Professor of Management at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford. He has published widely on financial risks and their impacts on economic decision-making, including books on credit risk and dynamic asset pricing. Ken is currently a faculty advisor to, and serves on the Investment Committee of, the Stanford GSB Impact Fund; and is a faculty advisor to Stanford Angels and Entrepreneurs. He was the Executive Editor of the Journal of Finance from 2012 to 2016; served as a Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Stanford GSB from 2005 to 2008; was a special advisor to the chief economist at the IMF during the crisis in 2009; and co-led the Fixed Income Research group of Goldman Sachs, Asia while on leave from Stanford in the early 1990’s. He is President of the Board of the 501(c)3 nonprofit 1 Grain to 1000 Grains that leads programs for low-income communities through which families discover intuitive and actionable plans for more healthful eating and for building financial capacity. Ken holds a BA in Mathematics from Reed College and a PhD in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
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Our Mid-Year Club Assembly
Jan. 18, 2019
Our meeting this Friday will be the semi-annual Club Assembly, where we take stock of how and what we are doing as a club. At this Mid-Year Meeting our emphasis is on member engagement for completion of this year’s Rotary journey. There will also be a very important election for our President Elect-Nominee for Rotary year 2020-2021. Stephen Becker is the only known candidate (and an excellent choice by our past presidents committee) and is the odds on favorite to win. You will learn about plans for the 2019 Gala, progress on our Avenues of Service, and have a report on the outcome of our recent club questionnaire. Please come with your renowned liveliness and questions. The Assembly is a good time for self-reflection. It will be a very full Club-centric agenda, start thinking about our club and your place in it. The hallmark of Rotary is the opportunity to provide service to the community (both locally and internationally). Great service opportunities gives you the opportunity to get to know your fellow Rotarians better ... and is good for your health. IMPORTANT: Please note that due to an event at the Sheraton, the Club Assembly Meeting on will not be at the Sheraton but in the Community Room at the Lucie Stern Community Center Parking can be found on Middlefield Rd and on the Community Center Parking Lot reachable from Harriet St and Hopkins Ave (see attached map). We have the room reserved from 7 am - 10 am giving us time for the Board meeting that will follow the Club Assembly Meeting. |