(Oahu) Reception w/Brad Howard, Irons Table, 4-6pm

Register at rotaryd5000.org. $15 for pupus and 1 drink. Click here to RSVP 

Special Reception with RI Director Brad Howard to celebrate the completion of D5000 segment of the Connecting for Good Road Trip: the Boys & Girls Club project.

RI Director 2015-2017 Brad Howard

Brad Howard is a second generation Rotarian and a charter member of the Rotary Club of Oakland Sunrise. He has served Rotary in many leadership roles including his term as District Governor in the area of California’s Silicon Valley in 2002-2003. In 2011-14 Brad served as the North American Chair of Rotary International’s Membership Development and Retention Committee and the Zone 26 End Polio Now Coordinator.

As a successful entrepreneur, Brad has created an environment where his work life and his Rotary life intersect. He is President and CEO of Howard Tours, an international tour operator, and Managing Director of Howard Properties, which owns and develops commercial real estate in the San Francisco/Bay Area.

As a tour operator, he has taken thousands of Rotarians to Rotary Conventions and on humanitarian missions. He is also the co-creator of the annual West Africa Project Fair which support the projects of 15 West African nations. Notably, he was made Tribal Chief in the region surrounding Accra, Ghana.

Brad is passionate about Polio Eradication and has led 23 teams and more than 1,000 Rotarians on National Immunization Days. As a result of his leadership and dedication to this effort, he was awarded the prestigious International Service Award for a Polio-Free World, an award given annually to only ten people.