Posted by Kenneth Macy on Jul 09, 2024
Liz Taylor-Selling
May 8
Liz has been active with the SLV Emergency Network (SLVEN) almost since its inception in 1987 as the Valley Emergency Preparedness Network. She and her husband moved to Felton Grove in time for the 1982 storms which caused severe flooding in her neighborhood.
 
She currently serves on the SLVEN Board of Directors.  In 2008 Liz, acting as the Mountain Community Resource (MCR) organization's Emergency Preparedness coordinator, combined the Mountain Neighbor Network and our local CERT program to form SLV Emergency Network.  SLVEN was established in the San Lorenzo Valley in order to offer some coordination of CERT and neighborhoods and establish a relationship with the county’s emergency first responders. This was in collaboration with the Mountain Neighbors Network, a non-profit organization created by Mountain Community Resources and its parent organization of Community Bridges. SLVEN was incorporated October 14, 2015, as an independent 501c3 organization to allow fund raising and grants to support SLVEN activities within the scope of its mission.

New Club Inductees
May 30
 
This evening, with the help of PDG Ron Sekkel, two new members were inducted, sponsored by Scott Tucker.  They are Harry Max and Tina Noland.
 

Charles Pasternak
June 5
 
This morning our speaker was Charles Pasternak.  He is currently Artistic Director of Santa Cruz Shakespeare. 
 
He began his remarks with a dramatic recitation of the famous soliloquy from Hamlet "To be or not to be...".  Hamlet is currently in production there and will debut July 31, a thrilling tale of murder, revenge, madness, and betrayal, with Charles playing Hamlet and former Artistic Director Mike Ryan as Claudius.  Don't miss it!

Andrea Hart

June 13

This evening, Andrea Hart, Artistic Director at Crocker Theater, Cabrillo College spoke about the upcoming production there of In The Heights.  A new play from Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of Hamilton.   
 
Andrea was our guest last July 2023 when Disney's musical version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame was put on at Cabrillo under her.  She earned an MFA degree at the University of Texas at Austin. Before graduate school, she lived in the Berkeley area for 20 years, where she was co-founder and member of several small theater companies.  Hart is the first woman to lead Cabrillo Stage in its 40-year history.  Her first project at Cabrillo was The Hunchback of Notre Dame.  Now she is about to open In The Heights.

Harry Max

June 27
Harry Max is one of the club's newest members.  And he agreed to pitch in as guest speaker due to a last minute unavoidable cancellation of the scheduled speaker. Harry is an executive coach by profession and has recently published a book on the importance of prioritization in business and life in general.  It is titled Managing Priorities: How to Create Better Plans and Make Smarter Decisions.  
Harry is an executive player-coach who helps leaders realize their visions, build great teams, and zero in on pragmatic solutions to complex challenges.  His experience includes having been a founder/CEO, operational leader, and consultant with start-ups, innovators, and global brands, including Apple, Adobe, DreamWorks, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Informatica, ITHAKA, Microsoft, PayPal, Rackspace, SGI, and others.  He has been an invited speaker at over 20 major conferences/meetings including TEDx, SXSW, AARP & COMDEX.