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Financial Abuse Specialist Team (FAST)
Aug. 15, 2018
The Financial Abuse Specialist Team (FAST) is a multidisciplinary team of public agency representatives and private professionals from the financial services industry. FAST was formed in 2005 to provide expert forensic assistance in the investigation of complex cases of suspected elder financial abuse. FAST also works to raise public awareness and provide community education through professional training programs. https://www.marinhhs.org/blog/marins-financial-abuse-specialist-team-fast Deborah Stephenson moved to Sausalito in January 1978 after graduating from New Mexico State University with a degree in Accounting and Management. She worked as an FDIC Bank Examiner until the mid-1980's and then started a 20+ year career in Business/Corporate Banking. In 1998 she moved to Mill Valley and retired from the banking industry in 2014. She travels to her apartment in NYC as time allows but remains active in Marin County most of her free time.
Chrisula Asimos, PhD, EA, CSA worked as a mental health clinician in psychiatric emergency for about 40 years and also had a second career working for the IRS in taxpayer\compliance. Currently volunteer as a commissioner representing San Rafael on the Marin County Commission on Aging, and am a co-volunteer coordinator with the San Rafael Villages. As a volunteer with the FAST team I am concerned about the financial exploitation and abuse of older adults and the numerous SCAMS that target this vulnerable and trusting group.
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Ambassadors of Hope and Opportunity Project (AHO)
Aug. 22, 2018
Since its inception, AHO is Marin’s only nonprofit focused on homeless young people and is leading the way in addressing the growing trend of youth homelessness in Marin County, Greater Bay Area and Sacramento, CA. A final testament to AHO’s unique program is the fact that youth alumni continue to reconnect with present day youth to share their successes, work on new projects and advocate for their peers within the community. |
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Transcendence Theatre Company
Sep. 05, 2018
Transcendence Theatre Company is a growing leader in the production of extraordinary theatrical experiences. Located in Sonoma, California, Transcendence produces a unique seasonal programming of live outdoor Broadway-style concerts, the award-winning Broadway Under the Stars. Performances are presented within the majestic open-air ruins of the Kohler & Frohling Winery at Jack London State Historic Park. Additional performances take place in remarkable locations, both indoor and out, throughout the North Bay in Sonoma, Napa, and Marin Counties. |
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International Rescue Committee
Sep. 19, 2018
More than 80 years after Albert Einstein helped create the IRC, the number and intensity of humanitarian crises across the globe warrant a dose of Einstein-inspired innovation. Our strategic plan — IRC 2020 — answers that call. The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. In 2017, the IRC and our international program partners:
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Executive Director - Map to Remission Foundation
Oct. 17, 2018
Map to Remission combines technology, community, and resources to reduce stress and give structure and guidance on the journey to wellness.Map to Remission is for anyone who has received a life-threatening diagnosis or who lives with and manages a serious, chronic illness.We help people get to a better placeThe Map to Remission Foundation was founded to provide a single resource and simple system for regaining control of one’s life after a serious diagnosis. Solutions presented in the Map to Remission system range from the immediately pragmatic - family, medical, financial; to the longer term - social, mental, emotional, spiritual and intellectual. |
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A vision for District 5150
Oct. 24, 2018
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Rotaplast and Microcredit
Nov. 07, 2018
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"Ghosts of the Golden Gate Recreation Area--Then & Now."
Nov. 21, 2018
The National Parklands of Southern Marin are rich in cultural and natural history. This presentation matches beautiful and fascinating archival photographs of the GGNRA, Southern Marin section, with photos from today to tell the agricultural, conservationist, and military stories of our region. Ted Barone is a volunteer photographer with the National Park Service. He will reveal the hidden history of familiar locations. |
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Mata Hari
Dec. 05, 2018
A TRUE STORY OF LOVE, LIES and BETRAYAL. |
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Project ALDEA
Dec. 19, 2018
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Surviving Auschwitz
Jan. 16, 2019
Herbert Heller, 88, a long time Marin resident, is a Holocaust survivor. Herbert escaped Auschwitz at the age of 16 and has a beautiful story of strength, love and resilience - a story and life colored with joy and the most positive outlook, even after his early years of suffrage and loss. You do not want to miss the history and beauty of Herbert's essence and talk. |
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Forest Management
Jan. 23, 2019
Michael Landram, member of the Rotary Club of Novato Sunrise since 2012, will speak about his vocation, silviculture, as it relates to forest fires. Michael lives in Novato with his wife Teresa Corrigan. He has 3 daughters and 7 grandchildren. Michael was born in Wyoming, raised in Texas, and served in the Navy during the Vietnam War. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Forest Management and a Masters in Business Administration from Northern Arizona University. His career included a start with the Bureau of Land Management in Roseburg, Oregon, a decade with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service in Flagstaff, Arizona, and a couple decades with the USDA Forest Service in California working out of the Pacific Southwest Regional Office in San Francisco first, then on Mare Island. He retired at the end of 2011 from the position of Regional Silviculturist. Michael lives in Novato with his wife Teresa Corrigan. He has 3 daughters and 7 grandchildren. He is locally active in Rotary and Sons in Retirement. He runs a meetup.com hiking club with over 1,200 members called Green Boot Walkers. |
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Improving Organizational Effectiveness
Feb. 06, 2019
Improving Organizational Effectiveness: Every organization, whether it is a for-profit business or a non-profit delivering on a mission, struggles with how to do the most possible with limited resources and time. This presentation will cover why organizations become inefficient over time and discuss high-level strategies for improving any process that involves more than two people. Fritz Rollins is the founder of Cyops International, a boutique consultancy that helps startups, small businesses, and non-profits improve their operations. Cyops focuses on helping its clients achieve high-value revenue and profit gains, large-scale cost savings, and improved organizational productivity and performance. Prior to Cyops, Fritz headed business operations for companies such as Travelzoo, Education.com, and Townsquare Media. |