David Lemieux will talk about his work with the Grateful Dead, where he has been archiving their music and producing music releases drawn from their thousands of live concerts for almost 25 years. As their Legacy manager, David will speak about licensing the Grateful Dead’s brand, balancing the fine line between promoting and protecting their legacy.

David Lemieux has been the Grateful Dead’s official audiovisual archivist since 1999, and their Legacy Manager since 2010. Over the past 24 years, Lemieux has produced scores of Grateful Dead CD and DVD releases, many of which have been certified Gold, Platinum, and Multi-Platinum by the RIAA®, as well as several Grammy® nominated boxed sets.

Lemieux was the Supervising Music Producer on the Martin Scorsese-produced career-spanning documentary on the Grateful Dead, Long Strange Trip: The Untold Story Of The Grateful Dead. In 2012, the Grateful Dead re-named their primary archival release series “Dave’s Picks,” as a testament to his expertise. Since 2007, he has hosted a daily show on the Sirius XM Grateful Dead Channel, “Today In Grateful Dead History.”

Lemieux holds a BA in History from Carleton University, a BFA in Film Studies from Concordia University, and an MA in Film Archiving from the University of East Anglia. He currently lives in British Columbia, Canada.

The University Sunrise Rotary Club will welcome Rachele Bouchand and George Northcroft this Thursday, February 9, 2023, as they address the topic: “DEI Brings Members.” Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are hot topics in all organizations, including Rotary. George and Rachele will help us better understand how to –build DEI efforts that can build our Club–and all organizations.

Our Zoom line will open at 7:00 a.m. for informal discussion. The formal meeting runs from 7:30-8:30 a.m. Join us. No registration is required.

Click here to join the meeting Thursday morning. Join us!

Long-Time Rotary Leaders Rachele Bouchand and George Northcroft will present their program on how to increase membership through the incorporation of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion concepts.

Rachele Bouchand is a member and Past President of the Bellevue Rotary Club since 2009. She currently serves on the Rotary District DEI Committee and the Rotary District Strategic Visioning Team. She is the Assistant Governor for Seattle 4 and Creating Newly Formed Clubs. Additionally, she will be District 5030 Governor for 2024-2025. Rachele was also a member of the Rotary International Next Generation Conference in 2014. Lastly, she was able to blend her vocational and Rotary lives when she served as a member of the Global Polio Finance Committee.

Her Rotary classification is Consulting-Business. Rachele currently serves as Managing Director of Pathstone, where she is responsible for advising families and single-family offices on a variety of wealth management and estate planning topics. She has over 20 years’ experience working with multi-generational wealth.

George Northcroft has been a member of the Bellevue Rotary Club (BRC) since 1989. In 2001, George served as BRC’s Sergeant At Arms. He currently serves on the Rotary District DEI Committee and Co-Chair of the BRC DEI Committee. He also serves on BRC Environmental Sustainability Committee and the BRC Diplomacy Committee.

His Rotary classification is Public Administration-Senior Active. He retired in 2017 as Regional Administrator/Northwest Arctic Region for U.S. General Services Administration where he was responsible for the management of Federal real estate, acquisition and information technology in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Idaho. George is a business and civic leader with experience in financial management, marketing and operations in Fortune 500 companies and state, local, federal government.

Averyl Mooney and Mackenzie Pedersen: We really look forward to hosting this conversation with you and sharing what we think makes Washington wine exciting and special. We are at such a interesting time in our state’s growth and we have so much more in store for the world. There is so much excitement happening in our own backyard!

Washington Wine Presentation

• Averyl Mooney, Senior Communications Manager
• Mackenzie Pedersen, Senior Marketing Manager

The Washington State Wine Commission is a state agency that represents every licensed grape grower and winery in Washington state. The Commission team creates and produces marketing, awareness, and education programs around this booming industry for a local, national, and international audience. Averyl Mooney and Mackenzie Pedersen will share a historical overview, the current state of industry, and take a look into what the future holds for Washington. www.washingtonwine.org/

The University Sunrise Rotary Club program on January 26, 2023, will feature our Members Michael Bronsdon and Tom Ranken. Michael is a successful home winemaker. Tom is currently brewing his 85th batch of beer (a bohemian lager). Come hear how you can get started with these fun hobbies.

The Zoom connection opens at 7 a.m. and the meeting will run from 730 a.m. until 830 a.m.

No reservation is required: just click here Thursday morning!

Michael Bronsdon is a Seattle native and long-time University Sunrise Rotarian. He attended the University of Washington, receiving degrees in History and Business. He worked in the publishing industry for eight years prior to joining Microsoft in 1995.

Michael joined Adobe in 2017 to lead sales enablement for the Microsoft-Adobe partnership. Prior to that, he spent 21 years at Microsoft, in several different business and marketing roles. Prior to joining Microsoft, Bronsdon worked for eight years in the publishing industry in sales and marketing positions. He holds Bachelor of Arts (History) and Master of Business Administration degrees from the University of Washington. In his personal time, he enjoys skiing, hiking, cooking, and amateur wine-making.

Tom Ranken has been a University Sunrise Rotarian for more than thirty years.  He is a music student working on a third degree at Shoreline Community College. He is a two-time President of the Club, co-chair of E8 Angels, a new member of the Magnolia Community Council, Chair of the Scout Troop 80 Committee, and a member of five musical groups (guitar, vocal, and trumpet) including the Ranken File rock trio. Tom was President of the CleanTech Alliance, which grew from 35 to more than 1,000 organizations under his leadership.  Prior to joining the CleanTech Alliance, Tom was CEO of VizX Labs, Axio Research Corporation, and the Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association.  Tom has served on many corporate and non-profit boards including two terms as President of the Board at Harborview Medical Center.  An Eagle Scout, Tom spent five years as Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 80.  Tom has an MBA from the University of Washington and a BA from the University of Virginia.

Here are Tom’s slides: