Rotary District 5030 is launching the next cohort for RISE (Rotarians Inspired to Succeed and Engage)! We’re encouraging clubs to use this program to attract and engage members by offering advanced leadership training and an experienced member from another club. The program cost is $150 per participant and each club can have up to three members in the program. The deadline for application is Monday, April 1, and the application form is here.
Last fall, we had seventeen members in our pilot session and our exit survey rated the program 4.7 (out of 5) stars. Two-thirds of the participants reported that participating in RISE had already helped them to advance in their career and/or their club.
Testimonal: “I think the RISE program is a valuable tool, both for those early in their professional or Rotary careers with limited leadership experience, and for those later in their careers as a litmus test to reflect on whether one’s leadership habits have been as productive as one hoped.”-Mark Ward, President-Elect, West Seattle Club.
Each club can have up to 3 members per training cohort. There is a Spring session and a fall session.
The program will be presented on Zoom on Thursday morning with the Zoom line opening at 7 a.m. The formal meeting including the program runs from 7:30-8:30 a.m. No registration is required, and the program is free.
The meeting will be available via Zoom. Click here to join the meeting Thursday morning. The Zoom line will open shortly after 7 a.m.
Mike Pellicciotti (Pelleh-chee-otti) was elected the 24th Treasurer of Washington in 2020. As Washington’s chief financial officer, Mike is dedicated to increasing government transparency, protecting Washington’s financial health, and leading policies that best serve our state’s working families and retirees.
Before being elected State Treasurer, Mike was an assistant attorney general and served North Pierce and South King Counties in the Washington House of Representatives. There he led efforts to increase penalties for corporate crime and get “dark money” out of politics.
As State Treasurer, Mike is leading good government reforms and policy proposals to reduce financial barriers for all Washingtonians. Last year he was selected as a Rodel Fellow, the bipartisan recognition of America’s 24 most promising elected leaders.
He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and received his Master’s in Rural Development as a United States Fulbright Scholar. His law degree is from Gonzaga University. Mike is a lifelong fan of Gonzaga Basketball.
Bruce Balick will lead a discussion of club members as we share our favorite places to photograph inside and within 100 miles of Seattle.
The program will be presented in person and on Zoom on Thursday morning with the Zoom line opening at 7:00 a.m. The formal meeting including the program runs from 7:30-8:30 a.m. No registration is required, and the program is free.
The in-person meeting will be at the Wedgwood Community Church at 8201 30th Ave NE, Seattle. Doors open at 7:00 a.m. and the program begins at 7:30 a.m.
The meeting will be available via Zoom. Click here to join the meeting Thursday morning.The Zoom line will open shortly after 7:00 a.m.
Bruce Balick is a is a tremendous photographer. Professionally, Dr. Bruce Balick is Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington in Astronomy. He joined the UW Astronomy Department in 1975. Subsequently he served as its chair, became active in faculty governance, and participated in the design of new instrumentation for Hubble. Since his retirement in 2014, Balick continues to publish research papers using data from the Hubble Space Telescope and to supervise astronomy undergraduates in research and public outreach. He is a coauthor on a research paper based on one of the newly released images from the James Webb telescope.
The program will be presented on Zoom on Thursday morning with the Zoom line opening at 7 a.m. The formal meeting including the program runs from 7:30-8:30 a.m. No registration is required, and the program is free.
The Outdoors for All Foundation transforms lives through outdoor recreation. Founded in 1979 in the Pacific Northwest, Outdoors for All is a national leader in delivering adaptive and therapeutic recreation for children and adults with disabilities. Each year more than 3,000 individuals exercise their abilities thanks to the training and support of more than 850 volunteers. Outdoors for All enriches the lives of individuals with disabilities and families and helps them to get out and enjoy the great outdoors. Outdoors for All’s programs include snowboarding, snowshoeing, cross country and downhill skiing, cycling, mountain biking, kayaking, hiking, rock climbing, youth and adult day camps, yoga, military programs, weekend excursions and custom events.
Tim Nagel is fueled by a deep passion for expanding the realm of outdoor recreation and sports for individuals with disabilities. Living with a physical disability has served as a catalyst for Tim to explore numerous opportunities. His journey began on the wheelchair basketball courts of Dallas, Texas, where he honed his skills and passion for adaptive sports. Tim earned a B.S. and M.S. in Sport Management at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and contributed as an Assistant Coach for the wheelchair basketball program. Post-college, he embarked on a career in adaptive recreation, dedicating himself to impacting the outdoor recreation landscape for youth, adults, and veterans with disabilities. Tim has resided in the Pacific Northwest since 2019. In his free time he likes to ski, mountain bike, paddleboard, camp, and travel. Tim is enthusiastic about continuing to make a meaningful impact in the local PNW community.
Griffin Armour was born and raised in the Seattle area but has spent several years living in South America. He is the Development Manager at Outdoors for All and focuses his time on growing individual and grant contributions to the organization. Some random things he loves include skiing, the Talking Heads, chess, Mount Rainier National Park, and the films of Ingmar Bergman. Griffin takes great pride in contributing to an organization that makes a profound difference in the lives of individuals with disabilities.
Walter Impert provides individuals and families with practical advice on how to incorporate their values and goals into a thoughtful and carefully considered estate plan.
Walter is a Partner at Dorsey & Whitney in the Tax, Trusts and Estates practice group. His practice focuses on all aspects of wealth management, including estate planning, business organization and succession planning, charitable organizations, estate and trust administration, and estate and trust litigation.
Walter served as a member of the firm’s Policy Committee (Board of Directors) and serves as a Senior Vice President and Director of the Dorsey & Whitney Trust Company.
Walter received his law degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), School of Law (J.D., 2002). He was Managing Editor of the UCLA Law Review. His BA was awarded by Occidental College (B.A., Economics, 1996) with College Honors and Department Honors. He is a Phi Beta Kappa member.
His Professional Achievements include:
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), Past Chair of Seattle Chapter
Join award-winning photographer Robert Stahl as he discusses ways to make travel photographs more creative and compelling. His emphasis will be on cultivating the ‘Art of Seeing’ by the use of composition and design along with utilizing dramatic light when available.
Robert currently teaches continuing ed photo classes (both beginning and intermediate) for North Seattle College as well as offering an annual photo workshop for the Pacific Northwest Art School in Coupeville on Whidbey Island. He also teaches poetry classes for CRI (Creative Retirement Institute) sponsored by Edmonds College. His work has appeared in National Geographic publications and he has led photo trips to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Kenya, Iceland, France’s Provence, Peru’s Machu Picchu, Antarctica, Patagonia, India, and throughout North America. Robert has BA degrees in Philosophy and History from the University of Washington and a Master’s degree in Art History from Louisiana State University.
Our speaker on Thursday is Heather Fitzpatrick, President & CEO of Wellspring Family Services. Wellspring is a complex health and human service agency committed to ending family homelessness for good. Founded in 1892, the organization prevents and ends homelessness for both families and employees through five intertwined programs.
Heather joined Wellspring in 2017 as the interim CFO, and stepped into the CEO role in January of 2018.
Prior to joining Wellspring, Heather was a management consultant with MarketFitz, Inc., where she worked primarily with healthcare, professional service, and non-profit clients. She is a CPA and a Chartered Global Management Accountant, and the author of the book Marketing Management for Non-Marketing Managers: Improving Returns on Marketing Investments.
Heather is a member of Seattle Rotary #4 and has served as the Vice-President of Membership and Sergeant-at-Arms for the club. She has served on over a dozen boards of directors, including Leadership Tomorrow, the Washington Society of CPAs, the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Girl Scouts of Western Washington, and Northwest Center. She currently serves on the board of Archbright.
Outside of work and community volunteerism, Fitzpatrick enjoys hiking, backpacking, cooking, reading and travel. She lives in Edmonds, Washington, with her husband, her children, and her dog, Riko.
Join the University Sunrise Rotary Club for a program featuring Ken Lee of the Seattle Public Utilities speaking on the topic of “The Ship Canal Water Quality Project: Tunnel Effluent Pump Station & Ballard Conveyance.
The program will be presented in person and on Zoom on Thursday morning with the Zoom line opening at 7:00 a.m. The formal meeting including the program runs from 7:30-8:30 a.m. No registration is required, and the program is free.
The in-person meeting will be at the Wedgwood Community Church at 8201 30th Ave NE, Seattle. Doors open at 7:00 a.m. and the program begins at 7:30 a.m.
The meeting will be available via Zoom. Click here to join the meeting Thursday morning.The Zoom line will open shortly after 7:00 a.m.
Ken Lee is a senior project manager with Seattle Public Utilities.
Born and raised in South Seattle, this lifelong University of Washington Husky has an extensive career in leading infrastructure and transportation improvement projects around the Puget Sound area. As a Project Management Professional and Professional Engineer, Ken’s passion is improving our communities through the wonders of Civil Engineering.
On the weekend you can find Ken, his wife, and 11-year old son exploring (and sometimes re-exploring) new areas of Seattle!
Our member, Andrea Suarez, is the Founder of We Heart Seattle. She has lived in King County for twenty-four years and in the downtown area since 2009. In September of 2020, she started ‘We Heart Seattle’ out of love for the city–wanting it clean and safe for all to enjoy.
We Heart Seattle is an action-based, boots-on-the-ground movement that organizes trash cleanups in our public spaces and offers a helping hand to those in need. Through direct civic engagement, We Heart Seattle leads the way to a more compassionate and healthy community.
They recently reached significant milestones–more than 1,000,000 pounds of trash removed from the city’s parks and public spaces and more than 200 individuals helped off the streets. That includes more than 25,000 needles removed.
The signing the Acta of receiving the title as “Licenciado/licenced” starts a legal process of a couple of months that results in a federal credencial.
The “titulación” gives the legal authority to practice Mexican law at any instance of the three levels of government.
There are only four American Citizens in Mexico now with that ability, and presently, Joseph is the only one known living the Valley of México that has 100,000 Americans living there full time and approximately 2 million in the country.
Joseph has current cases dealing with recovery of American citizenship and other issues impacting American Citizens.
