Adaptive skiing transforms the lives of individuals with and without disabilities. It builds community and promotes inclusion for all. While enhancing self-esteem, adaptive skiing helps individuals learn new skills and foster fitness through fun. Ed will share life-transforming stories of adaptive skiing lessons that he’s led.
Ed Bronsdon is a nonprofit leader and educator. His passion is helping people. He recently retired from full time work after a 37-year career in nonprofits, including 28 years as executive director with the Outdoors for All Foundation in Seattle. He’s a graduate of the University of Washington, has a certificate in Rehabilitation Facilities Management from Seattle University and holds Level III Alpine and Level I Adaptive certifications with the Professional Ski Instructors of America.
Nationally, Ed volunteers with Move United as a board member, clinician and as an adaptive instructor.
Internationally, he volunteers with Blesma – The Limbless Veterans.
In our local community, Ed is active with the University Sunrise Rotary Club of Seattle. His Rotary service includes being a past president of the Rotary Club of Issaquah and multiple board roles with both of these Rotary clubs.
The program will be presented on Zoom on Thursday morning with the line opening at 7 a.m. The formal meeting including the program runs from 7:30-8:30 a.m. No registration is required.
Prior to working at Fred Hutch, Renee served as the Gift Planning Officer for Washington and Hawaii at American Red Cross, Development & Planned Giving Officer at University of Puget Sound, and as the Director of Major Gifts & Planned Giving at the Seattle Repertory Theatre.
Renee is a Board Member of the American Council on Gift Annuities. She is the past Co-Chair of the Planned Giving Affinity Group for the National Association of Cancer Center Development Officers. She is also a Past President of the Washington Planned Giving Council and past Board Member of Leave 10.
She has a Masters of Science in Taxation and a Certificate in Estate Planning from Golden Gate University, and has achieved the designation of Certified Gift Planning Specialist through the Institute for Philanthropic Studies at California State University Long Beach. Renee has worked in development for 23 years and in planned giving for 18.
She lives in West Seattle with her husband Kevan, daughters Zoe and Margaret, and dogs Abbey and Jack.
As you know (or maybe not), Phill was a long-time member of our club, past president, and a great Rotarian.
Service is at 2 pm on Saturday at St Clement’s Episcopal church at 1501 32nd Ave S (in person) and live streamed. Reception follows at Mt Baker Community Club, 2811 Mt Rainier Dr S.
Join the University Sunrise Rotary Club for a program featuring Jeff Brennan. Jeff is in his fifth year as our District 5030’s Foundation Chair. The Rotary Foundation is a non-profit corporation that supports the efforts of Rotary International to achieve world understanding and peace through international humanitarian, educational, and cultural exchange programs. It has grown from an initial contribution of $26.50 to more than $1 billion.
The program will be presented on Zoom on Thursday morning and at the Wedgwood Community Church. The formal meeting including the program runs from 7:30-8:30 a.m. No registration is required.
The Wedgwood Community Church is at 8201 30th Ave NE, Seattle, WA and it will be open at 7 a.m.
Jeff Brennan is in his 5th year as our District 5030’s Foundation Chair. Prior to that, he was the Chair of the District 5030’s grant committee for three years. Jeff is past president of the Rotary Club of Mill Creek, a Major Donor Level 2, benefactor and bequest member, and is a member of the Paul Harris Society. He is well-versed in district and global grant writing and has participated in global grants in Chile, El Salvador, Panama and numerous times to Guatemala.
Jeff served in the U.S. Air Force in communications and then worked in the telecommunications field for over 30 years. He has an Associate Degree in Radio Communications from the Community College of the Air Force, a BA and MBA in Management from Angelo State University in West Texas, and a Law Degree from Seattle University. Jeff works for ESO Solutions, (an Austin, Texas based company) the largest software and data solutions provider to Emergency Medical Services providers and fire departments in the US and Canada.
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If you are able to join the speakers for a 6pm VIP reception (including valet parking) please contact erika.kreger@isbscience.org for details. In addition to Drs. Jim Heath, Lee Hood and Nathan Price, ISB faculty members Sean Gibbons, Alice Kane, and Naeha Subramanian (experts in the microbiome, aging, and infectious disease respectively) will also be attending the reception, along with Claudia Ludwig and Caroline Kiehle from our STEM education team. So it will be a nice opportunity for guests to catch up with many ISB leaders.
Sean received his Ph.D. in biophysical sciences from the University of Chicago in 2015. His graduate work focused on using microbial communities as empirical models for testing ecological theory. He completed his postdoctoral training at MIT from 2015-2018. His postdoctoral work focused on developing techniques to quantify individual-specific eco-evolutionary dynamics within the human gut microbiome.
Gibbons was awarded a Fulbright Graduate Fellowship to study microbiology and synthetic biology at Uppsala University in Sweden, where he earned a master’s degree in 2010. His Ph.D. work was supported by an EPA STAR Graduate Fellowship. Upon joining the ISB faculty in 2018, his startup package was supported, in part, by a Washington Research Foundation Distinguished Investigator Award.
Microbial communities are complex (i.e. many interacting species) and adaptive (i.e., evolving). Complex, adaptive systems continually reorganize themselves in response to the environment. Sean investigates how the structure and composition of evolving ecological networks of microorganisms change across environmental gradients. In particular, he is interested in how ecological communities in the gut change and adapt to individual people over their lifespans (i.e., host genotype, host development and host behavior) and how these changes impact human health. His lab develops computational and experimental tools for investigating host-associated microbial communities to explore the interactions between ecology, evolution and ecosystem function, applying these insights to develop personalized interventions for improving human health and well-being.
ISB & SSF Present- Dr. Sean Gibbons Explains the Microbiome (4min)
Abel Pacheco is the Government & Community Relations Director for the Central Corridor (Seattle) at Sound Transit. Abel supports Sound Transit’s leadership and project teams in responding to key stakeholders and constituencies within the City of Seattle. Prior to joining Sound Transit, Abel served on the Seattle City Council and represented District Four during 2019. Abel completed his fellowship at The Seattle Foundation and has worked at the Seattle Police Foundation and the University of Washington. Abel earned his BA from California State University, Northridge, and his Master of Public Administration from the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the UW. As a car-free Seattleite, Abel is passionate about ensuring that our community has a robust transportation network to ensure that Seattle remains a great place to live, work, and visit.
Join the University Sunrise Rotary Club for a program featuring Charlie Keller of Bellevue College discussing the formation of Washington’s landscapes.
The story about the Great Floods of Eastern Washington is really incredible.
This program will be presented both on Zoom and at the Wedgwood Community Church (8201 30th Avenue NE in the church basement). Doors and the Zoom line will open at 7 am.The formal meeting runs from 7:30-8:30 a.m. No registration is required.
The dramatic landscapes of Washington have been shaped by Fire (molten rock) and Water (gas, liquid, solid). These processes have been ongoing for millions of years. Sometimes requiring millions of years to reach the results we see today. Sometimes requiring only days to weeks. This presentation will review the geology that explains the formation of these landscapes and how the evidence supports both Catastrophic and Uniformitarian events.
Charlie has been an adjunct instructor at Bellevue College since 2016. After 35 years as a consulting hydrogeologist and environmental engineer, he now enjoys his time teaching Geology courses including Geology 101 (Introduction to Physical Geology) and Geology 107 (Geological Catastrophes). He also enjoys advising students, so would like to hear from anyone with any questions about future careers in environmental science or other earth and space sciences; or questions about science and careers in general.
His academic background focused on isotope geochemistry and fossil fuel geology. He obtained a Master’s of Science degree in Geology from The Ohio State University.
He has been interested in STEM education and increasing diversity in STEM fields most of his career. He also enjoys skiing, fishing, hiking, biking, carpentry, ceramics, photography, kayaking, music, movies, ale, most foods, wine, spirits, comedy, anthropology, and astrophysics.
