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Nina Barber, J.D.

Executive Director
Norooz Clinic Foundation
Mental Health and Wellness, Mental Health, Norooz Clinic Foundation
In my speeches, I focus on mental health advocacy, nonprofit leadership, and the importance of culturally responsive care. I share stories from my work at…

Brad Dacus

President and Founder
Pacific Justice Institute
Religious Freedom, Parental rights, Sharing your Faith in the Workplace
As a civil rights attorney, Brad Dacus will share how the Pacific Justice Institute, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) legal defense organization, specializes in the defense of…

Kerry Carmichael

Senior Recruiter and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer
Peace Corps
Promoting Peace, Fighting Disease, Providing clean water, sanitation, and hygiene, Saving mothers and children, Supporting education, Growing local economies, Protecting the environment, International service
Rotary International and Peace Corps share the mission of service to others. In fact, in 2015 both organizations joined forces in a strategic partnership to…

Cathy Threadgill

Board President
Family Promise of Orange County
Community service, Helping Homeless, Children and Families
We HELP, we give HOPE, we bring families HOME! Family Promise of Orange County is a non-profit that aims to create a pathway of support…

Barry Silverman

CEO and Music Director
South Coast Symphony
Supporting education, Community service
I would like to introduce the Rotary to the South Coast Symphony, which serves all of Orange County. The 65 member Symphony has been presenting…

Ronald Smith

Founder
Friends of St. Kizito Rubuguri Primary School
Providing clean water, sanitation, and hygiene, Supporting education, International service
Rubuguri Primary & Secondary School WASH Global Grant Project Rotary Global Grant Number: GG2455013 Ronald Smith and his wife Sandy founded Friends of St. Kizito…

Dave Friedman

Don't let stress run your life
managing stress, making a difference, raise your energy
We recognize how easily stress can infiltrate and overwhelm our lives. What if we could flip the script and manage stress, instead of letting it…

Kim Ann

Author/Publisher
Lucky Four Press, LLC
Supporting education, bestselling childrens book author – Inspiring Imagination in children
Inspiring Imagination – How a mom of a special needs son, decided to become an author to inspire imagination in all children. Kim Ann is…

Richard Rosen

Literacy Chairman Rotary District 6440
Member of Wheeling IL Rotary Club
Supporting education
There is a clear cause to effect relationship between literacy versus crime and poverty. 2/3 of students who cannot read proficiently at 4th grade levels…

Chris Skorina

Atttorney at Law
Skorina Law, P.C.
The Rotary Foundation. The Annual Fund, Rotary District 5320
I am a Past District Governor of District 5320 (2024-2025) and currently serve on the Advisory Board, District Governor Nominating Committee, Finance Committee and am…

Jennifer Bassage Bonfil

Artistic Director
The Wooden Floor
Supporting education, Growing local economies
The mission of The Wooden Floor is to empower low-income youth to strengthen self-esteem, self-discipline, and their sense of accomplishment through dance, academic, and family…

John Perry

Fighting Disease, Providing clean water, sanitation, and hygiene, Supporting education, Protecting the environment, International service, District 5320 Presenter, PROJECT CORAZÓN
Helping the poor in Mexico by providing housing. “To build a house in one day – that’s all a volunteer can dream of.” John Perry…
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