Personal reflections on the evolution how far we've come in 100 years Deborah Szekely, honored by San Diego Rotary as Mrs. San Diego in 2002, was born a mere two years after women in America secured the right to vote through the passage of the 19th Amendment. Through the lens of her life experience; as…

Geoffrey Woglom is Professor of Economics emeritus at Amherst College where he taught for over 40 years. During his career, he has been a consultant at the Federal Reserve Board and the International Monetary fund and held visiting positions at Harvard, Cambridge, LSE and Nanjing universities. Geoff will review how monetary and fiscal policy have…

On October 11, 1985, Cardiac Surgeons Aidan Raney, Douglas Zusman and Pat Daily, and Cardiologists Sidney Smith and Brian Jaski undertook the first heart transplant in San Diego County at Sharp Memorial Hospital.  This year marks the 35th anniversary of this historic community event. Dr. Brian Jaski, who is the Medical Director for Advanced Heart…

Tom Turner, Vice President of CBRE, the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, will join us to talk about "Emerging Trends in Commercial Real Estate: The Good, The Bad and the Uncertain.” Tom will examine key trends evolving though the COVID era across various real estate product types and note key developments…

San Diego Rotary's Peace Prize will be awarded during the October 1 meeting and this year's award focuses on social justice in matters relating to race and equity. The annual peace award is designed to honor achievements that promote awareness and actions aligned with Rotary's Mission Statement: to help build goodwill and peace in the…

With the election just weeks away, San Diego Mayoral Candidates Barbara Bry and Todd Gloria join us in an interactive dialog to talk about their stance on the city's most important issues. MEMBERS: IF YOU WILL HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE MAYORAL CANDIDATES, PLEASE SUBMIT IT IN ADVANCE OF OCT. 8 TO PAUL AT [email protected].…

President Chris' initiative for 2020-2021 is to build awareness and action around homelessness in San Diego. This makes the program on October 15 one he is excited to share with the club: Musician/Jazz vocalist Steph Johnson, is the Executive and Creative Director and Co-Founder of Voices of Our City Choir, the "Golden Buzzer" semi-finalists on…

Chief Colin Stowell is the 18th fire chief of the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department (SDFD). Chief Stowell was hired by SDFD in 1988 and has served in every rank in the department. Chief Stowell will talk about the impact of the devastating wildfires in our community and on the fire-rescue department, the strategy behind fighting…

Rotary Clubs all over the U.S. have begun a project to restore habitat for the beautiful, but threatened Monarch butterflies (Operation Pollination). As you may know, the butterflies have an extraordinary migration pattern. They fly from Mexico to Canada and back. No single butterfly can do it. It takes FOUR generations! Their population is declining…

In honor of Veterans Day and as part of our club's Annual Salute to the Armed Forces, RDML Bette Bolivar will be joining us as our guest speaker. As a special operations officer (Explosive Ordinance Disposal / Diving and Salvage Community), RDML Bolivar has served our Nation in some of the most challenging environments in…