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“We look ahead to seven The group is trying to address the root causes of generations. We make decisions the issues they see, says Ewing. “We need to take a based on not today but based on look at the system as a whole and take time to really the impact they’ll have in the future.” understand what’s going on and how we can collab- oratively change the outcome.” As an example of this new way of thinking, she points to the foundation’s Leadership Learning Lab and Changemaker Fellow- ships, which are identifying and assisting the next generation of local leaders. “We have to be patient and take the long view,” says Ewing, who retired as executive director of Ro- tary Charities at the end of June. “All the seeds have been sown, the ground has been prepared, things are starting to sprout, and I can’t wait to see the forest that is going to grow from that empty field.” AUGUST 2021 ROTARY 49

how to read to kids meet the new directors and trustees a reel good time OURCLUBS Chrysanne Manoles, a club member who VIRTUAL VISIT lives in Colorado. Annual dues are capped Vital statistics at $270, and a “friend of the club” category At home for members of other clubs provides unlim- Chartered: 2 July 2017, as the Rotary abroad ited make-up certificates for $100. Manoles, E-Club of District 5960 who traveled from Minnesota to Brazil on Rotary Club of Cultural an exchange in the early 1970s, has hosted Refocus and renaming approved: Exchange Enthusiasts (D5960) seven students in her home and served for 24 March 2020 several years as a North Star multidistrict Before the pandemic, some 9,000 teen- chair. “It’s like-minded people sharing inter- Current membership: 12 agers embarked every year on a global ad- national stories. We try to learn something venture through Rotary Youth Exchange, global at every meeting.” Number of members who are Youth learning about new cultures and enjoying Exchange alumni: 6 the company of families who opened their Reminiscing is not merely tolerated, it is homes and hearts. While hundreds of thou- expected, and members are all ears. “When Club members’ exchange countries: sands of young people have participated we hear presentations mentioning a host Brazil, Italy, Japan, Mexico, and Sweden since Rotary officially sanctioned the pro- mom or a host brother, we kind of pause gram in 1975, relatively few have gone on and take it in. We don’t brush it off. We might Learn more: rotaryeclub5960.org to join Rotaract or Rotary clubs. Exchange ask a question: ‘Was she home during the experiences, whether they last a few weeks day?’ ‘Did she work?’ ‘What was the house Attend online: 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays or an entire academic year, broaden hori- like?’ ‘Did they have a maid?’” The online (Central time) zons at a pivotal age — and Rotary has yet gatherings sometimes serve as an emotional to fully capture the potential of Youth Ex- debriefing for younger attendees. After they Learn more about Rotary Youth Ex- change alumni. return home, “most exchange students, their change at rotary.org/youthexchange. big complaint is, no one wants to hear my Now a reimagined e-club is creating a story,” Manoles says. “We are interested in the National Peace Corps Association and space for internationally minded people, that stuff. We want to better understand a member of the Rotary Club of Capitol Hill including alumni who, years or decades what that experience was.” (Washington, D.C.), has also presented. later, still feel the glow of their exchange. And while the core membership of the Ro- Guest speakers have included a state With cultural exchange as the glue, the tary Club of Cultural Exchange Enthusiasts district judge, a married couple who met at club aims to engage and enlighten mem- (D5960) consists of individuals with ties a reunion for past exchange students, and bers and visitors. “Part of what we try to to North Star Youth Exchange — a joint a former student from Brazil who tearfully do is educate people about exchanges and initiative of districts 5950 and 5960 in reconnected online with her host families. how they work,” says Kirk Anderson, the Minnesota and Wisconsin — the club is Topics of discussion are not limited to Youth club’s self-described tech guy. Anderson open to the world. Exchange: Rhianna Gawrys, a frequent visi- was a member of the e-club that eventually tor to the club, offered suggestions early in became the Cultural Enthusiasts club. He “We formed the club to attract younger the pandemic for setting up a home office credits Marlene Gargulak, past governor of Rotex,” as exchange alumni are known, says with back-friendly ergonomics. Jasmine District 5960, and the late Don Craighead, Dorothy Haefner discussed the financial dis- “an extreme networker,” for prodding the cipline and time-management skills needed district to change with the times by starting to succeed as an actress in New York City. that initial e-club. Along with sweeping im- Glenn Blumhorst, president and CEO of provements in online meeting technology, 50  ROTARY  AUGUST 2021

Ackerman + Gruber Photography members believe the club’s reinvention will their common interest to emerge as a pos- gram, as well as on his family’s ties to Austria. prove key to its survival. sible solution. “We said, wouldn’t it be cool He spoke of travels with son Andy, now 28, if there was an e-club for Youth Exchange and daughter Amy, 25 — who both partici- “The earlier incarnation originally didn’t alumni?” recalls Hobday. Rather than doing pated in Rotary Youth Exchange, in France have a theme,” Anderson says. “We focused all the work of starting a club from scratch, and Italy, respectively — and with a group of on trying to get members who were not he says, “we filled out a form to change the friends who embark on international “mys- able to get to regular club meetings or had name — and poof!” Two e-club members tery trips” complete with a white-knuckle, taken time off from Rotary, or for financial dropped out, but the bonds among those day-of-flight destination reveal. reasons were not able to join a traditional who remained were stronger than before. club. We just didn’t attract a core group of The revitalized club helps rekindle the people who connected well. There was no “The club is enthusiastic about getting excitement of Youth Exchange and proves personal connection.” together,” Anderson says. Although many that, even many years later, alumni have members have never met in person, “we strong ties to the program and to Rotary. “We were Rotarians in name, but there feel very much connected in the friendship Hobday is still in contact with his two host was nothing going on,” says John Hobday, aspect. That’s what was hard to overcome mothers and other host family members club president. with the old e-club. Now with Zoom, it some four decades after his exchange. “You feels like we know one another and we’ve get to know the country and families,” he A gathering of friends in late 2019 in- broken through the trust issues.” Members says. “My host sister will send me two jected new life into the club, says Hobday, give presentations to share their interests — memes a week. My high school class from recalling a dinner with Manoles and Gregg wanderlust being a common theme — and when I went to Mexico in the 1980s has a White, another Youth Exchange alum who “some personal struggles they’ve had,” An- WhatsApp group chat, and it’s constant. A spent the 1969-70 academic year in Swe- derson says. “It’s a unique friendship, even bunch of good mornings, the news of the den. “John said, ‘You guys, I’m the president though we’ve never really met.” day, a bunch of good nights. Probably 200 of the e-club and it’s not going so well,’” messages a day. You make these connec- Manoles remembers. It didn’t take long for In his presentation, White struck a tions that last a lifetime.” —brad webber theme of “family of origin and families of “We said, wouldn’t it choice.” “I remain close to my Swedish sib- Club members and friends (from left): be cool if there was lings today,” he says of his host family. Ann McCarthy, Marlene Gargulak, Karen an e-club for Youth Asphaug, Olga Brouwer, Elke Schmidt, Exchange alumni?” Hobday’s turn as presenter, during an Kirk Anderson, John Hobday, Gregg White, early March meeting, alighted on his time in Chrysanne Manoles, Ann Maslansky- Oaxaca, Mexico, as a high school student and Takahashi, and Lindy Venustus. in Norway as a young professional through Rotary’s former Group Study Exchange pro- AUGUST 2021  ROTARY  51

OUR CLUBS ALLOW THE CHILD TO CHOOSE KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE HANDBOOK “Letting kids pick their own books Some reading techniques depend on the is really important,” says Carolyn ages of the children. “A great trick we have Story time Johnson, a member of the Rotary Club of for reading to older children is to share Yarmouth, Maine, and chair of the Basic reading,” says Judy Koch, a member of Reading to kids is Education and Literacy Rotary Action the Rotary Club of Palo Alto/University, an art and a science Group. “It’s not always what we want, California. “The child reads until they but letting kids have that choice is really, call out, ‘Popcorn!’ That signals the adult When Ruth Sparks and her really important.” to read. Often, it’s because a child doesn’t husband first moved to Fort know the word. So instead of stumbling, Bragg, California, she started they can say, ‘Popcorn!’” a program that arranged for grandparents to read books to TALK ABOUT THE BOOK EMBRACE REPETITION classes in local schools. Some years after that program ended, Johnson says that reading should be a “One thing little children really love is the Sparks started looking for a new conversation. “You can ask questions book that is read to them again and again,” way to inspire people to read to about what’s going to happen next, or says Kelly Barnhill, a former teacher and children. She joined the Rotary why a character did what they did, so author of the Newbery Medal-winning book Club of Fort Bragg, which partic- that kids are learning to think ahead and The Girl Who Drank the Moon. “It can be an ipates in Read Aloud, a national interact with the text. That helps them opportunity to say the lines that the child program to encourage at least with prediction skills and learning about knows, then stop so they fill in the word. That 15 minutes of reading to young language. You can even say, ‘Help me is delightful for them. It increases their level children every day, in nursery turn the page,’ or ‘Where do I start on of enjoyment, and it forces them to pay schools and at the library. “All the page?’ so kids learn the beginning close attention as a listener because now children need to be read aloud and end points,” she says. they’re responsible for the story, too.” to,” says Sparks. “They need that extra boost. I love it. The chil- Illustration by James Graham dren love it. The parents love it.” Reading aloud is simple, yet powerful; it has an array of posi- tive effects on children. Some studies have shown it lowers the risk of aggression and hyperac- tivity, builds neural connections for imagery and narrative, and strengthens the relationship between child and caregiver. Also, the children experience a cognitive and linguistic boost that scientists say can still be detected in their teen years. “It can be magic,” Sparks says. “Anybody who has read to a child realizes how important it is. It can open the imagination, learning, literacy, and all kinds of things.” We spoke to Rotarians and veteran readers to get their tips for reading aloud. Find a list of great books for kids on page 36. — frank bures 52  ROTARY  AUGUST 2021

LET YOUR INNER THESPIAN LOOSE world of difference. “Make it fun,” says Johnson. “Pay attention to punctuation. “Stories are so fun out loud, and there Even exaggerate the questions and is a lot of joy in the performance of it — exclamations a bit, if that’s what you’re how the sentence sounds, those dramatic comfortable with. But kids know when pauses, the way your voice can lift and you’re faking it, so just do what’s natural.” go quiet,” says Barnhill. Using a unique voice for each character can make a TAKE YOUR TIME RESOURCES “For very young children, we don’t  Learn more about Rotary’s basic have to read the book straight through,” education and literacy area of focus at says Koch, who is also the founder of rotary.org/our-causes/supporting- Bring Me a Book, a nonprofit dedicated education. to promoting literacy for children in  The action group has useful under-resourced communities. suggestions and resources. Find them “Let the child set the pace.” at litrag.org. AUGUST 2021  ROTARY  53

CALENDAR Au ust events 7th 25th BRING YOUR OWN BIB 21st TASTE THE FLAVORS Event: Event: Cambridge Ribfest DON’T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME Taste of Lakeville Event: Host: Forget Me Not 5K Host: Rotary Club of Cambridge Sunrise, Rotary Club of Lakeville, Minnesota Ontario Host: Rotary Club of Florence, South Carolina What it benefits: What it benefits: Local projects Local charities and projects What it benefits: Local Alzheimer’s Association and What it is: What it is: club’s grant program This community celebration brings To ensure everyone can safely enjoy together local restaurants, caterers, the delicious food at Ribfest, this What it is: and fine beverage purveyors for one annual event has been boiled down Starting from the James Allen Plaza in evening of sampling the culinary to a one-day, drive-thru experience. downtown Florence, this family fun run/ delights available around town. The “Ribbers” compete for Best Ribs, Best walk is an exciting race for all ages, with event is normally held in May; this year Chicken, Best Sauce, and People’s medals for first, second, and third place an auction portion of the event took Choice trophies. awarded in 10 age groups, from 7-and- place then online, with the rest of the under to 70-plus. event moved to this month. 13th to 14th 28th HUNT FOR TREASURES SWINGING CLUBS FOR A CAUSE Event: Event: Eagle River Antique Show and Sale Clay Ryan Memorial Golf Outing Host: Host: Rotary Club of Eagle River, Wisconsin Rotary Club of Dearborn Heights, Michigan What it benefits: Local causes and projects What it benefits: Local projects, including suicide What it is: prevention and awareness One man’s trash is another’s treasure, so you never know what unique items What it is: you may discover at this annual event. Suicide awareness is a cause near to It’s the perfect opportunity to find a the hearts of many members of the special gift or a new-to-you piece of Dearborn Heights Rotary Club, includ- furniture for your home. ing President Patrick Koenig, who lost his grandson Clay to suicide. The event raises money not only through the golf- ers’ participation fees, but also through the generous donations of corporate sponsors, as well as businesses and individuals who sponsor holes. Tell us about your event. Write to [email protected] with “calendar” in the subject line. 54 ROTARY AUGUST 2021

TRUSTEE CHAIR’S MESSAGE SERVICE ABOVE SELF With more members and support, THE OBJECT OF ROTARY we’ll do more good in the world The Object of Rotary is to encourage In August, we focus on membership — annual giving or other means. Imagine and foster the ideal of service as a exploring ways we can expand Rotary’s how we could extend Rotary’s reach if we basis of worthy enterprise and, in ranks and reach. As we form new clubs were to increase that engagement, even particular, to encourage and foster: and answer RI President Shekhar Mehta’s by just a little. More Rotarian contribu- call of Each One, Bring One, let’s consider tions would mean additional funding for First The development of how these efforts will have a positive im- the Rotary Peace Centers, as well as more acquaintance as an opportunity for pact at every level of our organization. matched contributions to help eradicate service; polio, thanks to our partnership with the Rotary’s two greatest assets are its Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Second High ethical standards members and The Rotary Foundation, and in business and professions, the they are linked. Our organization is made The Rotary Foundation is a powerful recognition of the worthiness up of more than 48,000 Rotary and Rota- force that efficiently carries out impactful of all useful occupations, and ract clubs, and without our dedicated club and sustainable projects around the world; the dignifying of each Rotarian’s members, we can’t perform service. Our Charity Navigator has recognized The Rotary occupation as an opportunity to members also carry out the Foundation’s Foundation with a four-star rating annually serve society; mission of doing good in the world, by for 13 consecutive years. All Rotary mem- working on grassroots projects and mak- bers can be proud of this. And how great it Third The application of the ideal of ing contributions that support countless would be if all Rotarians would support the service in each Rotarian’s personal, Foundation programs and grants. Foundation in whatever way they could. business, and community life; With more members in Rotary, the I have a simple request this month. Fourth The advancement of Foundation could do even more good in Please take 10 minutes during your next international understanding, the world. We would have more hands club meeting to discuss ways to get more goodwill, and peace through a to set up water, sanitation, and hygiene involved in the Foundation this year. It world fellowship of business and projects, so that more people could access could be planning an online fundraiser to professional persons united in the clean water. We would have more minds benefit the Foundation or partnering with ideal of service. to plan global grants projects that sup- other clubs for a global grant project. port prenatal services, so that more babies THE FOUR-WAY TEST could live. We could fund more district Whatever you do, remember that our grants that support literacy, so that more members — all of us — drive Rotary’s Of the things we think, say, or do: people could learn to read. efforts and sustain our Foundation. 1. Is it the truth? Today, roughly a third of our members JOHN F. GERM 2. Is it fair to all concerned? actively support the Foundation through 3. Will it build goodwill and better Foundation trustee chair friendships? Illustration by Viktor Miller Gausa 4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned? ROTARIAN CODE OF CONDUCT The following code of conduct has been adopted for the use of Rotarians: As a Rotarian, I will 1. Act with integrity and high ethical standards in my personal and professional life 2. Deal fairly with others and treat them and their occupations with respect 3. Use my professional skills through Rotary to: mentor young people, help those with special needs, and improve people’s quality of life in my community and in the world 4. Avoid behavior that reflects adversely on Rotary or other Rotarians 5. Help maintain a harassment-free environment in Rotary meetings, events, and activities, report any suspected harassment, and help ensure non-retaliation to those individuals that report harassment. AUGUST 2021  ROTARY  55

OUR CLUBS ROTARY LEADERS New Jennifer E. Jones Jessie Harman Won-Pyo Kim directors President-elect 2021-22 Rotary Club of Wendouree Rotary Club of Gyeongju South, Rotary Club of Windsor- Breakfast, Australia Korea and Roseland, Ontario Jessie Harman holds a master’s Won-Pyo Kim is a dentist at the trustees Jennifer E. Jones is founder and degree in business administration Gyeongju Yeonhap Dental Clinic. take office president of Media Street Produc- and a doctorate in social entrepre- He has served as president of tions Inc., an award-winning media neurship. She enjoyed two decades dental associations in both his DIRECTORS company in Windsor. She was in higher education, beginning as a city and in North Gyeongsang chair of the board of governors lecturer in marketing and ending as Province. While president of the The RI Board of Directors of the University of Windsor and pro vice-chancellor (international latter, he helped publish a 60-year has 19 members: the RI chair of the Windsor-Essex Re- and partnerships) at Federation history of the association. president, the president- gional Chamber of Commerce. She University Australia, where she elect, and 17 directors, has been recognized for her service managed high-value state and fed- Since 2010, he has provided who were nominated with the YMCA Peace Medallion, eral government-funded programs free dental care to those in need by their zones and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and initiatives. She is now a consul- at least once a week in Gyeongju elected at the Rotary Medal, and Wayne State Universi- tant to tertiary education providers City, after installing dental International Convention. ty’s Peacemaker of the Year Award, in regulatory compliance, quality facilities at his own expense at a The Board manages Rotary a first for a Canadian. Jones holds a assurance, and risk management health center there. Every year for International affairs and Doctor of Laws (LL.D.). for international education. Oral Health Day, he provides free funds in accordance with Harman first experienced dentures to the elderly and gives the RI Constitution and As the first woman to be elected Rotary in 1988 as a participant hygiene lectures to residents. He Bylaws. Nine new directors president of Rotary International, in Rotary Youth Leadership has been active in other health and the president-elect Jones understands how important Awards (RYLA), sponsored by the care projects, such as one he led took office on 1 July. it is to follow through on Rotary’s Rotary Club of Kings Meadows in that brought 24 children with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Tasmania. Since joining Rotary in heart disease from Mongolia to Statement. “I believe that diversity, 1999, she has served in roles that a hospital in Incheon, Korea, for equity, and inclusion … begins include RI Membership Com- surgery and treatment. at the top, and for us to realize mittee chair and governors-elect growth in female membership training seminar coordinator Kim joined Rotary in 1991. He and members under the age of 40, and trainer. She also served as a has served as a Rotary coordina- these demographics need to see member of the 2020 Honolulu tor, training leader, and regional their own reflection in leader- Convention Committee; Rotary Rotary Foundation coordinator, ship,” Jones said. “I will cham- coordinator for Australia, New as well as assistant RRFC. He pion double-digit growth in both Zealand, and the Pacific Islands; has also served as a governors- categories while never losing sight training leader and seminar trainer elect training seminar training of our entire family.” at the International Assembly; and leader and director of the Korean RI president’s representative. Rotary Governors Association. Jones has been a Rotary member Harman says her first role as a In 1994, he helped form a sister since 1997 and has served Rotary as Rotary leader left a lasting impres- club relationship between his RI vice president, director, training sion. “My proudest moment was club and the Rotary Club of Usa leader, committee chair, moderator, probably taking on the reins of Hachiman, Japan. That relation- and district governor. She played president in my club — my first ship continues with annual visits a lead role in Rotary’s rebranding opportunity to truly experience and joint service projects. Kim effort by serving as chair of the the positive impact of Rotary on also founded the Interact Club at Strengthening Rotary’s Brand the everyday lives of others.” Silla Technical High School and Advisory Group. She is the co-chair A resident of Ballarat, Victoria, supports it in service activities of the End Polio Now Countdown she has been recognized as one with his club. to History Campaign Committee, of “Ballarat’s 100 most influential which aims to raise $150 million for women” by Zonta International. He has been recognized by polio eradication efforts. She also She is nonexecutive director on Gyeongju’s mayor and North led the successful #RotaryResponds several boards in the education, Gyeongsang Province’s governor telethon in 2020, which raised criti- arts, and community sectors locally with multiple awards and has re- cal funds for COVID-19 relief and was and throughout Australia. A long- ceived two awards from Korea’s viewed by more than 65,000 people. distance walker, Harman trekked minister of health and human nearly 500 miles (800 km) across services. Jones has received Rotary rural Spain on the Camino Francés. International’s Service Above Self Harman and her husband, Kim has received The Award and The Rotary Founda- Andrew, who is also a Rotarian, Rotary Foundation’s Citation for tion Citation for Meritorious support The Rotary Foundation Meritorious Service and Distin- Service. She and her husband, as Major Donors and Bequest guished Service Award. He and Nick Krayacich, are members of Society members. his spouse, Young-Sook Kim, sup- The Rotary Foundation’s Arch port the Foundation as members Klumph Society, Paul Harris Soci- of the Paul Harris Society and the ety, and Bequest Society. Arch Klumph Society. 56  ROTARY  AUGUST 2021

Urs Klemm Mahesh Kotbagi Vicki Puliz Nicki Scott Rotary Club of Aarau, Rotary Club of Pune Sports City, Rotary Club of Sparks, Rotary Club of The North Switzerland India Nevada Cotswolds, England Urs Klemm studied business en- Mahesh Kotbagi is a doctor Vicki Puliz earned a bachelor’s Born in Gosport, England, Nicki gineering and food chemistry and and a third-generation medical degree in marketing and a Scott began her career with has a doctorate in physical chemis- practitioner in his family, follow- master’s in business administra- KPMG before becoming an try. He built up the environmental ing his father and grandfather, tion from the University of Utah entrepreneur and owning a busi- protection division of a Swiss engi- Mahatma Gandhi’s physician, before becoming a partner in a ness focused on brand promo- neering company, where he worked whose example helped guide him commercial electrical contracting tion for companies including on national and international to “amalgamate professional life business in Nevada in 1984. She Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, and projects, including environmental with social service from an early helped manage and expand the Rolls-Royce. Combining that planning for a railway system in age,” says Kotbagi. His daughter business until it merged with a with her experience in corporate Basel, construction of the longest also practices medicine. publicly traded entity in 2003 and finance, strategic planning, and railroad tunnel through the Alps, she retired. change management, Scott went and improving the water supply in After earning his degree in When Puliz joined Rotary in on to mentor and coach CEOs the county of Békés, Hungary. gynecology from Pune University, 1992, she was the first woman in and business owners for Vistage Klemm was responsible for food Kotbagi dedicated himself to the her club. She has served Rotary Worldwide. In March 2021, she safety in Switzerland as a vice principle of low-cost health care. in many capacities, including as joined The Trusted Executive director of the Swiss Federal Office He planned and constructed a 10- an RI training leader and Rotary Foundation as a partner. of Public Health from 1996 to 2007, bed hospital that grew into large, public image coordinator. A pro- Scott, who lived abroad from when he retired. As head of the multispecialty hospitals. Kotbagi ponent of leadership develop- 1993 to 2018, joined Rotary in 2000 Swiss delegation of the Codex Ali- pursued his interest in hospital ment, Puliz has been active in while in Illinois. After serving as mentarius Commission — an ini- planning and administration, leading several presidents-elect governor of District 6450, she took tiative of the Food and Agriculture creating a consulting firm. He and governors-elect training on roles as Rotary coordinator, Organization of the United Nations also served as a visiting professor, seminars. “I see Rotary as a lead- Rotary institute chair, and training and the World Health Organization faculty member, and trustee at his ership organization that provides leader. She also served twice as a that promotes international food alma mater. He set up the Chin- community service,” she says. trainer at the International As- safety — Klemm led a project that mayi Charitable Trust to support Puliz is also interested in devel- sembly and was a member of the defined a standard for bottled wa- low-cost health care services and oping youth leadership. She has RI Strategic Planning Committee. ter. As the commission’s European promote education for rural chil- co-chaired Rotary Youth Leader- Upon her return to England, she coordinator, he carried out projects dren, and he helped establish the ship Awards (RYLA) events in her joined the Leadership, Development, promoting food hygiene in Central Association of Hospitals in Pune. district, facilitated RYLA events and Training Committee for Rotary Asia and Africa. in Benin, and co-created a district in Great Britain and Ireland and will Since joining Rotary in 1994, Since joining Rotary in 1995 as youth leadership program based serve as RIBI’s leader in 2021-23 Klemm has served as a Council a founding member of his club, on RYLA concepts. while also serving as an RI director. on Legislation representative, Kotbagi has served as a training When she witnessed 119 RYLA Scott’s passions are strat- assistant regional Rotary Founda- leader, RI president’s representa- participants supporting one egy, leadership coaching, and tion coordinator, and endowment/ tive, adviser to Rotary institutes person who was struggling, it motivational speaking, which she major gifts adviser. As district and presidential summits, and expanded her vision of the power hopes to use in Rotary to nurture governor, he implemented a chair of a literacy summit. He has of Rotary. She encourages all the next generation of leaders. district project to create 10 youth served as chair of the governors- Rotary members to identify these She also enjoys musical theater, camp sites. He also co-founded elect and governors-nominee train- moments. “If each individual walking, and painting. the Swiss Rotary Foundation, ing seminar at the zone level, and Rotarian could know and tap into Scott considers herself a global which generates more than $1 mil- in numerous district roles. Kotbagi that purpose — to know why citizen whose purpose is to use lion in annual donations, and the has led more than 100 service they’re in Rotary — and to share her full potential to make a dif- Rotarian Peace Projects Incubator, projects through Rotary, including it, it would be so powerful for our ference and inspire others to do a joint program of Rotarians, Rota- those that target women’s literacy organization,” she says. so. She sees significant worth in ractors, and Rotary Peace Fellows and economic development, polio Puliz and her husband, Tim, serving with Rotary members that aims to identify and activate corrective surgeries, and rural eye who is also a Rotarian, live in in a multicultural environment. By peace projects. Klemm launched surgery camps. He has also been Reno, Nevada. They enjoy kayak- “working together and uniting in activities of several Rotary Action active in Rotary’s youth programs. ing and other outdoor sports in action above perceived personal Groups in Switzerland and still the Sierra Nevada Mountains. differences,” Scott says, “there is supports them. A member of two Kotbagi enjoys biking, car Both are members of the Interna- no doubt we can achieve greater Rotary Fellowships (skiing and rallies, flying, and yachting. He tional Fellowship of Flying Rotar- impact and create real sustainable sailing), Klemm leads hikes for the has visited 50 countries as a ians. They support The Rotary change to benefit all concerned.” Swiss Alpine Club, plays piano, backpacker. He has received the Foundation as Major Donors and Scott has received the RI and studies literature. RI Service Above Self Award, as members of the Paul Harris So- Service Above Self Award and He and his wife, Hélène, who is The Rotary Foundation Citation ciety, the Bequest Society, and the supports The Rotary Foundation also a Rotarian, support The Rotary for Meritorious Service, and District 5190 PolioPlus Society. as a Major Donor and a member Foundation as Major Donors and a PolioPlus appreciation award. of her district Paul Harris Society members of the Bequest Society. and the Bequest Society. Kotbagi and his wife, Amita, who is also a doctor and a Rotarian, support The Rotary Foundation as Major Donors and Benefactors. AUGUST 2021  ROTARY  57

OUR CLUBS Julio César A. Silva-Santisteban Elizabeth Usovicz Ananthanarayanan S. “Venky” TRUSTEES Rotary Club of El Rímac, Peru Rotary Club of Kansas City- Venkatesh Julio César A. Silva-Santisteban Plaza, Missouri Rotary Club of Chennai The Trustees of The Rotary graduated from the Pontificia Elizabeth Usovicz is principal of Mambalam, India Foundation manage the Universidad Católica del Perú WhiteSpace Consulting, which Ananthanarayanan S. “Venky” business of the Foundation, with degrees in law and political focuses on business coaching, Venkatesh graduated with an en- the charitable arm of Rotary science before earning postgradu- business development strategy, gineering degree from the Indian that funds service activities. ate degrees in civil law from the and market insights. She previ- Institute of Technology Madras The RI president-elect Universidad de Lima and in inter- ously held leadership positions at and earned his master’s degree nominates the trustees, national and community law from Deloitte, Kellogg’s of Mexico, and in business administration at the who are elected by the RI the Universidad de la República de two venture capital-funded start- Indian Institute of Management Board to four-year terms. Uruguay. He has taught constitu- up companies. Formerly associate Ahmedabad. He entered the civil The trustee chair-elect and tional law at the Universidad de director of international pro- construction business at age 23 three new trustees took Lima and been an adviser to the grams at Bentley University and and currently heads a construc- office on 1 July. Two new constitution committee of the an adjunct professor at the John tion firm with more than 1,400 trustees, Marcelo Demétrio Peruvian Senate. As an expert F. Kennedy School of Govern- employees. He has been a mem- Haick and Dean Rohrs, took in public international law, he ment at Harvard University, she ber of the Builders’ Association office midway through the handled several prominent cases currently is a volunteer mentor of India since 1998. 2020-21 Rotary year. for the Inter-American Court of and adviser to startup company Human Rights. As an entrepre- founders through MIT’s Growth Venkatesh has served RI in Ian H.S. Riseley neur, Silva-Santisteban has been a Mentoring Services program. roles that include International Trustee chair-elect, 2021-22 shareholder, director, and manager Usovicz joined Rotary in 1997. Assembly training leader, Rotary Rotary Club of Sandringham, of several companies in the indus- She served as a Rotary public coordinator, and lead trainer Australia trial and construction fields. image coordinator, as a facilitator of Rotary coordinators at the While RI president in 2017-18, Silva-Santisteban joined Rotary for multiyear district planning for Regional Leaders Training Ian H.S. Riseley challenged every in 1987. He has been a board mem- zones 30 and 31, on the training Institute for three years. He Rotary club to plant one tree per ber of El Rotario Peruano, an official team for governors-elect training represented his district at the member as a way to increase Rotary regional magazine, since seminars, and as a curriculum chair 2016 Council on Legislation and Rotarian involvement in envi- 1999, and was its director/editor. He of the Heart of America Rotary has also served as a president’s ronmental issues. He estimates has served on RI committees and Leadership Institute. representative, both in India and that at least three times that as a Rotary public image coor- Her 20-year passion in Rotary overseas. many were planted, likely more dinator, intercountry committee is supporting orphans and at-risk than 3 million trees. “I was really coordinator, training leader, and RI children in Malawi. She has writ- A frequent speaker at thrilled at the way in which the president’s representative. ten 10 Rotary Foundation grants presidents-elect training Rotary world embraced my re- He is a founding member of the to help Malawi’s children and led seminars and district assemblies quest,” he says. “Everywhere we first board of trustees that pro- a vocational training team that throughout India, Venkatesh has went, they were planting trees.” moted the recovery and enhance- worked with local primary school attended more than 10 Rotary ment of the Rímac Historic Center teachers on a program that International conventions and Riseley is a chartered accoun- of Lima as a UNESCO World encourages children, especially was chair of the South Asian re- tant and principal of Ian Riseley Heritage Site. In addition, he has girls, to stay in school. Other ception event at the conventions and Co., a firm he established been a member of several civic or- grant projects have focused on a in Montreal and Seoul. in 1976. His honors include the ganizations, including the Instituto malaria bed net initiative in the AusAID Peacebuilder Award Sanmartiniano del Perú, Huaura southern region of Lake Malawi. Venkatesh has a keen inter- from the Australian government branch, and the Legion of Cavalry “We helped reduce the mortality est in literacy projects and has in recognition of his work in of Peru. He also worked to help rate of children under 5 by 80 per- served as joint secretary and Timor-Leste, the Medal of the designate 23 February as a national cent in that region,” Usovicz says. national executive committee Order of Australia for services to day to recognize Rotary’s work. “When we collaborate like that in member for the Rotary India Lit- the Australian community, the His honors include a Civic Medal Rotary, we become lifesavers.” eracy Mission, which supports Rotary Foundation Distinguished of Law from the Bar Association of Usovicz has received The teacher training, e-learning, and Service Award, and the Service Lima and a recognition by the Rotary Foundation’s Citation literacy for children and adults in Award for a Polio-Free World. Honduran government for his work for Meritorious Service and has nearly 3,000 schools throughout providing humanitarian aid after a twice received the U.S. Presi- India. Venkatesh has also been Riseley and his wife, Juliet, a 2001 earthquake. dent’s Volunteer Service Award. active as director of the Rotary past district governor, are Rotary Silva-Santisteban has received In 2014, Usovicz was recognized Action Group for Family Health Foundation Major Donors and The Rotary Foundation’s Citation at the White House as a Rotary and AIDS Prevention and the Bequest Society members. They for Meritorious Service. He and Women of Action honoree. Rotary Action Group for Com- live on 17 acres in Moorooduc, his wife, Sara, support the Foun- Usovicz appreciates history and munity Economic Development. where they practice their per- dation as Major Donors and her Lithuanian heritage. She and He is an avid bridge player and sonal philosophy of sustainable Benefactors. He and several family her husband, Dean Mathewson, are traveler. and organic living. members are also members of the both Major Donors and Bequest Paul Harris Society. Society members. Venkatesh and his wife, Vinita, are Major Donors to The Rotary Foundation, and many of his family members are Paul Harris Fellows. 58  ROTARY  AUGUST 2021

Marcelo Demétrio Haick His passion for Rotary and United Way of Morgan County Directors from 2018 to 2020. Rotary Club of Santos-Praia, his invitation into the family of and the Decatur-Morgan County Previously, his leadership roles Brazil Rotary began during his college Chamber of Commerce. included serving as RI presi- Marcelo Demétrio Haick is presi- years, when in 1982, he was dent’s representative, training dent of Sologic South America, selected as a Rotary Founda- Maloney served as RI president leader, governors-elect trainer, a division of a global company tion Ambassadorial Scholar in 2019-20, when he presided committee member, assistant that provides root cause analysis to Australia. Lunsford joined over the first virtual Rotary Rotary coordinator, Council on methods, technology, and exper- Rotary in 1991. He served RI Convention, which was organized Legislation representative, and tise to help companies reduce as director and as aide to RI during the COVID-19 pandemic, sergeant-at-arms for internation- risk and solve problems. Haick President Mark Daniel Maloney. and emphasized strategies to al conventions and assemblies. performs investigations and In addition, he has served as grow Rotary. A Rotarian since He is director of the RI Japan manages the company’s training RI president’s representative, 1980, he has also served as an RI Youth Exchange Committee. and consulting services through- Rotary institute chair, Rotary director, Foundation trustee and out South America. public image coordinator, Rotary vice chair, and aide to 2003-04 Miki is a former Interactor Foundation alumni coordina- RI President Jonathan Majiyagbe. and a recipient of The Ro- He graduated from Santos tor, regional Rotary Foundation He also has participated in the tary Foundation’s Citation for Medical College in 1982 with a coordinator, training leader, Council on Legislation as chair, Meritorious Service. He and his focus in occupational medicine. International Assembly seminar vice chair, parliamentarian, and wife, Chiharu, are Benefactors His professional background trainer, RI committee chair and trainer. He was an adviser to the and Major Donors to The Rotary includes environmental, health, member, and chair of the Rotary 2004 Osaka Convention Com- Foundation. and safety management systems; Peace Centers Committee of The mittee, chaired the 2014 Sydney strategic planning; and ergonom- Rotary Foundation. Convention Committee, and Dean Rohrs ics consulting. chaired RI’s Operations Review Rotary Club of Langley Central, Lunsford and his wife, Jill, are Committee for four terms. Prior British Columbia A Rotarian since 1991, Haick Major Donors, Benefactors, and to serving as a district governor, Dean Rohrs is an owner and has served in many roles, includ- Bequest Society members. He is Maloney led a Group Study Ex- administrator at Rhide Tech- ing End Polio Now coordinator, a charter member of the District change to Nigeria. nologies Inc., which supplies PolioPlus national advocacy 6040 Paul Harris Society. He has soil stabilization products used adviser, and vice chair of the been awarded The Rotary Foun- He also served as Future in road construction. Earlier Cadre of Technical Advisers. He dation Citation for Meritorious Vision Committee vice chair; in her career, she was a nurse has also served as district gover- Service and the RI Service Above Foundation training institute on Christiaan Barnard’s heart nor, a committee member, and a Self Award. moderator; Foundation Per- transplant team in Cape Town, training leader. manent Fund national adviser; South Africa. Mark Daniel Maloney member and vice chair of the He and his wife, Maria Silvia, Rotary Club of Decatur, Peace Centers Committee; mem- From 1959 to 1990, she was are Benefactors of The Rotary Alabama ber of the International PolioPlus active in the Red Cross in South Foundation and Major Donors. Mark Daniel Maloney is a princi- Committee; and adviser to the Africa. She served on the board pal in the law firm of Blackburn, Foundation’s Water, Sanitation, of the West End Seniors’ Net- Larry A. Lunsford Maloney, and Schuppert LLC, and Hygiene in Schools Target work in British Columbia and is Rotary Club of Kansas City- with a focus on taxation, estate Challenge Committee. currently on the board of a girls’ Plaza, Missouri planning, and agricultural law. school in Malawi. Larry A. Lunsford, a certified He represents large farming Maloney’s wife, Gay, is an at- public accountant, is senior vice operations in the southeastern torney in the same law firm and Rohrs has been a Rotarian president and chief financial offi- and midwestern United States a member and past president of since 1989 and has served RI as cer of Bernstein-Rein Advertising and has chaired the American the Rotary Club of Decatur Day- vice president, director, Rotary Inc. A recipient of bachelor’s and Bar Association’s Committee break, Alabama. Both support coordinator, regional Rotary master’s degrees in accounting on Agriculture in the Section of The Rotary Foundation as Paul Foundation coordinator, and from Truman State University, Taxation. He is a member of the Harris Fellows, Major Donors, district governor. She is a Rotary he has served his alma mater on American Bar Association, Ala- and Bequest Society members. Foundation Benefactor, Major its National Alumni Association bama State Bar Association, and Donor, and Bequest Society Board and its Foundation Board. the Alabama Law Institute, and Akira Miki member. He also served as treasurer of is a past president of the Morgan Rotary Club of Himeji, Japan the Epilepsy Foundation for the County Bar Association. Akira Miki, a dentist with his She and her husband, Rein- Heart of America. own practice, dedicated himself hold, are Paul Harris Fellows. He has been active in De- to disaster recovery projects catur’s religious community, after the January 1995 Hanshin- chairing his church’s finance Awaji earthquake, one of the council and a local Catholic worst earthquakes to hit Japan school board. He has also served in the 20th century. Miki worked as president of the Community on building a children’s home Foundation of Greater Decatur, and supported children who chair of Morgan County Meals needed emotional care. on Wheels, and director of the Miki joined Rotary in 1999. He served on the RI Board of AUGUST 2021  ROTARY  59

OUR CLUBS IN BRIEF which members distributed to hospitals, hospital, distributing blankets and pro- health centers, police, and public health viding games and entertainment. As the Youth Exchange authorities. The group also purchased COVID-19 crisis worsened in India ear- alumni honored 100 grocery kits for low-income workers lier this year, the association launched a whose livelihoods were a ected by the crowdfunding campaign to provide oxygen A roup of former Rotary Youth Ex- nationwide lockdown. concentrators to those who needed oxygen change students in District 3054 (India) at home. Other service activities have in- was selected in April as the winner of the Rotex 3054 was formed in 2018 by cluded clothing drives, a tree planting, and 2020-21 Rotary Alumni Association of the Rotary Youth Exchange alumni in Dis- an art competition for children at a school Year Award. The award, which was estab- trict 3054. Members coordinate the ori- near Ahmedabad. lished in 2011, honors an alumni associa- entation of outbound exchange students tion that displays heightened awareness in the district and host inbound students The association collaborates with Ro- of the role that alumni play in Rotary and in a short-term exchange program that tary and Rotaract clubs in the district and demonstrates the significant impact of Ro- they help facilitate. They also serve as is advised by Bhanu Gupta, a member tary’s programs. The 35-member Rotary ambassadors for Rotary Youth Exchange of the Rotary Club of Ahmedabad West. District 3054 Rotex Alumni Association at district events and club meetings as Members meet for skill-sharing sessions, (Rotex 3054) was recognized in part for well as at schools. bike rides, and weekend brunches. its ability to adapt to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since its inception, the alumni Rotary alumni associations are orga- association has led a number of community- nizations of people who have participat- As COVID-19 cases spread through- service projects. In 2019, members cele- ed in any of Rotary’s programs, including out India in April 2020, Rotex 3054 brated Christmas with children in a cancer Rotary Peace Fellows, Ambassadorial members organized a fundraiser for Scholars, Group Study Exchange par- frontline workers in their district, which Rotex 3054 members helped fight ticipants, Interactors, Rotaractors, and covers parts of the Indian states of Guja- COVID-19 in northwestern India by pro- others. Associations may include alum- rat and Rajasthan. By tapping into their viding protective items to frontline workers. ni from various Rotary programs or be networks of Rotarians and friends, they exclusive to alumni from one program, managed to collect $5,150 within two and most are organized within a Rotary weeks. Combined with a $2,000 dis- district. Rotex 3054 is one of 37 Rotex trict grant, the funds allowed the asso- (Rotary Youth Exchange) alumni asso- ciation to purchase 1,100 PPE (personal ciations found throughout the world. protective equipment) kits and masks, —. Do you know of an outstanding alumni association? Nominations for the 2021-22 Alumni Association of the Year Award are due 15 September. Learn more at rotary.org/awards. IN MEMORIAM With deep regret, we report the Ernest H. Mainland Timothy C. Nwankwo Ryusetsu Esaki Photo courtesy of Bhanu Gupta deaths of Robert A. Cerwin, E-Club of the Southwest, Enugu, Nigeria, 1999-2000 Komaki, Japan, 2007-08 Shelby, North Carolina, who Arizona, 1985-86 served RI as vice president in Tetsuo Tanaka Elizabeth Thomas 1986-87, director in 1985-86, Ahmed Hayat Iwatsuki East, Japan, 2000-01 Riverside, South Africa, 2009-10 and district governor in 1978-79; Tanger, Morocco, 1987-88 and Yoshikazu Minamisono, Stephan Van Huffelen John P. Heise Hofu, Japan, who served RI as Chike I. Nwizu Antwerpen Minerva, Belgium, Holley, New York, 2011-12 director in 2004-06 and district Enugu City Center, Nigeria, 2000-01 governor in 1997-98. 1988-89 Harry Hedman Hajime Sawara Munkkiniemi-Munksnäs, Finland, In addition, we report Benson U.C. Aghazu Kitakata, Japan, 2001-02 2012-13 the deaths of the following Nnewi Central, Nigeria, 1994-95 Rotarians who served RI as Yutaka Masuda Samuel J. Amico Jr. district governors: Richard E. Ritchie Chiba Chuo, Japan, 2003-04 West Seneca, New York, 2014-15 Forked River, New Jersey, David F. Figgins 1995-96 Kosei Taguchi Pittsburgh, 1979-80 Futatsui, Japan, 2004-05 Mitsugi Sakusabe Honjo, Japan, 1997-98 and Richard Neal Bollinger 2003-04 Montgomery Sunrise, Alabama, 2007-08 60 ROTARY AUGUST 2021

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FOUN School’s out On the fly with a member of Rotary’s fishing fellowship Stephen Kirk HOT ROD: The rod with the golden reel TUNA IN: The big yellow, pink, and What kind of rod, reel, line, and fly you use depends on what kind Rotary Club of is a fly rod. It’s a 10-weight rod, blue squid is for catching tuna. If of fish you’re trying to catch and Concord, which is used for bigger fish — you’re trolling, it’s common to use what attracts them. Some people Massachusetts salmon, smaller tarpon, things something called a spreader bar, will bring a net to check what that are likely to be over 10 to 15 which has at least a half a dozen kind of insects are in the water Director, Interna- pounds. The orange fly is a squid of those lures on it, plus one with that day; then they use a fly tional Fellowship of fly. I was catching striped bass a hook trailing behind. It looks to match. Fishing Rotarians on it this week. When we were like a school of fish. The tuna will fishing near my home on Cape come up from behind and get the OLD SCHOOL: The lures in the wooden Cod yesterday, striped bass were one with the hook. chasing live squid and eating box are antique freshwater lures. them. The squid were jumping HOLY MACKEREL: To the right of the The one at the top left looks like out of the water to escape. If you a frog, and to the right of that is float one of those flies in fast book, the green flies with black a Jitterbug. The gold ones at the moving water, with its big eye stripes are made to look like bottom are called spinners, which on it, it looks like a squid. mackerel. One is made from a are used for things like trout. feather; the other is synthetic. 64  ROTARY  AUGUST 2021 Photography by Adam DeTour

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