Past Speakers

May 11, 2022 - David Dye, District 5150 Treasurer, speaks about the Rotary Youth Leadership Academy, a free, week-long summer camp in Scotts Valley devoted to building leadership, teamwork skills and self-confidence.

April 27, 2022 - Lisa Owens Viani, director of Rapters Are the Solution, explains the dangers to children, pets, and wildlife from rodenticides.

April 13, 2022 - Marlie de Swart, an accomplished, prolific fiber artist and operator of Black Mountain Weavers/Artisans cooperative discusses local fiber, what we have in our immediate environment and how farms have changed.  

March 9, 2022 - Tom Day of Stevenson Ranch, CA, presents an overview of melting ice at the North Pole: Seasonal changes of the Arctic ice cap; annual changes in recent years; effects on Greenland and Antarctica.

February 9, 2022 - West Marin Rotarian Robert Clark, leader of operations and maintenance at the North Marin Water District, addresses water issues in West Marin.

January 12, 2022 - Charles Nichol, the newest member of the Rotary Club of West Marin and an attorney who specializes in immigration law discusses the avenues and obstacles immigrants face in attempting to obtain lawful immigration status.

December 8, 2021 - Mike Clancy of Citizens’ Climate Lobby presents a talk titled "Understanding and Mitigating Climate Change."

November 10, 2021 - Colin Thacker of the Rotary Club of North Bay, Ontario, tells us about the Guatemala Literacy Project. GLP is one of the largest grassroot, multi-club, multi-district projects in Rotary.

October 27, 2021 - Bill Tobin, from El Dorado Hills Rotary Club, explains how Shelter Box USA hand delivers emergency disaster relief to families around the world.  

October 13, 2021 - Danielle Lallement, District Governor 2021-2022, Rotary International District 5150, visits our club.

September 22, 2021 - Dave Bertini, a member of the Rotary Club of Pacifica, speaks about Rotary Youth Protection Certification.

September 8, 2021 - Toni Littlejohn of Gallery Route One discusses its art educationa programs in local schools.

August 11, 2021 - Anne-Christine Strugnell discusss the work of Resilient Neighborhoods, a Marin County organization that helps residents respond to the accelerating effects of climax change by cutting CO2 emissions.

July 23, 2021 - Molly Scannell, Executive Director of Halleck Creek Ranch, speaks about the 44-year-old therapeutic horseback riding program based in Nicasio.

July 14, 2021 - Raul Gallyot, host of AIRWAVES, an interview program on West Marin’s public radio station, KWMR discusses all aspects of producing, hosting, interviewing and producing a radio interview program.

July 7, 2021 - Madeline Hope, Rotary Club of West Marin Youth Services Chair, brings us up to date with recent developments in West Marin Youth Programs.

July 29, 2020 - Online meeting - Amanda Mallory speaks about Inverness Garden Club of West Marin Scholarship Fund Program and how scholars are selected and mentored during their time in college. Learn more about the Inverness Garden Club of West Marin at https://www.igcscholarships.org/.

July 22, 2020 - Online meeting - Greg Zitney, Marin Conservation League http://marinconservationleague.org/

July 15, 2020 - Online meeting - Carol Whitman and Harriet Barlow from Indivisible West Marin will speak about fighting voter suppression and improving voter turnout. Subscribe to their newsletter for more info.

June 24, 2020 - Online meeting - Ariana Aparicio - Master's Degree Graduate from Harvard - her current work focusing on first-generation college students and undocumented students at the graduate level

June 17,  2020 - Online meeting - Kathy Hartzell - R. I. Polio Plus update and basics of Advanced Health Care Directives

​June 10,  2020 - Online meeting - Calvin Vigeant - President of Tomales High School Interact Club 

​May 20,  2020 - Online meeting - Sally Jones and Jim Pellegrin - Bring Me A Book

May 13 - Online meeting - Susan Giacomini Allan - Good Medicine Project - http://essanayfilms.com/now.html

​April 29, 2020 - Online meeting - Josie McHale - District 5150 Image and Marketing Chair, http://rotary5150.org/

​April 22, 2020 - Online meeting - Heather Clapp - Point Reyes National Seashore Association -https://www.ptreyes.org

April 8, 2020 - Online meeting due to shelter in place with Mitone Griffiths, District 5150 Chief of Staff to DG Sue Rokaw - to discuss Shelter Box USA and Rotary with COVID-19 responses - https://www.shelterboxusa.org

​April 1, 2020 - Online meeting due to shelter in place with Evan Wilhelm from Bolinas Community Land Trust - www.bolinaslandtrust.org

March 4, 2020 - Sue Rokaw - Rotary 5150 District Governor - http://rotary5150.org 

​February 26, 2020 - Julie Monson - Schools and Communities First - www.schoolsandcommunitiesfirst.org

February 19, 2020 - Mamie Wigert - family history of being immigrants from China

February 1, 2020 - Richard Heckler - Himalayan girls education & higher education for nuns of Tsoknyi lineage - www.tools4mind.com/blog/school-on-chobar-hill

February 5, 2020 - Kathy Tyson - West Marin Youth Basketball Program 

January 29, 2020 - Leslie Pederson - Dogs and agility training 

January 22, 2020 - Hal Nathan - Chairman - non-profit work in Guatemala, Burma, and Indonesia - https://partnersasia.org

January 15, 2020 - Robert Carrigan - our newest member - to discuss his experiences in Cuba in the 1990s

December 11, 2019 - Steve Marcotte - Assistant Bolinas Fire Chief and West Marin Disaster Council Coordinator 

​November 20, 2019 - Susan Hall - Artist in Point Reyes Station - paintings, ceramics - http://www.susanhallart.com

November 13, 2019 - Manuel Oliva - CEO for Point Blue Conservation Science - https://www.pointblue.org 

​October 30, 2019 - Nancy Stein and Pamela Blotner - Toby's current artists in the art gallery

​October 23, 2019 - Gary Chow - District 5150 RI Annual Fund Chair; polio eradication update; award to Anne Sands

​October 16, 2019 - Lourdes Romo - Executive Director of Papermill Creek Children's Corner - http://papermillcreek.org 

October 9, 2019 - Brian Sullivan - NamasteDirect and Guatemalan Women 

October 2, 2019 - Jon Haveman - Executive Director of National Education Delegation to speak more about economic inequality - https://NEEDelegation.org

September 25, 2019 - Todd Pickering to discuss his photographic art currently displayed in Toby's Gallery, http://www.toddpickering.com/

September 18, 2019 - Club Assembly to discuss a Grant to support Tomales Bay Youth Center bicycle storage racks

​September 11, 2019 - Bob Roberts - Rotary Club of Mill Valley - Peruvian Global Grants 

August  28, 2019 - Jon Haveman - National Economic Education Delegation - to speak  about Income Inequality - seeks to educate the electorate so economic policy discussions are based on facts, not  politics - https://NEEDelegation.org

August 21, 2019 - Natasha Lekach - Education Program Manager - Martin Griffin Preserve at Audubon Canyon Ranch - https://www.egret.org

July 31, 2019 - Tom Killion - Woodcut Artist, has several published books - https://tomkillion.com

July 17 - Wendy Friefeld and Maureen Cornelia- update of housing development at the USCG property in Pt. Reyes Station

July 10, 2019 - Ivan Light - retired Professor Emeritus of Sociology at UCLA, author

June  26, 2019 - Heather Mickley - Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre -  Marketing & Communications Manager- https://www.spiritrock.org

June 19, 2019 - Dr. Angelo Capozzi - Rotaplast Co-Founder and Medical Director - https://rotaplast.org

June 12, 2019 - Joe Fox - Program Director - Artists in the School - current exhibit at Toby's Feed Barn art gallery

May 29, 2019 - Mia Johnson - Radio Station KWMR - Underwriting and Development - http://www.kwmr.org

May 22, 2019 - Richard Carson - club member from Bolinas and Berkeley - speaking on his successful volunteer works  

April 24, 2019 - Art Rogers - Local Photographer Extraordinaire in Point Reyes Station - http://www.artrogers.com

April 10, 2019 - Coco McMorrow - Jr. Grand Marshal candidate for Western Weekend - will perform her dance 

​March 27, 2019 - Molly Scannell - Halleck Creek Ranch - Executive Director - http://www.halleckcreekranch.org

March 6, 2019 - Garen Kazanjian - Recology - Sonoma-Marin Zero Waste Specialist -  http://www.recology.com 

February 13, 2019 - Steve Patzkowski - with Rotary Club of Ignacio - Children of the Forest project - ​                                                                                                  https://childrenoftheforest.org

January 9, 2019 - Club Assembly; guest Supervisor Dennis Rodoni, Resolution Presentation

​December 19, 2018 - Rebekah Bowman photographer - Portrait of the Cuban School of Ballet - www.rbowmanphotographer.com

December  12, 2018 - Felicia Chavez - President of United Nations Association of the  USA, Marin County Chapter - www.unamarin.org and Systems Thinking Marin - http://www.systemsthinkingmarin.org

November 28, 2018 - District Governor Jayne Hulbert to present awards to club members and share other good news about Rotary International local and global volunteer activities

November 14, 2018 - Wendy Schwartz - artist presenting work in the gallery at Toby's - https://wendyschwartz.com

​October 24, 2018  - Patrick Cook-Deegan - www.ProjectWayfinder.com 

​October 17, 2018 - Kate Bimrose - Greater Farallones Association - http://farallones.org 

October 10, 2018 - District Governor Jayne Hulbert from the Rotary Club of Marin Evening 

​September 19, 2018 - Michael Woolsey and Peter Barnes - art at Toby's and Mesa Refuge - www.mesarefuge.org 

September 12, 2018 - Bill Wigert - world adventures to share ​

August 29, 2018 - Steve Carlson - Morocco Water Project from the Rotary Club of San Carlos -  http://sancarlosrotary.org/intl-project 

August 8, 2018 - Kathy and Chris Hartzell - presenting their recent adventures in Cuba

July 25, 2018  - James Fox - Prison Yoga - www.prisonyoga.org and www.facebook.com/prisonyoga

July 18, 2018  - John Benus - Facts for Life Program - Editor and Publisher - www.WHCalendars.com

July 11, 2018 - Richard James - the Coastodn

June 27, 2018 - Joe Fox - Artists in the Schools Program - Gallery Route One, https://galleryrouteone.org/

June 13, 2018 - Marv Zauderer - Extra Food - Helping to End Hunger in Marin County - www.extrafood.org

June 6, 2018 - Supervisor Dennis Rodoni - update on TOT2 ballot measure, an overview of community house projects and the Coast Guard Housing project - ​www.marincounty.org/dept/bs/district-4/bio

​May 23, 2018 - Jose Octavio Guillen - District 5130 - impact from North Bay wildfires - http://guillenmerrill.com 

​May 9, 2018  - Ariana Aparicio - Dreamer, going to Harvard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lEGl3MnJIk. Help Fund Her page - www.youcaring.com/fundraiser-widget.aspx?frid=1151099 from Sonoma State to Masters in the education program at Harvard

​April 18, 2018 - Millie Anderson - Rotaplast - www.rotaplastcolumbia.org  

​March 28, 2018 - Steve Hadlan, M.D. - Hospice of Petaluma - www.sonomacountyhospice.org

​February 28, 2018 - Lourdes Romo - Papermill Creek Children's Corner - www.papermillcreek.org 

​February 7, 2018 - Jorgen Grugaard - Nepal project for mental health 

​January 31, 2018 - Mark Solomons - Volunteer Coordinator - West Marin Senior Services - www.wmss.org

​January 17, 2018 - Gem Munro - helping to educate moms in poor areas - www.amaroksociety.org 

​December 20, 2017- David Carr and Captain Ben Ghisletta - Fire Department - www.marincounty.org/depts/fr and

https://m.facebook.com/marincountyfire 

​December 13, 2017-  - Megan Marx - Rotary and Interact Clubs - www.rotary.org/en/get-involved/interact-clubs

​December 6, 2017-  - Kathy Hartzell - Rotary International presentation - the areas of benefit around the world 

​November 29, 2017 - Anne Sands - West Marin Disaster Council - how to prepare in advance 

​November  15,  2017 - Jayne Hulbert (District Governor-Elect) and Gene Duffy regarding  Rotary and some of the good works going on around the world

​November 1, 2017-  - Bonnie Guttman - Executive Director of the Dance Palace to discuss North Bay fire evacuees staying there 

​October 4, 2017-  - Linda Petersen - Former publisher of the Citizen, currently www.marinsonomacoastguide.com 

​She will speak about Puerto Rico since Hurricane Maria and the Rotary Club in San Juan www.sanjuanrotary.org

​September  20, 207  - Ernesto Sanchez - Vice President of the Dance Palace Board - Day  of the Dead Celebration on 10/18 at the Dance Palace in Point Reyes  Station - www.dancepalace.org 

​August 23, 2017 - Susan Christy, Ph.D. - Aging well at any age; new research - www.susanchristy.com 

​August 16, 2017  - District Governor for 5150 - Ron Gin from Rotary Club of San Francisco Chinatown 

​August 9, 2017  - Rich Clarke - Yin Yoga for Healthy Aging

​August 2, 2017  - Eleanor Vogelsang - Close Up Foundation and Ellen Webster, a teacher at Tomales High School; update with 2 students from the Washington D.C. trip - www.closeup.org

​July 12 - Dolores Gonzalez - a contributor in West Marin, enriching the lives of others

​July 5, 2017- - First meeting of the New Rotary Year with our newest president Cynthia Harland 

​June 28,  2017 - Arron Wilder - Table Top Farm update - www.tabletopfarm.net

​June 21,  2017- - Michael Mery - recipient of the 2017 Dance Palace Community Award; on numerous local boards

​June 14, 2017- - PDG Peter Lagarius - Rotaplast / Bocce Ball Tournament fundraiser July 16 - www.rotaplast.org 

​May 24, 2017 - Mark Switzer - Board Chair to discuss Town Commons in downtown Point Reyes Station - www.westmarincommons.org 

​April 26, 2017 - Peter Barnes - writer, entrepreneur - www.peter-barnes.org

April 19, 2017 - Madeline Hope - Western Weekend - June 3 & 4 - 4H, Dance, Parade, etc. in Point Reyes Station

April 12, 2017 - Paul Mann - project leader for building homes with Habitat for Humanity in Vietnam 

​April 5, 2017 - Art Tyson - Board Certified Master Arborist - http://arboristservices-bayarea.com 

​March 29, 2017 - Christina Bruther - www.balancelandscapes.com

March 15, 2017 - Phil Ross - psychologist and author from New York; ​Suzanne Speh - community calendar app

​March 8, 2017 - Herb Kutchins - Buck Institute for Research on Aging - latest projects - www.buckinstitute.org

March 1, 2017 - Elaine Doss - President of the Nicasio Historical Society - www.nicasio.net/nhs

​February 15, 2017 - Zsuzsanna Biran from West Marin Pharmacy - www.westmarinpharmacy.com 

February 8, 2017 - Elizabeth Faulkner - School Psychologist in Marin County, for years in West Marin

February 2, 2017 - Becca Bishop - Teacher at Tomales High School - Shoreline Community Mentors Program 

​November 30, 2016 - James Monson - Commissioner on Aging in Marin - the longevity boom in Marin County

​November 2, 2016 - Lily Yosef - Tangible Hope Foundation - www.tangiblehope.org - helping girls in Ethiopia 

​October 19, 2016 - Suzi Katz - Sequoia Web Design - to discuss the last password you will ever have to remember - www.sequoiawebdesign.com 

October 12, 2016 - Wendy Friefeld - Executive Director - West Marin Community Services - www.westmarincs.org

September 7, 2016 - Jeff Hardy - Founder and President, Care for Peace - www.careforpeace.org

July  27, 2016 - Eleanor Vogelsang - Close Up Foundation, Community Relations  Manager - update for assisting Tomales High students - www.closeup.org

July 20, 2016 - Melanie Stone, President and Kris Brown, Vice President - West Marin Community Services - www.westmarincommunityservices.org 

July 13, 2016 - Jeri Fujimoto - 5150 District Governor - discussing the new Rotary year - Rotary Serving Humanity ​​

May 18, 2016 - John Korty - award-winning director, producer, writer, animator - www.johnkorty.com

May 4, 2016 - Pamela Taylor - Flight Attendant with Pan American on last flight out of Saigon 1975 - mercy flight

March 30, 2016 - Michael Coffino - Attorney and Public Defender - "the best attorney money can't buy"

March 16, 2016 - Arron Wilder - Table Top Farm in Point Reyes Station - www.tapletopfarm.nez

March  9, 2016 - Doug Moore - Retired Admiral of the Navy - to discuss the life and times of Admiral Chester Nimitz who was in charge of the war in the Pacific. Doug was a Past President of the Rotary Club of Ross  Valley.  

March 2, 2016 - Eleanor Vogelsang - Close Up Foundation to assist students at Tomales High - www.closeup.org

February 3, 2016 - Linda Mornell - founder of Summer Search, author of Forever Changed - www.lindamornell.com

January 13, 2016 - James Fox - founder of Prison Yoga Project - www.prisonyoga.org

January 6, 2016 - Sim Van der Ryn - he will show the presentation previously scheduled for Oct. 21. ​

December  16, 2015 - Nichole Zlatunich -  the development of Family Planning in  Anglophone countries (Zambia, Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana, Malawi) - www.healthpolicyproject.com/index.cfm?ID=topics-FP2020 

December  9, 2015 - Richard Dillman - Discussion and collection of spy radios that helped occupied Europe during World War II; the expected lifetime of a radio operator was about six weeks.

​November 18, 2015 - Monique Raymond - Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco - www.habitatgsf.org. Two-page flyer for 10 home project in Novato for 2016 - Flyer.

​November 11, 2015 - Amanda Eichstaedt - Executive Director/Station Manager - KWMR radio - www.kwmr.org 

October 21, 2015 - Sim Van der Ryn - Visionary architect, author, educator, leader - www.theecowizard.com

http://vanderryn.org, www.vanderryn-eco-refuge.com 

September 30, 2015 - Maria Niggle, Social Worker and Socorro Romo - West Marin Community Services

​September  23, 2015 - Senior Access - James Ward, Executive Director - dealing  with memory loss, activities, care for caregivers ​- www.senioraccess.org

September  16, 2015 - Mark Susnow, J.D., Executive-Life Coach, Life Discovery  Guide and Motivational Speaker; Author of Dancing on the River:  Navigating Life's Changes - www.inspirepossibility.com

​July 29, 2015 - Catherine Porter, Executive Director and/or Harriet Moss - West Marin Fund - www.westmarinfund.org 

July 8, 2015 - District Governor Leah Reich Lambrecht - Her focus of Peace this new Rotary year 

June 24, 2015 - George Clyde - update on Marin Resource Conservation District - www.marinrcd.org 

June 17, 2015 - Terri Beausejour - social media - www.facebook.com/rotarywestmarin 

​June 3, 2015 - Kim Thompson - Executive Director of CLAM - www.clam-ptreyes.org 

​May 20, 2015 - Jim Carriere - update on Shelter Box and Nepal earthquakes - www.shelterboxusa.org 

​May 6, 2015 - Supervisor Steve Kinsey - www.marincounty.org/depts/bs/district-4/bio 

​April 29, 2015 - Dr. Mike Witte - www.coastalhealth.dreamhosters.com/mike-witte-md 

​April 8, 2015 - John Tornes - a discussion of the future garden project in front of Toby's Feed Barn 

February 4, 2015 - Mary Morgan - Marin Clean Energy Deep Green Program - mcecleanenergy.com/deepgreen 

​December 17, 2014 - John Tornes - Croatia trip details 

November 19, 2014 - Maurice "Skip" Schwartz - Executive Director of West Marin Senior Services -www.wmss.org 

November 12, 2014 - Single Track High viewing - www.nationalmtb.org and www.pedalbornpictures.com

November 5, 2014 - PDG Brian McLeran - Zimbabwe Project - Member of the Rotary Club of Terra Linda 

October 29, 2014 - Matthew and N. Astrid Hoffman - Living Seed Company - www.livingseedcompany.com 

October 22, 2014 - Daniel  Liebermann - Architect, writer, etc. from Inverness - speaking about an  alternative to juvenile prisons via eco-architecture projects 

October 15, 2014 - Carmela Chandrasekera from NMWD - Gallagher Water Pipeline Project in West Marin 

​September 17, 2014 - Mike Mitchelle - Project Play Africa - www.projectplayafrica.org ​​

​August 6, 2014 - Rosemary Barry - Sam's House Residential Care Facility in Bolinas and Tomales - www.samshousemarin.com 

July 23, 2014 - Chris Hartzell - residing in China - International business

​July 9, 2014 - Suzanne Sadowsky - Associate Director of the San Geronimo Valley Community Center - www.sgvcc.com 

​​April 23, 2014 - Interactors from Tomales High School 

​April 2, 2014 - District Governor Eric Schmautz - Rotoplast - www.rotoplast.org - Rotary Club of San Francisco #2

​February 19, 2014 - Steve Costa -  Point Reyes Station, State of the Town - Point Reyes Books - www.pointreyesbooks.com 

February 12, 2014 - Sadja Greenwood from Bolinas - Retired primary care physician - her novel, Changing the Rules ​http://sadjascolumns.blogspot.com 

January 29, 2014 - Paul R. Kaufman from Marshall - Creativity in Service 

​January 15, 2014 - ​President-Elect Robert Clark - NMWD - drought discussion​​

​October 30, 2013 - Elizabeth Hill - West Marin Food and Farms Tour - www.foodandfarmtours.com 

October 23, 2013 - Russ Faure-Brac - Transition to Peace, a Defense Engineer's Search for an Alternative to War - http://transitiontopeace.com/about-russell-faure-brac - his 10,000-mile motorcycle trip in 46 days 

​October 2, 2013 - Christin Anderson and Mary Morgan - Mainstreet Moms - discussing fracking in California 

August 28, 2013 - Dave Mitchell - Formerly reporter and photographer with the Point Reyes Light - www.SparselySageAndTimely.com

​August 21, 2013 - Sam Dolcini - Farm Bureau - www.cfbf.com/counties 

​July 24, 2013 - George Clyde - Associate Director for the Marin Resource Conservation District 

​July 17, 2013 - Sophia Vigeant and Jessica Hadid - RYLA camp experience in Occidental 

​July 10, 2013 - District Governor Eric Schmautz - Member of the Rotary Club of San Francisco #2 

June 26, 2013 - Frank Binney - Tule elk in Marin from early Coast Miwok times to the present - frankbinney.com 

​June 19, 2013 - Ellen Karel - Health Care For All - http://healthcareforall.org 

​May 22, 2013 - John Korty - Independent award winner for features, documentaries, cable, television, and animation -  www.johnkorty.com

​May  8, 2013 - John Becker - Ph.D. in Physics - Worked at Livermore National  Laboratory, Lockheed Missiles, and Space Palo Alto Research Laboratory  and Brookhaven National Laboratory, to discuss the ideas of Energy on  Demand

​April 17, 2013 - Donna Baranski-Walker - Founder and Director of Rebuilding Alliance - www.RebuildingAlliance.org 

​April 10, 2013 - Deirdre Holbrook- Marin Agricultural Land Trust - www.malt.org 

​April 3, 2013 - Gary Whitten - Molecular physics of global warming 

​March 27, 2013 - Murray Suid - IndieFilmConnect - www.internationalmovietrailerfestival.com 

​March 20, 2013 - Catherine Porter - West Marin Fund - www.westmarinfund.org

​February 27, 2013 - Aref Ahmadia - Computer literacy in Lebanon - Member of the Rotary Club of San Rafael Harbor 

​December 19, 2012 - Margaret Miles - Fairfax Librarian - www.marinlibrary.org 

​November  28, 2012 - George Clyde - Local journalist - How Rep. Philip Burton and  a Magic Marker Hijacked Tomales Bay in the current West Marin Review 

​October 17, 2012 - Kate Levinson - book Emotional Currency - www.emotionalcurrency.com 

​October 10, 2012 - Richard Wexler and others - President and CEO of Points of Light LLC - www.pointsoflight.com 

​September 12, 2012 - Dick Matthews - Mountain Play - www.mountainplay.org 

​August 22, 2012 - Phil Klasky - American Indian Studies - www.nativeland.org and www.philipmklasky.com 

August 15, 2012 - Barbara Hill - Executive Director of Halleck Creek - www.halleckcreekranch.org 

​August 1, 2012 - Mary Morgan - Environmental Forum of Marin - www.marinefm.org 

​July 11, 2012 - District Governor Bob Intner - Member of the Rotary Club of Fisherman's Wharf 

​June 27, 2012 - Dr. Ken Howayek from Alameda - Author of Bone Health Made Easy - bonehealthmadeeasy.webs.com 

​May 16, 2012 - Assistant District Governor Helen Abe - Adoption in China - Member of the Rotary Club of San Rafael Harbor

​March 14, 2012 - Rich Thomas - U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary - Superior Court Advisor - Lake County 

​February 29, 2012 - Steven Campbell - Author, speaker, mentor - Making Your Mind Magnificent - www.stevenrcampbell.com 

​February 22, 2012 - Liz Lauter - San Geronimo Valley Community Garden - www.sgvcommunitygarden.weebly.com 

​February 15, 2012 - Supervisor Steve Kinsey - www.co.marin.ca.us/bos/sups/sdistr4/bio.cfm 

​February 1, 2012 - Paul Duffey - Lotus Humanitarian Aid Foundation (LOTUS) - Vietnam veteran - www.lhaf.org 

​January 25, 2012 - Alyssa Aubrey - Certified Equine-Guided Educator - www.medicinehorseranch.org 

​January 18, 2012 - Amy Whelan and Jeff Shapiro - Point Reyes Farmers Market 

​January 4, 2012 - PDG Lou Bartolini - 75th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge 

December 21, 2011 - Bernie Stephan - Transition West Marin 

​December 14, 2011 - Charles Schultz - Local Power - http://localpower.com 

December 7, 2011 - Adrienne Bauman - Executive Director of Marin Organic - www.marinorganic.org 

November 30, 2011 - Ashley Kelly - Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership of Marin - www.cvnl.org 

​November 16, 2011 - Leonard Weingarten - Small Business Development Center - www.sba.gov 

​October 12, 2011 - Dr. Peter Bretan Jr. and Lisa Fish - Life Plant - www.bretanmd.com 

​October 5, 2011 - Anthony Phillip - Seneca Center Intensive Treatment Foster Care Program 

September 21, 2011 - District Governor John Bottari - Member of the Rotary Club of San Rafael Harbor 

​September 7, 2011 - Elise Stern Ciribassi - Veterinarian from Illinois; was the vet for a Cosley Children's Zoo 

​August 31, 2011 - Liz Peer and Betsy McGee - Marin Master Gardeners 

​August 17, 2011 - Michael Eisenmenger - Community Media Center of Marin - www.cmcm.tv 

July 27, 2011 - Mary Zimmerman - Tomales Regional History Society - www.tomaleshistory.com 

​July 20, 2011 - Martin Seiler - Tomales Bay Oysters - www.tomalesbayoysters.com 

​July 13, 2011 - Mark Susnow - Author of Dancing On The River; Navigating Life's Changes - www.inspirepossibility.com 

​July 6, 2011 - Susie Stitt - Director of Iolanthe, a Gilbert and Sullivan musical at the Dance Palace 

June 15, 2011 - Libby Colman - West Marin Disaster Council - www.marincountycert.org 

​May 25, 2011 - Elizabeth Barnett - West Marin Commons - www.westmarincommons.org 

​April 6, 2011 - Cheryl Wagner - Budderball the Clown - www.budderballtheclown.com, and www.greatfacepainting.com 

​March 23, 2011 - Tara Smith - Petaluma Farm - www.TaraFirmaFarm.com

​March 16, 2011 - Jorgen Grugaard - from Denmark - Veteran UN Foreign Aid Administrator 

​March 2, 2011 - Allen Bronstein from Inverness - Ron Dorris Electric and Solar 

​February 2, 2011 - Michele O'Hara - from Pat Kuleto's Restaurants and Resorts - www.kuleto.com 

​January 12, 2011 - James Sharp - Business Development Manager for the Marconi Conference Center - www.marconiconference.org 

​November 10, 2010 - Laura Sherman - Care Manager with West Marin Senior Services 

​November 3, 2010 - Amy Trainer - Executive Director of Environmental Action Committee of West Marin 

October 20, 2010 - President-Elect John Tornes - International investing - Edward Jones, Novato office 

September 29, 2010- Laura Lee - Gray water project at Walker Creek Ranch 

​September 22, 2010 - Melanie Stone - Owner of Zuma in Point Reyes Station 

​September 8, 2010 - District Governor William Koefoed - Member of the Rotary Club of San Carlos 

August 25, 2010 - Albert Barr- Historice Greek and Turkish conflict over Cypress 

​July 21, 2010 - Malcolm Davies - Ph.D. in Architecture and Building Science - Yard Pods - http://yardpods.com 

​June 23, 2010 - Paul Fenn - CEO of Local Power Inc. - www.LocalPower.com 

​May  19, 2010 - USCG Commander Cary J. Porter - Nerve center of their  communications and the vital role played by the United States Coast Guard; their motto is Semper Paratus, meaning "Always Ready"

​May 5, 2010 - Richard Vacha - Tracking animals in the wild 

​April 28, 2010 - Alistair Lizaranzu - North Bay Seismic Design - www.northbayseismicdesign.com 

April 21, 2010 - Italian Group Study Exchange Team (GSE) from District 2060 

​April 14, 2010 - Kalle Cook - Local beekeeper - www.kallecook.com 

​March 31, 2010 - Sonja Anderson - Practiced massage and will discuss breathing, how it affects how we feel 

​March 24, 2010 - Mark and Myriam Kaplan-Pasternak - Work in Haiti before and after the earthquake - www.devilsgulchranch.com 

March 17, 2010 - Allison Keaney - 4H in West Marin 

​March 3, 2010 - Jeanne Krafft - Nurse returning from work in Haiti 

​February 17, 2010 - Maggie Allen and Rob Pollak - Aging in Marin - www.jmhomecare.com 

February 10, 2010 - Ken Holmes - Marin County Coroner 

​December 9, 2009 - Joyce Arndt - 4H for Point Reyes Station and Olema - Western Weekend 

​October 14, 2009 - PDG Brian McLeran - Fundraising ideas - a member of the Rotary Club of Terra Linda 

​September 16, 2009 - Doug Moore - Retired Admiral of the Navy - submarines, SEALS and Navy aircraft - Past President of the Rotary Club of Ross Valley 

​August  19, 2009 - John Tornes - Reporter for the Citizen - Sharing  comprehensive assessment of the current financial market conditions  prepared by Oppenheimer Funds - Member of the Rotary Club of San  Francisco #2

​July 29, 2009 - Libby Coleman - Coordinator for the Point Reyes Disaster Council - www.ready.gov/community-emergency-response-teams-cert

June 10, 2009 - Mike Gale - Rancher - www.chilenobeef.com and www.chilenobnb.com 

June 3, 2009 - Mimi Schreiber - Senior Access Adult Day Services - www.senioraccess.org 

May 26, 2009 - Paulette Bilgart - Full-Service Interior Design Company - www.bilgartdesign.com 

April 22, 2009 - Swedish Group Study Exchange Team (GSE) from District 2400 

​March 18, 2009 - Dave Smadbeck - Rebuilding Together  

March 11, 2009 - Club Assembly - Paul Elmore will discuss his experience at President-Elect Training Seminar (PETS) 

​February 25, 2009 - Josh Stevens - New owner of Point Reyes Print Shop 

​February 18, 2009 - Amy Faulstitch - Director of West Marin Community Services 

January 28, 2009 - Jim Staley - Come In, Swanee Leader - 33 Month Odyssey of an LST in the 1950s - www.swaneeleader.com 

January 14, 2009 - Stuart Moody - Green Sangha - Rethinking Plastics, Rethinking Our Lives - www.greensangha.org 

October 29, 2008 - Dick Lemon - Community banking and local money 

September 17, 2008 - Sim Van der Ryn - Visionary architect, author, educator, leader - Ecological Design Institute - www.ecodesign.org 

​September 10, 2008 - Vanessa Staples - 8th-grade teacher in West Marin - weight-less flight program 

​May 7, 2008 - Emmanuel Serriere - Rotarian from France, District 5450 - eRotaryOne Club - stamp enthusiast 

April 30, 2008 - Japanese Group Study Exchange Team (GSE) from District 2550 

March 12, 2008 - Jean and Paul Berensmeier - Wilderness Way - www.sgvwildernessway.org 

​February 27, 2008 - Bill O'Connor - Mediation - www.mediate.com/ADRservices.com 

​February 20, 2008 - Jim Patterson - Community Mentoring Program 

​January 23, 2008 - Pablo Castro - Operation Tooth Fairy - www.operationtoothfairy.org 

​January 16, 2008 - Richard Blair and Kathleen Goodwin - California Trip book - www.pointreyesvisions.com 

October 25, 2007 - Peter Asmus - Solar issues in Marin County - www.peterasmus.com 

September 26, 2007 - George Clyde - Proposed boating regulations on Tomales Bay 

​August 29, 2007 - District Governor Brian McLeran 

July 18, 2007 - Rae Levine - Community Land Trust Association of West Marin - www.clam-ptreyes.org 

July 11, 2007 - Paola Bouley - Watershed Biologist with S.P.A.W.N.

​June 13, 2007 - Ethan Rotman with iSpeakEASY - The Art of Public Speaking - www.ispeakeasy.net 

​May 30, 2007 - Supervisor Steve Kinsey - County work - www.marincounty.org/depts/bs/district-4/home  

​May 2, 2007 - Sarah Atherton - Executive Director of West Marin Community Services - www.westmarincommunityservices.org 

April 18, 2007 - German Group Study Exchange Team (GSE) from District 1820 

​March 7, 2007 - Jonathan Rowe - West Marin Commons 

February 14, 2007 - Andrew Romanoff - The Boy Who Would Be Tsar - the art of Prince Andrew Romanoff 

December 6, 2006 - Bob Kuchem - Laws of Life - www.lawsoflife.org 

​October 4, 2006 - Blue Waters Kayaking - www.bluewaterskayaking.com 

​August 16, 2006 - District Governor Mark Flagel 

May 31, 2006 - Lawrence Walters from the Republic of Palau - Tropical Hardwood Foundation 

May 24, 2006 - District Governor Holly Axtell and Keith Axtell - micro-lending in Ecuador 

April 19, 2006 - Chilean Group Study Exchange Team (GSE)