Rotary Club of West Marin: District Governor Visit

In person at Toby’s Feed Barn Art Gallery, Point Reyes Station. Everyone is welcome!
For a Zoom invitation, please email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com. 

2025-2026 District 5150 Governor, Mitone Griffiths

Club business, agenda to come. In person and via Zoom.

Members Only, Zoom invitation will be sent by email.

Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series

In person at Toby’s Feed Barn Art Gallery, Point Reyes Station. Everyone is welcome!
For a Zoom invitation, please email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com. 

Speaker Series: Marilu Cisneros

Marilu Cisneros, Director of Community Schools in West Marin since 2023, speaks about Basic Needs Closets, an initiative to provide essential items such as clothing, toiletries, hygiene products, and cleaning supplies. This resource will be available to families in need, ensuring that they can get the help they need in real-time, without having to navigate complicated systems or wait for external resources. The Basic Needs Closets will not only support students' educational success but also improve their overall well-being by alleviating the daily strain of not having access to these essentials.

 Marilu Cisneros is a bilingual and bicultural professional who migrated from Michoaćan, Mexico, to the U.S. at a young age. As the Director of Community Schools in West Marin since 2023, Marilu leads district-wide efforts to create inclusive and supportive systems for students and families. She brings a strong background in media relations, communications, case management, community engagement, and parent support. Her work at Shoreline Unified focuses on building partnerships, removing barriers to student success, and ensuring families have access to vital resources. Since November 2023,

Marilu works to uplift the diverse voices and foster meaningful engagement. Her journey allows her to deeply connect with the experiences of many Shoreline Unified students, particularly newcomers and English learners.

Join us at Due West Bar and Restaurant in Olema. Guests welcome.

Email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com for more details.

Club business, agenda to come. In person and via Zoom.

Members Only, Zoom invitation will be sent by email.

Club business, agenda to come. In person and via Zoom.

Members Only, Zoom invitation will be sent by email.

 Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series 

In-person at Toby’s Feed Barn Art Gallery, Point Reyes Station. Everyone is welcome! And online: for a Zoom invitation, please email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com. 

Jacob Smith discusses how AI can help you focus.

Join us at Due West Bar and Restaurant in Olema. Guests welcome.

Email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com for more details.

 Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series 

In-person at Toby’s Feed Barn Art Gallery, Point Reyes Station. Everyone is welcome! And online: for a Zoom invitation, please email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com. 

Tom O’Neill​, founder of the Tiburon Classic Car Show and a Marin History Museum board member, will speak about plans for the museum’s 90th anniversary. The Marin History Museum is a living and growing artifact-based institution teaching Marin History to the children and adults of Marin County and beyond​.  

www.marinhistory.org​   

Tom will also speak about the Tiburon Classic Car Show, a wonderful community event held annually in Tiburon near the ferry boat landing against the beautiful backdrop of the Tiburon Waterfront Park.  The show celebrates the beauty of classic automobiles. (produced before 1975).

​www.tiburonclassiccarshow.com

Club business, agenda to come. In person and via Zoom.

Members Only, Zoom invitation will be sent by email.

 Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series 

In-person at Toby’s Feed Barn Art Gallery, Point Reyes Station. Everyone is welcome! And online: for a Zoom invitation, please email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com. 

Gianna Biaggi founded the Magnolia Project through a High Tech High New School Creation Fellowship in 2021. She is a social entrepreneur, former teacher, and administrator with a B.A. in International Studies from Kenyon College, an M.Ed. from the High Tech High Graduate School of Education, and a CTE Credential. Gianna has had professional fellowships from Future Founders and the Watson Institute, and is the 2017 winner of the Samuel Huntington Award for Public Service.

Gianna will speak about the Magnolia Project, which partners with Sonoma and Marin County schools to embed semester-long hands-on Career Exploration and Apprenticeship pathways into the school day. Magnolia Project was founded in partnership with Guerneville School in West Sonoma County in 2021 and is currently expanding its programs to serve middle and high school students in all four West Marin schools in the 2025-2026 school year (next year!).

www.magnolia-project.org

Join us at Due West Bar and Restaurant in Olema. Guests welcome.

Email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com for more details.

 Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series 

In-person at Toby’s Feed Barn Art Gallery, Point Reyes Station. Everyone is welcome! For a Zoom invitation, please email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com. 

Robert Marshall, former President of the Rotary Club of Novato and President of H2OpenDoors, and Charles Nichol, former President of the Rotary Club of West Marin and an immigration attorney, discuss a water purification project they installed in Ecuador in January 2025. For more information, visit  https://h2opendoors.org

 Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series 

In-person at Toby’s Feed Barn Art Gallery, Point Reyes Station. Everyone is welcome! For a Zoom invitation, please email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com. 

Michelle Clein speaks about Rotary International's 3 Day Peace Conference.

 Rotary Club of West Marin Speaker Series | In-Person Only | Everyone is welcome!

Joanne Pillsbury, the Andrall E. Pearson Curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, discusses Nelson Rockefeller and the Politics of Art.

Pillsbury (PhD,  Columbia University) is a specialist in the art and archaeology of the ancient Americas and was previously associate director of the Getty Research Institute and director of Pre-Columbian Studies at Dumbarton Oaks. She has published widely, including Guide to Documentary Sources for Andean Studies, 1530–1900; the Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Award recipients Ancient Maya Art at Dumbarton Oaks (2012) and Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art (2022); and Past Presented: Archaeological Illustration and the Ancient Americas (2012), which was awarded the Association for Latin American Art Book Award. Her 2017 exhibition catalogue, Golden Kingdoms: Luxury Arts in the Ancient Americas (prepared with Timothy Potts and Kim Richter), won a PROSE Award for Excellence. A podcast related to this project is available here.

 Rotary Club of West Marin Online Speaker Series | In Person and Via Zoom

Everyone is welcome! For a Zoom invitation, please email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com.

Meadow Evans is a birth doula, massage therapist, and environmental educator working with students at Bolinas-Stinson School. She lives in Bolinas with her husband, Keith, and son, Emrys. Meadow played a key role in developing Young Stewards, an outdoor afterschool program inspired by Veena Lucas' vision, and has been deeply involved since its launch in 2017-18.

Presenting to the Rotary Club of West Marin, Meadow will share insights into Young Stewards of the Land, a program for 5th–8th graders focused on self-stewardship, land stewardship, and community care. Through hands-on learning with local specialists in the West Marin outdoors, students develop skills that connect them to nature and their community. Earth Allies, a similar program, extends this approach to younger students.

The program fosters mentorship between college, middle school, and elementary students, guided by Program Coordinators. Each week, students explore Bolinas, engaging with specialists who introduce skills and knowledge at the intersection of human experience and the natural world.

Learn more at patreon.com/bostinysl/about.

Club business, agenda to come. In person and via Zoom.

Members Only, Zoom invitation will be sent by email.

 Rotary Club of West Marin Online Speaker Series | In Person and Via Zoom

Everyone is welcome! For a Zoom invitation, please email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com.

Alison Healy, a Marin County native, is a nonprofit leader and entrepreneur. During the pandemic, she co-founded Bay Area Marine Services and serves as Commodore of the International Yachting Fellowship of Rotarians (IYFR). As former CEO of Alliance for Smiles, she oversaw numerous international Rotary grants and missions.

Presenting to the Rotary Club of West Marin, Alison will share updates on her nonprofit, Pathways 4 Thriving, particularly its work with Floating Doctors, which provides medical care to 8,000 indigenous Ngäbe people in Panama. These communities, accessible only by water, rely on Floating Doctors for healthcare, including maternal health, family planning, dental, and veterinary services. The program has significantly reduced birth rates and improved health outcomes.

Pathways 4 Thriving collaborates with local organizations to support economic development, health, and sustainability through Rotary grants. Floating Doctors also offers a seven-day Immersion Program, where volunteers contribute to clinics while learning about Ngäbe culture.

Alison will sell handmade bags from Colombia to raise funds for this mission. Learn more at pathways4thriving.org.

Join us at Due West Bar and Restaurant in Olema. Guests welcome.

Email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com for more details.

 Rotary Club of West Marin Online Speaker Series | Via Zoom

Everyone is welcome! For a Zoom invitation, please email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com.

Marlene Capra will speak about  SPEAK SAFE: Save Adolescents from Exploitation. SPEAK SAFE is a multigenerational task force working together to bring awareness to youth exploitation and victimization in our local Marin County community. We are engaging decision-makers in our school boards, the foster care system, LBGTQ+ communities, and more to advocate for unrepresented and underserved youth. By collaborating with local law enforcement officials, we can gather targeted data and information on local cases, keeping our education programming and seminars current and hyper-relevant to the Marin County area.

Marlene Capra is the Founder and Executive Director of SpeakSAFE: Save Adolescents from Exploitation, which aims to fund and implement a collaborative approach to provide preventative education on human trafficking and exploitation of youth in the Bay Area. In addition to managing all aspects of the program, Marlene personally conducts training in conjunction with a youth team, all of whom are survivors of abuse. Both in person and on social media, they present on exploitation and the victimization of youth and what support is needed to encourage them to find their voices and come forward, enabling them to find assistance and healing.  Through this forum, victims have mobilized their voices in partnership to make lasting change while working together on this initiative.

Learn more at  www.speaksafe.org.

 Rotary Club of West Marin Online Speaker Series | In Person and via Zoom

Everyone is welcome! For a Zoom invitation, please email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com.

Roy Pitts speaks about the Point Reyes Disaster Council. Pitts is a US Coast Guard Master Mariner and has been a Fireman, Zoo Keeper, Sea Kayak Guide, Sailing Instructor, Disaster Response Supervisor, and Hovercraft Pilot. His next challenge is just around the corner.

Learn more at https://www.pointreyesdisastercouncil.org/.

Club business, agenda to come.

Members Only, Zoom invitation will be sent by email.

 Rotary Club of West Marin Online Speaker Series  | On Zoom Only

For a Zoom invitation, please email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com. 

Jeff and Carol England speak about The Foundation for Climate Restoration (F4CR). They are working to make climate restoration the overarching goal of climate action by the decade's end. Climate restoration means not just reducing emissions. It means reclaiming a historically safe climate for this and future generations and the nature we’re part of. We need to restore the pre-industrial climate by 2050 while Earth systems are still intact enough to do so. We know how to do so!

Restoring a safe climate requires a paradigm shift. Most people don’t yet know it’s possible, so they’re not calling for it. That’s why F4CR’s mission is to generate the understanding, social license, and will to restore the climate. This, in turn, will allow for funding and implementing real climate-restoration-scale solutions.

F4CR works through advocacy, education & communications, and motivation. Our members—volunteers of all ages and from all walks of life—make it happen!

Learn more at https://foundationforclimaterestoration.org/.

Lighting the Luminarias at Dusk

Kick off the holiday season and celebrate bringing light to the darkest time of the year. Join Rotarians and local merchants as we light the path.

Follow the Luminaria Path of Lights from Gallery Route One to the Dance Palace with shopping, sweet treats, music, and a surprise visit from Santa along the “path,” aka Main Street. This fun and festive event returns after a four-year hiatus. All visitors are invited to bring an unwrapped toy for the Sheriff's toy drive. Collection barrels will be at the event organizers: The Dance Palace, GRO/Gallery Route One, and Rotary Club of West Marin's hot chocolate booth at Toby's.

The Dance Palace Artisan Craft Fair will be open from 4 to 9 p.m. that night. Two children's choirs will perform at the Dance Palace and light a large oak tree there. Look for food booths by local non-profit organizations.

Download these flyers in English and Spanish and spread the word.

Email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com for more details.

 Rotary Club of West Marin Online Speaker Series | In Person and via Zoom

Everyone is welcome! For a Zoom invitation, please email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com.

Donene Vukovich from Donor Network West Foundation will speak about how Donor Network West saves and heals lives through organ and tissue donation for transplantation and research. It is the DNW Foundation’s mission to support donor families and transplant recipients, to fund clinical innovation and research, and to educate our communities about the power of organ, eye, and tissue donation.

www.donornetworkwest.org

Donene Vukovich has worked in the health and wellness field as a running coach, massage therapist, personal trainer, and health educator.  A lifelong runner herself, she started her coaching business to help runners prepare for races while remaining injury-free, achieve personal records, and, most importantly, have fun. Donene graduated summa cum laude from Sacramento State, earning a bachelor’s degree in Health Science with an emphasis in Community Health Education. She is a USA Track & Field Level 1 Certified Coach and Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES). She now works with Donor Network West at its San Ramon location.

Join us at Due West Bar and Restaurant in Olema. Guests welcome.

Email info@rotaryclubwestmarin.com for more details.

Club business, agenda to come.

Members Only.