Speakers

Speaker	Date	Topic
P.A. City Council Candidates Forum	Oct 03, 2022	Moderator, Bonnie Packer
Savita Vaidhyanathan, District 5170 Governor	Oct 10, 2022	Imagine Rotary! Annual visit of District Governor Savita Vaidhyanathan. DG Savita served as President of the Rotary Club of Cupertino in 2013-14. Her theme was, “Local heartbeat, Global Outreach!” She also held roles as Chair of World Services Committee, member of Club’s Board and Endowment Foundation Board. She organized and chaired several fundraisers for the club. She is a Major Donor to The Rotary Foundation. Savita served as advisor for projects in India, Kenya, and Mexico, and led a team for global grants. She is a graduate of the District Leadership Academy. She also served as District Community Service Chair and was the chair of the banquet in honor of Rotary International President, Jennifer Jones. Savita is an active member of the local community. She served on the Cupertino City Council and as Mayor of Cupertino in 2017. She serves on a number of community boards and is currently Co-Chair of the De Anza Community College Commission. Savita and her husband, Doc Vaidhyanathan live in Cupertino. Their daughter works and lives with her husband and baby in San Francisco. Savita is a doting grandmother to her grandson and plans to get rejuvenated by him to keep her energetic through her year as District Governor!
Overview of key Ballot Propositions	Oct 17, 2022	Moderator,
William Gould IV	Oct 24, 2022	Diary of a Contraband-The Civil war Passage of a Black Man
Jennifer Mercies, Professor at Texas A&M U.	Oct 31, 2022	Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump Jennifer Mercies, Professor of Communication and Journalism at Texas A&M University
3 members	Nov 07, 2022	3 Long time member talks Become acquainted or reacquainted with three of our longer term members. Always a great program!
Cornelia Weill former USAF Colonel, Judge Advocate	Nov 14, 2022	Gender Strategies in War Cornelia Weiss is a 2015 Rotary Peace Fellow (Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand). A former USAF military colonel, awards received include the U.S. Air Force Keenan Award for making the most notable contribution to the development of international law. She holds a GED, an AA (Colorado Mountain College), a BA in Women’s Studies (University of Utah), an MA in Defense and Security Studies (ANEPE), and a JD (Vanderbilt). She has published in journals ranging from the European Journal of International Law to The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs. A graduate of the Inter-American Defense College (where she was the sole female military student in her class), she most recently provided recommendations to the Inter-American Defense Board to end practices of excluding military women from military education.
Heidi Kühn, Founder & CEO, Roots of Peace	Nov 21, 2022	Roots of Peace: Turning Mines into Vines Roots of Peace, Turning Mines into Vines - Replacing Minefields with Vineyards and Orchards. Roots of Peace is a humanitarian - nonprofit organization founded in September 1997. From a family of Rotarians, Heidi has received the Rotary International "Service Above Self" Award. In December 2021, she was among those honored in Forbes "50 Over 50", and many other recognitions for their work over the past 25 years.
Mike Reynolds, Chair, WCS Committee	Nov 28, 2022	Rotary World Community Service Report on WCS Programs being supported by Palo Alto Rotary 2022-23
Christian Martine, Senior Product Mgr, Glassdoor	Dec 05, 2022	Steps to Improve Your Digital Security, from Novice to Savvy Christian Martine was born in Beckley, West Virginia. He earned dual bachelor's degrees cum laude from Washington and Lee University in 2014. His career experience includes working as a senior product manager of employer growth for Glassdoor, Inc, and in other information technology companies focused on trust and safety. His past employers include Facebook and Amazon. Christian is the 2022 Democratic candidate for West Virginia House of Delegates, 45^th Delegate District. Martine has been affiliated with the Rotary Club of Beckley, the Mount Hope Lions Club, Working America (AFL-CIO Affiliate), and the Association of Information Technology Professionals. He is a former member of the Rotary Club of Palo Alto. Via Zoom from West Virginia
West Bay Opera Singers	Dec 12, 2022	Musical Selections In person, bring guests, to enjoy our final program of 2022 with beautiful musical selections from Palo Alto's own West Bay Opera.
No meeting: Holiday break	Dec 19, 2022	Happy Holidays!
No Meeting: Holiday Break	Dec 26, 2022	Happy Holidays!
No Meeting: Happy New Year!	Jan 02, 2023	Happy 2023! Imagine Rotary!
Lee Pfab, Yassine Laghzziou, Carole Hall Whitehill	Jan 09, 2023	New Member Talks Learn more about these three new active club members
Life Moves	Jan 16, 2023	Hands on Sleeves UP service project Instead of a speaker, we will do a service project in the room for Life Moves, one of our past Grant recipient organizations
Larry Gerston, Professor Emeritus, SJ State U.	Jan 23, 2023	Current Political Perspectives Larry N. Gerston is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at San Jose State University. He is the author or co-author of 12 academic books, including three on public policymaking. Professor Gerston has written more than 150 op-ed pieces for major newspapers that focus on public policy issues, and since 1980, he has been the on-air political analyst at NBC Bay Area television, where he appears weekly to explain complex political themes to the viewing audience in understandable terms. He also serves as the political analyst for KCBS radio, an all-news radio station in San Francisco.