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Rotary International District 5170

The Rotary Foundation 

  

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Committee Chairs

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Position Name Club Email
The Rotary Foundation Committee      
This committee plans and coordinates all activities of The Rotary Foundation in the District Bradford R. Howard, PDG, Chair  Oakland Sunrise bhoward@howardtours.net
       
Annual Giving      
This committee assist clubs in their promotion of annual unrestricted contributions to The Rotary Foundation, and receives all Contribution and Recognition Reports from The Rotary Foundation. "Every Rotarian - Every Year" James V. Mealey, PDG, Chair  Los Gatos Morning jvm1031@aol.com
       
Foundation Functional Area Representatives (FAR)      
FAR, Area 1      
FAR, Area 2 George Pacheco Hayward george@pachecobrothers.com
FAR, Area 3 Alan Heyman Niles/Fremont alanheyman@comcast.net
FAR, Area 4 Phillip  Dean Livermore pndean@comcast.net
FAR, Area 5 Jerry Silva San Jose gerald.silva@sbcglobal.net
FAR, Area 6 Patrick Dwyer Gilroy pd1370@aol.com
FAR, Area 7 Gloria Garing Santa Cruz ggaring95076@sbcglobal.net
FAR, Area 8 Julian Rodriguez Los Gatos juliansr@aol.com
FAR, Area 9 Joe  Pileggi Almaden Valley jpil153764@aol.com
FAR, Area 10 Iris Korol Palo Alto korolgroup@yahoo.com
       
Future Vision Taskforce      
  Carolyn Schuetz, PDG, Chair  Alameda csandlb@alamedanet.net
       
Special Projects - Target Club Development      
  Susan DuPree Pleasanton North sfdupree@gmail.com
       
Foundation Alumni (GSE & Scholars)      
  Helen Donald Los Gatos Morning comedda@juno.com
       
Foundation Information & Speakers Bureau      
This committee provides information and speakers for club programs on The Rotary Foundation John Blakely  Warm Springs jblakleyjr@aol.com
       
Ambassadorial Scholars & World Peace Fellows      
This committee plans and coordinates all activities relating to the Rotary Scholarship Programs.  Committee members will review all candidates submitted by the clubs. They will select the applicants to be Ambassadorial Scholars. They will also submit names to Rotary International for the World Peace Scholarship Program. Russ Hobbs, PDG, Chair Santa Cruz russhobbs@allstate.com
World Peace Fellows Linda  Rickets Oakland Sunrise rickli00@aol.com
Orientation/Publicity Joe Hamilton Sunnyvale jhamilton147@comcast.net
Inbound Scholars Larry Grace Saratoga lwgrace1@aol.com
Outbound Scholars Skip Franich San Jose mfranich@mffmlaw.com
Scholar Alumni Richard  Flanders Pleasanton North srednalf@pacbell.net
Committee Member Tom Schmitz Oakland #3 thomas.schmitz@comcast.net
Committee Member Joe Karingada Fremont Sunrise jkaringada@yahoo.com
Committee Member Robyn Young Alameda rgyoungmd@comcast.net
Committee Member Maria Sinclair Oakland Sunrise Riasinclair@aol.com
Committee Member Weldon Moreland Livermore weldon@mwmorelandcpa.com
       
Foundation Travel Program      
This committee will promote Rotarian travel in support of projects supported by TRF Grants. Bradford R.  Howard, PDG Oakland Sunrise bhoward@howardtours.net
       
Grants      
Receives and processes all applications for The Rotary Foundation Grants.  Promotes club participation and provides instruction. Jolene Bortz, District Grants Subcommittee Chair Oakland Sunrise jbortz@howardtours.net
  Richard Lowenthal, Club Opportunity Grants Chair Cupertino richard@lowenthal.com
       
Group Study Exchange      
Plans and coordinates activities of the GSE program. Richard Flanders, Chair  Pleasanton North srednalf@pacbell.net
  Roy Russell, Sr. Advisor San Jose rrussell3@pacific-water.com
  Michael Conniff, Outbound Coordinator San Jose michael.conniff@sjsu.edu
  Larry Grace, Assist. Outbound Coordinator Saratoga lwgrace1@aol.com
  Robert Denebeim, Inbound Co-coordinator East Palo Alto/Bayshore bden1@comcast.net
  Rob Anglin, Inbound Co-coordinator Livermore rob@lordanglin.com
  Larry Tan, Assist. Inbound Coordinator Fremont, Union City, Newark larryt128@gmail.com
  François Daoust  Pleasanton North fdaoust@vervial.com
Group Study Exchange History      
Rotary District 5170 was one of the first districts to participate in the Group Study Exchange program, and we have been an innovator in advancing the purpose of this program.
District 5170 History in the GSE program
  • 1971-73 Brazil
  • 1973-75 Pakistan
  • 1976-78 Sweden
  • 1978-80 India
  • 1980-82 England
  • 1981-83 The Netherlands
  • 1982-84 Malaysia
  • 1984-85 Malta
  • 1985-87 France
  • 1987-88 India
  • 1987-88 Brazil
  • 1988-89 Finland
  • 1989-90 Germany
  • 1990-91 South Africa
  • 1991-92 The Philippines
  • 1992-93 Italy
  • 1993-94 Turkey
  • 1994-95 Denmark
  • 1995-96 Argentina
  • 1996-97 Guatemala/Honduras
  • 1997-98 Mexico
  • 1998-99 France
  • 1999-2000 Germany
  • 2000-01 India
  • 2001-02 Iceland
  • 2002-03 Vietnam
  • 2003 04 The Netherlands
  • 2004-06 Japan
  • 2006-07 Argentina
  • 2007-08 Taiwan
       
Partners in Rotary Service      
This committee will promote and facilitate the visit of Rotary Partners from throughout the world, who will be in our district October 2008 to visit with and speak to our clubs. Reiko Iwanaga, Scheduling/Events Saratoga atyrequest@aol.com
  Marleen Armstrong, Home Hosting & Partner Coordination Pleasanton North Marleenins1@aol.com
       
Paul Harris Society      
Promotes annual donations of $1,000 or more to The Rotary Foundation.  Donors will be awarded membership in the Paul Harris Society of District 5170. Society members will receive a special District pin as recognition of their commitment. James LeBlanc Saratoga jamesleblanc1@comcast.net
       
Permanent Fund/Major Gifts      
This committee promotes the long term stability of The Rotary Foundation through contributions to the corpus of TRF Permanent Fund. Gary Reece, Chair Santa Cruz gary@reece.net
  C. Donald Allen, PDG, Advisor Cupertino cdallen7@pacbell.net
       
Polio Plus Challenge      
  Mark Delventhal, Chair Piedmont Montclair mdelventhal@ci.piedmont.ca.us
       
International Service Chair - Ex Officio      
  Bert Raphael Mountain View bert@raphaelconsulting.com