Events

Kathleen is the Chief Philanthropy Officer for St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin.  She was born and raised in Marin. Kathleen attended Redwood High School, Dominican University for undergraduate her work and Golden Gate University for her MBA.

Kathleen retired from mortgage banking in 1990 to raise her three children. She has served on many nonprofit boards raising money for causes close to her heart. She and her late husband Keith raised their three children in Marin, as she says, “they are my greatest accomplishment.” Kathleen has been in the nonprofit development sector for more than 25 years and loves touching the lives of so many people on a daily basis.

College of Marin is on the cusp of its Centennial, having served as the community's college for 99 years. Dr. Eldridge will provide an overview of the College's offerings and a look to the College's future.

Jonathan Eldridge, Ed.D serves as College of Marin’s 11th Superintendent/President. He came to the College in 2013 and most recently served as the College’s Assistant Superintendent/Vice President for Student Learning & Success. Dr. Eldridge supports a diverse group of faculty, staff, and administrators to create a truly coherent and integrated educational program for students. His commitment to student success is rooted in recognizing historical and systemic disparities in opportunity and outcomes and ensuring resources are directed at eliminating those disparities. 

A social meeting with brief talks by Featured Members and discussions of Club business among members

Lilja Dwyer is a skateboarder, surfer, ex-cheerleader, and founder of Ladies Shred. She grew up in Marin County, California, with her younger brother, raised by their single mother. Discovering surfing and skateboarding in her late teens, Lilja fell in love with the culture and sports.

For 13 years, Lilja traveled extensively, immersing herself in different cultures. Throughout her journeys, skateboarding remained a constant connection to the places she visited. For the past five years, Lilja has been running Ladies Shred, an organization that offers camps, classes, and community meet-ups.

Ladies Shred focuses on building self-awareness, leadership skills, and fostering a sense of community among participants. The organization emphasizes safety, ocean and land education, and building self-confidence. Through Ladies Shred, Lilja aims to create an empowering environment for women and girls to learn and enjoy skateboarding and surfing. This talk will be about how Ladies Shred wants to reach a more diverse range of girls and women, and how we plan on doing so.

Stephanie is the Clinic Operations Manager for Rotacare San Rafael. She works with a team of volunteer clinicians, nurses and support staff to deliver exceptional healthcare to the underserved in Marin County. Stephanie has worked in the medical field for over 15 years, from Medical Assistant to Site Director at one of the largest federally funded health centers in Sonoma county. In 2022 Stephanie joined the RotaCare San Rafael vision to close the healthcare disparity gap in the Marin community. With her passion and the passion of the RotaCare volunteers, they have continued to serve the underserved and underinsured in the community with high-quality healthcare.

Scott has retired from Kaiser as an infectious disease doctor and from 
Stanford as a Human Biology teacher, and now is interested to learn
about and focus on the last steps for polio eradication

If  you want things to improve, switch from looking in the problem box to looking for solutions, in and out of the box.

For 5 years, Golden Path of PEACE, developed, piloted and now delivers the empowering resilience and possibiity-based "Understanding PEACE Project"  for students and teachers in  public schools in Ukraine.  We are creating and testing elements of a response to the  conditions of war and life in the bomb shelters and we intend to pilot it in Fall/Winter of 25/26 with support from Rotary.Resilience in a Rucksack/ ‘RnR’ is a product and a system designed to support teachers  to create a safe, positive learning environment which is also innovative and fun.

Barbara Leger has been an entrepreneur since being a child and she has lived an amazing life of single parenting, international consulting, public speaker and workshop facilitating always seeking greater opportunity for and with community. These two realities formed the foundation for founding and co-founding many organizations and businesses all leaning into contributing to a world living in peace and love.

Suzie Tremolada is President of Vision Impaired of Marin and Founder of Living with Macular Degeneration. She was declared legally blind in 2013.

Suzie will share an Inside story of living with vision impairment: how she went from feeling frustrated, isolated and in despair to being functional, engaged and able to bring more ease and joy into her daily life.