Events

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.

Matt is the co-founder and CEO of Westhill Financial Advisors, an independent advisory firm in Marin providing financial planning and investment management.

Matt is an enthusiastic student of Behavioral Finance in general, and specifically on the topic of what non-financial factors make for a happy, fulfilling, and meaningful retirement. He teaches Behavioral Finance as an instructor through UC Berkeley’s extension program.

What factors are found to drive a happy, fulfilling, and meaningful retirement?

The talk includes brief real-life case studies and explores scientific research on what factors predict happiness in retirement: The Three Pillars.

We’ll explore key life cornerstones (Identity, Structure, Social Interaction, Mastery, and Purpose) that are often lost when we leave work and discuss practical ways to replace them.

TBA

When a sudden series of manic episodes lands her in a psychiatric ward, what is an established, respected psychotherapist to do? With an otherwise firm sense of self and an openness to new insights, Berger confronts the stumbling blocks of shame and stigma. A series of close friends and mentors stand by her through challenges with abusive colleagues, conflicted relationships with men, estrangement from her mother, and confusion about what truly matters.

Marcia Naomi Berger is a psychotherapist who helps couples and individuals create fulfilling relationships. She wrote The Bipolar Therapist after decades of keeping her struggle with bipolar disorder a secret. She wants people with mental illness to know they are not alone and to make her story readily available to their family members, therapists, friends, and others.