Events

Author Manny Pacheco has enjoyed a growing acclaim through his Forgotten Hollywood Book Series, now included in the library collections of the Hollywood Heritage Museum, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, American Film Institute, among others. He's currently in production to turn his literary work into a Forgotten Hollywood Documentary. A Southern California television and radio personality for over three decades, Manny was on NBC's Santa Barbara, co-hosted the Daytime Emmy-nominated In Studio on KCOP, and he currently hosts Forgotten Hollywood, a weekly syndicated radio program on the 90.1 FM KBPK, and a web-based television show on the TherapyCable Channel. He is also a weekend traffic anchor on KNX 10-70 News Radio.

Amanda Hunter will discuss the GWPOP (Good World Power of Peace) Movement and Dr Vicki Radel will discuss the Rotary International Foundation.

Amanda Hunter is the Founder and Executive Director of GWPOP, a grass root peace movement created to mobilize millennials and help them become a powerful element of peaceful change. GWPOP organizes events to bring young people together face to face in open spaces to engage in and experience inTent Talks, music, art and food. For more information visit www.gwpop.org .

Amanda was home schooled in London in a curriculum based on the London School of Business and Homeopathic Medicine. She served as President of the Riverside Telephone Company and is currently President of the California Map Art Company and the Sweet Inspiration Chocolate Company.

Dominik Knoll is CEO of the Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce. He holds an MBA with specialization in Strategic Management and Leadership. He has worked in several capacities for large and medium-sized corporations, and has been featured in national and international publications. A native of Italy, he is fluent in English, German, and Italian.

The Rotary Club of Redondo Beach Community Foundation Board will present several proposed revisions to the organization's bylaws for the members' consideration and discussion. The vote to approve the changes will take place at the Annual Rotary Club Assembly on December 12, 2018.

Paul Samaras has a Bachelors degree in Political Science and a Masters degree in Public Administration from Cal Poly Pomona.  He has worked for 17 years as a professional planner and is certified by the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP).  He is currently employed by the City of El Segundo and holds the position of Principal Planner.  He has a passion for long-range and transportation planning and is currently collaborating with several other South Bay cities to develop common regulations for Shared Mobility Services (bike-share and scooter-share).  He is a Redondo Beach resident and, for the last 12 months, a member of the City’s General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC).

The Rotary Club and Foundation members will vote on (1) the 2019-20 Board of Directors for the Club and (2) proposed changes to the  Community Foundation Bylaws that were presented at the club meeting on November 14, 2018. 

Please join your Rotary colleagues for our annual holiday celebration. The Surf City Theatre Group will present several holiday themed skits and Sue Johnson and MaryAnne Stickler will lead us in a group singalong of holiday favorites.

Dr. Steven Keller has spent 31 years in public education, beginning as a middle and high school history and language arts teacher, a middle school assistant principal and principal, a Director of Student Achievement, and an Assistant Superintendent, before becoming the Superintendent of Schools in the Redondo Beach Unified School District, the finest school district in the South Bay. 

Dr. Keller has been the leader of RBUSD for over 11 years.  In addition to his role as the leader of the district, he has served as an adjunct professor at Chapman University and UC Irvine.  He is also the proud father of Sloan and Jaxon.  Jaxon is a middle school teacher in Orange County.  His wife has the best name in the world, Kelli Keller.  Dr. Keller is an avid Anaheim Ducks hockey fan who believes that penalty minutes should be as equally important as goals and assists. Dr. Keller earned his undergraduate degree from Pitzer College in Claremont and his masters degree from Claremont Graduate University. His doctoral degree is from the University of California, Irvine where he still holds the record for the briefest dissertation.

Judge Andrew Kauffman was born and raised in the Los Angeles area and has been a Redondo Beach resident since 1985. He received his undergraduate degree from USC and his law degree from UCLA. He has been married for 36 years and has two grown children.

Judge Kauffman has held the following positions:

Deputy District Attorney from 1975-1985

Commissioner of the South Bay Municipal Court from 1985-1989

Judge of the Los Angeles Municipal Court from 1989-1995

Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court from 1995-2011

Arbitrator and Mediator with Alternative Resolution Centers from 2011-present

Theresa Plakos has been the Public Relations Director at Cancer Support Community Redondo Beach for 9 years. Her primary responsibilities consist of working with the local media as well as outreach to the medical and non-medical communities throughout the South Bay and surrounding areas to spread the word about Cancer Support Community’s many valuable free programs, services and fundraising events. Theresa came to work for Cancer Support Community after a good friend was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Her passion for the work was further fueled by the loss of her father and Stepfather to lung cancer several years ago.

Information about Cancer Support Community Redondo Beach can be found at http://www.cancersupportredondobeach.org/

Sharon Rose is a Community Services K9 Specialist. She has worked for the RBPD for 30 years in various civilian roles, starting with jailer, promoting to jail manager, then evidence manager which included ancillary positions such as PD facility manager, fleet manager, and radio and equipment manager. When the opportunity for the first Facility Dog handler was suggested by the Chief of Police, she jumped at the chance. Sharon and Facility Dog Meredith have been a team for one year. Meredith was donated by Canine Companions for Independence, one of the oldest and most respected organizations who breed, raise and train service dogs for recipients within the United States. They work with officers in the role of peer support, with the community as a victim advocate, with the schools for student outreach, and with the senior centers, care centers, rehabilitation centers, and the Courts to help bring smiles and laughter.

Judith  Norton received her B.A. in Speech Communications from California State University Long Beach, continued studies at the USC Annenberg School of Communication and earned her Master of Education degree from CSU-East Bay. She has a background in teaching at the college level and as a corporate trainer. Later in her career she became involved in instructional design, specifically designing courses for online learning.

Quite by accident she started creating memory books for the aging parents of baby boomers. A new design focus was formed when she realized how much she enjoyed learning about her clients’ lives. She’s gone on to create printed coffee-table books for their families that include access to their oral histories. This is a priceless keepsake for families.

The focus of her presentation will be a do-it-yourself approach to telling your story. She’s available if an individual needs her, but her main focus is encouraging individuals to tell their story.

As we age gracefully, we realize the importance of telling our story for our families. What do we want to share with them? What nugget of information will explain where they came from? What would you do differently? And, what would you do more of? Perhaps it's time to tell your story.

Dr. Nicole Bosson is the Assistant Medical Director at the Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency. She is an Assistant Clinical Professor at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and adjunct faculty in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where she is the EMS Fellowship Director.  

Nicole began her medical career working in prehospital care, first as an EMT in Boston, Massachusetts and subsequently as a Fulbright scholar at the Service d’Aide Médicale Urgente (SAMU) in Paris. She came to Los Angeles after training in emergency medicine at NYU/Bellevue in NYC to complete a 2-year fellowship in EMS and Disaster Medicine at Harbor-UCLA and the Los Angeles County EMS Agency.  

Nicole is among the first to be board certified in EMS Medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. She is actively involved in EMS research, education, and policy development. She regularly instructs at the J. Michael Criley Paramedic Training Institute. Since 2016, she has served on the California State Scope of Practice Committee for the Emergency Medical Directors of California and has worked on several state and national task forces related to EMS and quality initiatives. Dr. Bosson is a certified Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Medical Team Manager and member of California Task Force 2. She deployed with the team to the Nepal and Mexico City earthquakes.

In her spare time Nicole enjoys food tourism and running marathons to make up for it.