Beth Garrow is a Rotarian and The Rotary Foundation’s Regional Major Gift Officer for Big West’s Zone 26. She joined TRF in June 2016 as a seasoned major gifts officer with a 25-year development career in K-12, higher education as well as healthcare. Beth joined The Rotary Club of Hawthorne, CA in 1989 and was [...]
Some pics from our October 22, 2021 hybrid meeting.
Rio Nuevo Update: Investing to Revitalize Downtown Tucson Presented by Edmund Marquez, Rio Nuevo Board Member Edmund Marquez owns four Allstate Insurance Agencies in Tucson, Arizona. He is the largest captive insurance agency in Southern Arizona, and one of the largest Hispanic-owned Allstate agency groups in the U.S. Edmund was born and raised in Tucson [...]
Heather McGovern discusses the current status of Covid within the Tucson community, including spread, mitigation efforts, vaccines (and boosters) and the overall pandemic outlook. Heather McGovern, MPA is the Epidemiology Program Manager for the Pima County Health Department and proudly identifies as part of the LGBTQ community. For the last 12 1/2 years, Heather [...]
Daniela Gallagher has been with Sun Corridor Inc. since 2010. As VP for Economic Development, Daniela is responsible for managing a wide range of economic development programs, including Business Attraction and Expansion. Daniela’s focus is on Aerospace & Defense, Transport & Logistics and Automotive. Daniela’s previous positions include: Certified Air Transport Manager for the [...]
Henrietta "Hank" Huisking is the 2021-22 governor for District 5500. She has been a member of Sierra Vista West Rotary for 15 years. Since becoming a Rotarian, she has served in many capacities in her club and D5500, including Club President, District Secretary, and on the District Finance Committee. She served Region 11 as [...]
Detective Jennifer Crawford works for the Tucson Police Department and is one of the founding members of SAATURN. SAATURN is the Southern Arizona Anti-Trafficking Response Unit. The unit was originally developed with grant funding and is now a local collaboration between the Tucson Police Department and Homeland Security Investigations. Crawford joined the Tucson Police [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a 48% reduction in visitor spending in Pima County in 2020. Visit Tucson CEO Brent DeRaad will discuss his agency’s efforts to bring back visitors and their dollars to metro Tucson. Brent DeRaad has served as President & CEO of Visit Tucson for nine years. DeRaad and the 34-member Visit [...]
What’s up internationally – Exciting opportunities for Rotary & the Catalina Rotary Club Presenter: Barbara J. Kiernan, PhD, Chair World Community Service Committee, Catalina Rotary Barbara Kiernan’s presentation shares great news about Rotary’s international efforts. It will look briefly at what has happened internationally at the Catalina Rotary Club, what came of that effort, and [...]
Devereux Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dFyFpJtwUc As Devereux Arizona’s executive director, Yvette Jackson, LMSW, DBH, oversees the care and treatment of more than 4,500 children and adolescents each year. Jackson joined the organization in 1998 as a foster parent recruiter/trainer. In 2002, she was promoted to program manager of foster care services. In 2003, Jackson moved into [...]