Meeting News

Catalina Rotary Club President Andy Kerr highlights the club's accomplishments during the 2022-2023 Rotary year. Some scenes from our June 9 meeting.

Three Worlds, One Voyage is the vivid, first-hand account of a small expedition cruise to Antarctica in March 2020 just as the Corona virus exploded across the globe. Don Jorgensen's fascinating, entertaining stories and photos bring you on a journey into the vast, white Antarctic peninsula to walk among penguins, sail and kayak past amazing [...]

Lori Shepherd is passionate about her work as Executive Director of the Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center. She is driven to ensure that every visitor to TJMHC walks away with not just a historical understanding of the Holocaust but that they also take with them a new or renewed awareness and appreciation for Judaism [...]

Trehon A. Cockrell-Coleman is a millennial on the move! Trehon is constantly working to achieve the right balance between his professional and personal life, and his altruistic nature. A native of Nashville, Tennessee and a resident of Tucson for 13 years, Trehon is known as the Tucson Community Connector. He interacts effectively with diverse individuals [...]

Tucson Crime Free Coalition steering committee member Kevin Daily talks about the coalition's mission: A safer community for all through the enforcement of the city's laws. The coalition advocates for adequate staffing and resources for law enforcement, treatment for those in need and prosecution for criminals that are unwilling to abide by our community's laws. [...]

Jeff Grobe currently serves as the Executive Director of Coyote TaskForce (CTF), a non-profit organization in downtown Tucson that operates Café 54, Our Place Clubhouse and Re-Threads thrift store—programs whose guiding principle is that work and meaningful community engagement can be primary pathways for recovery from mental illness and substance use. CTF was founded in [...]

Dana Wier President & CEO Tucson Youth Music Facts about Dana: • Master's degree in organizational communication and a bachelor's in communication. • Long-time Tucson resident, with a career in the nonprofit world. • Dana's expertise is in working with nonprofit Boards of Directors on issues of organizational transformation and recovery, board governance, program and [...]

Andy Heinemann is in his fourth year as the CEO of Tucson Values Teachers. The organization was founded in 2008 as an education initiative of the Southern Arizona Leadership Council. The council is a business membership organization composed of more than one hundred-fifty business presidents and CEO’s. Mr. Heinemann received his Bachelor of Science Degree [...]

I'm Kelly Fane, Business Development Manager for the Erik Hite Foundation in Tucson, AZ. I have been a first responder wife for over 17 years and was raised in a law enforcement family. It is truly the only way of life that I have known. I am so honored to be helping this wonderful [...]

Past Rotary District 5500 Governor Michael Drake provides an update on Rotary's efforts to eradicate Polio. Michael is a charter member of the Rotary Club of Tucson Sunset, chartered in 1983, and served as Club President in 1992-93. Michael has served Rotary District 5500 in many positions, including District Governor in 2011-12. He currently [...]