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Liar's Club !!!
Apr. 01, 2025
Liar's Club is a Mill Valley Rotary Club game show featuring a panel of four Mill Valley Rotarians who will use their talents and guile to try to baffle, befuddle, and bewilder the audience with their definitions and explanations of very peculiar, perplexing, and puzzling words. The audience will be broken down into teams of those seated at each table.
There will be prizes for the best Liar and for the winning audience team.
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All The Presidents’ Money: What The Finances of Our Leaders Can Teach Us About Wealth
Apr. 15, 2025
We all have our opinions on how presidents have handled affairs of state, but how exactly did they handle their own financial affairs? In this delightful and chatty book, Megan offers plenty of anecdotes: how a president born wealthy died broke (Thosmas Jefferson, whose last correspondence was about buying wine on credit), a president born poor died rich (Lyndon Johnson, who used his government connections to build a tiny Texas radio station bought by his wife for $17,500 in 1942 that netted the family $105 million 30 years later after LBJ died, and a president addicted to get-rich-quick schemes (that would not be the one you might be thinking of but Ulysses S. Grant, who lost money "selling ice, developing farmland, and invested in a social club in San Francisco"). J.F.K. was wealthy but frugal, Lincolnd died without a will, and the Clintons...well, let's just say they are comfortable thanks to post-presidential speeches and books.
Gorman teases out lessons for all of us on what to do (and not to do) to build wealth, the best lesson being the nation's most famous peanut farmer, Jimmy Carter. That occupation helped polish his Everyman image, but thanks to the financial acument of Rosalynn, the peanut operation grew into a 3,100-acre behemoth with a side business in fertilizer. No comment on other presidents whose careers profited from slinging manure.
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Driving 1,800 miles to Deliver Medical Equipment, Ambulances and Aid to Ukraine's Military
May 06, 2025
Christian Thwaites worked in the investment management industry for four decades in London, New York and the Bay Area. He was President and CEO of Sentinel Investments and a partner at Cerity Partners, a $100 bn investment adviser. He is married with two sons and has lived in Marin since 2013. He recently was part of a convoy delivering aid, medical supplies and vehicles to front line military in Ukraine. |
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Mill Valley School District Finances
May 20, 2025
The Superintendent of MV School District will provide an update on the fiscal situation of the district. Dr. Elizabeth Kaufman has served as the Superintendent of the Mill Valley School District since July 1, 2023. With over 18 months in the role, Dr. Kaufman continues to lead the district with a vision centered on excellence, equity, and community collaboration. Dr. Kaufman brings a wealth of leadership experience to her position, having held various roles throughout her career in education. She earned a Doctorate in Organizational Development from the University of San Francisco, a Master’s in Curriculum & Instruction from Dominican University, and a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Reed College. Before joining Mill Valley, Dr. Kaufman served as Acting Superintendent and Associate Superintendent for Educational Services in the Sonoma Valley Unified School District. Her experience also includes serving as a high school superintendent, TK-12 principal, and principal of a dual immersion school. Additionally, Dr. Kaufman has extensive expertise in special education, gifted programs, and served as Assistant Superintendent for Educational Services in the Tamalpais Union High School District.
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THE KNEELING MAN and Why History Is Not Past
Jun. 03, 2025
Leta is the author of "THE KNEELING MAN: MY FATHER'S LIFE AS A BLACK SPY WHO WITNESSED THE ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR." She will share the intimate and powerful story of a Black undercover police officer who famously knelt by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his dying moments—and the implications of this tragic event for a daughter and a nation. |
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Installation 2025-2026
Jun. 17, 2025
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GENERATIVE AI - What is it and Why Does it Matter to You?
Jul. 01, 2025
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A Sporting Life
Jul. 15, 2025
He will focus on my most unique and interesting first-person experiences during a 50-year career writing about sports, many included in his new book “Right Place, Write Time.”
In addition to covering all five 49er Super Bowl wins, Mark spent 20 years working for Tiger Woods as content editor of his official website Tigerwoods.com and traveled around the world with him to document most of his tournaments. Mark has covered 75 major golf championships, all Bay Area teams, spent 10 years at Golf Digest covering the PGA Tour and 10 years in the Stanford Athletics department as Assistant Director of Communications.
For the last five years, he has worked for Youth on Course, a Monterey non-profit that subsidizes rounds of golf for underserved kids in all 50 states, Canada and Australia as a Senior Development Consultant. Mark is also producing a feature series about Oakland native and golf legend Champagne Tony Lema and his remarkable and inspiring relationship with black instructor Lucius Bateman, and a documentary about the evolution and progress of minority golf with film maker Clark Brigham and Executive Producer Stephen Curry. |
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An Approach to Creating Housing that our Local Workers Can Afford for Generations to Come.
Sep. 16, 2025
Mill Valley, like all municipalities in California, faces unprecedented challenges and regulatory requirements to affirmatively further fair housing. We also face unique challenges, including topography, climate change impacts, and the fact that 93% of our land is already built upon. While the opportunity to build significant new housing stock in Mill Valley is limited, the opportunity to preserve both single-family and multi-family housing is considerable.
That is where the Mt. Tam Community Land Trust (Mt. Tam CLT) comes in. They are dedicated to identifying, acquiring, and preserving properties for residents of all income levels. They are a diverse group of highly-skilled volunteers dedicated to a key community mission. Properties that the trust acquires stay in the trust in perpetuity. By insuring the vibrance and strength that a community can only hold when it takes care of those that take care of it, Mt. Tam CLT has it’s sights set on building a portfolio not only for today, but for generations to come. Leaving a legacy of where our community can continue to thrive is something we can all be a part of!
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