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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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A Visit with the New District 5150 Governor
Aug. 05, 2025
Since joining the Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay in 2005, Mitone has served as club president in 2013-14, Assistant Governor from 2017 to 2019, District Chief of Staff 2019-2020, District Membership Chair 2021-2024 in addition to serving on various other district level committees. Effective July 1st, Mitone serves as the 2025-2026 District Governor for San Mateo, San Francisco and Marin counties. In addition to her work with Rotary, Mitone serves as a ShelterBoxUSA Ambassador to raise awareness and rally support for emergency shelter for those affected by natural disasters and conflict. Mitone’s favorite projects include gardening for home-bound seniors and beach clean ups. She has traveled to India for a Polio immunization campaign. She looks forward to joining other international projects specifically supporting women and children, micro-credit programs and bringing clean water to communities. This meeting offers a wonderful opportunity to meet our new DG and hear her plans for the upcoming Rotary year. |
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Parks in Peril: Can they survive changing land/seascapes?
Aug. 19, 2025
Sarah Allen has experience in ecology and wildlife management, with a focus on marine birds and mammals. She retired from the National Park Service in 2019 after 26 years including 15 years at Point Reyes National Seashore. Her final position was as the lead of the Science Program of the Pacific West Region, identifying and leveraging science needs for parks throughout the region from Washington State to California and extending across the Pacific Ocean to American Samoa. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and has authored and co-authored numerous publications, including the UC Press, Marine Mammals of the Pacific Coast: Baja, California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia. In retirement, she continues studies of marine ecosystems, especially assisting the next generation of scientists. |
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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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Marin County Update
Oct. 07, 2025
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A Desert Mirage? Looking for Peace in the Middle East
Oct. 21, 2025
The Middle East, meaning roughly that region between Pakistan and Libya and from Turkey south to the Indian Ocean, has been wracked by conflict since the end of the First World War. As politicians have searched for ways to end regional conflict, they have sought to understand it in terms of the borders created by Britain and France at the Versailles peace conference of 1919. So modern statesmen who have sought peace in the Middle East have put forward political solutions to what they see as political problems. Apart from the 1976 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel this approach has clearly not worked. Nor has military action solved the region’s problems. If anything, military action has frequently made the violence worse.
Instead of focusing on Middle Eastern states, we need to understand the cultural, economic, and political interests and concerns of the peoples involved. The modern economy, for instance, has led to dramatic job growth in the region, but also to an influx of foreigners. This in turn has led many to see ‘westernization’ as a threat to traditional cultures and led to the growth of religious fundamentalism. Cultural differences have also driven conflict. The establishment of a de facto Kurdish nation after the Second Gulf War has led to violence between Kurds and Arabs in eastern Syria. Palestinians see Israelis as western intruders, not a people with whom they share a history and culture. And Israelis remain traumatized by the Holocaust, a trauma that sometimes leads Israelis to misinterpret actions in the countries around them. Recognizing that antisemitism has adherents in some Middle Eastern cultures (Palestinian and Iranian in particular) further complicates the search for peace. To ask the question, then, can we find peace in the Middle East? Perhaps, by immersing ourselves in these economic and cultural factors we can.
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A Navy Seal in Vietnam
Nov. 04, 2025
The Navy SEALS are one of the world's elite military units. The selection and training process to become a SEAL borders on brutal. The failure rate of those who volunteer is steep. What does it take to pass these tests, be assigned to a SEAL team and experience combat. How does it impact one's life?
John Gulick will recount his experience transitioning from an English Literature major at Washington & Lee University to a naval officer with duty aboard the destroyer USS Fletcher to Navy "frogman" in an Underwater Demolition Team; ultimately to becoming a SEAL deployed on combat operations in the deadly Rung Sat Special Zone, deep in the heart of Vietnam's Mekong Delta, during which he was wounded in action.
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