Rotary Club of Westwood Village Meetings Thursday Noon @Hillel at UCLA 574 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024 A 100% Paul Harris Club! Peace Builder Club UCLA Rotaract Webpage Co-Presidents, Rotary Year 2025 - 2026   Benjamin Fisher Jul 1 - Oct 31 Mark Rogo Nov 1 - Feb 28 Diane Good Mar 1 - Jun 30   Bob Simon, President Elect Peter More, VP Janet Schwartz, Secretary Terry M. White, Treasurer Jim Crane, Sergeant-at-Arms Steve Day, Foundation Chair Chris Gaynor, David Stover Board Members at Large Mark Rogo, Membership Ronald Lyster, Webmaster Yang Shen, Matthew Yuan, and Ethan Kim Social Media Nevin Senkan, International Christine Clayburg, Community Samuel Botbol, Youth Ethan Kim, Vocational Marsha Hunt, Peace *Last Zoom Meeting* //  Join Hybrid Meetings (First and Third Thursdays) Events 2025   December 25 - Christmas   2026     January 1 - New Year's Day January 8 - Scott Neustadter Scott Eric Neustadter is an American screenwriter and producer. He often works with his writing partner, Michael H. Weber. The two writers are best known for writing the screenplay for the romantic comedy film 500 Days of Summer. The film is based on two real relationships Neustadter had. They also wrote the screenplays for the film adaptations of the novels The Spectacular Now, The Fault in Our Stars, and Paper Towns. For writing The Disaster Artist, Neustadter and Weber were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. They also created the television series Friends with Benefits, which lasted one season. January 15 - IMC Int’l Medical Corps and PP Tom Barron A preeminent first responder, International Medical Corps provides emergency relief to those struck by conflict, disaster and disease - no matter where they are, no matter what the conditions - working with them to recover, rebuild and gain the skills and tools required for self-reliance. After the emergency has passed and our disaster-relief effort has ended, we shift from emergency medical response to long-term medical support and training. We provide resources and training to help local staff provide a range of services - including healthcare, food, water and sanitation support - to their communities. ***Plus*** PP Tom Barron gives he Senior Craft Talk!  This has to be a GREAT meeting.  Don't miss it! January 22 - City Atty Hydee Feldstein Soto Hydee Feldstein Soto is the 43rd Los Angeles City Attorney, elected in November 2022 and sworn into office in December 2022. She is the City's general counsel and serves as legal advisor to the Mayor, City Council, and to the hundreds of boards, departments, officers and entities that make up the City of Los Angeles. Her team of 1,000 legal professionals, including 500 attorneys, carries out the City's legal work at her direction and under her supervision. January 29 - Richard Lippin Dick Lippin has spent more than 30 years serving as a close advisor to some of the world's most prestigious entertainment and media companies and associations in the United States and around the globe. Dick is very proud of the fact that many of his clients and company executives have been with The Lippin Group for more than a decade and that he has built a business known for its integrity, loyalty and success. Dick has also contributed his expertise to many industry and charitable organizations and is actively involved as a Board Member, Zimmer Children's Museum; the Board of Trustees, Rock Ethics Institute; Board of Governors, The Paley Center for Media, Los Angeles; Board of Trustees, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History; Board Member (ex-officio), Hollywood Radio and Television Society; Executive Committee, NATPE International; Founder, Music Center of Los Angeles County; Founder, Museum of Contemporary Art and Past Chairman, Coro Foundation of Southern California and National Board. February 5 - Annual Investment Panel PP Steve Scherer hosts our club's investment experts to see where we have come and where they foresee us going in the stock market in 2026.  Come see if you agree with their prognostications.   2026 May 15-18 - District Conference Cruise! June 13-17 - RI Convention (Taipei)             Rotary International Fellowships               Windmill Roster Local Clubs World Clubs Past Presidents Rotarians of the Year Anniversary Books: 25   50  75 Club Handbook Rotary is a leadership organization made up of local business, professional and civic leaders who meet regularly to get to know each other, form friendships and, through that, get things done in our local community.  Rotary is the world's oldest and largest service organization (founded in 1905).