Helping Families Preserve their Legacies -
things related to what matters most - photos, family history. Manhattan
Beach Studios owner and photographer Mark Nicholas is in
the business of crafting high-end product, action and interactive
images. Experienced Chief Executive Officer having practiced law (a Syracuse
University graduate) for more than two decades with a demonstrated history of
working in the consumer services industry with specific expertise in
entertainment law, estates, wills/trusts, broker-dealer and investment advisory
regulation.
May 22 - Monica White
Monika
White is the current president of the Santa Monica Rotary Club and a friend of
President Benjamin. She is going to share her journey with us escaping the
concentration camps, fleeing to Shanghai where she experienced more
antisemitism, and then to the United States.
May 29 - Frank Rojas
Frank
Rojas is Custom Home Security Consultant at
ACS Security. He will
discuss various issues about security for your home and business in West LA.
In
addition to her role as executive director of the WEST Project, Debbie is an
Enneagram teacher, for individuals and in group and team settings, a consultant
for teams, and a licensed spiritual director. She enjoys helping coaches and
teams know each other and connect more deeply, growing the culture that releases
them to perform at their highest potential, and problem solving when those
things are not happening. Debbie has a heart for community service and outreach
opportunities. She especially enjoys leading individuals and groups to serve
underprivileged children. Sport is a universal language, and can be used to
communicate love and encouragement anywhere in the world. Haliday worked as
Program Director for UCLA women's basketball from 2013-2019. Her duties
included running the WBB office, mentoring student athletes, overseeing social
media, camps and clinics, community service and assisting with team building.
Prior to serving at UCLA, she coached girls' high school basketball for 25
years and was a K-12 athletic director. From 1996-2007 she served as the
Regional Camp Director for Southern California FCA. Haliday was also the Head
Women's Basketball Coach at Biola University from 1990-1995. As a student
athlete at UCLA, Debbie competed on both the women's basketball and softball
teams, earning National Championships in both sports in 1978. She was an
All-Regional second baseman and All-Conference guard.
June 12 - Vanessa Zamarripa
Vanessa
Ann Zamarripa is an American stunt actress and former artistic gymnast. She
trained at Midwest Twisters in O'Fallon, IL. Zamarripa won a record 3 JO
National AA Titles and a record 3 Vault Titles. She was a member of the UCLA
Bruins women's gymnastics team that won the 2010 NCAA National Championship
title.
From
his studios in DTLA and the Channel Islands Harbor in Ventura, Chandler explores
the themes of Southern California icons, working primarily in mixed media:
photography, acrylics, and electronics. His art training started at Phillips
Academy, Andover, MA, then continued at Stanford University, and at UCLA
Graduate School of Film and Television. He is a founding contributor to Los
Angeles MOCA, a former member of the Getty Museum Photo Council and LACMA LENS.
He has had three solo museum shows. He will talk to us about River LA and the history of downtown
LA up until the present
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).