Las Vegas Rotary Club

Brian Rouff - Author
2018-02-08 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States
Brian Rouff was born in Detroit, raised in Southern California and has lived in Las Vegas since 1981, which makes him a long-timer by local standards. A 1977 UCLA graduate with a degree in Communication Studies and a minor in Journalism, Brian has spent his entire professional career in media and advertising. In 1987, he founded his own marketing firm, servicing clients in such diverse fields as hospitality, computer consulting, and sports information. In 2003, he merged his company with Imagine Marketing (now Imagine Communications) and serves as managing partner.
Brian is also a professional public speaker, having facilitated hundreds of advertising and marketing workshops during his 35-year career. Recently, he has become a regular contributor to www.living-las-vegas.com.
In 1999, Brian decided to fulfill a lifelong dream by becoming a novelist. His first book, “Dice Angel,” is a quirky mystery that gives readers a behind-the-scenes peek at the Las Vegas that exists beyond the
Strip. His third novel, “The House Always Wins,” released in October 2017, is a Las Vegas ghost story based on an actual haunted house the author and his family lived in during the early 2000s.
Brian is also a contributing author to the Las Vegas serial novel “Restless City.”

Sweethearts Luncheon
2018-02-08 12:00 - 13:30 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States

Kelly Burton - Rugby 7's
2018-02-01 12:00 - 13:30 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States
Kelly fosters and promotes relationships between the Las Vegas community and USA Sevens Rugby Tournament and International Festival and its wide variety of stakeholders. Kelly focuses on community outreach, strategic partnerships, integrity matters, public relations, sponsorships, donations, local government relations, and international dignitary relations. The largest outreach program is the HSBC USA Sevens/Clark County School District Adopt A Country program, which impacted over 15,000 students during the last school year and set a World Rugby Legacy Program participation record for the Series.
An Iowa native, Kelly was a cheerleader and University Athletics Ambassador at Drake University. She moved on to the University of Denver College of Law where she worked with the University’s Athletic Department Senior Women’s Administrator on development, game production, and Title IX projects. Kelly spent her law school summers in the UNLV Athletic Department assisting in the preparation the NCAA Probationary Progress Report and other compliance matters. After relocating to Las Vegas to serve as an Athletics Development Officer at the University, she transitioned into private practice. Her practice included business litigation, business and estate planning, public and private finance, sports, Tribal law, and gaming. She eventually left law to raise her two daughters. During her tenure as a stay-at-home mom, Kelly volunteered for a number of wonderful local organizations, including the Green Valley United Methodist Church, P.E.O., and the Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation. Through her volunteer efforts, she discovered the USA Sevens Adopt A Country Program and helped implement that program into her daughters’ school.
That scattered and convoluted journey led Kelly to become the Strategic Partnership Director for USA Sevens in 2013, the position she still loves today. Kelly still volunteers with many wonderful local organizations. She lives in Henderson, Nevada with her husband and two teenage daughters.

Las Vegas Rotary Foundation Board Meeting
2018-01-25 13:45 - 15:00, 2017-11-02 13:45 - 15:00 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States
The Rotary Club of Las Vegas Foundation board of directors meeting is the formal quarterly meeting of the elected directors to consider any policy and governance issues related to the Foundation.

Joselyn Cousins, District Manager - Federal Reserve Bank
2018-01-25 12:00 - 13:30 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States
Joselyn Cousins
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Community Development
District Manager – Field Group
Regional Manager – Arizona, Nevada
Joselyn Cousins manages the SF Fed Field Group which partners with financial institutions, community- based organizations and government agencies to address pressing community development needs impacting low-income neighborhoods and households. Joselyn also serves as the regional manager for Arizona and Nevada where she provides technical assistance and training on successful initiatives and programs which include affordable housing, healthy communities, asset building, small business development and access to financial services.
Joselyn has an extensive background in community development in the private and public sectors. Prior to joining the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Joselyn was the vice president of community development for United Way of Southern Nevada where she directed and managed the community impact team in developing strategies to address local issues in the areas of education, financial stability, and health. She has many years of banking experience working as a Community Reinvestment Officer for both small and large financial institutions in Nevada. Joselyn earned her Bachelor’s degree in Administration from California State University, San Bernardino.

Las Vegas Rotary Club Board Meeting
2018-01-18 13:45 - 15:00, 2017-12-14 13:45 - 15:00, 2017-11-16 13:45 - 15:00 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States
The Rotary Club of Las Vegas board of directors meeting is the formal monthly meeting of the elected directors to consider any policy and governance issues.

Sheriff Joe Lombardo - LVMPD
2018-01-18 12:00 - 13:30 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States
Sheriff Joseph Lombardo began his law enforcement career in 1988 as a police officer with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
After 26 years on the force, Lombardo retired as a commissioned officer and was elected in 2014 as Sheriff of Clark County. In 2006, he completed his Masters of Science from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, as well as completing the 227th Session of the FBI National Academy. He is a 2013 graduate of the Major Cities Chiefs Association (MCCA) Police Executive Leadership Development Program.
Sheriff Lombardo maintains professional affiliations to include Major City Chiefs Association (MCCA), Major County Sheriffs Association (MCSA), National Sheriffs Association (NSA), and the Nevada Commission for Homeland Security.
He currently serves as Board Member on three non-profit organizations, the Nevada Child Seekers, Make-A-Wish Foundation and After-School- All-Stars.

John Hester - Southwest Gas
2018-01-11 12:00 - 13:30 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States
John is President and Chief Executive Officer of Southwest Gas Corporation, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, and Chairman of the Board of Centuri Construction Group, Inc. He is responsible for leading the Company’s natural gas operations and pipeline construction services businesses.
His key areas of focus include investing in our natural gas distribution business to enhance safety, service, and reliability for our customers; continuing to grow the Centuri Construction Group in markets across the United States and Canada; facilitating collaborative relationships with our regulators, and maintaining a team of skilled and motivated employees.
John received Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees in Economics from Northern Illinois University. He currently serves on the Boards of Trustees for Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada, the College of Southern Nevada Foundation, the Las Vegas Metro Chamber and the American Gas Association.

NO CLUB MEETING
2018-01-04 12:00 - 13:30, 2017-12-28 12:00 - 13:30 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States

Christmas Program
2017-12-21

Highway Cleanup
2017-12-16

Bob Brown - CEO, Opportunity Village
2017-12-14 12:00 - 13:30 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States
Robert M. (Bob) Brown is the President and CEO of Opportunity Village, Nevada’s largest habilitation organization providing a variety of services to people with intellectual and related disabilities. Bob is a graduate of the University Of California, Berkeley. He and his bride of 30 years Melinda have four children, one of whom has an intellectual disability. Bob is the former Publisher of the Las Vegas Review-Journal and has served as the Board Chairman for the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce. He was appointed to the National Council on Disability by Congress. He is also on the boards of directors of Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada, Together for Choice, and was appointed by Governor Sandoval to serve on the State of Nevada 150th anniversary committee.

Magical Forest
2017-12-14

2017 Rotary Christmas Party
2017-12-07

2017 Santa Clothes
2017-12-07

Base Ceremony for 4th Quarter Wetzel Awards
2017-11-30

Dan Stover Music Contest
2017-11-30
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THANKSGIVING DAY - NO CLUB MEETING
2017-11-23 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States

Desiree Reed-Francois, UNLV Athletic Director - UNLV Athletics
2017-11-22 12:00 - 13:30 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States
Desiree Reed-Francois has been announced as the director of athletics at UNLV, effective June 1. She will oversee all aspects of the athletics program, including general operations, fiscal affairs, facilities, strategic planning and external relations. She will also become the first Hispanic female athletics director at the FBS level.
Reed-Francois has more than two decades of leadership experience as an athlete, attorney, and athletics administrator and is considered one of the profession’s rising stars. At Virginia Tech since 2014 as executive associate athletic director and later deputy athletic director, Reed-Francois served as second-in-command to the athletics director and was responsible for external relations and day-to-day operations for 22 sports, more than 600 student-athletes, and 14 facilities. She served as second-in-command to the athletics director as Virginia Tech since 2014 and was responsible for external relations and day-to-day operations for 22 sports, more than 600 student-athletes, and 14 facilities. An administrator with an eye toward balancing the complex external and internal facets of a Power Five athletics department, Reed-Francois partnered on budget development for all athletics units at Virginia Tech, prepared the department’s facilities master plan, redesigned fundraising strategy, and revitalized the university’s student-athlete success program.
Under her leadership, overall ticket, marketing, and licensing revenue rose by more than 20 percent the past two years and the institution secured the largest corporate development gifts in program history. This included a season ticket sellout for football and marked attendance increases in men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, soccer and softball. She was one of just four women in the nation responsible for day-to-day operations of a Power Five football program and helped orchestrate the most-attended football game in history in 2016 when Virginia Tech and Tennessee met in front of more than 156,000 fans at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Working closely with Virginia Tech athletics director Whit Babcock, Reed-Francois was instrumental in the recruitment and hiring of current Hokies head football coach Justin Fuente (the reigning ACC Coach of the Year) and coaches for women’s basketball and lacrosse – all of which recently enjoyed or are in the midst of stellar seasons. She also led the search for first-year volleyball coach Jill Lytle Wilson.
Prior to Virginia Tech, Reed-Francois spent two years at the University of Cincinnati as senior associate athletics director and senior woman administrator. There, she was a member of the executive staff whose duties included external affairs, sport oversight and negotiation of the university’s contract with the Cincinnati Bengals for use of Paul Brown Stadium during a campus stadium renovation. She also served for a period in 2014 as interim athletics director.
A former student-athlete at UCLA (rowing), Reed-Francois is a strong advocate for student-athletes and understands the importance of leadership development and mentorship in ensuring their future success. She believes leadership development is at the core of college athletics and says universities should create an environment that supports opportunities to positively impact lives and develop leaders in student-athletes, coaches, and staff.
During her career in athletics administration, Reed-Francois has worked at the University of Tennessee, Fresno State, Santa Clara, San Jose State, the University of California-Berkeley, and the University of San Francisco. At Tennessee, she was the first female administrator in SEC history to oversee men’s basketball. Her work has covered athletics compliance, program oversight, budget management, brand development and marketing, strategic planning, major gifts cultivation, contracts and legal counsel, student-athlete services, and facilities management.
Before working in college athletics, she was a practicing lawyer and also spent time as a legal associate for the Oakland Raiders and the NFL’s Management Council.
Reed-Francois earned a bachelor’s degree from UCLA and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Arizona College of Law. She is a member of the Califonia Bar and taught law classes at Tennessee and Santa Clara.
She is heavily involved in athletics administration at the national level, participating in the Division 1 Athletics Directors Leadership Institute and Fellows Program, the Women Leaders in College Sports’ Executive Institute, and as a member of the College Football Playoff Committee’s operations committee. She has served on numerous Atlantic Coast Conference and American Athletic Conference committees. She is also a member of the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators and National Association of College Directors of Athletics. In 2016, she was named one of twelve senior athletics administrators as “NEXT UP” by College AD’s panel of respected athletics directors.
Reed-Francois and her husband Joshua have a son, Jackson.

Annual Rotary/Kiwanis Canned Food Drive Meeting
2017-11-22 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States

William McDonald, Las Vegas Fire Chief - Las Vegas Fire & Rescue
2017-11-16 12:00 - 13:30 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States
Willie McDonald is a native of Fresno, California, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from California State University. He also graduated from the National Fire Academy’s Executive Fire Officers’ Program, completed Harvard University’s fellowship for State and Local Government Officials, and earned Arizona State University’s Certified Public Manager Certificate.
In 1978, Chief McDonald started his fire career in Fresno as a Firefighter Trainee and then promoted through the ranks to Firefighter-Paramedic, Engineer-Paramedic, Captain-Paramedic and Deputy Fire Chief, serving until February 1993. As a Deputy Chief, McDonald oversaw In-service and Recruit Training, Emergency Medical Services, Fleet (including Maintenance, Repair, and Purchasing), Hazardous Materials Response, Disaster Management and Fire Communications.
Willie was appointed Fire Chief in Foster City, CA in 1993, Fire Chief in San Mateo, CA in 1996, Fremont, CA in 2002, and Scottsdale, AZ in 2004. In Scottsdale, he was provided the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of creating a new Fire Department to replace the private contractor, Rural Metro. Chief McDonald helped to hire approximately 275 employees, purchase necessary protective clothing, tools and equipment; and develop policies, practices, and procedures. The new Department was launched at midnight on July 1, 2005, and this event was the start of the City directly providing services without interruption. Six years later in August 2010, McDonald was appointed Fire Chief in San Jose, CA, where the Fire Department has 790 employees serving the nation’s 10th largest populated city.
Beginning August 2013, he joined Las Vegas Fire & Rescue as the Fire Chief. The Department is highly respected throughout the fire service, is accredited and maintains an ISO Class I designation.

Col. David Bissonnette, Vice Wing CDR Creech AFB - Veteran's Day
2017-11-09 12:00 - 13:30 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States
Colonel David M. Bissonnette is the Vice Commander, 432d Wing and 432d Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), Creech Air Force Base, Nev. He is responsible for all operations and maintenance of the Air Force’s first Remotely Piloted Aircraft wing, equipped with more than 130 MQ-1B Predator, MQ-9 Reaper and RQ-170 Sentinel remotely piloted aircraft. The 432d Wing trains pilots, sensor operators, and other crewmembers, and conducts persistent attack and reconnaissance combat operations worldwide. As the 432 WG Vice Commander, he leads more than 2,500 active duty, government civilians, and contract personnel in three groups and the wing staff. In addition, as the 432 AEW Vice Commander, he assists in the execution of operational authorities for the Combined Forces and Joint Forces Air Component Commanders for 432d Wing units as well as twelve Air National Guard combat MQ-1B and MQ-9 units across the United States.
Colonel Bissonnette was commissioned in 1992 as an ROTC graduate of Princeton University. He has served in a variety of operational flying, staff and command assignments at the squadron, group, numbered air force and joint levels. He was the Deputy Commander of the 432d Operations Group, Commander of the 432d Operations Support Squadron and served as the Director of Operations of the 361st Expeditionary Reconnaissance and the 15th Reconnaissance Squadrons and a student at the National War College at Ft. McNair, Washington, D.C. Most recently, he served as the Chief of the United States Forces Korea and Combined Forces Command’s Joint Operations Coordination Element and was the primary operations liaison element within the Republic of Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Colonel Bissonnette is a command pilot with more than 3,500 total flying hours in the MQ-1, MC-12, F-15 C/D, and B-52H, including over 400 combat hours in Operations DESERT FOX, NOBLE EAGLE, SOUTHERN and NORTHERN WATCH, ENDURING FREEDOM, IRAQI FREEDOM and UNIFIED PROTECTOR.
EDUCATION
1992 Bachelor of Science & Engineering, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton N.J.
1999 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2007 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., Distinguished Graduate
2007 Master of Science, Military Operational Art & Science, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2009 Air War College, correspondence
2014 Master of Science, National Security Strategy, National War College, Washington, D.C.
2014 National War College, Ft. McNair, Washington, D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS

September 1993 – September 1994, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Vance Air Force Base (AFB), Okla.
October 1994 – April 1995, Student, B-52 training, 11th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale AFB, La.
April 1995 – August 1999, Assistant Flight Commander, 20th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale AFB, La.
September 1999 – November 1999, Student, Squadron Officer’s School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
December 1999 – November 2000, Student, F-15C training, 1st Fighter Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
December 2000 – July 2003, Flight Commander, 94th Fighter Squadron, Langley AFB, Va.
July 2003 – July 2005, Director of Operations, 39th Operations Squadron, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey
August 2005 – June 2006, Assistant Director of Operations, 60th Fighter Squadron, Eglin AFB, Fla.
July 2006 – June 2007, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
July 2007 – May 2008, Chief of Combat Plans Branch, 611th Air Operations Center, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
June 2008 – September 2009, Executive Officer to the Commander, Alaskan Command, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
October 2009 – December 2009, Student, MQ-1B training, 11th Reconnaissance Squadron, Creech AFB, Nev.
January 2010 – July 2010, Director of Operations, 15th Reconnaissance Squadron, Creech AFB, Nev. (August 2010 – April 2011, Director of Operations, 361st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan)
May 2011 – May 2013, Commander, 432d Operations Support Squadron, Creech AFB, Nev.
May 2013 – July 2013, Deputy Commander, 432d Operations Group, Creech AFB, Nev.
July 2013 – June 2014, student, National War College, Ft McNair, Washington, D.C.
July 2014 – July 2016, Chief, USFK/CFC Joint Operations Coordination Element, United States Army Garrison Yongsan, Republic of Korea
July 2016 – Present, Vice Commander, 432d Wing and 432d Air Expeditionary Wing, Creech AFB, Nev.

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 2014 – July 2016, Chief, USFK/CFC Joint Operations Coordination Element, United States Army Garrison Yongsan, Republic of Korea, as a Colonel.
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command Pilot
Flight hours: More than 3,500
Aircraft flown: MQ-1B, MC-12W, C-12, F-15B/C/D, B-52H
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal with six oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Jan. 27, 1993
First Lieutenant Jan. 27, 1995
Captain Jan. 27, 1997
Major June 1, 2003
Lieutenant Colonel July 1, 2008
Colonel Nov. 1, 2014

John Case, John B. Case & Associates - Yucca Mountain Project
2017-11-02 12:00 - 13:30 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States
Mr. Case is a retired professional engineer in geotechnical engineering and nuclear waste management. From 1984 to 2008, he worked on the Yucca Mountain Project (YMP) directly for Bechtel-SAIC (BSC), and as a subcontractor to Sandia National Laboratories (SNL). He made technical contributions on the YMP in the areas of repository sealing of shafts and underground drifts; probabilistic rock-mass classification and rock-support analyses in preparation of the Geotechnical Baseline Report for the Enhanced Characterization Repository Block (ECRB); waste package and rock temperature predictions during preclosure ventilation; assessment of thermal properties of welded and non-welded tuffs; thermal management of waste-package line loads; probabilistic risk assessment of features, events and processes (FEPS) and quality assurance. He is a lifetime member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). And he is a former President of the Kiwanis Club of Coronado from 1988 to1989 in Albuquerque New Mexico and is currently the President of the Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas.

Scare Away Hunger
2017-10-27 18:30 - 21:30 | The Las Vegas Distillery, 7330 Eastgate Road Unit 100, Henderson, NV, 89011, United States

Dr. Shawn Gerstenberger, Acting Dean UNLV Med School
2017-10-26 12:00 - 13:30 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States
Shawn Gerstenberger, Dean of the UNLV School of Community Health Sciences and Acting Dean of UNLV’s School of Medicine
Dr. Gerstenberger was born and raised in Cornucopia, Wisconsin where he lived until he left to attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he majored in Toxicology.
After earning his Ph.D., he held positions at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Marine and Freshwater Biomedical Sciences Center at the University of Wisconsin and at the Medical College of Wisconsin’s Department of Preventative Medicine.
He came to UNLV 20 years ago where he is currently the Dean of the School of Community Health Sciences. More recently, he has been appointed Acting Dean of UNLV’s School of Medicine. He is married with two children.
Research Interests: Environmental toxicants and their effects on human and wildlife health, specifically those related to mercury, lead, PCBs and other compounds that adversely influence
children’s health and welfare.
Current Projects: Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, Environmental Health Laboratory, Healthy Homes, and mercury contamination in wildlife.
Recent Publications
Pharr, J.R., Coughenour, C.A., Gerstenberger, S. (2014). Building a sustainable community through public engagement: A study of Southern Nevada. Nevada Journal of Public Health, 11,
13-22
Pharr, J.R., Coughenour, C.A., Gerstenberger, S. (2014). Community health indicators in Southern Nevada. Nevada Journal of Public Health, 11, 92-112.
Pharr, J.R., Coughenour, C.A., Gerstenberger, S. (2014). Demographic makeup and population projections for Southern Nevada: Understanding the emerging healthcare needs in our
community. Nevada Journal of Public Health, 11, 23.-36.

District 5300 Peace Conference
2017-10-21 09:00 - 13:00 | Huntington Library and Gardens, San Marino, CA, United States
