Club Assembly
2019-12-19 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States

DARK
2019-12-26, 2020-01-02

Judith Pinkerton - Vegas Transformation: My Journey from Strip Work to Music Therapy
2020-01-09 12:00 - 14:00 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States
Judith is a keynote speaker, author, radio show host, recording artist, and licensed board-certified music therapist. As a leading expert in music-based stress management, Judith empowers people globally to live differently.
Her call to action TEDxUNLV platform MUSIC POWERS POTENTIAL alerts people about their music listening habits that may provoke harm, addiction and dis-ease. As a popular speaker and collaborator, Judith addresses stress management to develop emotional fluidity and improve emotional intelligence with user-friendly life skills building capacity to deal with more stress. Audiences learn how to make music work like medicine, applying special mood formulas from all genres to regulate emotion. Featured in her popular podcasts, Judith spontaneously takes guests on a journey, weaving their life story with insights illustrated by their music choices and links to music medicine applications.
Judith has written numerous books, produced Music Medicine Pills™ including her artistry on violin, and creates constant new content at the MusicMedicineClub.com. Her accredited eCourses have been endorsed by the Nevada State Board of Nursing, Certification Board for Music Therapists, and other health boards since 1990. Judith is now available online for consultations at MusicTelemedicine.com.
Founder of Music 4 Life® Inc., Judith produces, presents and supervises Music 4 Life programs and products online and locally in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her work grew out of a hospital experience when her solo violin music replaced medication post-surgery. As a violinist, she has performed with symphonies from Switzerland to Alaska as well as dozens of stars on the Las Vegas strip, including Metallica, Elton John, Andrea Bocelli, and Donny Osmond.
Judith provided music therapy services for more than 11,000 patients in addiction residential treatment centers since 2012. Prior to her recovery focus, she founded and managed a nonprofit music therapy clinic for two decades as clinic director, researcher, grant writer, internship director and music therapist. She was responsible for securing over $500,000 in state and private grants to support people from “cradle to grave” with disabilities, mental illness and medical conditions. Judith spearheaded efforts resulting in the new Nevada law for music therapy state licensure. Judith is the first to receive that license in the USA.
Judith served her professional association as President of the Western Region Chapter of the American Music Therapy Association. She chaired Las Vegas’ only music therapy conference, attracting music therapists from across the country, Australia, England and Spain, and taught music therapy at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Judith’s global healing work has been honored by the Academy of Country Music and Aflac, Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, and TEDxUNLV 2014. She has presented for the International Women’s Forum “Music an Instrument for Change,” International Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology, American Holistic Nurses Association, and numerous national conferences. Judith has been featured on radio, television, on the cover of St. Rose Hospital’s magazine, Corporate Wellness Magazine, Billboard Magazine, Recovery.org/ProCorner, Body Mind Spirit Magazine, Las Vegas Magazine, Maturity Today, Senior Press, So. Nevada Healthcare Journal, El Heraldo de Las Vegas, Las Vegas Review Journal, InLight Times, and The Las Vegas Sun.

Jeff Civillico - Connecting Great Entertainment with Great Causes
2020-01-16 12:00 - 14:00 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States
1) Jeff Produces and Headlines his own one-man clean comedy show in Las Vegas – at the iconic Paris Las Vegas, a Caesars Entertainment property. Learn more about Jeff’s Vegas show / Buy tickets.
2) Jeff’s Vegas show at Paris Las Vegas “Comedy in Action” is highly-acclaimed: 3x winner of the “Best of Las Vegas” awards by the Las Vegas Review Journal, Named one of the “Top 10 Things To Do In Vegas” by Total Vegas Guide, Named #1 place to “Kick it with the Kids in Vegas” in 2015 by Las Vegas Magazine, Named 2015 “Cultural Advocate / Entertainer of the Year” by Vegas Inc, etc. Learn more about Jeff’s Vegas show / Buy tickets.
3) Jeff has extensive TV experience as a host personality. He has hosted national programs on ABC, NBC, ESPN, Travel Channel, Cooking Channel, etc. He is a regular guest host of “The Morning Blend” on KTNV-Las Vegas. Learn more about Jeff’s TV work.
4) Jeff is Founder and Chairman of Win-Win Entertainment, his non-profit which connects performers and charities in Las Vegas; responsible for arranging 250+ charity events in 2015. Win-Win Entertainment’s “Headliners Bash” has become a signature event celebrating philanthropy in the entertainment industry in Las Vegas. Learn more about Win-Win Entertainment.
5) Jeff is in high demand in the corporate / convention market not only as an Entertainer, but also an Emcee and Keynote Speaker. Jeff has presented for countless companies including Disney, OSHA, AT&T, Verizon, Caterpillar, Grainger, AAA, Honeywell, Culver’s, Auntie Anne’s, Rite Aid, Cisco, and A&W. Learn more about Jeff’s corporate work / Book Jeff.
6) Jeff is the Creator of “Give Back Sundays” program at his show where he gives back 50% of ticket sales to a different local nonprofit on designated Sundays. Jeff has arranged “Give Back Sundays” events for ALS of Nevada, Spread the Word Nevada, Create a Change Now, Three Square Food Bank, dozens of nonprofits.
7) Jeff is the Creator and Host of “Showbiz Academy” – a unique experience in Las Vegas for high school students interested in learning about the creative and business aspects of show business from top Las Vegas entertainment professionals. This intensive master class features private performances, keynote speeches, question & answer sessions, panel discussions, and hands-on workshops from major industry players in Las Vegas.
8) Jeff is an avid professional member of the National Speakers Association, having served as the Marketing Chair and Membership Chair of that organization for the local Vegas chapter for many years. He most recently was Entertainer / Speaker for the NSA Foundation Event at the 2015 NSA National Conference in Washington, D.C.
9) Jeff remains very committed to his alma mater Georgetown University. He is President of the local Georgetown University Alumni Club of Las Vegas, and sits on the Board of Governors for the University Alumni Association at large.
10) Jeff is ridiculous. He holds a world record for bungee jumping on his unicycle off a cliff in New Zealand, and goes “joggling” for fun. “Joggling” = juggling while jogging. He raised $5000+ as a team member of “Athletes for Special Kids” by joggling all 26.2 miles of the Disney Marathon.

Daniel Liles - Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar
2020-01-23 12:00 - 14:00 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States
Daniel Liles is a proud native of Las Vegas and 2011-12 Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar sponsored by District 5240 in California. In, 2010 he graduated from California Lutheran University, where he earned dual Bachelor degrees in International Relations and Music, specializing in piano performance. It was a professor at his university that first introduced Daniel to Rotary and he quickly became interested in getting involved with the organization and pursuing the ambassadorial scholarship.
After graduating, Daniel was selected to be a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar sponsored by the Rotary Club of Thousand Oaks. He spent his year of service with District 3010 in New Delhi, India. While in India, Daniel worked in the largest slum in Delhi to revitalize a Rotary sponsored school. Daniel also was enrolled full time in an academic program studying International Development. After returning, and speaking with over 20 Rotary clubs both in India and the United States, Daniel was honored with a Paul Harris Fellowship from his sponsor club.
After his Ambassadorial year, Daniel was selected to a two-year fellowship with Teach For America, an organization that works directly with public education schools to address educational inequity. Daniel began his teaching career in special education at Dell H. Robison Middle school in the Clark County School District (CCSD), the same district from which he graduated. During this time, Daniel completed a Master’s degree in Education from UNLV.
Currently, Daniel is serving in a new role as an Instructional Coach at Will Beckley Elementary school. In this role, Daniel works directly with teachers and community partners to provide the highest quality education possible for the students he serves.
Outside of school, Daniel actively engages with the Education community on various levels. He is currently serving a two-year term on the State Superintendent’s Teacher Advisory Cabinet, is an instructor for an undergraduate and graduate education course at UNLV, was selected as a Teach Plus Education Policy fellow in 2018, and is also an alumni and steering committee member of the Teacher Leader Academy at the Public Education Foundation

Kat Miller - Department of Veterans Services
2020-01-30 12:00 - 14:00 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States

Theresa Bower - 2020 Census Recruiting
2020-02-06 12:00 - 14:00 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States

Kimberly Mull
2020-02-13 12:00 - 14:00 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States

Russ Swain - Past President's Review
2020-02-20 12:00 - 14:00 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States

Bill Houghton - 4 Way Speech Contest
2020-02-27 12:00 - 14:00 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States

Blood Drive Lawry's
2020-02-28 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States

Dan Stover - Music Competition
2020-03-05 12:00 - 14:00 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States

Breakfast with Books
2020-03-10 08:00 - 12:00

4 Way Test Speech - Regional Competition
2020-03-12 12:00 - 14:00 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States

CANCELLED - Paul Vautrinot - Freedom Behavioral Health Program Manager
2020-03-19 12:00 - 14:00 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States

CANCELLED - Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
2020-03-20 08:00 - 2020-03-22 17:00

CANCELLED - Daniel Reichman - Artificial Intelligence
2020-03-26 12:00 - 14:00 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States
Daniel is a machine learning engineer with a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Duke University. Through his research he gained extensive experience in designing and implementing computer vision solutions to real-world applications and has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications. He has also been involved in several consulting projects related to document analysis and financial projections.

CANCELLED - Highway Clean Up
2020-03-28

John Restrepo - Factors Affecting the Local Economy
2020-04-02 12:00 - 14:00 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States
John Restrepo is the Principal of Las Vegas-based RCG Economics. He directs the firm’s economic and financial consulting activities and is an expert in regional economics, including Mountain West economic and market issues and forecasting. Working and residing in Las Vegas for many years, John is a go-to source for Nevada and western U.S. decision and policy makers when they need data and analysis. For eight years, John was the Director of Financial Advisory Services in Las Vegas for Coopers & Lybrand LLP (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). Before joining Coopers & Lybrand in 1990, he managed the Las Vegas office of Mountain West Research, a regional economics firm based in Phoenix, Arizona. Prior to heading up Mountain West Research, John was the Chief Operating Officer of a 40-person regional planning and civil engineering firm based in New Orleans.

Arnold Stalk - Veterans Village Helping Veterans
2020-04-09 12:00 - 14:00 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States

Matt Christi - Director of Advancement Destiny Rescue
2020-04-16 12:00 - 14:00 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States
Matt Christl is the West Coast Director of Advancement for Destiny Rescue USA. His primary goal is to grow awareness and funds to combat the global issue of Human Trafficking, specifically Child Sex Trafficking. He is responsible for maintaining and developing partnerships in this fight and empowering people to turn awareness into action. He takes great pride and joy in helping people figure out what their “yes” looks like to help defend children.
Matt is a graduate of California State University Fullerton. He finished school with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and an emphasis on Advertising.
Over the last decade, Matt has been working with youth and involved in non-profit work. It is currently his desire to continue to fight until all are free from sex trafficking.
In his free time, Matt enjoys spending time with his wife and two kids, traveling, being outside and active.
If you would like to know more about the work of Destiny Rescue, please visit www.destinyrescue.org.

Dr. Jesus Jara - Valedictorian Luncheon Online
2020-04-23 12:00 - 14:00 | Facebook & Zoom
Please view the livestream here – https://www.lasvegasrotary.com/livestream/

Steve Hill - Las Vegas Convention & Visitor Authority
2020-04-30 12:00 - 14:00 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States

Clark County Fire Chief John Steinbeck
2020-05-07 12:00 - 14:00 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States

Marta Meana - UNLV
2020-05-14 12:00 - 14:00 | Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Las Vegas, NE, 89169, United States
UNLV President Marta Meana has served in many roles during her 20-plus years at UNLV. A licensed clinical psychologist and top researcher in her field, Meana is also a respected administrator, teacher, advisor, and mentor. She was appointed acting president of UNLV by the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents, effective July 1, 2018.
A professor of psychology at UNLV since 1997, Meana was named dean of UNLV’s Honors College in 2012 and previously served as senior advisor to the university president.
Since Meana arrived as dean of UNLV’s Honors College, enrollment in the select program has more than tripled. The Honors College attracts top undergraduates from Nevada and throughout the nation and is a partner with discipline colleges at the university in which Honors students pursue academic majors.
A renowned scholar in the field of clinical psychology, Meana’s groundbreaking research has reshaped clinical approaches to women’s health and human sexuality. She has published two books and close to 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters.
Meana has earned multiple university, state and national awards during her career, including a Nevada Regents Excellence in Teaching Award, Nevada Senatorial Recognition for Teaching, UNLV Distinguished Teaching and Graduate Academic Advisor awards, the James Makawa Award for outstanding contributions in psychology, and the Masters and Johnson Lifetime Achievement Award.
Meana joined the psychology department at UNLV in 1997 after completing a Ph.D. in clinical psychology at McGill University, a pre-doctoral internship at the University of California, San Diego, and a post-doctoral research fellowship in women’s health at the University of Toronto.

Lynn Marie Goya - Clark County Clerk
2020-06-04 12:00 | Facebook & Zoom
Lynn Marie Goya was elected as the Clark County Clerk and has been serving since January 2015. Clark County, which contains the famous Las Vegas Strip, issues approximately 80,000 marriage licenses per year to couples from over 160 countries around the world. The local wedding industry generates over 18,000 jobs and contributes over $2.5 billion in annual economic activity. When Goya discovered a 37 percent decrease in wedding tourism, she immediately took action, working with the legislature to create a special wedding promotion fund that generates over $1 million per year. She created a public/private partnership with the wedding industry that evolved into the Las Vegas Wedding Chamber of Commerce and works closely with Las Vegas Convention and Visitor’s Authority (LVCVA), Travel Nevada and Brand USA.
Prior to being elected, Goya was a freelance journalist who wrote for local, regional and national publications including USA Today, Audubon and the Boston Globe. She is an award-winning playwright, an Emmy-nominated writer, received the Frederick L. Ryan Award for Economics; the JCPenny Golden Rule Award for community leadership and the EMERGE Nevada 2016 Alumni of the Year.
Achievements and Initiatives:
Implemented a secure online and in-person credit card processing service to reduce cash intake and allow the department to collect online order requests 24/7;
• Created a simplified website for couples, MLIC.VEGAS, with a QR code that chapels and wedding planners can use on their literature to direct customers to our mobile-friendly application. Now, 100 percent of the couples use the online application, which reduces wait time for couples and printing costs for the department;
• Worked with the legislature to provide much-needed technology funds to all Nevada county clerks;
• Developing a strategy to balance privacy of personal information with public access to information;
• Implemented a strategy to protect digitally archived permanent public records to secure and protect them from potential data loss or ransomware threats;
• Digitizing county permanent public records that date back to 1909 and creating a transparent public search;
• Overhauled the marriage officiant application process and implemented a mandatory training program to ensure officiants understood their rights and responsibilities to the state;
• Streamlined the certificate filing process saving hundreds of hours of staff time;
• Reorganized the Clerk’s Office management team and created a new system for employee review and training;
• Created an online scheduler for civil marriage ceremony and passport acceptance appointments.
Awards and Recognition:
• NACo 2018 Achievement Award for revising the marriage officiant application process
• 2016 NACRC Best Practices Award
• NACo 2016 Achievement Award for “Low-Cost Tech Innovations Save Time and Money for County Clerk”
• Women of Distinction Award for Corporate and Government Services from the National Association of Women Business Owners of Southern Nevada.

Club Assembly
2020-06-11 12:00 - 14:00

Membership Orientation
2020-06-16

M.J. Maynard - RTC on Board Regional Mobility Plan
2020-06-18 08:00 - 17:00 | Facebook & Zoom
