Trish Bostrom- A Seattle Rotary member since 1999. Trish has served for many years on the Rotary Music Committee playing piano and banjo for our opening songs. She has also been a member of the Rotary Rogues for several years. Trish is an attorney at Bostrom Law Offices specializing in estate planning, real estate, probate, guardianship and business law. She has served as President of the U.W. Alumni Association, President of the Big W Club, President of the UW Hall of Fame Committee, and has been a board member of Seattle Opera for twenty seven years. She was appointed to serve on Governor Gardner’s Statewide Alliance Against Drugs Committee. Trish holds a political science degree from the University of Washington and a juris doctorate degree from Southern Methodist Law School.

Lynn Beck – Joined Rotary in 2015 to further build on her commitment to community service. One highlight since joining was her involvement in the “Feel Better Fair” at Plymouth Housing Group for its formerly homeless residents, supported by a Seattle 4 Rotary grant. Working through the Community Service Committee, Lynn experienced first-hand the positive impact Seattle 4 Rotary can have on our community. Passionate about the arts, Lynn looks forward to deepening her Rotary involvement through the Arts Committee. Lynn Beck is Chief Development Officer at Plymouth Housing Group, an organization that provides permanent housing and support services to the formerly homeless. She served on Plymouth’s Board of Trustees for a 9-year term, including 2 years as Board Chair. Prior to joining the Plymouth staff, she worked for Pine Street Group, where over a span of 16 years she served as general manager and marketing manager at Pacific Place shopping center. Lynn has 25+ years of experience contributing to downtown Seattle’s vitality and growth, including service on the Board of Directors for Visit Seattle and the DSA/Metropolitan Improvement District.

Amy Bautista joined Rotary in 2011. She has been a member of the Arts Committee and Young Rotarian Leaders since she joined. Her main focus has been on the Arts Committee, which she co-chaired for the last two years. During her time, she revamped the proposal process for arts grants, day chaired a speaker panel about arts in public schools, and hosted 8 different fellowship events around the arts. Amy works as the Chief Investment Officer at Kosmos Management alongside fellow Rotarian, David Kraft, where she manages an investment strategy for Fortune 50 companies’ pensions. She currently is the Treasurer for the Seattle Repertory Theater board and a member of the Seattle Repertory Theater Foundation board. She holds her CFA and MBA. She and her husband recently added a new baby to the family and enjoy exploring the world through fresh eyes.

Gerry Adams - Rotarian for 34 years. Have served as a club officer, program committee, community service committee, International Service Committee, and Foundation Board. He has done whole days of clean up at the Rotary 4 Boys and Girls Club. Prior to Seattle 4, Gerry was previously involved with the Ballard Rotary. Gerry is a Paul Harris Fellow and a member of Pinkham and Skeel donors. Gerry is a partner in the CPA firm Peterson Sullivan LLP. He was born in Seattle, raised in Seattle and South Whidbey Island and currently resides in Poulsbo WA. Gerry’s history of community involvement includes service on the JDF Board, the Benaroya Research Foundation Board (Treasurer and President) and the Farestart Board (President and many roles including current role on the auction committee. Gerry is also a member of Wing Point Golf and Country Club, the WAC and the Rainier Club.

Seattle Rotary Service Foundation – Board of Trustees Beginning July 1, 2017

Three-year term; 8 candidates, vote for no more than 4

Jean Thompson – Joined Rotary in 2003 as the first Young Rotary Leader when the program was established. Jean co-founded the Young Rotary Leaders committee, has served as Secretary to the Board, and has presented at past Rotary District conferences and the RI Convention in 2013 in Lisbon, Portugal. Jean is current Co-Chair of the International Service Committee (ISC). With three years on the ISC grant evaluation subcommittee, she has evaluated and scored international service grant proposals through ISC for the Seattle Rotary Service Foundation. Jean organized the vendor day camp and family friendly activities at last year's District conference, including hosting a kit build for Syrian refugees. Jean is an Associate General Counsel at World Vision, Inc., a humanitarian non-profit that works in over 100 countries focused on partnering with children, families and their communities to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. Her work as an attorney includes multi-state employment law and working with government grant agreements and regulations. Jean's 6 year old son, Hunter, will be attending his second Rotary District 5030 Conference and the day camp this next year in Portland, OR in April 21-23, 2017.

Margaux Kendall enthusiastically joined Rotary in 2014. She currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Young Rotary Leaders Committee. Her favorite Rotary endeavor so far was the opportunity to spend four months planning and co-chairing the SRSF Rotary Fundraising Program with Lauren Domino and several other key SRSF leaders in 2015—a program that received wide acclaim and was labeled one of the best in many years.

Margaux began her journey in service while independently raising funds to support Nadia, a courageous young war-torn Afghan woman who completely transformed her worldview. Since then, she has devoted ten years to learning how to successfully unite people, causes, and resources and never looked back. Margaux was delighted to accept her “dream job” recently—Stewardship Manager at Malaria No More. She previously served as the Corporate Partnerships Officer at Museum of Flight and managed a portfolio of donors with gifts ranging from $1,500 to $15 million. Margaux holds a certificate in Fundraising Management from UW and BA in History from Whitman College. She currently serves on the board at Mwanzo, a grassroots nonprofit focused on education and sustainable farming in rural Kenya, and lives in West Seattle with her husband and two mischievous beagles.

Cynthia Chirot – Joined the Seattle International District Rotary in the fall of 1986, as part of the original group of 15 women Rotarians admitted to the ID club that year. Served as ID Club President in 1990-1991. Joined Seattle 4 in 1997. Rotary roles have included VP Service, Co-Chair of the 2004 Rotary Centennial grant committee and Chair of Environment and Rotary Boys and Girls Club Committees. Served on scholarship selection committee this year and mentors a selected student.

My career includes COO roles in the corporate and nonprofit sector, first at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle. My passion for community service, inspired through Rotary, led me to work in the nonprofit arena for the past 11 years including as COO at the Washington Women’s Foundation and at the American Red Cross of Western Washington, among others. I am currently advising a Seattle area nonprofit on organizational development and staffing. I serve on the boards of the Group Health Foundation and PeaceTrees Vietnam. I would be honored to serve on the Foundation Board, as I have seen through my work on Rotary service committees what amazing things they accomplish in our community and our world with our investments.

Thomas W. Mesaros – I initially joined Seattle Rotary in 1979 and left the club when I moved to Springfield Massachusetts in 1992. During this 13 year period I chaired the membership committee and the music committee, was a Keek Counsellor for two years, and served two years on the club board of directors when Don Weaver was president and Phil Smart was president. During my time in Springfield I joined Rotary there and continued my perfect attendance during the transition to Springfield and my return to Seattle three years letter. I rejoined Seattle #4 in 1995 and have been a member of the Invocation Committee and the International Service Committee. I currently have 36 years of perfect attendance working on year 37.

Professionally I have spent my entire career working in not for profit management, first for the Chief Seattle Council of the Boy Scouts of America and afterward with the Sisters of Providence Health System in foundation and philanthropy leadership both in Seattle and Springfield. I joined the Alford Group in 1995 as a regional vice president and became president of the firm in 2003; we advise not-for-profit organizations on fund raising, strategic planning, governance and management. Currently I am senior counsel to the firm. - My community activities include the following: member of the Edmonds City Council (my term ends in December 2019); member of session at Madrona Grace Presbyterian Church; board member of the Giving USA Foundation; chair of the fund raising committee for the Edmonds Veterans Plaza; and member of the Rainier Club.

NOMINATIONS 2017

CLUB BOARD MEMBERS 3-YEAR TERMS

10 candidates, vote for no more than 5

Current roles include Rotary Relations, Finance, Per-sonnel, Peacebuilder, Rotary Cares, Greeters, Mic Han-dlers, Invocation. Past roles include VP Service, Club

Manager Search, Keekwulee Counselor, Community Service, International Ser-vice, Sustainability, Boys & Girls Club, Fellowship, New Member Introduction, Program, Arts, Foundation Board, Rotary Board, and District Rotary Academy graduate. Each Wednesday Rotary is a natural high for me! Since I joined Rotary, I have had 100% attendance. I enjoy our great members, am proud of the many pro-jects our nine service committees do, and always learn from our great speakers. I feel blessed to be part of this. I was an officer for four years in our Army Medi-cal Service Corps during the Vietnam War. I worked in management for two nonprofits including Kaiser Permanente Health Care for 28 years and Seattle

Goodwill for 10 years. If I am fortunate to represent you to further our mission, I will do my best!

KEN COLLING

A proud, second generation Rotarian, David joined Seattle 4 within his first month in the city. Jumping right in with our club, at his first Pro-grams Committee meeting, David assumed responsibility as Day Chair for President Sue’s Inauguration program. Active on several committees, David is currently working on a membership initiative to selectively introduce Rota-ry to Seattle’s best and most accomplished. If successful, our club will further develop our cultural, social and business diversity. ‘Service above Self’ runs in his blood as he vividly remembers going with his dad on Thanksgiving and Christmas mornings with fellow Rotarians to help prepare and serve meals for those less fortunate. David and his wife Lisa live on Mercer Island with their two daughters, Talia and Emily where you can find all of them involved in their community. Professionally, he helps people make smart decisions with their personal insurance planning.

DAVID FAIN

Simone Loban joined Rotary in October 2015. She cur-rently serves as Co-chair of the Rotary Boys & Girls Club Committee, New Member Recruitment Com-

mittee and on the Greeters Committee. She also participates with the monthly Rotary food packs at NW Harvest. Simone was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she graduated from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas with a degree in Communications. She moved to Seattle in 1994. In 2003, Simone opened her first of four upscale men’s barbershop in Downtown Seattle. Currently she sits on Board of the Rotary Boys & Girls Club, mentoring a college scholarship recipient from the club, and spends time volun-teering at the RBGC. Building relationships, learning and giving back are very im-portant to her and she has felt right at home as a member of Seattle 4 Rotary. She would be honored to serve on the board.

SIMONE LOBAN

I joined Rotary in 2015 and my classifica-tion is Transportation. Since joining, I have served on the After Party, Fellow-

ship, and Rotary Mariners committees. The most rewarding experience at the Rotary since joining has been my work with the Education Com-mittee. While there, we have piloted a small scholarship targeting disad-vantaged youth with vocational training at Seattle Maritime Academy. This scholarship will increase the diversity within the maritime community. I am a passionate pragmatist. I have two dogs who run faster than the wind and a cat that makes me sneeze. I serve the people of Washington State with my work aboard the Washington State Ferries. To further that

organization, I gained new insights by attending the Evans School at the UW. My personal motto is ‘leave it better than you found it’, and that is why I am drawn to Rotary.

JOHN HRABAR

David joined Rotary in February 2014. He serves as Chair of the Seattle Fire Depart-ment Awards Lunch, Third Year Keeks Counselor, and past Co-chair and current member of the Rotary Boys & Girls Club Committee. Dave grew up in a small town near Tacoma, but he currently lives in Maple Leaf with his wife Angie, their three-year-old daughter Elle, and their dog Zeke (named after Husky basketball legend Isaiah Thomas). He loves sports, likes music, and he and Angie love food and wine, though it’s much more evident by his physique than hers. Dave has a financial planning practice on South Lake Union. He loves Rotary because it gives him the opportunity to learn, build relationships and serve his community all in one place, and he’d be hon-

DAVID LEVINE

Joined Seattle Rotary in 2016. Member of Bellevue Breakfast Rotary 2003-05. Currently serving on Membership Recruitment, Member Introductions

(Co-chair), Business Mentors, International Service, Greeters, and Invocations committees. Hosts Rob’s Table for prospective members every third month. Publishes #IAmRotary posts highlighting Rotary’s diversity. Rob is an independent Management Consultant. He was born and raised in the greater New York City area, but has lived in the Seattle area for 15 years (and is staying put!). Before launching his consultant practice, Rob co-founded and led an innovative software company focused on accelerating the drug development process. He sold the company to a pharmaceutical company in 2009. He lives on Mercer Island with his wife of 16 years, Michelle, and their daughter, Mia, aged 12. Together, they enjoy the arts (Mia is a ballerina), travel, reading, and giving back whenever possible.

ROB LOBOSCO

Melissa joined Seattle 4 in 2014 and has served as Chair of the Rotary Boys and Club Committee. As Vice President and Managing Director of Waldron Executive Search practice, Melissa oversees service design and delivery, client relation-ship management, and executive searches with key foundations, start-up social enterprises, and NGOs. Melissa is an active community volun-teer and board member, serving with Global Washington, the Women’s Funding Alliance, and others. Ask Melissa about her membership in Se-attle Rotary and her role as founder of Women Leaders in Philanthropy and you’ll quickly come to understand that Melissa brings a unique op-timism to everything she does.

MELISSA MERRITT

I joined Rotary in 2007 as a member of the Glendale Sunrise Rotary Club. I was a

member of the Community Service Committee and participated in many Rota-ry Projects. I have been a member of Seattle #4 Rotary for the past year and currently am Co-chair for the Peace Builder Committee. I was Born in Los Angeles, California. I served in the United States Air Force from 1984 – 1989 as a firefighter. I joined the Glendale Fire Department in 1989 as a firefighter and rose to the position of Fire Chief. I left Glendale in 2015 when I accepted the position as Seattle’s Fire Chief in April of 2015. I am married to Abigail and we have four children (Anthony, Jasmine, Nicole and Isaiah). In closing, I would be honored to serve as a member of the Seattle #4 Rotary Board.

HAROLD D. SCOGGINS

I joined Rotary in December 2014, classi-fication Psychotherapy. Chair: Greeter’s committee, member: Arts, Peacebuild-

ers, New Member Introductions, and Prospective Members table. Favor-ite Rotary moment: being greeted by Laurel James and Ken Colling dressed in flashing lights at my first meeting as a member. Best advice: “Skip a meeting right away, then you won’t have to worry about perfect attendance the rest of your life.” I have a private psychotherapy practice specializing in anxiety and Alzhei-mer’s. I speak on brain health, self-care and stress reduction. In the past I worked in academia, research, and at the Alzheimer’s Association. Five associations have elected me to serve on their boards, including the Na-

tional Council of Family Relations. My overall professional and personal goal is to help people live a little less in their heads and more in their hearts. My goal in Rotary is to continue to be thrilled and stimulated by the people I meet every week. If I can help strengthen the club and foster engagement among members, I would be honored.

JANE TORNATORE

Ben joined Rotary in 2015. He serves on the Fellowship and Young Rotary Leaders com-mittees. The people who know Ben best describe him as a connector and a convener of people around big ideas. He is excited to help strengthen community within the Club, particularly between the younger and more experienced generations, and to help with Rotary’s efforts to best address and impact the issue of human trafficking in our own community and beyond. Ben's favorite place to be is in the mountains. He is a founding member of Climb for Captives, a community of friends who "do what they love to fight what they hate"...climbing mountains to raise awareness and funds to fight human trafficking. He lives in Bothell with his wife Angie and three kids and enjoys the outdoors, woodworking, and homemade ice cream. Ben is Principal at Highland Private Wealth Management, providing financial life management to business owners and current and future high net worth individuals and their families. He enjoys equipping clients with clarity and courage to live fully.

BEN WICKS

CLUB OFFICERS 1-YEAR TERMS

Member since 2002. Current member of the Board of Directors and Co-chair of the Peace-builder Committee. Past Seattle Rotary Ser-vice Foundation Trustee and Chair of Interna-tional Service Committee, Invocations, and Rotary Cares. Member of Diplo-matic Task Force and Board of Rotarian Malaria Partners. Four international trips with Seattle 4 members and two International RI conventions. Retired President/CEO of Lutheran Community Services NW. In my 24 years working for and assisting in the training of nonprofit boards, I came to respect and value the importance of excellence in board governance. I look forward to this new service role with Seattle 4 and supporting President Mark.

BOARD CHAIR

ROBERTA NESTAAS

Member since 2004 with the classi-fication of Television Broadcasting. Has served on the Programs Com-mittee from 2004 to present. Past

Trustee of the SRSF Board, VP of Programs in 2013-2014, and past member of the Rotary Club of Spokane. Mark is a news anchor for KING TV in Seattle. He is a graduate of the Murrow College of Communication in Pullman. Mark has been a jour-nalist in Public Radio, commercial radio and TV in a career that has spanned three states and 29 years. Mark is a two-time regional Emmy Award winner for his work as a documentary producer and hard news reporter. Mark is passionate about helping non-profits raise money. He volunteers his time to emcee countless fundraisers. Mark is mar-

ried to his college sweetheart, Jamie, and has two sons.

PRESIDENT

MARK WRIGHT

NOMINATIONS 2017

Joined Rotary in 2006. I have been on the Totem, Strategic Planning, and Greeters Committees as well as serving as Chair of the Communications Committee for sev-

eral years. I was elected to the Seattle Rotary Board of Directors in 2012 and served as VP of Programs in 2014-2015 with President Tom Betts. Hamilton McCulloh is the Executive Director of GreenRubino, an independent marketing firm of 60 that specializes in advertising, branding, digital services, public relations and public affairs. He has been actively involved with several non-profit organizations including Issaquah Schools Foundation, serving two terms on the Board of Directors, Board President in 2007-2008 and now as an Emeritus Trustee. He has been married to Maureen since 1988 and they have four fantastic sons.

VP PROGRAMS

HAMILTON MCCULLOH

Allison joined Seattle #4 in 2013 through the Club’s special invitation to awardees of PSBJ’s “40 Under Forty.” Her classifica-tion is Foundations. Her Rotary service includes: Board member-at-large, 2015-present; Nominations Committee, 2015; YRL co-chair, 2014-2015. Building relationships with our Club’s members, engaging with the YRL, and participating in food packs are high-lights of Allison’s Rotary experience. Allison is Director of Philanthropic Partnerships for Seattle Foundation where she has worked for over 10 years. She advises philanthropists dur-ing their lifetimes as well as those making charitable gifts through their wills to do so in a satisfying way while also meeting the needs of our com-munity. Allison leads Seattle Foundation’s Impact Investing program, and oversees a team of philanthropic advi-sors. Her 16 year career includes nonprofit fundraising and four years with Senator Patty Murray. She lives in Bal-lard with her husband Matt and kindergartener Jackson. They enjoy playing games and exploring the outdoors. She is passionate about ending human trafficking.

VP SERVICE

ALLISON PARKER

Joined Rotary in 2013. For Seattle 4, she is the Social Media Chair, active in member-ship initiatives, and a member of the In-ternational Service Committee. For our

district, she currently serves on the District 5030 Polio Advocacy Committee, is Founding Chair of the District 5030 Social Media Marketing Committee, is a member of the District Leadership Council, and is leading Public Relations to evangelize District Service Projects for Rotary’s Centennial. Professionally Corinne has honed her digital marketing expertise to help non-profits with the challenge of attracting new online donors and engaging current donors – she leads Donor Swell. Previously she founded and led a social media marketing firm for five years providing consulting and community management services. She then became a Certified Instructor for a Fortune 100 company

training organizations across the United States to do digital marketing. Currently she is active on the Board of Ro-tarian Malaria Partners leading the Marketing and Communications Committee.

VP MEMBERSHIP

CORINNE CAVANAUGH

Joined Aug 2007, founded YRL Committee, Ethiopia NID 2011, featured in Rotary Magazine Sept 2012, Board of Directors 2012 – 15, Panelist at RI Convention in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. RI Young Professional Summit 2014, Club Sponsor and Liaison to Seattle City Rotaract, Planning Committee Zone 25/26 Young Professional Summit, Advisor to RI regarding young professional development 2015, D5030 Young Professionals Committee Chair 2015-16. Club Secretary 2016-17. D5030 Rotarian of the Year 2016. Professionally I make my living by recruiting and placing accounting professionals. It gives me great joy to use my recruiting skills to bring new members to Seattle #4 and especially young professionals like myself. For fun, I like to dance Argentine tan-go with my wonderful husband Chris.

SECRETARY

VIRGINIA MCKENZIE

Ken joined Rotary in 2009. He has served on the Communications, Mu-sic, Fellowship, and Mic Handlers committees. Ken is a veteran Ser-

geant-at-Arms having served three terms with Seattle 4. Ken’s classification is Branding and he is the VP of Marketing and Commu-nications for Kelley-Ross Pharmacy Group. He has served as a board member with a number of nonprofits including ArtsFund, Edmonds Cen-ter for the Arts, and the American Heart Association. Ken graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts where he studied music.

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS

KEN GRANT

Carolyn Hojaboom, CPA, MNPL – I joined the Lynnwood Rotary Club in the early 90s and was a member there for about 10 years. I joined Seattle 4 in

2004. I served as a Keeks Counselor for three years, SRSF Treasurer for two years, member of the Community Service Committee for two years, and am the current Club Treasurer. I am in my third-year term as Rotary District 5030 Treasurer. Consulting and audit services for 25+ years as an audit partner in a national firm and consultant in a local firm. I am committed to providing a high level of excellence in service and expertise to the NFP industry. I received my Masters in Not-for-Profit Leadership from Seattle University (SU), and currently serve on the School of Arts & Science Leadership Council at SU. Served on the Chari-

ty Advisory Council to the WA SOS, and the Finance Committee of Swedish Medical Center. I have been an instruc-tor, speaker and facilitator for board retreats, college classes, and AICPA and WSCPA professional seminars.

TREASURER

CAROLYN HOJABOOM

Rotary has been a tremendous part of my life for the past decade. I joined Seattle Ro-tary 11 years ago when I was new to Seattle. I’d asked former President, Paul Ishii--

where’s one place I could go to do good, and make new friends and business connections? Paul took me to Rotary the following Wednesday. The rest is history. I currently have the privilege of serving as SRSF President. I’ve also served as VP of Membership and Keeks counselor, as well as on the Orienta-tion, Introduction, Nominating, and Microphone committees. It would be an honor to serve this Club as President. Professionally, as a former practicing attorney, I draw upon my 22 years of legal and financial planning experience to lead a team of experts as a Senior Vice President/Private Banker to advise high-net-worth clients. I earned my

J.D. from Gonzaga University Law School and B.A. from Gonzaga University, and currently serve as a Gonzaga Uni-versity Regent. I live in Ballard with my nine-year old son, Thor. I enjoy yoga, Pilates, barre, SUP, and hiking.

PRESIDENT-ELECT

CINDY RUNGER

NOMINATIONS 2017

2017—2018

PRESIDENT-ELECT