HANK PERRET President & CEO, Central Texas Food Bank

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1 ROTARY REMINDER ROTARY CLUB OF AUSTIN PRESIDENT Dale Lowe PRESIDENT ELECT Sara Pantin PAST PRESIDENT Harold Ingersoll VICE PRESIDENTS Club Service Ann Graham Community Service Mary Reynolds Global Service Adam Borger Membership Svc. Michael Abelson Vocational Service Tom Howard THE ROTARY FOUNDATION Michael Portman SECRETARY/TREASURER Michele Heyman SERGEANT-AT-ARMS Nadir Abdeladim EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Jennifer Olsen FUTURE PROGRAMS 7/19 District Governor Bruce Golden 7/26 David Jessich, ShelterBox 8/2 Joe Ogilvie, Former PGA Tour (Golf) player MEETINGS AND EVENTS 7/13 Downtown Austin Breakfast Cluster Meeting, Magnolia Café (on Lake Austin Blvd.), 7:00 a.m. 7/19 RCA Rotary Connect Committee Meeting, Sumners Meeting Hall (St. David s), 11:00 a.m. 7/19 RCA Executive Committee meeting, Vestry Room (St. David s), 1:30 p.m. C L U B N O D I S T R I C T A U S T I N, T X. V O L U M E 5 4, I S S U E 2 J U L Y 1 2, HANK PERRET President & CEO, Central Texas Food Bank Hank Perret joined the Central Texas Food Bank (formerly Capital Area Food Bank of Texas) in September 2010, after serving seven years on the Food Bank board where he found his passion in the fight to end hunger. Hank is retired from Zarlink Semiconductor, where he was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Communication Products Group. Prior to joining Zarlink, he was President and Chief Executive Officer for Legerity, Inc., a communications company, from November 2003 to August From September 2001 to November 2003, he was the Chief Financial Officer for Legerity. Prior to joining Legerity, Hank was the Chief Financial Officer for Actel Corporation. Hank has also had financial roles at Applied Materials, Inc., National Semiconductor Corporation, Raytheon Semiconductor and General Electric Company. Hank holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from San Jose State University. 7/21 RCA MasterMind Group Meeting, Mimi s (in the Arbor Walk), 7:00 a.m. 7/22 Wine Tasting hosted by Joe and Susy Breeland, 91 Pascal Lane, 6:00 p.m. The Rotary Club of Austin meets most Tuesdays, from 11:30-1:00, in Sumners Hall at St. David s Episcopal Church (301 E. 8th Street)

2 ROTARY REMINDER (7/12/16) PAGE 2 RECAP FROM LAST WEEK S PROGRAM Mike O Krent A Conversation You Will Never Forget A Guide to Capturing a Life Story July 5, 2016 by Phil Thoden President Dale Lowe called the meeting to order. Kathy Laurel led the pledges and Bill Baker gave our invocation of the day. Griffon Ramsey led us in saying The Four Way Test. Elliot Flick served as greeter and Arnold Garcia introduced the guests and visitors. Ellen Hunt introduced our Club s Graduate Student Scholarship recipient, Madeline Baird, who thanked everyone for the financial support that will help her pursue the study and containment of infectious diseases. Mark Kapner provided a Global Awareness Update about the Water and Sanitation Rotary Action Group ( that has recently helped dig 20 clean water wells in Ghana. President Dale then reminded Club members to use Meetup and Facebook to sign up for Club meetings and let people know about our ongoing activities. Also, he noted that the Thirsty Thursday Happy Hour, this Thursday, July 7, will be held in a new location at the Four Seasons Hotel lobby bar. After 10 minutes of fellowship time, Jim Bushnell introduced our speaker and fellow Rotarian, Mike O Krent. Mike is the founder of LifeStories Alive, LLC, and specializes in making personal history videos for families that value their heritage. While working in his family s retail floor covering business in San Antonio, Mike interviewed Holocaust survivors for Steven Spielberg s Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation between 1996 and During that incredible experience, Mike discovered the process and importance of recording the life stories of our loved ones. After moving to Austin in 1998 and selling his floor covering business there in 2004, he started LifeStories Alive at the end of His company has since expanded its expertise beyond personal histories to now include recording the histories of businesses and non-profits. During his excellent and insightful presentation, Mike shared numerous tips for how anyone can work to capture important stories of family members. He is finalizing a book on this subject that will soon be published. He also shared video clips of his recent, and emotionally moving, work. Next week s speaker is Hank Perret with the Central Texas Food Bank.

3 ROTARY REMINDER (7/12/16) PAGE 3 SOCIAL CIRCLE UPDATE Wednesday, July 13 Downtown Austin Breakfast Cluster Meeting at Magnolia Café (on Lake Austin Blvd.) at 7:00 a.m. Thursday, July 21 RCA MasterMind Group Meeting at Mimi s (in the Arbor Walk) at 7:00 a.m. Friday, July 22 Wine Tasting Hosted by Joe and Susy Breeland at 91 Pascal Lane, Austin, Texas at 6:00 p.m. RSVP with Joe to: Joe.Breeland@gmail.com Tuesday, July 26 RCA Happy Hour Meeting at Posse East (2900 Duval Street, next to UT campus) at 6:00 p.m. Please note A group will be going to the Steven Tyler concert at Bass Concert Hall after so buy your tickets now!! Contact Ande Rasmussen for more information Thursday, July 28 RCA North Breakfast Cluster Meeting at Waterloo Ice House (on Burnet Road) at 7:00 a.m. IN RECOGNITION FOR THEIR SERVICE TO OUR CLUB We d like to take a moment to recognize and thank the hard working members of our Hospitality Committee who helped us before last week s meeting (on July 5, 2016). Myron Burse, Elliot Flick, Chris Forrest, Arnold Garcia and Maddie Kadas Thank you all for your service! If you d like to assist the Hospitality Committee at any of our weekly luncheons, please contact Myron Burse (or Jennifer Olsen).

4 ROTARY REMINDER (7/12/16) PAGE 4 ROTARY BIRTHDAYS The following people are celebrating their birthdays this week: Zach Davis (July 12th) Barry Curlee (July 12th) John Braun (July 13th) Jack Wolfe (July 14th) Kathleen Bay (July 14th) David Doran (July 16th) Please join us in wishing them a VERY happy birthday! MEMORIAL DONATIONS RECEIVED The Austin Rotary Club Foundation sincerely appreciates the receipt of memorial donations from Allison Allen and Tim & Pat Von Dohlen in honor of Helen and Howard Payton (Richard Payton s parents). Also, from Allison Allen, Jeanne Arnold, Gaines & Leslie Bagby, Barry Curlee, Tom Howard, Richard Payton, Debbie Simmons, Paul & Sherry Workman, and Lee & Anne Yeakel in honor of Jerry Ray. Also, from Allison Allen in honor of Anne Beckham Garcia (Pat Beckham s daughter). Also, from Max Miller in honor of Bob Rasmussen.

5 ROTARY REMINDER (7/12/16) PAGE 5 IN MEMORIAM We re sorry to report that Pat Beckham's daughter, Anne Beckham Garcia, passed away on Wednesday afternoon after battling cancer. Her funeral will be held this Saturday (July 9) at Covenant Presbyterian Church at 2:00 p.m. and visitation is scheduled to be held at Weed-Corley-Fish on Friday evening from 5-8. Please join us in keeping Dr. Beckham and his family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time of grief. PHOTOS FROM YESTERDAY S THIRSTY THURSDAY HAPPY HOUR CLUSTER MEETING We had wonderful Rotary Fellowship yesterday at our 5:00 pm Rotary Happy Hour at the Four Seasons Lobby Bar! Attendees included: Gaines Bagby, Don Busby, Andrew Mondi, Michael Portman, Ande Rasmussen and Louis Williams Special Guest: UT s very own Vince Young (Ande s fellow UT Letterman) was gracious enough to talk with us for a moment and pose for a couple hook em pics with Gaines & Don.

6 ROTARY REMINDER (7/12/16) PAGE 6 GLOBAL AWARENESS UPDATE FROM 7/5/16

7 ROTARY REMINDER (7/12/16) PAGE 7 SUPPORTERS OF THE ROTARY REMINDER (PAGE 1) ROTARY CLUB OF AUSTIN: 301 E. 8TH STREET, AUSTIN, TX PHONE: (512) OFFICE@ROTARY-AUSTIN.ORG

8 ROTARY REMINDER (7/12/16) PAGE 8 SUPPORTERS OF THE ROTARY REMINDER (PAGE 2) ROTARY CLUB OF AUSTIN: 301 E. 8TH STREET, AUSTIN, TX PHONE: (512) OFFICE@ROTARY-AUSTIN.ORG