New Members
2017-18 ended with a diverse quartet of new members joining the Club on June 12. The four excellent, new folks include Stewart “Skip” Brewster, Carol Ede, Gary Keener and Ryan Overton.
Skip has an extensive resume which includes AARP (where he is a District Liaison), the Peace Corps and various civic projects involving tutoring and mentoring youth. In Skip’s work life, he has logged 41 years in the insurance industry as a broker with Liberty Mutual and other companies. Skip wants to “help people help themselves. Sustainability of a project is important.” He and his wife of 38 years, Donna, have an adult son and daughter.
Carol Ede is deeply connected in the social fabric of San Francisco through Calvary Presbyterian, the San Francisco Garden Club, the Metropolitan Club, and her enjoyment of gathering people to her home where she has resided for more than 50 years. She has held various offices in the choir, in the Garden Club and the Metropolitan Club. Carol has two adult children. She looks forward to contributing to social events and helping with fundraising.
Gary Keener has been a resident of San Francisco since 2013. He is a teleworker employed by Swiss Re in the re-insurance industry. Gary had first visited the Rotary Club of San Francisco in 2016 but was much involved in the Rotary Club of San Francisco — Castro, which successfully launched in March of this year. Their President has sent a message of congratulations to our President in praise of Gary’s abilities to meet people, organize events and generally make things happen. Gary is active in the San Francisco Black Tie Club, the Breakfast Club, STRUT, and Larkin Street Youth Services among others. Gary is married to Jefferson McCarley.
Ryan Overton was raised in Berkeley and is currently living in Oakland. While his office with Merrill Lynch is in Oakland, he spends much of his time in San Francisco. Ryan is active in the Korean community including the Association for Korean Adoptees in San Francisco, the Korean American Professional Society, the Korean American Community Foundation and others. His greatest passion is being able to “help people reach their dreams and goals.” He is interested in joining the Community Services committee.Membership Contest
The Big Island is calling! Once again, we have a large group of members who have all brought in one new member including: Annie Daugherty, David Widerman, Lynn Luckow, Carla Walter, Susan Dean, Anita Stangl, Chris Davies and Clif Thomas. Stay tuned – we will have a drawing for the winner of the condo in Kona, generously supplied by Harold Hoogasian at the July 10, 2018 meeting. And BIG THANKS to those members who have been bringing new people in to experience the service and enjoyment of Rotary.