Welcome!
President Ozan Yasavur (Technical Consulting | Brown and Caldwell) called the meeting to order and welcomed all on Zoom and in person to the September 15, 2026 luncheon.
Visiting Rotarian and Guests
- Today's Visiting Rotarian was Karen Schmautz from the Rotary Club of Indian Rocks Beach in Florida.
- Today's guests were: Ingrid Chan, Sam Denny, Robert Freiri, Gina Froyer, Alison Healy, Clint Ladine, Allison Owings, Hadley Salz, Nick Tarlson, and Brett Villaume.
- Today's speaker was Del Seymour.
Today in History
President Ozan shared this historical event for September 15:
Rotarian of the Month
Congratulations to Margaret Miley (Hospitality: Hotels | Retired) who was honored as Rotarian of the Month for September 2026. Margaret joined the Rotary Club of San Francisco in January 2021. She served as our Vice President of Membership from 2022 to 2026, brought in new members, and always helped behind the scenes at events. Margaret also organized many of of our Club's social events. Thank you, Margaret!
President Ozan and Margaret Miley
Major Donor Recognition
Congratulations to Past President Scott Plakun (Management Consulting | Retired) for achieving Major Donor Level 1. In Rotary District 5150, Scott is currently the Action Plan Champion, the DEI Chair, and the Strategic Plan Champion. Congratulations and thank you, Scott!
President Ozan and Past President Scott Plakun
Rotary Fellowships
Nick Tarlson, a former member of our Club, joined us to speak about the benefits of joining a Rotary Fellowship.
Joining Nick on the podium was Alison Healy, also a former member of our Club. Alison shared about her participation in the International Yachting Fellowship of Rotarians (IYFR) and invited us to this special event coming to San Francisco:
Nick Tarlson and Alison Healy
Early Career Pathway Program
Vice President of Vocational Service Janet Beach (Job Recruitment | The Job Forum) led us through The Job Forum's Early Career Pathway Program that connects youth with careers, mentors, training, and opportunity.
Grant Presentation to The Job Forum
Vice President of the San Francisco Rotary Foundation Robin Azevedo (Retail: Mattresses | Retired, McRoskey Mattress Company) presented a check in the amount of $4,500 to The Job Forum. Janet Beach accepted the check and thanked our Club and the San Francisco Rotary Foundation for the generous support.
President Ozan, Robin Azevedo, and Janet Beach
New Members Inducted
Past Vice President of Membership Margaret Miley joined President Ozan to induct and welcome Jenny Feinberg (Administration: Yes SF Initiative | San Francisco Chamber of Commerce) and Saul Ponce de Leon (Sales and Membership | San Francisco Chamber of Commerce). In this partnership program between the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and our Club, five members of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce join our Club, and five members of our Club become members of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. Rotarians in today's audience recited the Four-Way Test and pledged to support Jenny Feinberg and Saul Ponce de Leon on their Rotary journey with our Club. Please welcome Jenny and Saul when you see them at our meetings and events.
Margaret Miley, Saul Ponce de Leon, Jenny Feinberg, and President Ozan
The Kühn Initiative
Heidi Kühn (Peace Building | Roots of Peace) was recognized for her peace building work in Roots of Peace and now in the Kühn Initiative at the University of California, Berkeley.
Heidi Kühn
Recent Events
In a crowd of over 70,000 people, Jessica Hansen (Nonprofit Management | Alliance for Smiles) and Christopher Davies (Real Estate: Property Management | Self-employed) ran into each other at Burning Man 2026.
Discover Rotary
Congratulations to Vice President of Membership Kayla Trunecek for leading the Discover Rotary on September 10, 2026.
Upcoming Events
Check the Club's calendar for upcoming meetings and events.
Guest Speaker
Larry Booth (Engineering: Mechanical | Retired, Frank M. Booth, Inc.) introduced today's speaker — Del Seymour. Mr. Seymour shared his journey as an African American Vietnam veteran who was chronically homeless and incarcerated for 18 years to his recovery and founding of Code Tenderloin in 2015. Today, Code Tenderloin is funded by the Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development, with additional funding from foundations and tech companies such as Dolby, Twitter, and Microsoft. LinkedIn, Uber, and Salesforce provide classroom space and teaching instruction. For his contributions, Del Seymour is nicknamed the “Mayor of the Tenderloin”.
President Ozan thanked Del Seymour and announced that 100 children would be inoculated against polio in Del's name.
Del Seymour and President Ozan
The meeting was adjourned at 1:30 PM.
Meeting Volunteers
President Ozan thanked today's meeting volunteers: Dora Dye (Education | San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) for serving as scribe; Lisa Stark (Communications & Media) for serving as photographer; Kirt Burdick for managing the audio-visual equipment during our in-person meeting; Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Tim Hornbecker (Nonprofit Management | Retired, The Arc CA) for managing the microphone; Maureen O'Shea (Governmental Relations | Retired), PDG Eric Schmautz (Banking: Management | Retired), and Immediate Past President Frank Yoke III (Development | Serra Residential Center, Inc.) for serving as greeters; and Larry Booth, Margaret Miley, and Todd St Vrain (Education: Administration | University of Melbourne) for doing check-in at the Hotel Nikko.
A special thank you to Larry Booth for leading the Speakers' Committee.