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Ernie Lau is a Manager and Chief Engineer for the Honolulu Board of Water Supply.  He will be discussing the Red Hill incident and what it means now and in the future.

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Alexander Silvert is a retired public defender and author of "The Mailbox Conspiracy:  The Inside Story of the Greatest Corruption Case in Hawaiʻi History,".  Mr. Silvert was the attorney for Gerard Puana in the infamous "mailbox case' in the Louis and Katherine Kealoha case from 2013 to 2020.

In recognizing Rotary International's celebration of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), we are pleased to have Vicky Cayetano, Founder of United Laundry Services, speak at our weekly club meeting.  She is a gubernatorial candidate and will share with us her aspiration to public office.

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This is not a direct endorsement of any political candidate or a political campaign forum.

In recognizing Rotary International's celebration of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), we are pleased to have Sherry Menor-McNamara, President & CEO-Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, speak at our weekly club meeting.  She is a candidate for Hawaii's Lieutenant Governor and will share with us her aspiration for public office.

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This is not a direct endorsement of any political candidate or a political campaign forum.

Randy Hart, Rotary Club of Hilo, is the District Governor for District 5000 for the Rotary year 2022-23.  Learn more about Randy HERE.

He is the guest speaker for our weekly club meeting on Thursday, August 4, 2022.  We are pleased to have him on his official DG visit to Rotary clubs.

Rotary International and its individual Clubs are self-funded, meaning Club Members themselves either donate from their pockets or host fundraisers to undertake its community activities. Rotarian Mike Malaghan has been a dependable donor to Rotary International and the Ala Moana Rotary Club, and will talk with members about how a certain -- perfectly legal -- method of donation can ensure a lifetime income in return. 

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Your loved one has just been diagnosed with a serious but treatable medical condition. Now what? How do you care for your loved one? How will you contend with your day to day responsibilities while assisting your loved one? Navian can help. Cali Watanabe and Eunine Stroukoff will walk us through the options. 

Navian is a combination of the words “Navigator” and “Guardian.” As a navigator, they provide clarity and guidance through times of uncertainty. As a guardian, they care for people and protect their wishes. Navian Hawaii guides and assists patients and their families through difficult times, providing Integrated Care to patients battling serious illnesses or delivering Hospice Care to patients nearing their end-of-life journey.

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Supervisor, Idea Generator, Occasional Fix-It Person Robin Sagadraca is always entertaining as he runs down his favorite life changing apps for your phone and computer. After 37 years with Old Republic Title and Escrow, he's shared his wisdom with a wide variety of audiences and individuals. 

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For over 25 years, Laura Beeman has been a standard-bearer in the profession of women’s basketball, leading by example on and off the court while winning championships and helping young ladies full fill their dreams of earning a college education. In the past 10 years, she has upheld her standard at the helm of the University of Hawai‘i, bringing the program back to prominence. Most recently, putting the program in the national spotlight and one to keep an eye on.

In 2016 she led the Rainbow Wahine to its first conference tournament title in 20 years, earning a spot in the NCAA Championship tournament. She did it again in 2022 but made history by coaching the first team in program history to win both the Big West Conference regular-season and conference tournament championship. The 2021-22 campaign was one for the record books for UH as Beeman won her second conference coach of the year honor at UH, and saw its first-ever conference player of the year winner in Amy Atwell. Later, Atwell became only the second player ever from the program to be drafted to the WNBA as she was selected 27th overall by the Los Angeles Sparks.

In her 25 years of roaming the sidelines, Beeman has accumulated over 550 wins, including over 160 at UH. She has been inducted into two Hall of Fames for her contributions to the game and has been named “Coach of the Year” six times while serving as the head coach at two programs. At UH, she has coached 22 All-Big West selections and led the ‘Bows to a total of five national post-season selections.

A native of Bernardino, California, Beeman has a bachelor’s degree in business from CS San Bernardino University, along with two master’s in education, one being from the University of the Redlands in Counseling, the other in Physical Education from Azusa Pacific.
 

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>> About the University of Hawaii Womens Basketball team

>> Univeristy of Hawaii Womens Basektball schedule 2022-2023



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As we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX, the law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in public schools and universities, the Ala Moana Rotary Club is proud to host a speaker series on this all-important law. 

Our first speaker is Judge Sabrina McKenna, who was one of the first beneficiaries of Title IX. As a member of the University of Hawaii Wahine Basketball team, her scholarship ensured her education and opened her eyes to a career in law. She graduated from the University of Hawaii in 1978 and from the William S. Richardson School of Law (WSRSL) in 1982.

She then worked as an associate at Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel, as Corporate Secretary and General Counsel to Otaka, Inc. (a Japan-based international business organization), as an Instructor in Business Law at UHM’s Shidler College of Business, and as an Assistant Professor at the WSRSL.  She became a state District Court judge in 1993, then a Circuit Court judge in 1995,  presiding over criminal, domestic violence, and civil cases, and served as Senior Judge of the Family Court on Oʻahu until her appointment to the Supreme Court in 2011.  

Justice McKenna is a Judicial Advisory Board member of the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School's Law & Economics Center Judicial Education Program and lectures throughout the world on various topics. Her honors include the American Bar Association Stonewall Award, the National Asian Pacific Bar Association Daniel K. Inouye Trailblazer Award, designation as an Association of Corporate Counsel Foundation Global Women in Law & Leadership Honoree, designation by the Jindal Global Law School (Delhi) as an Eminent Jurist and Honorary Adjunct Faculty Member, the Hawaii Women Lawyers Outstanding Judicial Achievement Award, and the University of Hawaiʻi Distinguished Alumnus Award.  She is a mother of three adult children.  She enjoys karaoke, walking for exercise, travel, and hanging out with her children and friends.

>> More about Title IX
>> Star Advertiser article about Justice McKenna
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While we sheltered in our homes during the pandemic, scammers saw it as the perfect opportunity. During the pandemic, online fraud increased by almost 70%, with scammers taking advantage of people's fear, isolation and loneliness. Among people reporting online fraud, 80% lost money, up from 25% pre-pandemic. 

How do we protect ourselves from fraud in a world that is increasingly moving online? 

Join us at Assagio Restaurant on November 3 as the Better Business Bureau's Roseann Freitas shares some sobering information as well as tips on how to identify scams so you can avoid becoming a victim. 

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After 19 years on local television news as a reporter, weather anchor and host, Trini Kaopuiki Clark made the leap to nonprofit work to become the President and CEO of the Make A Wish Foundation in Hawaii. 

Kaopuiki Clark previously sat on the boards of the Laulima Giving Program and Honolulu Theater for Youth

Kaopuiki Clark leads a staff of 24, all of whom make wishes for children with serious illness come true. 

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