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Arturo has assisted clubs and districts in working with the proper authorities in Mexico and South American countries for district and global grants. Arturo served the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs in different capacities for 12 years. He worked closely with governments and institutions from North, Central and South America. Through his professional career at the Ministry his area of focus was international cooperation. Arturo currently serves as Assistant Vice-President for International Relations at The University of Texas at El Paso. Arturo is a bicultural and bilingual professional who is passionate about building bridges of collaboration between countries and institutions. He served as club president (2019-2020),District 5520 Public Image Chair (2020 –2022) and is currently an Assistant Governor. Arturo graduated from UTEP with a degree in Business Administration and has Masters in Applied Public Policy from the International and Ibero-American Foundation for Public Policies

Bev is a long-time member of the Rotary Club of Spokane Aurora Northwest in District 5080 in eastern Washington. She served as District Governor of D5080 in 2018-19; the Zone 26 and 27 GETS/GNTS faculty in 2019; Chair of the 2022 Zone Institute in Salt Lake City; and currently is Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator for Zone 27. Believing that teamwork using great ideas and energy produces the best results, Bev can assist clubs and districts to develop successful plans to raise funds for the Rotary Foundation. She can also help Rotarians interpret and understand the various Rotary Foundation reports. With the experience and expertise earned during a 38 year professional career working with the non-profit YMCA, Bev can guide clubs and districts in designing programs to develop training, development, and facilitation skills for Rotarians. Bev would be happy to be part of your team.

Carolyn is a retired mathematician and actuary, with strong mathematical and project management experience. In 2009, Carolyn was the primary international contact for a $350,000, four-year Rotary 3-H grant to promote economic development in Zimbabwe. The RI reviewer of that highly successful grant called it a model for all grants, in that it changed the participants’ attitudes. She served three years as an Assistant Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator in Zone 26/27 assisting districts and clubs with their grant work. She served nine years as Chair of the D5450 Grants sub-committee, during which time she reviewed and helped improve approximately 100 Global Grant applications. She continues that work as the D5450 Global Grants Reviewer and also serves as a Financial Auditor for the Cadre in North America. Carolyn is a member of The Rotary Foundation Programs Committee, the advisory committee to TRF Trustees on all matters related to Foundation Programs. She provides a unique insight about Rotary programs to the Committee from the perspective of a participant in the programs.

Cecelia is a member of the Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley, California, in District 5170. After a professional career in finance, Cecelia retired in 2019. She has served in several positions on the District Rotary Foundation Committee involving District Grants, Global Grants, Stewardship and in other district committee roles. She leads a D5170 Global Grant Review Committee, which reviews every Global Grant application before submission to TRF. A member of the Cadre of Technical Advisors since 2008, Cecelia specializes in the areas of Economic Community Development, Basic Education and Literacy, and Financial Audits. Using her working fluency in both Spanish and Italian, Cecelia has conducted more than 15 desk and site reviews of Global Grant projects in her areas of specialty. In addition, by advising and evaluating over 100 Rotary projects around the world, Cecelia has the expertise and experience to assist clubs and districts in all phases of planning and implementing Global Grants.

Dan Goodrich is a long-time and highly respected member of the Rotary Club of Hemet in District 5330, Southern California. With decades of service and leadership, Dan has become a pillar of support and innovation within his club, district, and the broader Rotary community. Dan served as District Governor for Rotary District 5330 during the 2021–2022 Rotary year and previously as District Rotary Foundation Chair from 2014 to 2017, where he championed impactful giving and stewardship throughout the region. Currently, he continues his dedication to Rotary as the District Administrator for District 5330, helping ensure continuity, efficiency, and excellence across operations. A recognized expert in Dacdb (District and Club Database), Dan has trained and supported countless Rotarians in leveraging the platform for club and district success. Since 2020, he has served as Registration Chair for Southwest PETS

Elizabeth is a Senior Major Gifts Officer on the staff of the Rotary Foundation. She is a very experienced fundraising professional, having worked for 13 years with Rotarians, Districts, and Regional leaders to support the Rotary Foundation. Elizabeth can help clubs and districts cultivate, steward, and solicit significant gifts to the Rotary Foundation. From among the many tax-wise options to donate (named funds, endowments, gifts of stock or real property, life income agreements, Donor Advised Funds) Elizabeth can work with donors to select the appropriate one for that particular donor. Elizabeth can assist districts with major gifts and bequest fundraising campaigns and events. She can also provide training to districts to develop major gifts and fundraising strategies.

Elizabeth will proudly serve as the Zone 26 Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator July 2025 – June 2028. She previously led the AG Resources and Network Group and served as the Zone 26 Empowering Girls Ambassador, helping elevate club impact and leadership across the zone. A Past District Governor of District 5495 (2020–2021), Elizabeth has held numerous roles including Club President, District Chief of Staff, District Rotary Foundation Chair, Leadership Development and Education Chair, and a member of the Youth Exchange Committee. A devoted "host mom" to many exchange students, her own son also participated in RYE, traveling to Italy and RYLA. Elizabeth helped launch District 5495’s first statewide Rotaract District Council and led two Interact teams to Kenya with Crutches 4 Africa. She is passionate about The Rotary Foundation and enjoys helping clubs design and implement high-impact projects. She’s always excited to support you and your Rotary journey!

Howard is a 20-year Rotarian and member of the Rotary Club of Gig Harbor Midday in Washington state. D5020 covers Vancouver Island, B.C. and northwest Washington. Howard has served as club president, AG, facilitator at Northwest PETS, and Chair of the District Rotary Foundation Committee 2019-22. He is currently Chair of the Global Grants sub-committee of the DRFC. A very generous supporter of TRF, Howard has given numerous presentations to clubs on the Rotary Foundation, PolioPlus, and Global Grants.

Jayne Hulbert has been an active member of Rotary International for many years and is the Zone 27 Endowment/Major Gift Adviser for 2025-2028. Jayne was Governor of District 5150 in 2018 – 2019 and District Rotary Foundation Chair from 2019 – 2023. At the Zone level, she has been a facilitator for Education Week (2019-2021 and 2025) for Governors Elect Governors Nominee and was the Administration Chair 2020-2021. Jayne was the recipient of The Rotary Foundation’s Regional Service Award for a Polio-Free World in 2024. Jayne is passionate about The Rotary Foundation’s grants and giving opportunities. Jayne especially enjoys creative fundraising which has resulted in significant increases in donations to The Rotary Foundation. Jayne and her husband, Gene Duffy, provided the precious two drops of polio vaccine to children in India and participated in Rotary literacy and clean water projects in Thailand and India. Jayne and her husband are members of the Arch Klumph and Legacy Societies.

Kumaraswarmy has been a Rotarian for over 20 years, serving as Club President and International Service Chair of the West Sacramento Rotary Club. He is a Cadre member for WASH and actively volunteer with WASH-RAG as an Ambassador and Operations Team Lead for Professional Services. With more than 25 years of experience in Hydraulics, Hydrology, and Water Resources Engineering, Kumaraswarmy has served globally as a researcher, educator, and engineer. His projects include designing, constructing, and restoring water treatment and irrigation systems, as well as collecting data to support the creation of wetlands. Further, he has served as the Primary Contact for international projects in Asia and Central America is multilingual and internationally educated.

A Rotarian for 25 years, LeAnn’s central purpose has been to proactively promote TRF programs, most specifically, participation in district and global grants. She has over 10 years’ experience training district leaders in all aspects of The Rotary Foundation. She believes in the power of collaboration and cooperation to support all clubs and districts with leveraging skills and experience to design, implement, and complete grant projects. From 2020 to 2024, she facilitated multiple disaster grants and global grant projects, totaling over $2.5M USD for Ukraine. With knowledge gained through authoring multiple global grants, she believes in using resources like the policy guidelines and statements to develop and write clean grant applications for expeditious approval and implementation. LeAnn has served in various Zone and District positions, including Assistant Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator, GETS and GNATS faculty, PETS Curriculum Development Team, Grants Sub-committee Cha

Marge spent her professional career as a secondary level teacher and administrator in the San Diego area for 34 years. She joined Rotary in 1996 and has served in many positions at the club and district level, including District Governor, GSE team leader, District Rotary Foundation Chair, international project leader, and PETS Chair. She served as the Zone 26 Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator from 2016 to 2019. Marge has served as Rotaract Club advisor and she established a District 5340 Rotaract Council in 2011.

As a facilitator of learning, curriculum and staff developer, school district superintendent, and leadership academy coach/trainer, Eugene has witnessed the success that evolves through teamwork, personal commitment and tenacity of spirit. As a Rotarian, he has served as club president, District Foundation Team Trainer, Global Grant writer (eco toilet project, Guatemala) and participant in a wide variety of community and international projects. Eugene has also served with the Basic Education and Literacy Cadre as global grant advisor, technical advisor and technical coordinator. Through these adventures, he has had opportunities to visit and advise Rotary projects throughout the world as they implemented computer technology, reading literacy and effective teaching practices.

Naomi posseses a great deal of experience within Rotary at the District level. She has seved as District Governor, District Finance Chair and District Learning Facilitator. Naomi has a good understanding on what the Districts need to be incluing operationally sound, thoroughly engaged and successful. As District Treasurer, District Secretary, District Awards Chair and serving on the District Grants, Stewardship and International Service committees,she also has been connected with clubs. Naomi has a solid base of knowledge helping Clubs wtih their operations. Finally, as a facilitator and trainer, she has served on the Zone faculty training future district leaders as well as on the Southwest PETS Education Team helping incoming club presidents be successful.

Bob is a CPA by profession with years of training in statistics and reports, including creating reports that are easy to understand and utilize. Bob has been active in his District’s Foundation Committee for over 20 years, including running the Group Study Exchange Program for 4 years, and Legacy Giving Chair for 3 years. He served as District Governor during in 2012-13 followed by 3 years as District Rotary Foundation Chair. During many of those years he also served as his club’s Foundation Chair and led the club to several recognitions for Foundation giving. He currently serves as the District's Foundation Chair for a second term and has received the Service Above Self from Rotary International and Citation for Meritorious Service from The Rotary Foundation. Bob was also the co-author of Rotary’s largest global grant in the United States developed to combat human trafficking in the Greater Sacramento area.

Currently a member of the Rotary E-Club of World Peace in D5330, Rudy is past president of the Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead Mountain Sunrise and served as District Governor of D5330 in 2015-16. Rudy has great experience as a Rotary trainer. He has been an RLI facilitator, PETS facilitator, District Trainer, and leader of a VTT to Haiti in 2015. He has organized and convened several significant events to promote world peace, including the 2016 Rotary World Peace Conference in Ontario, California; Program Chair for the Presidential Peace Conference before the 2017 RI Convention in Atlanta; and convener of the 2020 Rotary Peace Conference, also in Ontario, California. Rudy and his Rotarian wife Karyn are Major Donors to the Rotary Foundation and members of the D5330 PolioPlus Society. Rudy is a recipient of the Service Above Self Award. He will serve as Chair of the D5330 District Rotary Foundation Committee in 2026-29.

Sandi is a member of the Rotary Club of St. George Sunrise, Utah, District 5420. She is past president of the Rotary Club of Bakersfield East, California, and served as District Governor of District 5240 in 2018-19. Sandi has been an RN for 53 years in adult medicine, including great experience in home health and hospice care as well as dialysis. A four-year member of the Cadre of Technical Advisors serving the area of Disease Prevention and Treatment, Sandi has advised on grants for hemo and peritoneal dialysis in acute and chronic settings in Asia and Africa. Sandi and her husband Richard are Major Donors, Level One, and members of the Paul Harris Society. She has served as Chair of the Operations Committee and GElS and GNlS administrtor at Zone 26, 27 Institutes.

A veteran Rotarian, Shirley is a member of the Rotary Club of Fresno, CA in District 5230. She served as District Governor in 2012-13 and currently is the Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator for Zone 26. Shirley has broad experience and expertise in matters related to the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. She can advise clubs and districts in planning and implementing District Grants and Global Grants; raising funds for Foundation programs; and supporting the Endowment Fund. As a strong supporter of PolioPlus and prodigious fundraiser for the eradication of polio, Shirley can guide clubs and districts on fundraising efforts, promoting the PolioPlus Society, and see the value and opportunity to participate in National Immunization Days (NIDs. )In addition, Shirley has extensive professional experience managing a training and support center for the IT department of a county government with 8,500 employees. She also has served on GETS and GNTS faculties, been a facilitator and keynote speaker at several PETS, and represented the RI President at several district conferences. With this background as a trainer and public speaker, Shirley can help clubs and districts design programs to train and educate their members to be inspired, engaged, and committed Rotarians.

A 30 year Rotarian, Steve has served both his D5190 and the Rotary Foundation in many capacities. He served as D5190's District Governor in 2010-11, and then Chair of the DRFC during the successful transition years of the 'Future Vision' pilot program. Steve served as the Zone 27 Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator 2017-20 and as the Endowment/Major Gifts Advisor in 2022-25. Steve currently serves as one of nine members of TRF's global 'Fund Development Committee' from 2025-28. Steve has led several successful fundraising efforts, most recently, in 2021-22 when D5190 raised $2.3 million in a six-month Bequest Society campaign. Based upon his record of very productive fundraising efforts in D5190 and Zone 27, Steve can offer both guidance and advice on planning and implementing successful campaigns to raise funds for the Rotary Foundation. Steve is available to lead a TRF 'break-out' session at a D-Assembly or D-Conference or to develop a district specific TRF training program.

Stew is a member of the Rotary Club of Seaside, Oregon, in District 5100. He is a former industrial engineer and long-time business lawyer, retired in 2006. A 30 year Rotarian, Stew led a Group Study Exchange (GSE) team to Indonesia in 2005. He returned to Indonesia many times to help plan and implement water, sanitation, and hygiene (WS&H) projects in underserved communities. Stew also helped develop WS&H projects in 14 villages in Tanzania. Stew has been an active member of the WS&H Rotary Action Group (WASH-RAG) and served on the TRF Cadre of Technical Advisors for over a decade. He helped write guidelines for Global Grants in the WS&H Area of Focus. He also co-led the team interviewing over 100 Rotarians in many countries to establish Rotary’s WaSH strategies and Indicators in coming years. Stew can assist Districts with their Grant Management Seminars and other grant training, advise on performing Community Assessments for potential Global Grants, and offer guidance on strategic planning for TRF funded projects and scaling them in the future.

Susan has provided grant training and development in Mexico, Dominican Republic, Australia, Thailand, Africa and in many Rotary districts in the U. S. Susan has served her club and district in many areas including, grants chair, vocational training team leader, exchange student host and parent, and member of a Polio Immunization team in India. Other Rotary involvement includes serving as Assistant Governor, Vice Governor, District Visioning Facilitator, Lone Star PETS trainer, and ARRFC for Zone 26. Susan was honored with the District 5730 Outstanding Rotarian of the Year 2011-2012 and Rotary International’s Service Above Self Award in 2020. Susan’s professional background includes the establishment and development of a multi-faceted, destination based, agricultural business and a specialized textile manufacturing plant. She completed post graduate work in accounting and learned to look at alternatives and compromise, and to think outside the box.

Since 2005, Tom has held numerous District and Zone positions, including three terms as the District 5520 Rotary Foundation Committee Chair, District Endowment Chair, Zone 26 Assistant Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator, and Zone 26 Endowment/Major Gifts Adviser. Tom serviced four terms as the District 5520 Vice Governor where he frequently advised the Governor line on Rotary Foundation matters. Tom Attended the 2021 and2022 Global Regional Leadership training and numerous regional leader training events. Tom has received Rotary’s Service Above Self Award, the Rotary Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service, and the Rotary Club of Albuquerque’s Lifetime Service Award. Tom has been a presenter in Foundation giving topics at Zone Institutes, Presidents-Elect Training Seminars, and District Conferences. Tom spent 23 years as nuclear-trained submarine officer including commander of USS Casimir Pulaski. Tom is a 1971 graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy with a B. S. in Naval Architecture, and 1988 graduate of the Naval War College with a M. A. in National Security & Strategic Studies.

Wade is a charter member of the Rotary Club of Carpinteria Morning in District 5240, in the Santa Barbara, California area. He served as District Governor in 2011-12 and Chair of the District Rotary Foundation Committee in 2015-19. Wade has served in several capacities on the Cadre of Technical Advisors for Rotary Foundation grants, including three years as Technical Coordinator for WASH (Water and Sanitation, Hygiene); three years as the Regional Organizer for North America; and five years on the TRF Long Term Planning (Future Vision) Committee for Cadres. He currently is in a three-year term as Advisor for the seven Cadre Regional Organizers. Using his Spanish language ability, Wade has advised or evaluated over 200 Rotary projects around the world. He can assist clubs and districts in all phases of successfully planning and implementing Global Grants. In addition, he can offer guidance on how to use the Cadre most effectively. Wade is also certifed for WASH, CED, PCP, BEL, and ES