What We Do
Supporting Oakland Rotary with the Comittees:
Business Development, Leaders in Motion, New Member Orientation, Membership, New Member Events, Red Badge to Blue Badge, Hospitality, and Member Outreach
Committee Contacts
Committee Blog
The Rotary Club of Oakland is not all about community service, but also about helping small local businesses excel in this challenging time. Small businesses are facing evictions and many are closing their doors, the Oakland Rotary is here to help. Having said that, we are here to provide resources for businesses to acquire capital to continue with their business. This event is to raise awareness about the PPP Loan that was approved by our government. We have a couple of community banks that are willing to help. Please tune in to see how you and your business can qualify.
Development - Subcommittees
Leaders in Motion
Organizes opportunities to introduce young leaders to Oakland Rotary and provide professional and vocational development seminars.
Committee Co- Chairs:
Riza Hernandez rizakh28@gmail.com
Jesse McKeithen jmckeithen@donahue.com
At the Call of the Chair
Membership
Recruits leaders in the Oakland business, professional, and nonprofit community to become Club members. Organizes fall membership development mixer.
Committee Co-Chairs:
David Gerber david@novus.global;
Jillian Loh Kearns JillianLoh@Lohrealty.com
Meeting Time and Place:
Conference call every other Tuesday at 9:00 am. Occasional in person meetings at hte call of the Chair
New Member Orientation
Provides information and orientation to new members. Schedules and assists with self-introductions. Plans one or two membership receptions each year.
Committee Chair:
Kristine Watson kewatson2019@gmail.com
Meeting Time and Place:
At the Call of the Chair
New Member Events
Organizes and implements quarterlynew member dinners to learn more about Rotary.
Committee Co-Chairs:
Marti Burchell oahumartib@msn.com
Kathleen Marty kmarty@svdh.com
Meeting Time and Place:
At call of the Co-Chairs
Business Development
Provides a forum for members to network and find out about each other's businesses and organizations. Organizes periodic networking events and Rotarian business showcases.
Committee Chair:
Danny Mai: dmai@novateckit.com
Meeting Time and Place:
At the call of the Chair
Red Badge to Blue Badge Commitee
Works with new members and identifies those who have fulfilled the requirements to earn their blue badge
Committee Chair:
Lewis Griggs lewis@griggs.com
Meeting Time and Place:
At the call of the Chair
Hospitality
Recruits both new and longer-term members to help with Thursday lunch meetings
Committee Chair:
OPEN
Meeting Time and Place:
At the call of the Chair
Member Outreach
Identifies membesr whose attendance has lapsed and reaches out to determine why and to see if other Rotarians can help in any way
Committee Chair:
Lorna Padia-Markus lorna@mowat.com
Meeting Time and Place:
At the call of the Chair