General Session Speakers

Opening  Session: Friday – PDG Bret McKeand, SW PETS Chair 2025
Time: Friday 2/21/2025 – 9:00 am – 10:00 am

Keynote Speaker: SW PETS Emcee, Jordan Harrison

Jordan Harrison is a professional speaker, organizational change consultant, and international youth development specialist born in Chicago, IL.

He earned his BS from San Diego State and his master’s in education from Harvard University and is finishing his Ph.D. at UC San Diego. He lives a mission-driven life focused on building a better world with the constant reminder of our collective shared humanity.

His work has allowed him to mentor over 5,000 students and serve as a keynote speaker to engage 250,000 people in boardrooms, classrooms, prisons, Heads of state and conferences on anti-racism, equity, inclusion, and how to build people and institutions to thrive across differences.

He served in the City Heights, San Diego community for 8 years as Vice President of Community Impact and Partnerships at Reality Changers, working with over 5,000 8th-12th grade first-generation, low-income college-bound students who now attend universities around the world. Currently, he is the Global Lead for the Research Business function for Inclusion at Vertex Pharmaceutical, where he designs environments and opportunities where everyone can thrive.

Jordan has been a dedicated Rotary member since 2018 with the San Diego Rotary and has spoken at multiple PETS, district conferences, and clubs worldwide, often serving as an emcee for Rotary conferences.

General Session 2: Friday Dinner – DGE Craig Livingston, D5320 and DGE Luis Carranza, D5340
Time: Friday 2/21/2025 – 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Keynote Speaker: 2025-2027 Zones 26-27 RI Director Wyn Spillar

Wyn Spiller is a proud member of the Rotary Club of Grass Valley CA. Since joiningin 1994,she has served in a variety of club, district,zone and RI roles including District 5190 Governor 2008-09. She is the immediate past Zone 27 Endowment/Major Gifts Adviser, past Zone 27 Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinatorandpast District Rotary Foundation Committee Chair.Shealso serves on the D5190 Community Fund Boardand chairs the District’s Visioning Committee.

Wyn was honored to serve as the Rotary International 2022 Council on Legislation Trainer, the first Council to be presented both in-person and virtually. With along-standing interest in education and leadership development, she has served as an International Assembly learning facilitator, facilitator for Regional LeadersGlobalInstitutes, and faculty for President-Elect Training (PETS) for a number of years. She assisted in bringingboth Visioning and Rotary Leadership Instituteto D5190and has served at the District and regional levels of each. She is a long-time supporter and past chair of Rotary Youth Exchange.

Wyn and her husband Steve share a deep commitment to our Rotary Foundation and its humanitarian work, with a special interest in theRotary Peace Centers, peace-building programsand polio eradication. They are fortunate to have had theopportunityto experience a National Immunization tripto India and humanitarian projects in Uganda and Mexico, each one life changing. They are Major Donors as well as members of Triple Crown, Paul Harris, PolioPlus and Bequest Societies. Wyn is the proud recipient of The Rotary Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service.

Wyn retired as Chairman/CEO of Nevada City Winery in 2014. During her tenure, the winery renovated and expanded their historic building in downtown Nevada City, receiving the Best New Construction Award for building expansion in the historic downtown. She is a past chair of Sierra Nevada Memorial hospital Foundation, Nevada County Economic Resource Council, Miners Foundry Cultural Preservation Trust and currently serves as Treasurer of the North Star Historic Conservancy.She and Steve make their home in the small Gold Rush town of Nevada City CA. They have three grown children,two grandchildrenand two Rotary Youth Exchange grown children and grandchildren.

Wyn is very honoredto follow in RI Director Dan Himelspach’s footsteps, servingas RI Director 2025-2027representing the 30 districts here in the Big West.

General Session 3: Saturday Breakfast – DGE Lucy Smith, D5390 and DGE Suzanne Leonelli, D5420
Time: Saturday 2/22/2025 – 7:00 am – 8:30 am

Keynote Speaker: Roger Crawford

How does someone become a NCAA Division One Hall of Fame Athlete, despite the apparent disadvantage of four impaired limbs? The answer has inspired over three thousand audiences worldwide.

Sports Illustrated has recognized Roger Crawford as… “One of the most accomplished physically challenged athletes in the world!” Roger discovered not only how to compete, but how to win against able-bodied athletes! In recognition of his extraordinary athletic achievements, Roger is the recipient of the prestigious ITA Achievement Award, presented by the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Roger’s success achieved on Center Court led him to a career at Center Stage, as one of the most sought-after speakers in the world and has been inducted into the International Speakers Hall of Fame.

You may have seen Roger Crawford interviewed on Good Morning America, CNBC, Monday Night Football, The Today Show, and many other prominent television programs.

Roger Crawford is also a Best-Selling author whose books have been translated into 17 languages.

General Session 4: Saturday Lunch – DGE James Schmidt,  D5495 and DGE Brue Monro, D5500
Time: Saturday 2/22/2025 – 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Keynote Speaker: Larry Lunsford, Rotary Foundation Trustee

Born and raised in Macon, Missouri, Larry Lunsford serves as a Trustee of The Rotary Foundation for a four-year term 2021-2025.  After serving as Vice-Chair for the 2022-23 Rotary year, as Executive Committee Chair for the 2023-24 Rotary year, the Trustees elected Larry to serve as Vice Chair for this 2024-25 Rotary year.

A certified public accountant, Larry is EVP/CFO of Bernstein-Rein Advertising, Inc. in Kansas City, Missouri.  Larry and Jill, his wife of 39 years, have two grown children, Trent and Cara, and one grandchild.  He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri where he was very active in academic, athletic, and organizational leadership pursuits.

Larry’s passion for Rotary and his invitation into the family of Rotary began during his college years when he was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Macon, Missouri and selected as a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar to Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia in 1982.

Larry joined the Rotary Club of Kansas City-Plaza, Missouri in 1991.  He served as his club’s President in 1997-98, served as District Governor of District 6040 (Missouri) in 2001-02, and served as Rotary International Director in 2013-15.

As District Governor, Larry helped lead the “Missouri Rotarians for New York” statewide service project that raised over $100,000 in 2001 for those affected by the events of 9/11.

For the past 23 years, Larry has served as the Shoes Cheerleader for his District resulting in efforts which have collected nearly 440,000 pairs of new shoes through the Shoes for Orphan Souls project in partnership with Buckner International.  The Shoes project has taken him to Russia, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic to deliver new shoes to orphan children in those countries.

Larry served as Chair for his District’s Rotary Foundation Centennial Legacy Dinner in 2017 which raised $3.3 million for our Foundation in outright gifts and commitments.

Larry and Jill served as Aides to RI President Mark Daniel Maloney, and his wife Gay, for the 2019-2020 Rotary year.

In the 2020-2021 Rotary year, Larry served as Chair on the Rotary Peace Centers Committee of the Rotary Foundation, helping in the selection of the 20th class of Rotary Peace Fellows.

He is a past member and Chair of the RI Membership Committee.  He served four years from 2018-2022 as a member of the Shaping Rotary’s Future Committee for Rotary International.

As a Trustee of the Rotary Foundation, Larry serves as Chair of the TRF Finance Committee, and Vice Chair of the Investments Committee.

Larry enjoys blue and yellow M&Ms, all sports, travel, and collecting sports memorabilia, and waits patiently for the Kansas City Chiefs to win the Super Bowl once again.

General Session 5:  Saturday Dinner – DGE Gilda Moshir, D5300 & DGE Myron Mclean , D5330
Time: Saturday 02/22/2025 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Keynote Speaker: RIPE Mario Cesar Martins de Camargo

Mario Cesar Martins de Camargo is business consultant to the printing industry and former director of Gráfica Bandeirantes, a printing company founded by his father. Under his leadership, he expanded the company to be a supplier of printed material for clients in Brazil and South America including Visa, Ford, Volkswagen, and Microsoft.

De Camargo attended military school and graduated from a high school in St. Paul,

Minnesota, during a youth exchange program. He did a yearlong internship at MAN Roland, a printing press manufacturer in Offenbach, Germany, before earning his undergraduate degree at the Fundação Getulio Vargas School of Business Administration in São Paulo. He also received his law degree from the School of Law of São Bernardo do Campo.

He has led numerous professional associations, including as president of the Brazilian Association of Printing Technology (ABTG) and the Brazilian Printing Industry Association (ABIGRAF). He was also delegate director of the Federation of Industry of the State of São Paulo (FIESP) in the National Confederation of Industry (CNI), vice president of FIESP, and vice president of the Latin American Confederation of the Printing Industry (Conlatingraf). He received the Printing Leader of the Americas award from the Printing Association of Florida and the Global Presidential Print Award from NPES, The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies.

De Camargo joined Rotary in 1980 at the age of 23. A past director and trustee, De Camargo will be the fourth Brazilian to serve as president of RI. He has also volunteered for numerous international roles including as RI learning facilitator, Zone Coordinator for the Avoidable Blindness Taskforce, Latin American Coordinator for the Health Problems Taskforce, RI president’s representative, and delegate to the Council on legislation. He has also served on committees including the RI Membership Development Committee, The Rotary Foundation Programs Finance Committee, and the International PolioPlus Committee.

De Camargo says Rotary global reach never ceases to impress him. “With Service Above Self, Rotary has created a unique global identity that is unlike any other I know,” says Camargo. “I think we all need to remember that we belong to an organization that opens up the world to us.”

During COVID lockdown in 2020, De Camargo took on two projects: studying for (and passing) the bar exam—38 years after attending law school — and learning Italian. He also enjoys reading history and biography books and appreciating good wine.

De Camargo is a recipient of The Rotary Foundation’s Distinguished Service Award. He and his wife, Denise, are Level 3 Major Donors and Benefactors of The Rotary Foundation.

General Session 6:  Sunday Brunch – DGE Mike Durta, D5240 and DGE Alex Parajon, D5280
Time: Saturday, 02/23/2025 10:00 am -11:30 am

Keynote Speaker PRID Brad Howard

Brad is a Past District Governor of District 5170 (Silicon Valley) and was a member of the Board of Directors of Rotary International for 2015-2017.  In 2016-2017, he served as the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board and he has served on, and chaired, several Rotary Committees.  In 2022-2023 he served as Aide to Jennifer Jones, Rotary’s First Female President.

The eradication of polio has been a significant part of Brad’s Rotary experience. He served 10 years as a Zone End Polio Now Coordinator, and has led thirty-six groups of Rotarians, comprised of over 1,700 people, to participate in polio national immunization days in sub-Saharan West Africa and India. 

Brad is a recipient of Rotary’s Service Above Self Award, The Rotary Foundation’s Distinguished Service Award, and the International Service Award for a Polio Free World, a recognition provided to no more than 10 people each year.

He is President of Howard Tours and Managing Director of Howard Properties. Brad has dedicated much of his time to the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, as a Chair of the Alumni Association, the Fund Development Council, and as a trustee of the Berkeley Foundation.