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JUNE 2008
The Chapman Stick by Michael Kollwitz
Michael Kollwitz has been playing The Chapman Stick® * since 1976 and was one of inventor Emmett Chapman’s first music students. He studied with Chapman for 10 years and is considered one of the world’s top Chapman ‘Stickists’. Michael began playing the revolutionary stringed instrument after witnessing a live performance given by Chapman in Southern California. After years of practice and study, in the early 80’s he began his own performance career. Since that time, he has performed extensively throughout the Southwestern US and has given well over a thousand performances at virtually every type of venue. He has been an opening act for The Beach Boys, offered full-time work at Disneyland and has an extensive client list that includes everything from Fortune 500 companies to civic organizations. He has performed at festivals, fairs, upscale resorts, fine dining establishments, weddings and many other venues. Visit his website at http://www.MichaelKollwitz.com. Watch one of his performances at the club meeting:
"New Concepts in Fitness Training”
Presented by Suzie Cooney, CPT
Marine Aquarium Fish Trade
The Effects on our Islands' Reefs presented by Rene Umberger
MAY 2008
MAUI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE presented by Pamela Tumpap
ALONG THE TEMPLAR TRAIL Seven Million Steps for Peace presented by BRANDON WILSON
APRIL 2008
PROJECT KA’EO
The Challenge to Preserve Cultural Landscapes in Modern Makena A land famous with the Chiefs from the distant past presented by Lucienne de Naie
"The Honokahua Burials" fronting the Ritz Carlton Hotel by Kahu Charles Kauluwehi Maxwell Sr. Hawaiian Priest, Cultural Practioner and Storyteller
LIVING A LAVENDER LIFESTYLE presented by Lani Medina Weigert, Co-Owner Ali'i Kula Lavender Farms
She is the President of Hawai`i AgriTourism Association, and Membership Chair for Maui Economic Development, Chair for Made in Maui Brand for Maui Chamber of Commerce, Charter Member of Hawaii State Ag Dept’s Seal of Quality Program, Board Member for Agricultural Leadership Foundation of Hawaii, Board Member for Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association, and Board Member for Kamehameha Schools Maui Region Alumni Association.
Workforce Development Division with the State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations presented by Susie Eng and Joan Tsuji
MARCH 2008
Maui Pineapple Company Heritage and Future presented by Gerard J. Watts and Teri Frietas Gorman
Health Care Crisis on Maui presented by Anne E. Biedel, MD
Dr. Biedel is the current Medical Director at the Maui Medical Group-Lahaina Clinic. She received her MD from the University of Washington in 1984 and received her board certification in 1987. She has been with Maui Medical Group since 2003, having run her own practice in Port Townsend, Washington prior to that. Dr. Biedel was the Chief of Medical Staff at Jefferson General Hospital before entering private practice. She is very active in the medical industry and is the current President of the Maui County Medical Society.
The Difference of 1° A Little extra effort makes a difference in life, and in diamonds presented by
Orley Solomon Senior Vice President of Ben Bridge Jeweler
Orley Solomon is the Senior Vice President of Ben Bridge Jeweler, a family-operated company of 78 retail locations, nationally known and respected after being in business for 95 years.
Ben Bridge is a multi-million dollar firm which includes over 900 associates in 12 states including, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Alaska, Hawaii, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas and Minnesota. Solomon directs personnel development and training for the company.
He is a nationally recognized authority on training and employee motivation. He frequently speaks to all manner of associations on sales, customer relations, and management, including American Gem Society conclaves in Boston, Anchorage, Honolulu, Phoenix, San Francisco, San Diego, Toronto, New Orleans and Seattle; as well as to Kiwanis, Rotary and Chamber of Commerce groups throughout the western United States. Orley has been with Ben Bridge for over 47 years and has been an instrumental part of the firm’s phenomenal growth.
Orley has developed and authored numerous training programs, including: Living the Good Life, Leadership Training, Creative Selling, Selling with Style and Power, Selling Made Simple, 4 C’s of Selling, Creating the Sale and the Art of Closing the Sale. Solomon has served a variety of civic and charitable organizations including positions as: past president, Northwest Chapter of the American Gem Society; pas president, Southcenter Rotary Club; past president, Southcenter Merchants Association; and a three-year term on the National Board of Directors, American Gem Society. In 1998, he received the American Gem Society’s Shipley Award, which is given annually to only one person who has impacted the jewelry industry.
Orley is married to Arlene, his wife of over 58 years, and has two grown children and 3 grandchildren. Both Orley and Arlene were born and raised in the Pacific Northwest and have a great zest for the Northwest active lifestyle. He’s warmly remembered for his mastery of magic performed during his training seminars and speaking engagements. He exudes love of the jewelry business, and a deep passion for helping people grow within the company.
MAUI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD presented by Leslie Wilkins
Leslie Wilkins was hired in 1999 to launch and direct MEDB’s Women in Technology Project. She was elected in 2000 as MEDB’s Vice President. Women in Tech (WIT) is a national pilot and demonstration project aimed at increasing the number of girls/women, Native Hawaiians and other under-represented groups in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education and career pathways.
Leslie is a seasoned advocate for advancing economic opportunities for women. She served as the Chair of the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women from 1996-2003, and has served in national leadership for Business & Professional Women/USA for more than a decade, including the office of national president in 2001-02 and Chair of the National Business & Professional Women’s Foundation, one of the largest sources of scholarship giving for women over the age of 25, returning to college.
Most recently, Leslie served as chair of BPW’s Political Action Committee, deploying more than $100,000 to pro-women federal candidates in the 2004 and 2006 election cycles.
HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION presented by Jocelyn Romero Demirbag
Jocelyn is a Maui girl and is a graduate of Maui High School. She received her Bachelors Degree in Sociology from Loyola Marymount and a Masters Degree from the University of California, Berkely.
Jocelyn's presentation today is called "Connecting People Who Care With Causes That Matter" and is an introduction to the Hawaii Community Foundation.
FEBRUARY 2008
"The Economics of Sustainability" presented by Jonathan Starr
Jonathan Starr is a member of the Maui County Planning Commission, and a former member of the Maui County Board of Water Supply. He is a proponent of efficient, green development and has been an active user and installer of Solar and Wind Power Systems on Maui for over 30 years.
He built and retired from a successful career designing and building large scale lighting displays and major league scoreboards throughout the USA, and was a pioneer in the field of giant screen video installation. He is a musician and operates a recording studio in Wailuku.
NURSEFINDERS presented by Doug Harr The professional choice for health care professionals and employers
They staff a full range of health care jobs: nursing jobs, travel nursing jobs, home health care positions, therapy, technicians, physicians, allied health and more.
Nurse staffing – Provides RNs, LPN/LVNs, nurse’s aides and more for per diem, contract and travel assignments, as well as permanent placement. Health care professionals choose the environment, schedule and pay that fit their needs.
Home health care – Nurses, home health aides, companions, therapists and more provide one-on-one care in the privacy and comfort of a patient's home.
Travel nurses – Travel assignments are the ideal solution for markets in which certain skills are not readily available and offer challenging and rewarding work for nurses, therapists and technicians.
Allied health staffing – We have one of the nation’s largest specialized staffing practices focused on per diem and travel assignments for radiology/imaging professionals, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech language pathologists, lab technicians, pharmacists and more.
Jill Engledow
JANUARY 2008 Tourette Syndrome presented by Zachary Pezzillo
Zachary has recently become a Youth Ambassador for the National Tourette Syndrome Association. His job is to educate his peers and others in the community in order to promote further understanding and tolerance of this disorder.
Charlotte George Smith "The Best Revenge"
Smith earned two degrees in biological sciences at the University of Illinois, then was hired by NASA in Houston to specialize in aerospace biomedicine. But NASA forced her into secretarial work, and a decade later tried to fire her in a cutback. She blocked the attempt and filed suit, charging discrimination on the basis of gender and disability. The judge agreed, and awarded promotion and back pay. NASA's appeal was unsuccessful.
"I worked at NASA for 26 years," she says. "For the middle six years I was in litigation against my employer."
She flew around the world in 30 days with her club of licensed women pilots, ending by attending an aerospace medicine conference at London's Royal College of Surgeons.
Smith invested in real estate, first buying a home, then some rental property. The home "had it all," she says. "Swimming pool, cabana, and sauna."
A quirk in civil service rules made her eligible for early retirement before she turned fifty. She took the offer, sold her beautiful home, pulled up stakes, and moved herself and her two cats to Maui.
DECEMBER 2007 ORPHAN ACT Steve Moksnes
OrphanAct, helping orphaned children in Siberia through Rotary clubs
Did you know there are 35 Rotary clubs in Eastern Russia alone? They represent an excellent way to get humanitarian aid to the orphans of Russia. Hear about how OrphanAct, with its website www.orphanact.org, is making life better for the orphans of Siberia in this updated PowerPoint presentation. OrphanAct has made important steps forward in the last year and this is your chance to hear about this exciting international Rotary project in person.
The presenter, Steve Moksnes is a member of the Rotary Club of Kihei-Wailea.
Steve Moksnes - Steve is one of the founders of OrphanAct, and a long-time Rotarian. He owned a successful manufacturing business in Wisconsin before moving with his wife, Billie, to Maui. Steve is now a resident of Hawaii and has traveled to Siberia three times to speak at Russian Rotary Conferences and visit many children's facilities.
Entertainment Marketing Blaise J. Noto
BLAISE J. NOTO is President of Blaise Noto & Associates an entertainment marketing and communications company on Maui. During his 30 year career, he served as Executive Vice President of Publicity & Promotion for Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures, and held key marketing positions at other Hollywood studios including Warner Bros., United Artists and for producer Dino DeLaurentiis.
He is a four-time recipient of the Publicist Guild of America's Outstanding Achievement in a Motion Picture Publicity Campaign for "Titanic," "Braveheart," "Forrest Gump" and "Spider-Man." He recently worked on the productions of Marc Forster's "The Kite Runner" (in western China), Mel Gibson's "Apocalypto" (in the jungles of Mexico), and is Associate Producers of "Heart of a Dragon," which shot in Beijing and on the Great Wall of China and which his company will premiere in Beijing in October 2008. He also will be teaching this summer on Entertaining Marketing at the Beijing Film Academy. He also worked in national publicity on the
In Hawaii, his clients include Hawaii Film Partners and the Discovery Kids' TV series "Flight 29 Down," the Hawaii International Film Festival, the Hawaii produced documentary films "Bhutan - Taking the Middle Path to Happiness" and "Taylor Camp," the glass studio Da Factory in Haiku among others.
Website: http://www.blaisenotoassociates.com
NOVEMBER 2007
Regulated Industries Complaints Office Cielo L. Molina
Raised in Wailuku, Maui, Cielo now lives in Makawao with her husband, Mike and three children: Ian, 24, who is in the US Navy stationed in San Diego, CA; Aimee, 20, attends San Mateo College in San Mateo, CA and Kelcie, 11, who is in the sixth grade at Kamehameha Schools Maui.
Although Cielo started her college education in San Diego, CA, she is a graduate of the University of Hawaii majoring in Business Administration with an emphasis in Economics. Cielo was a past recipient of the Small Business Administration's Minority Small Business Advocate of the Year award in 2003 and is a certified instructor for the MCC VITEC on Workplace Communication Skills Program. She has been active in the Maui Community through active participation on the boards of various community organizations.
RYLA MAUI Larry & Joanne Laird Camp Directors
Joanne and Larry Laird, Rotary Club members from Kihei Sunrise are the Co-Directors of the Rotary-sponsored Camp RYLA program.
This 3-day leadership training camp will be held Feb 8-10, 2008 at Camp Maluhia. The camp is open to interested sophomore and junior students in Maui County and is offered FREE OF CHARGE to participants.
Joanne and Larry will show the promotional video from the 2007 camp, will tell about this year's program and will explain the need for Rotary club members to become involved with numerous "volunteer opportunities". Over 100 Rotarians are needed in a variety of jobs to ensure a quality educational experience for these future leaders.
LARRY LAIRD was an educator for 34 years. He was State President of California Association of Directors of Activities in 1980-81. He was the Area G Coordinator and served on the CADA State Board as Spirit Program Coordinator from 1987 until 1992. He was chair of the CADA State Convention held in San Diego in 1980. He was a junior high teacher and Activity Director for 17 years, a high school Assistant Principal of Activities for 7 years and he completed his career in education as a Middle School Principal and Director of Human Resources for San Jose Unified School District in San Jose, California. He was the 1985 recipient of the Jack Moore Award - CADA's highest recognition for leadership in student activities. He was the Adult Chair for the NASC 2000 national leadership conference, which was held in Cupertino at Monta Vista High School in June of 2000. Throughout his career as an educaor and since retirement he has been a workshop presenter and a co-author of numerous articles for a national magazine "Leadership for Student Activities".
JOANNE LAIRD was an educator for 32 years. She was State President of California Association of Directors of Activities in 1990-91; she was chair of the CADA State Convention held in Reno in 1990. She was the Area B Coordinator and she served on the state board for 8 years. She was a junior high teacher and activities director for 16 years. She ended her career in education by being the Assistant Principal at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino for 15 years, her major area of responsibility being student activities and athletics. She was the co-founder of the Link Crew Program with Phil Boyte. The Link Crew is now a national program in over 1500 schools in Canada and the US that is being marketed by the Boomerang Project. She was the 1993 recipient of the CADA Jack Moore Award and was the regional winner of the Warren Shull Activity Director of the Year award sponsored by NASC. She was named the Assistant Principal of the Year for California by McDonald's and NASSP in 1998. She was the Co-Chair of the NASC 2000 national leadership conference, which was held at Monta Vista High School in June of 2000. She, too, has been a workshop presenter and has co-authored the many articles with Larry for "Leadership for Student Activities Magazine".
OCTOBER 2007 College for Kids Joanne Doell
Joanne earned bachelors and masters degrees from San Jose State University and has over 30 years experience working with students from kindergarten through 12th grade. She has taught Computer Technology, History, Art, Language Arts and other core subjects and is a VITEC multi-disciplinary trainer as well. A & B Properties Grant Y. M. Chun
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The Chapman Stick® is easily the most radical innovation in stringed instruments since the invention of the electric guitar. The Stick is played with both hands; simultaneously playing BOTH bass and melody parts independently- by tapping and holding strings to frets (rather than by pluck or strum) The essence of guitar, bass, keyboards and drums- all into one instrument! For a talented player, these capabilities allow The Stick to sound like 2 or 3 musicians at once.
Suzie Cooney, of Sacramento, Calif., got her start in sports watching her father race motorcycles. At the age of 13, she was ready to push limits by motocross racing, where sponsors recognized her talent.
Pamela Tumpap joined the Maui Chamber of Commerce as its President in April 2006. The Maui Chamber of Commerce is a membership organization, made up of over 900 businesses in Maui, whose mission it is to advance and promote a healthy economic environment for business and to advocate responsive government and quality education, while preserving Maui's unique community characteristics. Prior to joining the Chamber, Pamela was the President/Chief Professional Officer for Maui United Way for four years. 
Brandon Wilson is a world adventurer and 
Lucienne de Naie first began spending time on Maui in 1972 and has lived in rural East Maui for the past 23 years. She is a frequent spokesperson for Maui Tomorrow, a group advocating responsible land use planning for Maui County. Lucienne has served as Conservation Chair of the Maui Group of the Sierra Club (1996-99), and is currently the Chair of the Sierra Club State Chapter.
Do you ever feel like you're busy life is controlling you? Would you like to relax and experience more joy?, Lani will share the secrets of doing just that, compliments of a little herb, called Lavender. Isn't it time you achieved more balance and harmony in your life?
Lani is the Co-owner, and Marketing, Public Relations Director for, 
ML&P owns approximately 28,600 acres on the 
Gerald Watts has served as Vice President and General Manager of Maui Pineapple Company, Ltd., the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary for the Agriculture Segment since March 2007. Mr. Watts served as Vice President of Operations for Coastal Berry, Inc., a strawberry growing and marketing operation in California. He is the former Vice President North American Operations for Calavo Growers Inc. and Vice President and General Manager for Calavo de Mexico, Inc., whose business is principally the procurement and marketing of avocados and other perishable commodities worldwide. 
Healthcare crisis on Maui as it pertains to doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other providers who are in short supply
Maui Economic Development Board is celebrating its 25th anniversary as a community-based, non-profit organization dedicated to diversifying Maui County’s economy, targeting the technology sector. In the mid 1990’s after evaluating the growth in Maui’s technology sector, MEDB realized the jobs it had worked successfully to create were not being filled by a resident trained workforce. Since that time, MEDB’s priority focus has been to build a pipeline of Maui residents prepared to fill emerging technology jobs. 
Jocelyn Romero Demirbag is the Philanthropic Services Officer for the 
Nursefinders is the professional choice for health care professionals and staffing clients looking for a quality experience. 
Zachary Pezzillo is 14 years old and a freshman honor student at Seabury Hall. He also has Tourette Syndrome. Tourette Syndrome is a highly misunderstood and misdiagnosed neurological disorder affecting thousands of children and adults all over the world.
Charlotte George Smith almost died twice. She survived polio at age ten; five years later she survived surgical malpractice. She hasn't walked in over half a century. But Smith became the first paraplegic woman to earn a pilot's license. She also learned to swim after she had polio. She learned to ride horseback long before it was considered possible for wheelchair users, and learned to drive while in college. 
Cielo Molina is a state investigator with the Department of Commerce & Consumer Affairs Regulated Industries Complaints Office. She investigates complaints from over forty five professions & occupations regulated by the DCCA. Prior to her current position, she led the Department of Taxation's Maui Collection Branch for thirteen years and spearheaded its 5-year migration into its new computer system. While heading the Collection Division, Cielo was a member of the Team T.E.A.C.H., the outreach education sector of the tax department.
Joanne Doell is the Coordinator of College for Kids at VITEC and its ad hoc principal. VITEC is the acronym for Visitor Industry Training & Economic Development Center whose purpose is to provide skill upgrading for Maui County's workforce. VITEC provides high quality, leading edge training and economic development services to residents, businesses, and organizations. The College for Kids program is a non-credit program during school breaks aimed at participants in the 6th to 8th grade to create awareness of the opportunities available at Maui Community College. Past curriculum has included keyboarding, ukulele, art and a film class. Field trips around the MCC campus have included visits to the Maui Culinary Academy, the media center's TV studio and the art studio. Information on the types of degrees available at a community college and university was also presented to the course participants.