District Conference – What a weekend!
Celebration and Inspiration!
Two words to describe this year's district conference - and that it was!!
We all heard speakers like Brad Howard, Rotary International Director from California; Dr. Mark Nook, President of University of Northern Iowa; Taylor Burgart, telling us how RYLA changed his life. 12 Inbound and Outbound Exchange Students shared their experiences and hopes. Many attended a great performance of the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony at the beautiful Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, preceded by a Rotary Foundation 100th Birthday celebration!
A number of visitors from other Districts expanded our minds toward more possibilities. "Rollin' with Rotary 2017" kicked-off at our Conference. Live-stream video with another District Conference launched our weekend.
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Bradford R. Howard (Brad)
Brad, a charter member of the Rotary Club of Oakland Uptown and Past District Governor of District 5170 (California’s Silicon Valley) is a member of Rotary International’s Board of Directors for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 Rotary years., where he currently serves as the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the board.
The eradication of polio has been an area where Brad has spent much of his Rotary energy. He served 10 years as the Zone 26 End Polio Now Coordinator, and has led 26 groups of Rotarians, comprised of over 1,200 people, to participate in polio national immunization days in West Africa and India.
He has extensive Rotary leadership training experience, including being a long time trainer at Presidents-elect Training Seminars and Governors Elect Training Seminars (GETS) and five years at the International Assembly, where the incoming class of 535 governors from around the world receive their training.
Brad is currently president of Howard Tours and managing director of Howard Properties. His prior careers have included working as a Brand Manager at the Clorox Company, and in performing art productions. He is past president of the Haas School of Business Alumni Association (University of California, Berkeley), past board member and committee chair of the Cal Alumni Association, and past trustee of the University of California, Berkeley Foundation.
Brad is a recipient of Rotary’s Service Above Self Award, and The Rotary Foundation’s Distinguished Service Award and International Service Award for a Polio Free World, a recognition provided to no more than 10 people each year.