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Robert Wynne is the president of Wynne Communications.  He has provided public relations strategy and counsel to MIT, Cornell, Menlo College, Skema Business School, Johns Hopkins and others.  He started Wynne Communications after serving as Director of Communications for USC's Marshall School of Business.  He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and earned a master's degree in communications from the University of Texas at Austin.  Robert was also a contributor to Forbes from 2010-2018; he previously reported for Newsweek and the Los Angeles Times.

Please welcome Andrea Barohona, Community Engagement Coordinator for Rainbow Services, Ltd.

Rainbow Services’ (Rainbow) seeks to end the cycle of abuse and violence in families. We provide a comprehensive range of services and/or shelter to support survivors of domestic violence (DV) and their children as they transition from crisis to stability and safety. Rainbow serves the Harbor and South Bay areas of Los Angeles County. Survivors of DV in Los Angeles County face several barriers to safety, including poverty, limited availability of resources, and an inadequate supply of affordable housing. Through shelter and community-based case management, counseling, support groups, legal services, and services for children, Rainbow helps more than 400 families every year to find safe housing, build healthy relationships, and end the cycle of abuse. Rainbow also offers education for organizations, business, and the community at large to increase awareness of domestic violence and prevent abuse and violence in families.

Dr. Christopher Lowe is a professor in marine biology and director of the Shark Lab at California State University Long Beach (CSULB), where he and his students work with acoustic and satellite telemetry techniques to study movement, behavior, and physiology of sharks, rays, and gamefishes. Lowe speaks on sharks that inhabit the Santa Monica Bay, and off the coast of California.

Join your fellow Rotarians for Wednesday Night Live with Catalina View Winery and Tasting.

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Red Cross Blood Drive
Hesse Community Park

McTaggert Hall
29301 Hawthorne Blvd.
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA  90275

Blood supplies are critically low in this time of pandemic.  Please consider donating now to help your neighbors and community.

Please make appointments in advance through the Red Cross Blood Donation app on your smartphone to streamline donations on the 22nd.

Captain J. Kipling (Kip) Louttit was appointed as the Executive Director of the Marine Exchange of Southern California in January 2013. A graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy, he served in the United States Coast Guard (USCG) for 30 years prior to retiring with the rank of Captain. Captain Louttit’s experience includes 10 years at sea in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the Bering, Mediterranean, and Caribbean Seas. He had six years in command of three different Coast Guard cutters and two years as commanding officer of USCG Integrated Support Command in San Pedro. Following retirement from the Coast Guard, Captain Louttit worked for two consulting firms on Coast Guard and Pentagon work. 

Captain Louttit leads a staff of 20 civilians and a Coast Guard detail of six active duty Operations Specialists with an annual budget of $3.2 million. The Marine Exchange of Southern California, a non-profit organization first established in 1923, is unique among the nation’s Vessel Traffic Services in having a public/private partnership with the Coast Guard. It has evolved into one of the world’s foremost organizations of its kind and uses state-of-the-market electronic and computer technology to provide vessel traffic management and maritime information services for the maritime community within the Los Angeles and Long Beach harbor areas and the Southern California region. The Marine Exchange continuously works to promote a safe, secure, efficient, reliable, and environmentally sound maritime transportation system. 
 

Captain Louttit was a Sloan Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and holds master’s degrees from MIT and Golden Gate University. He is an avid and active sailor with extensive experience in offshore races. He has been a speaker at the U.S. Sailing Safety at Sea Seminar in Annapolis since 2008 and actively crews in racing and cruising sailboats offshore as navigator and bowman. He and his family live in Rancho Palos Verdes where he serves in the Coast Guard Auxiliary, mentor of a FIRST FRC High School Robot Team, and as an Assistant Scoutmaster for the Boy Scouts of America, where he enjoys leading Scouts on outdoor and volunteer community service activities.

Ted Atkatz is the founder of and frontman for the Los Angeles-based alternative rock group NYCO.^[1] He is a former principal percussionist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO).

Atkatz left the CSO in 2006 to devote himself full-time to NYCO. The band released its debut album, Two, in 2005. NYCO released its second album, Realize, in June 2008, and its third album, Future Imperfect, in October 2012.

Atkatz grew up in Queens, New York, where he began studying percussion at an early age. He studied at the preparatory division of the Manhattan School of Music and graduated from Benjamin N. Cardozo High School before moving on to Boston University, where he received a bachelor's degree in percussion performance and music education. He later studied at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and received a professional studies degree in percussion performance from Temple University. Ted is now the Director of Percussion Studies at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University at Long Beach. He also is on faculty at Lynn Conservatory of Music in Boca Raton, Florida, The Colburn School in Los Angeles, California and, the Music Academy of the West, in Santa Barbara, California.