Program - May 22: Mariyana Spyropoulos, Commissioner Water Reclamation District

Luncheon Program: Mariyana Spyropoulos, Commissioner, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District - 5/22/2012

The District will protect the health and safety of the public in its service area, protect the quality of the water supply source (Lake Michigan), improve the quality of water in watercourses in its service area, protect businesses and homes from flood damages, and manage water as a vital resource for its service area. The District’s service area is 883.5 square miles of Cook County, Illinois. The District is committed to achieving the highest standards of excellence in fulfilling its mission.

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Program - May 29: Marianne O’Brien Markowitz Regional Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration

Luncheon Program: Marianne O’Brien Markowitz Regional Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administrat - 5/29/2012

In August 2009, Marianne O’Brien Markowitz was named Regional Administrator for SBA’s Midwest Region. She has responsibility for the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.
As Regional Administrator, Markowitz is the principal representative of Administrator Karen Mills in the Midwest and provides interface with regional, state and local elected and appointed officials, trade organizations and small business communities across the region.
Markowitz recently served as the Chief Financial Officer for Obama for America and was previously a financial operations consultant for the launch of the Obama Exploratory Committee and resulting Campaign. For more than 17 years, Markowitz provided finance and risk management expertise to a host of leading global institutions including Switzerland-based corporation Syngenta, Inc.—the world’s largest agrochemical company—where she served as a lead international treasury/financial operations consultant. While at Syngenta, Inc., she was tasked with designing and implementing a global treasury operation and financing post demerger. Prior to that, she served as a treasury and risk manager for one of the largest pharmaceutical benefit management companies Express Scripts, Inc.
Additionally, while at Mallinckrodt, Inc., a medical device firm, Markowitz worked to create the global treasury department after its divestiture from IMC Global.
In addition to designing and implementing financial operations departments, Markowitz has a deep background in running treasury and risk management departments, assessing insurable risks and evaluating insurance, treasury and financing alternatives.
In all her roles, Marianne Markowitz specialized in helping private sector companies successfully design and implement new systems or scale their existing processes, systems and staffing to meet the needs of a hyper-growth environment.
Markowitz received her B.S. in business administration from the University of Missouri and her MBA from DePaul University. She and her husband Jeffrey are the proud parents of Maura.

Tuesday, June 5 Meeting
ROTARY AFTER WORK

5:30 - 7:00 PM, ULC

Israel Idonije, Chicago Bears

ROTARY/One Installation of Officers - June 26

Guest Speaker: Rotary International President 2012-2013, Sakuji Tanaka

Rotary Club of Yashio, Saitama, Japan

Sakuji Tanaka was chair of the Daika Company and president of the National Household Papers Distribution Association of Japan. He also has been vice president of the Yashio City Chamber of Commerce. Sakuji has served Rotary as a director, Rotary Foundation trustee, regional Rotary Foundation coordinator, and training leader. He was chair of the 2009 Birmingham Convention Committee and the Permanent Fund Committee for Japan, and served on the Polio Eradication Advocacy Task Force and Future Vision Committee. Working with his district, Sakuji helped to construct a school building in Bangladesh, and he has established an endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship. He has received the RI Service Above Self Award and the Foundation’s Distinguished Service Award. Sakuji and his wife, Kyoko, are Benefactors and Major Donors.

Lisa Russ, Installation for President, Rotary Club of Chicago

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Club Leadership

Barry Axler, President

Board of Directors and Committee Chairs

Lisa Russ, president elect, annual campaign
Jana Herdova, secretary
Gail Anderson, treasurer
Michael Faris, president nominee & membership director

Evan Freund
Conner Gee, vocational service co-chair
Khaled Akkawi, community service co-chair
Margrethe Kearney, community service co-chair
Amanda Lewis, international service co-chair
Gus R. Noble, service projects director
Pancho Nunez, director of fun
Marius Ronge, external relations director

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John Alberts and Gail Anderson, New Member Orientation

Andrea Luehmann, Board Nominating Committee

Foundation Board of Trustees

Clif Fenton, chair

Evy Alsaker, vice chair

Suzanne Morgan, secretary

Jim Buik, treasurer

Michael Faris
Andrea Luehmann

John Noonan

Mohan Rao

Lisa Russ

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Robert C. Knuepfer, Jr., Governor 2010-2011

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