Events

Restaurant Coach, Nick Martinez, will give us an insider's look at what it takes to run a successful restaurant.

We are excited to launch the 2026-27 Rotary year with our new club president, Mony Nop! Mony and his leadership team will share their vision for this coming year and lead us all in discussion of how to create the best year yet for our club!

We are proud to welcome District Governore Geeta Gadambi, who will provide us with a State of the District presentation for our own District 5170. Members are encouraged to join the meeting and give a warm welcome to DG Geeta.

We are proud to welcome Mr. Phong Law, Alameda County Assessor, who will provide us with an update on the role and accomplishments of the County Assessor's Office.

Three of our club members represented us in Taipei at the Rotary Internation Conference in June 2026. We will hear from them about international projects and our role in working with other clubs to serve our community and global causes. Thank you, Mony, Cathia, and Mark!

We welcome fellow Rotarian, Robert Freeman, who will share the work of the Global Uplift Project, whose mission is to help the world's children learn.

In addition to being a member of the Livermore Valley Rotary Club, Robert is the Founder and Executive Director of The Global Uplift Project. For 13 years, he taught at Los Altos High School in Los Altos, CA. Prior to teaching, he spent 19 years in the computer industry, including as Vice President, International Marketing, at Sybase, one of the largest software companies in the world. He is the author of nine books on world history under The Best One-Hour History label. He holds a B.S. from Santa Clara University and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.

You are welcome to visit The Global Uplift Project website for a preview.

We are happy to welcome Lisa Tromovitch, Executive/Artistic Director and Founder of SPARC Theater.

Executive/Artistic Director Tromovitch is also a tenured professor in Media X at University of the Pacific. She has over 50 professional directing credits in six states. She began her career at The Old Globe Theater, where she assisted directors Jack O’Brien, Tom Moore, and the late John Houseman in the rehearsal room and Bob Berlinger in the Play Discovery Program. She is a Backstage West Garland Award and Indy Award winner for her direction of Amadeus at PCPA TheatreFest. Most recently she directed The Winter’s Tale, The Tempest, and her own adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac for SPARC, as well as Ecce Homo (a new play about performance capture artists) at University of the Pacific. Lisa was awarded a 2010 Innovation Award for “Risktakers and Dreammakers” hosted by the Livermore Chamber. Past President, Shakespeare Theatre Association. MFA, Southern Methodist University; BA magna cum laude, Dartmouth College; Phi Beta Kappa.

For more information about SPARC, please visit sparctheater.org.

Alameda County Deputy Chief of Communications and Support Services will update us on the role of the Alameda County Fire Department.

You are welcome to visit the Alameda County Fire Department website for a preview and additional information.