Events

Remi Sobomehin is the CEO of Ambition Angels.  Ambition Angels empower teens to thrive by transforming smartphones into tools for personal and professional growth for teens.

https://www.ambitionangels.org/2

In 1982, Judy Sleeth founded Art in Action to address the loss of arts education in California schools after Proposition 13. When her child’s kindergarten class lacked an art program, she began creating and teaching her own lessons. Her passion sparked a movement, and through word of mouth, Art in Action grew, bringing the joy of art to classrooms in need.

The mission of Art in Action is to provide an art curriculum that expands their knowledge in art techniques, cultural understanding, and core subject topics, along with providing art supplies and training for educators and volunteers to bring the curriculum to life!

Cybersecurity Risks and Recommendations

Cybercrime has become a huge business and the risk of loss is growing quickly. Here are some of the topics that David Williamson will be expanding on:  Phishing, Smishing, and Email -   Most malware is still loaded because we clicked on it!  Your phone is the ubiquitous device; the loss of which can give a bad actor complete control over essentially everything.   Protecting your home network and the intenet of things.

Susan R Lin is the Head of Wine Expertise for online fine wine retailer Belmont Wine Exchange in the San Francisco Bay Area, serving customers worldwide. Susan has been named Master of Wine (MW) by the Institute of Masters of Wine. The Master of Wine credential is recognized globally for the highest standards of rigor in its holistic examination of all aspects of wine. Lin joins a prestigious group of 418 Masters of Wine around the world and is one of 56 Masters of Wine in the United States.

A lifelong devotee of music, Susan is a classical pianist and holds a Master of Fine Arts in Classical Piano Performance and Musicology. She has performed internationally as a Chinese classical and folk dancer. Susan also works with performing arts organizations to grow their audiences through innovative programming and events, integrating wine whenever possible. Her joy is to create memorable experiences through wine and the performing arts.

Foundation - Annual Presentation

HIP Housing is a San Mateo County based non-profit organization that for over 50 years has been
improving the housing and lives of people in our community.  HIP Housing enables people with special needs, either
from income or circumstance, to live independent, self-sufficient lives in decent, safe, low-cost
homes. To achieve our mission, we offer four programs. There are no fees associated
with enrolling in any of our programs.

www.hiphousing.org

Francesca is the lab manager for the Adrienne Correa Lab at UC Berkeley, where they study how simbiotic microorganisms influence their coral hosts, as well as ecosystem processes, under environmental stress. Her passion lies in learning about how we can transform genetics research into actionable solutions supporting conservation of critical marine ecosystems as our climate changes.

Please come enjoy our regular meeting, as well as a service opportunity right at your fingertips.

We will form a lean, mean machine to fill backpacks with student supplies, assembly line style!

Rather than have each member bring a backpack, We've ordered them in bulk to make it cheaper. So all you have to do is bring $20. If you can. Thanks!

Mitone’s favorite projects include gardening for home-bound seniors and beach clean-ups. She has traveled to India for a Polio immunization campaign. She looks forward to joining other international projects specifically supporting women and children, micro-credit programs, and bringing clean water to communities.

Revolutionizing Aging: How Innovation and Emerging Technologies are Shaping the Future of Longevity and Healthcare. His presentation will explore the impact of emerging technology on aging and healthcare over the next 5, 10, and 20 years.

The House vs NCAA settlement authorizes schools to directly share a portion of their revenue directly with student-athletes.  The settlement caps these payments at roughly $20.5 million per shool in the first year.  This amount is expected to encompass all varsity sports.  How this money ends up being allocated will be one of the questions.   Roger Noll will be speaking about the impact of this decision on college sports.

Roger G. Noll is professor emeritus of economics at Stanford University.  Previously Noll was a Senior Economist at the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Institute Professor of Social Science at the California Institute of Technology.  Noll has published 17 books and over 400 articles and reviews on technology policy, antitrust, regulation, the political economy of public policy and public law, and the economics of sports and entertainment.  Among these are Government and the Sports Business, the first comprehensive analysis of professional team sports, and Sports, Jobs and Taxes, an analysis of the economic impact of a sports team on the local economy.  

These three students from the Service Learning Council at Menlo-Atherton gave this presentation to a national conference.

Dave is a wonderful Saratoga Rotarian who gives compelling science program talks. He is also a professional musician, and he was part of the Stanford psychology experiment that garnered national attention.

The gut-brain connection is a key part of how the brain forms a picture of the rest of the body, a phenomenon known as interoception, explained Christoph Thaiss, PhD, an assistant professor of pathology at Stanford Medicine.

Through direct signals from the vagus nerve, which connects the brain and the gut, as well as through molecules secreted into the bloodstream from our gut microbes and immune cells that traffic from the gut to the rest of the body, our brains and our digestive tracts are in constant communication. And when that communication goes off the rails, diseases and disorders can result.

It affects your mood, your sleep, even your motivation to exercise. There’s convincing evidence that it’s the starting point for Parkinson’s disease and could be responsible for long COVID’s cognitive effects. And it sits about 2 feet below your brain.

Scott grew up in Boulder, Colorado, and pursued his medical education at the University of Colorado. He later attended Harvard University, where he earned a degree in public health. Following medical school, Scott completed his residency and a fellowship in Medicine, Infectious Disease, and Geographic Medicine at Stanford University. During his time at Stanford, Scott served as a faculty member at the medical school and directed the Human Biology course "Parasites & Pestilence" for over two decades. Currently residing in San Mateo, California, Scott served as Chief of Infectious Disease and Geographic Medicine at Kaiser Redwood City for 25 years, including through the COVID-19 pandemic. He also held the role of influenza and vaccine lead for Northern California Kaiser Permanente, contributing to public health and infectious disease management across the region.

He has appeared on The Doctors Show (CBS), Animal Planet, Discovery Channel and National Geographic (and even the Tyra Bank’s Show in New York!) about several unusual parasitic diseases in humans including leishmaniasis, tapeworm, leprosy and hookworm.