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Time to celebrate our new Elect-Elect President and our time a a club!

Andrew Coolidge was raised just south of Butte County in the small town of Loma Rica in the Yuba County Foothills. He moved to Chico in 1993 to enroll in Chico State. He graduated with a Bacholer of Arts Degree in English Literature.

He has owned and operated Coolidge Public Relations for the last 27 years which produces the Chico Home and Garden Shows, Chico Bridal Shows and Yuba City Home, Garden and Recreation Show. He has also worked closely with the Silver Dollar Fair and Yuba-Sutter Fair over the last twenty-five years on both advertising and sponsorship. He is a single father of two children, his daughter, age 18, attends UCLA, and his son, age 14 is a Freshman at Chico High.

Andrew served on the council from 2014-2018 and was part of the council which restored Chico to fiscal health when they were the 5^th most likely city to declare bankruptcy in the State of California. He was re-elected to council in 2020 and became Mayor.

Andrew has also been a PTA president at Chico Country Day School for two years, chaired the Butte County Air Quality Management District Board for four years, is a past board member for the Butte County Fair, past chairman of the Internal Affairs Committee for City Council, former board member of the Butte County Association of Governments, former Chair of the Eagle Scout Board of Review, former board member of the Buttes Area Council BSA Board.

Dr. Karin Lightfoot earned her Baccalaureate of Science degree in Nursing at Cal State Bakersfield and has been a registered Nurse for 37 years. She worked mostly in the areas of public health nursing and obstetrics. She earned her Master of Science degree in Nursing at CSU Chico and began teaching at Chico State School of Nursing in 2007. She earned her Ph. D in Public Health from Walden University in 2016 and she became Director of the School of Nursing in 2017.

She is Nationally Board Certified in Community Health Nursing and holds a Public Health Nursing certification from the California Board of Registered Nursing. She is currently the President-Elect for the California Association for Colleges of Nursing, is a State Grassroots Liaison for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, and a board member of Kappa Omicron Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honors Society of Nursing.

In her spare time, she enjoys camping, gardening, and taking long walks with her husband Robb Lightfoot. They raised their four children in Palo Cedro, California before moving to Chico in 2017, when she took the Director position. With the support of the University administration and the committed nursing faculty and staff, she has navigated the School of Nursing through the challenges of the Camp Fire and now the COVID pandemic.

Frank Schulenberg - Wikimedia Education Foundation - Schooling with Wiki

Frank Schulenburg is the Executive Director of Wiki Education, the non-profit that connects Wikipedia with subject-matter experts in higher education and cultural institutions. Frank is motivated by the desire to provide people with free access to accurate and trustworthy information, so they can make their own best choices as informed citizens.

Since the early days of his involvement with Wikipedia, Frank’s work has focused on improving content quality and broadening participation. Until 2014, he served on the Executive Team of the Wikimedia Foundation and spearheaded a number of global initiatives aimed at improving the encyclopedia’s coverage and quality.

Frank has been involved with Wikipedia as a volunteer since 2005, both as an author and as a photographer. His encyclopedia articles and photographs have gained widespread acclaim. 

Col Andy “Spoo” Clark is the Commander, 9th Reconnaissance Wing, Beale Air Force Base, CA. He is responsible for approximately 7,000 military, civilian and contractor personnel, and the entire Air Force high-altitude reconnaissance fleet of U-2 Dragon Lady aircraft. The 9th Reconnaissance Wing is comprised of four groups and four overseas operating locations, executing worldwide missions in support of all six geographic combatant commanders.

Col Clark entered active duty in January 1996 following his commission from the Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of Wisconsin. He is a Command Pilot with nearly 4,000 hours in the U-2S, the AC-130U and various other aircraft. He has over 1,200 combat hours accumulated during missions in Bosnia (1998), Kosovo (1999), Afghanistan (2001-2012), and Iraq (2003-2011). Notable flight experience includes qualifications as Instructor and Evaluator Pilot in the U-2S, the 2-seat TU-2S, and the AC-130U

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Student Ambassadors - Local and International Projects

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Johrita Solari - A Rotarian since 1993, Johrita is currently a proud member of the Rotary Club of Anaheim, California. She served as District Governor for District 5320 in 2010-2011. Additional service has included chair of the 2013 Southern California/Nevada PETS, training leader at the 2014 and 2015 International Assemblies, chair of the 2015 Institute for Zones 25/26, and membership on Rotary’s Peace Major Gifts Initiative Committee. On July 1, 2019, she became the Rotary International Director (2019-2021) for the newly configured Zones 26/27.

As District Governor, Johrita held the first District 5320 Million Dollar Dinner for The Rotary Foundation. Under her leadership, District 5320 became the second district in the world to become a 100% Paul Harris Club District.

Johrita is Co-Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Solari Enterprises, Inc., a full-service property management company employing 300 team members who specialize in the management of more than $1B of affordable multifamily housing. She works together with her husband and daughters to create a working environment with a high level of ethics and integrity. She has served in many capacities on community and industry boards.

Rotary plays an important role in the lives of the Solari family. Johrita, her husband Bruce, and their two daughters, Gianna and Tressa, are all past club presidents and with their son-in-law, Reece are active supporters of The Rotary Foundation. Johrita and Bruce are members of the Arch Klumph Society.

They live in Villa Park, California, U.S.A.

Acheivment Builds Choice Awards presented to students at Fair View High School.

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