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Juan Ciscomani ~ Biography
Juan Ciscomani serves as Arizona Governor Doug Ducey’s Senior Advisor for Regional and International Affairs, where he oversees the operations of the Governor’s Southern Arizona Office and the work in Northern Arizona. He also serves at the Vice Chair of the Arizona-Mexico Commission, leads the governor’s efforts internationally, and is the governor’s liaison with all foreign diplomatic offices in Arizona. Married to Laura, they have Zoe, Juan IV, Kenneth, Lily, Lucas and Gloria as their proudest accomplishments.
Veteran Arizona gymnastics assistant coach, John Court recently completed his second season as the program's head coach in 2020. He earned the full-time of head coach in March of 2018 after earlier named the interim head coach in August of 2017. Previously, Court was on the Wildcats staff for 19 seasons under previous head coach Bill Ryden and Tabitha Yim. 
Doug Hockstad ~ Biography
Our Home Hospitality events are this week, April 18th through the 24th. These social events will replace our Wednesday, April 21st lunch meeting. We want to thank all the members who have graciously volunteered to open up their homes and host an event. This is a wonderful way to relax, meet fellow Rotarians outside of the lunch meeting and have some fun. If you have any questions or need assistance, please call the Rotary office - 623-2281. Again, these events take the place of our lunch meeting on April 21st. Our next regular lunch meeting will be held on Wednesday, 4/28/21 at Westward Look. Please make sure to register on the Website under Upcoming Events.
Stephen Paul's program will be illustrating the history and the malting whiskey making process of Whiskey Del Bac, by Hamilton Distillers.
CommUNITY:
Cliff Bowman is the Chair for the 14th Annual Tucson Classics Car Show. Cliff will wrap-up 2020's Car Show by recognizing our generous sponsors and recapping the Show's results including ticket sales and virtual auction results. We will also hear presentations from Make Way for Books and Pima JTED, and then the club will present our charities with the proceeds from the Car Show!
Tucson's designation as a UNESCO City of Gastronomy is based not only on our 4,000 years of agriculture, or on our great restaurant food, but also on our community cooperation to support local farmers and teach kids and adults to grow some of their own food.
Rotary Club of Tucson is celebrating its Centennial (1921-2021) and at our March 17th meeting, an overview will be provided of the events and happenings from our Centennial Committee. Here is the schedule of presentations for the meeting:
Our Replacement/Social Mixer is the evening of March 10th. Back by popular demand, this mixer will be held at Proof on the patio (St. Philip's Plaza), 4340 N. Campbell Avenue from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Due to COVID-19 Guidelines, the event is limited to 48 people. We will follow all the safety guidelines (masks, hand sanitizer, distancing, and signed waivers will be needed from all those attending who have not previously submitted). Guests are invited, the fee is $20 and will be billed to your account. If you have any questions, please call the Rotary office.
Dean Jones will discuss the effects of the pandemic on higher education.
(This lunch meeting will be in the Casa Luna Room indoors and the speaker will be presenting by Zoom)
Our first Replacement/Social Mixer of 2021 is the evening of February 10th. This mixer is at El Charro Ventana on the patio, 6910 E. Sunrise (Sunrise/Kolb) from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Due to COVID-19 Guidelines, the event is limited to 48 people. We will follow all the safety guidelines (masks, hand sanitizer, distancing, and signed waivers will be needed from all those attending who have not previously submitted). Registration has been closed for this event but if you would like to attend, please contact the Rotary office.
Steve Christy ~ Biography
Rob LaMaster ~ Biography 
The Rotary Club of Tucson Foundation was established in 1975 to provide a means of receiving and disbursing charitable contributions from members, other Rotary Clubs and the general public. The Foundation is established as a 501(c)3. It was noted in a 2017 report that since its inception, the RCOT Foundation has distributed over $5.2 million to various charities. Over the last 10 years approximately $2,050,000 was distributed to 100 charitable organizations. This is in addition to all of the funds raised and distributed for scholarships to the U of A and Pima Community College and various international projects.
Happy Holidays Rotarians!
Tucson is unique in Southwestern history in that it was not a cattle town, nor a mining boom town. Our leading citizens in territorial days included Jewish merchants, a nationally known best selling author, a future New York City mayor, and an untiring champion of poor tubercular patients. On the other hand we had our share of gamblers, dance hall girls, and stage robbers. Here you will find a collection of thumbnail sketches, half-legends, and some stories that might even be true.
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