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Humberto Lopez ~ BiographyHumberto Lopez practiced as a Certified Public Accountant for almost six years with the accounting firm of Deloitte, Haskins & Sells in Los Angeles, California, developing an expertise in real estate. He has formed in excess of 200 limited partnerships and limited liability companies since the founding of his company in 1975. He has had direct responsibility for the acquisition, capitalization, financing, renovation and marketing of over 30,000 apartment units, over 2,000 hotel rooms, shopping centers, office buildings, industrial buildings and thousands of acres of land. Mr. Lopez has been an active investor in diverse property types throughout the United States. He has acquired and disposed of over $2.5 billion worth of real estate and has handled all phases of real estate ownership and management. In addition to his real estate investments, Mr. Lopez has been involved in a number of non-real estate related companies ranging from car dealerships, a contact lens company, health care, mail order, banking and restaurants.
Mr. Lopez has served on the board of directors of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, and Arizona Public Service a Fortune 500 company since 1995. He is currently serving for the University of California San Diego Health Board of Advisors. Mr. Lopez previously served on the board of Capital Bancorp Limited, one of the nation’s largest community banking organizations which held over 50 individual charters for banking operations in several states, and as Chairman of Tucson Saving and Loan. Mr. Lopez’s current and former appointments at the University of Arizona include the Chairmanship of the Board of Advisors of the Sarver Heart Center, Chairmanship of the University of Arizona Foundation, the National Board of Advisors for the Eller College of Business and Public Administration and the University of Arizona President’s Club. He has also served as a board member and as chairperson in a number of non-profit organizations throughout the City of Tucson.
His past governmental appointments include the
Downtown Tucson Advisory Committee, the Arizona Office of Tourism, the Arizona Urban Lands Advisory Committee and the Arizona Small Business Conference. Mr. Lopez was a member of the Young Presidents Organization from 1986 to 1996 and is currently a member of the World Presidents Organization.
Pastor Roy Tullgren ~ BiographyRoy’s involvement with Gospel Rescue Mission began in 1986, when he was elected to its Board of Directors. From December 2000 until June 2019, Roy served as the Executive Director and Pastor of Gospel Rescue Mission. He is currently in the position of Pastor of Donor & Church Engagement at the Mission.
Roy has been involved in non-profit agency management in Tucson since 1976, which includes 12 years as Executive Director of the Big Brothers/Big Sisters mentoring agency and 7 years as an administrator with a private Christian school. He has a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from the University of Arizona and has additional Master’s level work in Counseling and Guidance.
Roy serves on multiple local boards, community tasks forces, coalitions, city and county commissions, and has held various professional leadership positions. He has been a speaker at national and district conferences and has served as a consultant to non profit organizations throughout the country. He has also served on the national board of Gospel Rescue Mission and Big Brothers Big Sisters.
In addition, Roy has been a foster parent and was a volunteer Big Brother mentor for over 40 years to 4 boys. He has also coached multiple sports for over 15 years and has served as an Arizona certified high school official for basketball and softball for 14 years.
Roy has lived in Tucson since 1964 and is married to Cathy. They have 2 adult children and five grandchildren, including a special needs granddaughter.
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Adia Barnes ~ Biography
The “Lucky 13” Tucson Classics Car Show is right around the corner! In preparation for this year’s show the Executive Car Show Committee and the Car Show Committee have been hard at work organizing all the details to pull off another amazing show full of fun, great cars and comradery for our remarkable club.
Colonel Michael R. Drowley ~ Biography
The Tucson Musicians Museum’s mission is to celebrate, educate and showcase Tucson’s unique musical heritage and culture. The Tucson Convention Center is a place where the community gathers to celebrate music, art, accomplishments and more. Thanks to the City of Tucson and Rio Nuevo, TMM presence at the Convention Center is a natural fit! Our presence will introduce Tucson to its musical heritage, while providing a means to preserve the culture and enhance the potential for TMM to expand its youth mentorship program. 
Mike Candrea completed his 34th season as the head coach of the University of Arizona softball team in 2019 and under his guidance reaching the pinnacle should once again underscore a record of success almost unparalleled by any program in any sport at any level.
August 28th is our Replacement/Social Mixer for our Wednesday lunch meeting. The event will be held at TopGolf, 4050 W. Costco Place from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Guest fee is $30 and no golf clubs are needed. Hope you all can come out and join us for a really fun time! Our next Rotary lunch meeting is on September 4th. Mike Candrea, Head Coach of U of A Softball will be presenting.
Beginning with the first photographic atlases of the Moon, just as the Space Age dawned, Tucson in general, and the University of Arizona in particular, played key roles in the race to put humans on the Moon. He will discuss a few of the stories from that era, whose climax was the landing of Apollo 11 - 50 years ago.
Since its inception in 1997, the CEOs and business leaders of the Southern Arizona Leadership Council have been bringing together leadership and resources to help improve our region’s economic environment and quality of life. President and CEO Ted Maxwell will share with us the history of SALC and its membership. He will address how they have helped shape the issues and progress in the region, highlight some of their past accomplishments and share their current areas of concern.
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If you want to study a subset of geological events on earth, also known as Biosphere 1, you might design a miniature system, but what do you do if you want to study the Biosphere 1's entire complex geology, environment and ecology? Well, you build Biosphere 2. And so, in 1987 a vision was born, funded by Ed Bass an ecologically minded philanthropist, to assemble steel, concrete, soil, sea water, and plants to build a model of Biosphere 1 consisting of five biomes and 8 humans who would live for almost two years under the dome. While this unprecedented, 'under the dome' experiment fell short for several unanticipated reasons, the idea was sound, the concepts testable, the facility unique, and the science eventually became rigorous, exciting and yielding results applicable not only to Biosphere 1, our own earth, but also to possibilities of imitating Biosphere 1 extra terrestrially. Today, B2 is the largest earth science living laboratory in which precise scientific explorations are underway as part of the University of Arizona. For the Biosphere 2 research team, a major driving force is the question: "How do biological communities organize and respond to landscape evolution and environmental change?"
Moderator - Lorraine Rivera is a veteran broadcaster having worked in the Yuma and Tucson television markets for the last decade. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona, School of Journalism with minors in English and Mexican-American Studies, and enjoys cheering on her beloved Wildcats. Rivera is product of Cochise County, born and bred along the U.S./Mexico border in Douglas. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to continue serving as a journalist in her home state. “It is a privilege to work with such a well-respected group of diverse journalists. I believe in the mission of Arizona Public Media to provide Arizonans with in-depth journalism.”
Well, fellow Rotarians, the Bob Logan Reign of Terror has started off with a bang! And the bang you heard was the HUGE Gavel Charlotte Harris found in going through an old storage locker of Rotary memorabilia (some memorable, some not so much). So thanks Charlotte -- the reign of terror gavel will live a good life during our upcoming Rotary year.
As Michael Ortega enters his fourth year as manager of the City of Tucson, he has gained valuable insight on how the $1.6 billion organization can best lead the Old Pueblo as a vibrant city of the future. Mr. Ortega challenges the 4,500 members of his staff to not only deliver excellent services, but to realize that they are uniquely positioned to be drivers of innovation and economic development no matter what capacity they serve the community. Most recently, the city gathered a group of nearly 100 directors, deputy directors, and administrators to create a strategic action plan that brings the city’s culture map and general plan to life through priority projects and cross-departmental teamwork. As he enters the new fiscal year, Mr. Ortega looks forward to continuing culture change across the organization through strategic planning, revamping the budget process, branding, continued partnering with the private sector, and implementing data-driven policies. Mr. Ortega inspires his staff to be leaders who translate the bold vision of the community into the reality of a thriving Tucson.
In observance of the 4th of July Holiday, there will be no luncheon meeting held on July 3, 2019. This is a scheduled DARK day, no make up will be necessary. 
The Change of Administration Event will be held on Saturday, June 29th at Hacienda Del Sol, 5501 N. Hacienda Del Sol Rd., from 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. Cost per person is $55 and will be billed to your account. All must register for this event on our website, .jpg)
So, what’s a Club Assembly? The question came to me this week as Club Assemblies are not a big part of what we typical do at the Rotary Club of Tucson. They are a common element of other Rotary Clubs that sometimes will do a couple Club Assemblies per year. If I am not mistaken, our last Club Assembly was during Dave Gallaher’s year as President in 2013-2014.
Travelers spend $2.3 billion annually in Pima County and the region’s tourism industry employs more than 25,000 area residents.
Mass casualties and natural disasters can and do occur in any and all communities in our country. Fortunately, in Pima County, when tragedy strikes, there is a program available to assist victims and witnesses of trauma. Participants in this session will learn about the Pima County Attorney’s Office Victim Services Division’s role in supporting crime victims both immediately following a criminal incident or crisis event and throughout the criminal justice system. They will get information about the response provided in the aftermath of the Tucson Tragedy (January 8, 2011) and the Las Vegas Shooting (October 2017). 
oin the Rotary fun at our Replacement/Social Mixer on May 29th from 5:30pm-8:30pm at Pastiche Modern Eatery, 3025 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 121. Hope to see you all there! Remember, there is no regular lunch meeting on Wednesday, May 29th. If you cannot attend, don't forget to do your makeup! Please call the Rotary office with any questions, 623-2281.
Brian Stidham fell in love with Tucson. A young and talented eye surgeon, he accepted a job with another eye surgeon to take over the pediatric patients. Brad Schwartz, the ambitious and talented doctor who hired Brian, was also a troubled man who struggled with relationships, sobriety and his temper. Within a year of Brian’s arrival, the medical relationship would be severed by Brad’s troubles. Brian broke away to start his own practice. Rumors abounded that Brad was incensed and considered Brian’s departure a betrayal. Brad’s anger even drew a wedge between him and his fiancée, Lourdes Lopez, a former prosecutor whose career was shattered because of Brad. Three years after Brian moved to Tucson, his life ended in an empty, darkened parking lot. Everyone wondered who would have killed such a nice fellow. Lourdes, who had seen Brad’s toxic rage, feared she knew. Her fears weren’t enough to save Brian Stidham, but would they be enough to catch his killer? Best-selling, true-crime author A.J. Flick walks you through an uncontrolled obsession that became a toxic rage that fueled a murder and captivated Tucson and the nation.
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