Club OfficersSpeakersEventsBirthdays | | Club Meeting October 11 - Mike Levy and Thomas Villarreal - Public Safety in Austin Thomas Villarreal is a 16-year Detective and is currently the President of the Austin Police Association. He has represented officers for over 13 years on the APA Board of Directors and spent over 10 years working as a patrol officer in various parts of the City. Thomas is a UT-Austin graduate and lives in NW Travis County with his wife and two daughters.
Michael R. "Mike" Levy is the founder of Texas Monthly magazine, and was publisher until retirement in August 2008.
A native of Dallas, Levy's father was a plumber. Levy once drove a taxi, and also worked as a jailer at the Dallas County Jail. He is a graduate of St. Mark's School of Texas, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Texas School of Law.
Levy founded Texas Monthly in 1973, when he was 27 years old. Currently read by over two million people each month, the magazine provides commentary on all things Texan.
Levy has served on multiple boards, including the University of Texas M.D.Anderson Cancer Center, Children's Defense Fund of Texas, St. Mark's School of Texas, and St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Austin, Texas. He has won awards from such institutions as the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Esquire Magazine, Planned Parenthood, and St. Mark's. |
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This week's meeting will be held in-person at Ben Hur (and also live-streamed on Zoom)!!For those of you who can't join us in-person, you're invited to our LIVESTREAM Weekly Program!When: Every Tuesday (almost) Noon to 1 PM Central Time (US and Canada)Join Zoom Meeting
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+13462487799,,84893232438# US (Houston)While we will have cookies, water or tea available at the meeting, we will not be offering a meal. Please bring your own lunch if you plan on eating.Did you miss last week's meeting? Want to share it with others? Here is the link to the recording - Matt Shook-JuiceLand and Serbia Presentation |
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Welcome Doug Aycock - Our Newest Member Welcome our next new member - Doug Aycock (sponsored by Ronney Reynolds and Ron Mullen)
Doug Aycock was born in Mexia but raised in San Antonio. He graduated from the University of Texas with a BBA in 1970. He decided to stay in Austin and work in the life insurance business, culminating with the forming of the Aycock Financial Group.
His civic involvement includes 10 years in the Austin Jaycee’s, Young Men’s Business League, Toastmasters, Chairman Administrative Board of Tarrytown United Methodist Church (1986-1988),
and Commissioner of Football for West Austin Youth Association (WAYA).
His civic involvement includes 10 years in the Austin Jaycee’s, Young Men’s Business League, Toastmasters, Chairman Administrative Board of Tarrytown United Methodist Church (1986-1988),
and Commissioner of Football for West Austin Youth Association (WAYA).
Doug is married to Vicki Mayberry Aycock (1990) and has a blended family of daughter, son, 2 stepdaughters, and 6 grandchildren.
We welcome him into the Family of Rotary and look forward to his active participation. |
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Meet Michaela BothaWelcome our new member - Michaela Botha (sponsored by Pauline Gubbles)Michaela Botha m oved to Austin 5 years ago. Attracted to Austin by the fact that her parents (Matt & Pauline Gubbels) had moved here , Michaela lives in Travis Heights with her husband, Buks, and her Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, Zoe. She is more than proud of following in her mother, Pauline’s, footsteps by being actively involved in and dedicated to Rotary and is looking forward to the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be in the same Rotary Club here in Austin.
Michaela was previously a member of the Santa Cruz Sunrise Rotary group in Santa Cruz, CA.Michaela has over 25 years’ experience in high tech product marketing and product management, and is currently an Operating Partner of Aventi Group, an on-demand product marketing consultancy. She differentiates herself and her engagements by bringing a relentless focus on execution--delivering top quality work, on schedule and working to have some fun along the way.Michaela’s north star is to design and produce extraordinary solutions that solve a real problem the customer or prospect is experiencing. Michaela started her career in high tech working in user experience for IBM, Apple, and HP. These positions solidified a foundation in what it takes to deliver exceptional customer experiences. From there, she moved into product marketing and product management with positions at SAP, Symantec, Calico Commerce, Sun, SalesLogix, Sage Software, and Apple.Michaela spent 25 years in Silicon Valley – South Bay, Peninsula, and San Francisco proper.
Originally from New Mexico, she received her undergraduate degree from Arizona State University and her Masters in Cognitive Psychology from New Mexico State University. |
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Membership DevelopmentWe are also pleased to share that we're on our way to achieving our 2022-2023 Membership goal of introducing at least 40 new members before June 30, 2023...Let's keep it up, everyone!!Be sure to welcome our new members and help them become engaged with RCA!| PJ Guarino | Chelsea Starley | | Brian Harris | Richard Williams | | Sammy Lucario | Doug Aycock | | Michaela Botha | |
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