President Frank Yoke III (Development | Serra Residential Center, Inc.) called his final meeting as President to order and welcomed everyone on Zoom or in person at the Hotel Nikko.
Visiting Rotarians and Guests
Our Visiting Rotarians were Sharon Choa from the Rotary Club of Wanchai in Hong Kong, John Dean from the Rotary Club of San Francisco Chinatown, Barbara Gablin from the Rotary Club of Belmont-Redwood Shores, Suong Luu from the Rotary Club of Belmont-Redwood Shores, Doug Person from the Rotary Club of Burlingame and Hillsborough, Laticia Salazar from the Rotary Club of San Antonio, District Governor Nominee Tony Villanueva from the Rotary Club of San Mateo, and Past District 5150 Governor Steve Wright from the Rotary Club of Pacifica. Our guests were Danielle Duong and her mother, Sasha Froyland, and Aracely Rodriguez-Torres. Welcome to all!
Rotary Flag Exchanges
Sharon Choa from the Rotary Club of Wanchai in Hong Kong, Laticia Salazar from the Rotary Club of San Antonio, and President Frank exchanged Rotary flags.
Sharon Choa, Laticia Salazar, and President Frank
New Paul Harris Fellow
Paul Harris (1868-1947) founded the first Rotary Club in Chicago in 1905, hoping to bring some of what he treasured from his rural Vermont upbringing to the big city. Rotary would not exist without his vision of a group of business professionals who helped each other by helping others. For each $1,000 donated to The Rotary Foundation, a person can become a Paul Harris Fellow. Our Club was proud to award a Paul Harris Fellowship to Kirt Burdick. Kirt has been managing the audio-visual equipment during our in-person meeting since our Club returned from the pandemic. Thank you, Kirt, and congratulations!
President Frank and Kirt Burdick
Scholarship Winner
Our Club awarded a $1,500 scholarship to Danielle Duong and thanked her for outstanding service in Interact at Lowell High School. Joining the presentation was District 5150 Interact Chair and Visiting Rotarian John Dean from the Rotary Club of San Francisco Chinatown. This scholarship program helps students with costs associated with their education.
President Frank, Danielle Duong, and John Dean
New Members Inducted
Past President Sunny Singh (Financial Services: Advising | PK Wealth Management) joined President Frank to explain the program between the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and our Club. In this program, five members of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce join our Club, and five members of our Club become members of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. Sunny and President Frank inducted and welcomed Rodney Fong (Nonprofit Executive Leadership | San Francisco Chamber of Commerce) and Mike Zwiefelhofer (Executive Administration | Leadership San Francisco). Rotarians in today's audience pledged to support Rodney Fong and Mike Zwiefelhofer on their Rotary journey with our Club. Please welcome Rodney and Mike when you see them at our meetings and events.
Mike Zwiefelhofer, Rodney Fong, Sunny Singh, and President Frank
A Toast to President Frank
President-Elect Nominee Alisha Marfatia (Information Technology: E-Commerce | EvolveWare) led a lively celebration of President Frank in which she interviewed Rotarians about their memories and experiences with him. In the end were gifts and a toast to President Frank. The gifts included a 1983 Rotary pocket watch made by Seiko, a gas card, a glass paperweight, two bottles of bourbon, cocktail glasses with the U.S. Constitution on them, and a Rotary clock.
Thank You to the 2025-2026 Board
President Frank then recognized each of his Board members who were in attendance at this luncheon and shared all that our Club accomplished this year.
Rotarian of the Year
President Frank honored Ann Daugherty (Financial Services: Private Trading | IBN Financial Services) as the Rotarian of the Year. Ann has been our Vice President of Club Service and has gone beyond at every event to either help out or make the events even better. Thank you, Ann, and congratulations!
President Frank and Ann Daugherty
Wine Sale and After Party
There was a wine sale at today's luncheon that raised $450. There was also an after party, and about 35 people stayed to celebrate with President Frank.
Meeting Volunteers
President Frank thanked today's meeting volunteers: Dora Dye (Education | San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) for serving as scribe; Lisa Stark (Communications & Media)for serving as photographer; Jeff Tsang, Kirt Burdick, and Jayden Sibanda for managing the audio-visual equipment during our in-person meeting; Ann Daugherty for managing the microphone; Lisa Christian (Development | Community Housing Partnership), Past President Mary Liu (Real Estate: Sales | JM Real Estate Group, Inc.), and Past President Christopher Wiseman (San Francisco Rotary Foundation) for serving as greeters; and Ann Daugherty and Gary Dales (Accounting and Business Consulting | Fly Leasing) for doing check-in at the Hotel Nikko.