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Mindi Snyder and her husband Jeff live in the rural city of El Campo where she was raised.  They enjoy spending time with their children, Shelby (who married Colby Kane) and Colby Lee who is married to Morgan, and their beloved grandsons Matthew and Watson.  They are also excited to be welcoming another grandson, Jackson, in the fall.  All love outdoor activities and traveling.  Mindi is a CPA and is now working with Gunda Corporation as a Client Services Manager after 24 years in Municipal Government roles as Finance Director and City Manager. 

Mindi joined Rotary in 1995 and has been a member of Wharton, Rosenberg and El Campo Rotary Clubs where she served in many roles including Club President for 2004-2005. El Campo Rotary chartered two Interact Clubs at the High School and Middle School and started an EarlyAct FirstKnight program under her direction as New Generations Chair.  One of her continued roles for many years in El Campo has been Foundation Chair and she was very proud that El Campo Rotary achieved 100% PHF status.  Mindi served as Assistant Governor twice and has been on the District Youth Exchange Committee and served in various roles from Inbound Coordinator to Youth Exchange Officer since 2001.   Mindi and Jeff have hosted many Rotary Exchange Students and their daughter did a short-term exchange to The Netherlands.  Mindi has served as the Chief of Staff Youth Services to help facilitate the communication between all youth service areas and District Leadership and as Club Advisor for the community based Rotaract Club of El Campo and the newly chartered El Campo Literacy Advocates Rotary Club.  Jeff has been a long-time supporter, chaperone and driver for the Youth Exchange Students at the District level and he transferred his membership to the El Campo Rotary Club this year so both are excited to be serving our community together going forward.

Mindi has been recognized as Rotarian of the Year twice by the El Campo Rotary Club in 2004 and 2019 and, most recently she received the District Rotarian of the Year honor for 2018-2019.

Mindi and Jeff are both Paul Harris Society Members, Polio Plus Society Members, Major Donor Level II and Bequest Society Level I donors to the Rotary Foundation.  Jeff and Mind were recognized as members of the White Hat Society last year.

Invited by John Thorton 

Joyce Beebe, Ph.D., CFA

joyce.beebe@rice.edu

Fellow in Public Finance

Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy - MS 40

P.O. Box 1892

Houston, Texas 77251-1892

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AJ Karian

Invited by Barbara Veres.

james.mulry@emdserono.com

Jim is responsible for diagnostics-related programs and activities for the Global Health Institute of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.

Jim has a proven track record in Global Health with the development and commercialization of the current MUSE Auto CD4/CD4% system, a laboratory instrument designed to monitor T cells in adult and pediatric patients suffering from HIV/AIDS in developing countries which is marketed since November 2015 by Millipore Sigma in many African countries and in Southeast Asia.

Jim has more than 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical/ diagnostic/ biotechnology industry, including 10 years at Millipore Sigma. He has efficiently led sales and marketing organizations at Abbott Diagnostics and Horiba Medical. Before joining Millipore Sigma, Jim has conducted management in three start-up organizations and has taken these companies from incubation to profit. He has an extensive network with the United Nations and other non-government organizations in the field of Global Health.

Jim holds a BS in Psychology from the University of Houston and attended the Graduate School of Management at the University of Dallas.

Details forthcoming 

wayne.beaumier@disasteraidusa.org
281-923-4085
Domestic program and international update on our involvement in Ukraine

Ruben Perez is a Harris County Assistant District Attorney where he serves as the Special Crimes Bureau Chief.  He received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Southwest Texas State University in 1974.  In 1978 he studied International Law at the London School of Economics.  He graduated from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law in 1980.  He has served as a City of Houston Assistant Attorney (1980-1981), a Harris County Assistant District Attorney (1981-1992), and an Assistant United States Attorney (1992-2017).  In 2017 he returned to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office as Special Crimes Bureau Chief.  On a final note, he is a member of the Tejano Music Hall of Fame.

Invited by John Thorton

832-317-1079

perez_ruben@dao.hctx.net

In 2020 Robert Boudwin joined Spear Minerals as the CMO & SVP of Sales, which is committed to diversifying retirement planning & creating/preserving generational wealth.   This year he added being a REALTOR® for clients looking for Real Estate considering himself a “1 STOP SHOP” for all things Real Property.   

For over two decades Robert Boudwin was better known as Houston Rockets mascot “Clutch the Bear,” which was a character he created in 1995. In addition to performing at over 1500 games and 6000 shows for the Rockets across the world in 12 countries, he served as a content creator in the engagement economy helping to build the Rockets brand through in-game experience, event planning & management, grass roots marketing initiatives, and community investment projects.  He was producer/performer of popular school shows reaching over 1.25 million elementary students at over 2,100 shows as well as producing & directing Armed Forces Entertainment Tours military bases in Bosnia, Kosovo & England. 

Philanthropically he is best known for his work with organ donation awareness having run the Houston 1⁄2 Marathon twice in the full Clutch mascot costume promoting the cause that saved his father’s life & has served on the Corporate Board of Directors for Life Gift 2014-2022 & The Todd Kramptiz Foundation 2015-Present.  He resides in Spring, TX with his 2 sets of twins because God cursed…HE MEANS BLESSED HIM & loves to chronicle his single parenting style at his radicaldadding.com!

HIGHLIGHTED AWARDS/DISTINCTIONS

•2021 Mensa Conference Featured Speaker

•2020 Hosted & Starred w/ Comedian Kevin Hart
•2017 - TEDx Headline Speaker -- 2018 - Leadership Houston Class 36 Graduate
•2014 - Donate Life Texas Champion – Nora’s Home Hero – Houston Chronicle Hometown Hero

•2007 - University of Delaware Presidential Citation for Outstanding Achievement
•2006 inductee into Mascot Hall of Fame in 1st Year of Eligibility
•Author 7 children’s books w/ 1⁄2+ Million in circulation & Published Chicken Soup For The Soul Author

832 541 3865

robert@robertboudwin.com

Invited by Gene McFaddin 

ed.emmett@rice.edu

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Please send me anything you would like to have included......ex. Emmett is a Fellow in Energy and Transportation at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. He is also a Senior Fellow at Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research. As a professor in the practice, he teaches classes in transportation economics and policy as well as social policy. In addition, Professor Emmett is a Distinguished Senior Fellow within Northeastern University’s Global Resilience Institute.

From 2007 until 2019, Emmett served as County Judge of Harris County, Texas. As County Judge, he was the Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, a role which established him as a national leader in emergency response and community resilience.

 Terry Ziegler is a native Houstonian and a Texas Tech University graduate with an Honors Studies degree in microbiology.
Terry and his wife, Sarka, have two daughters and Terry is the owner of Big Z Lumber Company, a business operating in Houston since 1938.
A Rotarian since 1982, Terry served as president of the
West U (Houston) Rotary Club in 2004-05 and as the Astrodome Rotary Club’s president in 1988-89. The West U Club was awarded the “Best Large Club” in District 5890 during his year as president. In addition, Terry attended a baseball game for physically & mentally challenged youth on the White House lawn with President George W. Bush in 2006 as a result of the West U Rotary Club’s Centennial Project.
Terry produces a Polio Eradication Update newsletter which is emailed weekly to Rotarians around the world In 2010 he received the Rotary Regional Service Award for a Polio-Free World. In 2022 Terry received The Rotary Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service.
Terry served as the Endowment & Major Gift Adviser for Rotary Regions 36 (central North America from Texas to Ontario) for the 2019-2022 Rotary Years and as a Volunteer Coordinator for Rotary Books for the World.

Or the short version – Terry Ziegler was asked to join Rotary in 1982, fell in love with it, and has been having trouble saying no since then.