Presidents Advance 2025
Share successes – Plan your transition – Inspire your classmates
We are excited to host the 2024-2025 Presidents Advance at the luxurious Irvine Marriott, January 17 – 19, 2025. During the weekend you will Engage with Rotary Leadership at all levels of Rotary, Network with World Class Keynote speakers, and Engage with your Peers to share successes, solve the most pressing challenges in your role, and recharge with The Magic of Rotary.
How do I register?
Hotel: You can book your room by contacting the Reservations desk directly at (800) 228-9290, and ask for the “Presidents Advance” discounted group rate, or simply click the button to the right that says hotel registration.
Advance Registration; Districts 5300, 5320, 5330 can regisiter by clicking the button below. District 5280 can also click the link below and register as a guest.
We are excited to have speakers from all levels of Rotary International attending Presidents Advance 2025.
Friday Night Dinner “Member and Participant Experience” – Nora Zei, General Manager & Chief Participant Experience Officer
Saturday “Keeping Members in the Family of Rotary” – John Chase, Rotary International Zone 26 Coordinator and PDG D5300
Saturday “Where is Rotary? The Connection between Public Image, Social Media, and Influencers – Dan Ouweleen, Zone 26 Rotary Public Image Coordinator and PDG D5320
Saturday “The Trusted Way” – Patrick Galvin, Author, Coach, TEDx speaker
Room Rate: $169.00 plus tax
Room Rate: $169.00 plus tax. The cutoff date for the reduced room rate is December 28, 2024.
Keynote Speakers
Nora Zei, General Manager & Chief Participant Experience Officer
Nora Zei leads a team focused on defining the strategic growth of the participant experience across multiple products, services, and touchpoints by deepening an understanding of the overall participant journey. Zei earned an MBA in strategic management from Chicago Booth and is a member of the Rotary Club of Chicago Cosmopolitan.
Pre-Event Handout
What makes up the club experience
PDG John Chase, Rotary International Zone 26 Coordinator
John lives in Henderson, NV with his wife Elizabeth –they have two adult children, Ashley and Meghan.
John joined Rotary in 2001 as an opportunity to serve his community. He served as president of the Rotary Club of Boulder City during the 2004 –2005 Rotary year. John has been recognized as Rotarian of Year, served Executive Assistant Governor, Assistant Governor, and RYLA Chair three times. He was also instrumental in the establishment of the District’s first Satellite Club. John served as District Governor for District 5300 throughout the 2018 –2019 Rotary year where two new Rotary Clubs and one Rotaract Club was chartered. More recently John served as chairperson for the Big West New Club Development Task Force during the 2021–2022 Rotary year.
John and Elizabeth own and operate Amerisent Insurance –Boulder City, an independent insurance brokerage office. John retired from the Boulder City Police Department in 2014 at the rank of Deputy Chief.
PDG Dan Ouweleen, Zone 26 Rotary Public Image Coordinator
A member of the RC of Fullerton, CA. Dan joined Rotary in 2007 when he was seeking an organization that would allow him to pursue his interest in enriching the lives of those less fortunate than his own. Rotary’s Service Above Self motto and international reach spoke to him and convinced him this was the vehicle to Do More Good in the world. Dan served as Club Youth Chair, then Club President in 2016-17. He went on to be the District Youth Chair in 2018-20 and District Governor in 2022-23. As DGN he created and chaired the District’s Project Shield program that produced and delivered over 90,000 face shields to the medical community at the start of COVID within a 2-month period. Originally from Rochester NY, Dan spent his early professional career in the Semiconductor Industry ultimately as International Marketing Director for Kayex Corporation and then moved to CA to become a partner in a family business known as PacMin focused on international sales in the Aerospace business, and currently serves as the President and co-owner. Dan and his wife Susan, who is also a Rotarian and an HR executive, have 5 children between them and enjoy outdoor adventures and travel, and finding ways to assist others by growing Rotary.
Patrick Galvin, Author, Coach, TEDx speaker
Patrick Galvin is an accomplished presenter, TEDx speaker, author, and coach. He is also the chief galvanizer of The Galvanizing Group, a coaching and online learning company in Portland, Oregon that helps high-performance companies and teams grow bottom line results through better internal and external relationships. Building on the timeless business principles of The Connector’s Way and The Trusted Way, of the popular book series The Way, Patrick educates and motivates while giving people strategies, ideas, and tools to create the connections that galvanize success.
Patrick graduated cum laude from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service. He received a Rotary International Scholarship for postgraduate studies at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He has been an active member of the Rotary Club of Portland for over a decade and has served in various leadership positions.
Patrick has an MBA in international marketing from Thunderbird, one of the world’s top business programs. He worked for an industrial and agricultural equipment manufacturer building a profitable sales network throughout Canada and South America where none had existed prior. He subsequently became president of his family’s furniture stores. Under his leadership, sales rose 300% in three years.