Jon Greene – Reno, Nevada (Team Leader-Rotary Club of Reno Sunrise, NV)
Jon has been a member of the Rotary Club of Reno Sunrise since March of 1998. He has served the club as treasurer, secretary, fundraising chair, membership chair and was Club President in 2003-04. Currently he is the webmaster for the Rotary Club of Reno Sunrise, and is an advisor for the Rotaract Club of Reno. Jon has been a member of the Rotary Youth Exchange District Committee since 2002, and has served as the Executive Secretary for District 5190 Rotary Youth Exchange program since 2003.
Patrick Brutsche – (Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Reno Sunrise, NV)
Patrick moved Reno, Nevada to open up the Northern Nevada TEKsystems office. Currently, he is enjoying growing this new TEKsystems office as well as teaching technology courses at Morrison University in Reno. In his spare time, Patrick enjoys tennis and basketball while also serving on the Board of Directors for the Project Management Institute – Northern Nevada Chapter, the Northern Nevada Software Developers Group, and New2u Computers (a Disability Resources company).
Brenda Igler – (Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Grass Valley, CA)
Brenda is a graduate of the nation’s leading school in Ayurvedic Medicine, the California College of Ayurveda (CCA). A dedicated practitioner, Brenda holds certifications as a Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist and as a Pancha Karma Specialist. Her knowledge in herbal medicine spans from the sustainable and organic cultivation of plants on through to the preparation of specialty formulations. As the Director of Herbalism, Coordinator of the Internship Program, and a member of the teaching faculty at the CCA Brenda is kept busy managing the College’s herbal pharmacy, supervising interns, or teaching in the classroom. Brenda also conducts her clinical practice at the College’s Mind-Body Health Center providing private consultations, and body therapies in the Pancha Karma Clinic. Brenda is a compassionate and inspiring practitioner of Ayurvedic Medicine committed to providing service to humanity.
Jennifer Spina – (Sponsored by the Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe, NV)
Jen teaches Physical Education part-time at a community college. This provides opportunities for her to educate and encourage students to find a sport or activity that gives them pleasure as well as health benefits. She is also the International Education Coordinator at the college where she uses her own travel experiences to arrange study abroad experiences for local students, as well as also to recruit international students to the mountain community college.
Nichole Wasson – (Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Carson City Sunset, NV)
Nichole has a Bachelor in Business Administration from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, CA with honors. She has worked in the insurance industry for the last 7 years and currently works for an insurance agency in Reno, NV. Nichole is also involved with the Builders Association of Western Nevada and serves as the Vice President of the Women’s Council and is a member of the Government Affairs Committee. She also is a member of Toastmasters.
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R. Jayasankar Team Leader R Jayasankar is a Rotarian of 26 years.
He joined Rotary Club of Cochin Midtown as a Charter
Member in 1983. He is a Past President, has held
the posts of Assistant Governor, Chair for the District
Assembly 2009 and is currently the District Director
for Water Resources.
He has been closely involved with projects pertaining
to water and sanitation, housing, and children
with special needs.
He is a recipient of the most outstanding president
award and the Rotary Foundation Service award constituted
by the District.
A Bachelor in Engineering, Rtn. Jayasankar owns
businesses which include manufacture of industrial
storage Racks, window blinds, distribution of electronic
and food products.
He is a sports enthusiast who plays tennis regularly.
Currently he is the president of the Ernakulam District
tennis association. His spouse Neena runs an antique
shop. Their daughter Archana is a HR professional
and son Aditya is a student of XII std.
Haresh M. Pandya
Team member Haresh M. Pandya, aged 38 years
works as Assistant Professor of Physics at Chikkanna
Government Arts College, Tiruppur and is a sponsored
candidate of Rotary Club of Coimbatore Main.
He holds M.Sc., M. Phil. degrees in Physics and
is an avid, passionate Physics Teacher possessing 16
years of diversified and versatile student relational experience
and a strong desire for continued research,
academic and professional development. His research
interests include Cosmology & Atmospheric Physics
with special reference to Computer Modelling and
Simulation. He submitted his Ph.D. Dissertation to
Bharathiar University, Coimbatore in January 2010
and is awaiting its defense soon.
He is also a trained Integral Yoga Teacher & Vedic
Astrologer specializing in the branches of Medical, Financial
and Horary Astrology. He has special interest
in the study of Indian Mysticism and Philosophy and
regularly practices Mantras, Mudras, Meditation and
Music. Homoeopathy, playing the Harmonium are his
other past-times. He is a strict follower of vegetarianism.
He is happily married to Rashmi, a home-maker and
they have two lovely daughters Shyamaa, aged 5 and
Haripriya, aged 3.
Kannammai Sevugan
Kannammai hails from the iconic place of Karaikudi in Tamil Nadu. Studied and settled in Coimbatore for the past 15 years, she's married to businessman Sevugan Kannan. They are blessed with a girl child studying in 4th grade. Sports has always fascinated this district-level volleyball and badminton player. Her leadership qualities was best noticed as President of the Junior Chamber International - Coimbatore Cosmo. She has also organized many events like a blood donation rally covering a 1000 kms in a duration of only 36 hours, a one-month summer camp for rural children, and a 33 hour non-stop training programme. Kannammai has a Master's degree in Computer Applications and a Master of Philosophy in Educational Technology. She's currently doing her research in Educational Technology. She's employed in Accurate Data Converters Private Ltd, a large ISO 9001:2000 BPO serving the US engineering data management services, mortgage & insurance, and litigation companies. She heads the Engineering Production Unit which is on Data Management Services involving cataloging and data enrichment that includes the process of sourcing, cleansing, building, structuring and syndicating content and data to support corporate information infrastructure, catalogs, procurement applications, e-commerce, CRM, and ERP needs. Earlier, she was also the head of an HR department of a company comprising of engineers, managers, and other graduates. On the lighter side, she's also passionate about Bharathanatyam and Carnatic music.
Sunitha Satheesh
Sunitha hails from Kerala, a small state of Southern
India. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce,
a Masters and M. Phil. Degree in Sociology and has
completed Teacher’s Training (B. Ed.) in English &
Social Studies. She is presently the Vice Principal at
The Choice School and has been a part of the teaching
profession for more than 14 years. She enjoys
the teaching profession and it gives her great pleasure
to spend time with children. She feels that imparting
knowledge, guiding and mentoring the young
generation is the best way to reach out to society.
She handles sociology for XI & XII standard. As Vice
Principal, she also coordinates all cultural and sports
programs at school.
Sunitha spends most of her time at work or with her
family. Her family consists of husband Satheesh (An
Engineer by profession, working as a senior manager at
BPCL-Oil Refinery) and two children: Namita, an 8th
grade student and Gautham, a third grade student.
During her leisure time, she catches up with some of
her hobbies which include listening to Hindi songs, art
work, gardening, traveling and shopping. The main
art related works she enjoys doing are artificial flower
making, stitching painting on dress materials, making
stuffed toys and metal embossing. She has extensively
traveled in India and enjoyed its rich and diverse
culture. The places she has visited outside the country
include Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, China and
Hong Kong.
Ashwin Kaliappa
Hailing from an agricultural family, Ashwin Kaliappa,
28 years old, is a practicing lawyer in Coimbatore,
Tamil Nadu. He is sponsored by The Rotary Club
of Coimbatore Spectrum. He also serves as the Executive
Secretary of the Association of British Scholars,
Coimbatore Chapter.
Holding bachelors’ degree in Political Science and
Law and a Masters degree in Law from Scotland, he
also partners selling cars and runs a dairy industry. He
follows the organic style of farming. He was awarded
the most meaningful contributor to his college in the
year 2004. He is also an extensive traveler.
On the sports front, he represented his school and
college in hockey. Also plays shuttle and table tennis.
Major part of his weekend is spent with pets and
cattle; he is an enthusiastic horse rider and is a vivid
homing and high flying pigeon racer. He is married to
Shruthi Darshani, a final year engineering student.
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