Michael Baumann Class of 2007 is president of LCTech GmbH, the developer and manufacturer of premium laboratory equipment and consumables for the food, feed and environmental market based in Bavaira Germany. The company believes in customer orientation, great availability of products, uncompromised quality and ongoing innovation based on their own R & D. Their instruments for sample preparation, & consumables for sample preparation with a focus on food, feed and environmental applications set the highest laboratory standards.
Joachim C. Bartels Class of 1980Director of Intrepid Explorers Inc. that specializes in serving information content providers in the development of new international markets, the identification and selection of potential partners, the development of new strategies and information concepts. Intrepid Explorers also serves clients outside the information content industry, who may have a keen interest in entering or investing in the industry. Intrepid Explorers advises the banking sector in information pooling of loan performance data and in setting up Credit Bureau operations.Through a network of partnerships, Intrepid Explorers is able to take on a range of assignments that include industry data and competitive analysis, desk research, strategic briefings and presentations, due diligence, business and market development in the United States, Europe and South East Asia.Intrepid Explorers is a co-founder of Business Information Industry Association Asia Pacific - Middle East Limited (BIIA). BIIA constitutes a neutral Forum of information content companies in Asia Pacific and Middle East to promote, protect and inform the Industry. BIIA serves as a platform for networking and informing users, regulators, governments and the general public about the value of information services.
Christian Baeumer Class of 2003. Christian is the Chief Executive Officer of T-Systems International,l the international telecommunications company base in Munich, Germany.
Yao Bailey - Class of 2009 is a partner in the law firm Menaker and Hermann LLP. She was born and grew up in Jilin, China, a place that was once called "Manchuria", and immigrated to the United States -by herself - in September of 1997. Her mother and brother still live in Jilin. Yao received her legal education both in China and the United States earning an LL.B from Peking University School of Law in 1987, and an LL.M from University of Washington School of Law in 1998. While she practiced law in China for eight years, in July 1998, she passed the New York Bar Exam on her first try. This was only eight months after her US arrival. Shortly later, Yao joined the New York law firm of Menaker & Hermann LLP where she earned a partnership eight years later. Her practice focuses on real estate, concentrating in commercial leasing, real property transfer, construction law, and corporate law.She truly enjoys practicing law in New York, especially when she successfully assisted clients in purchasing or selling their residences, negotiated office leases for companies of various sizes, or drafts and reviewed design service agreements for architects for several large-scale construction projects.
Our club members have been informed that her working style is non-confrontational (except when too greatly provoked), responsive, and works hard to get deals done. A client once described her as "an iron fist in a velvet glove". It is very gratifying to Yao, when her clients praise her for being helpful and pleasant to work with.
One of her proudest educational achievements as a student was when Yao earned "first place" among the social science students in her home town on the national college entrance exam in 1983. As a consequence she was admitted to Peking University and entered the International Law Program. This is one of the most competitive majors in China's most acclaimed law school.
In 2008, Yao was a recipient of the 2008 Fifty Outstanding Asian Americans in Business Award given by the Asian American Business Development Center. Yao also finds some free-time to be a competitive tennis player, and has won an number of women's doubles championships in the Roosevelt Island Tennis Association annual open tournament.
The Rotary Club of New York warmly welcomes the "Iron Fist in the Velvet Glove". We know New York City will be an even better place to live and work, and Yao's international expertise will significantly contribute to our club's international humanitarian commitment.
Giorgio H. Balestrieri - Class of 1991
Giorgio Balestrieri is a former Navy Officer and a graduate of the Italian Navy Commanding School. He received a degree from the Naval College/University of Pisa in Defense & Security Sciences. He has well over forty years of experience in his field. He spent eighteen years in NATO and National Operations, including positions as Chief of Staff of Navigation and Meteorology on ITS Doria (Command Fleet One), Chief of Staff of Communications on ITS Duilio (Command Fleet Two), Captain of a Combat Ship and Operational Consultant for the Navy R&D Institute, consultant for the Chair of the Senate Defense Committee. Giorgio has spent over twenty-five years in the strategic planning, evaluation and implementation of advanced technologies in complex cross border security systems.In the United States, he is a Life Member and President of the Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association New York Founders’ Chapter , a member of the advisory Board of SATCON, a member of AFIO and for several years a member of ASIS and of the ASTM F12 Committee on Security Systems and Equipment.
Since 1985 he pioneered the total airport security concept leading to today’s “Multifunctional Sea-Land & Airport Cross Border Management System” published in Chapter VI of the book “Terrorism: Defensive Strategies for Individuals, Companies & Governments”. The book, written prior to 9/11, brings together some of the Country’s leading experts on terrorism from the government, police departments, and universities as well as computer, medical, biological and chemical specialists.
He is a Senior Sustaining Member of the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce and a Director and Vice President of the Rotary Club of New York. As the Chairman of the International Service Division of the NY Rotary Club, he was selected as the recipient of several “Special Service Awards”. On February 24, 2004 he received from the Ambassador of Madagascar the Paul Harris Award for creating and supporting the United Nations Public and Private Alliance for Rural Development. Thanks to his unique leadership and communication skills and his ability to interact and be well received at the highest political, diplomatic, and corporate levels, he became the President of “Fondazione Giacomo Maria Ugolini, Ambassador - The International Athenaeum for the Study of the Mystery of Humanity and the Development of Human Potential.
Sylvan Barnet (Barney) Class of 1987Barney joined the RCNY in 1987. At that time the club had 440 members lunching on Thursdays at the main downstairs dining room of the Roosevelt Hotel, where we also had offices for Rod and a Secretary. IN 1988 Barney and PDG Jack Ruger launched the first RI Day at the UN in 1988 with Pres-Elect Paulo Costa.
Barney also started a small international breakfast group at the Roosevelt Hotel, precursor of our present monthly Wednesday group at the German Mission. Barney also launched a Wall Street breakfast club for our members downtown. Unfortunately, neither breakfast clubs lasted more than 18 months.
Barney also started a small international breakfast group at the Roosevelt Hotel, precursor of our present monthly Wednesday group at the German Mission. Barney also launched a Wall Street breakfast club for our members downtown. Unfortunately, neither breakfast clubs lasted more than 18 months.
Over 1600 people attended Rotary Day at the United Nations on Sa November, 2008. "Rotary shares the same social and humanitarian agenda as the UN system," says Sylvan Barnet, who has been representing Rotary International (RI) at the UN for over 16 years. The briefing sessions will be on the UN in 2002, the Security Council debate on Iraq, UNICEF and Environment and Peace.
Not many people know that when the UN Charter was adopted in 1945, there were 49 Rotarians in 29 of the official country delegations. Together with the other NGOs present, Rotary International was influential in changing the opening words of the UN Charter from "We the States" to "We the Peoples". Rotary concentrated on Charter Article 71, concerning NGO accreditation to the UN and strengthening the paragraphs on ECOSOC.
One of the other NGOs was the American Association for the UN, which became UNA-USA. Ever since, there have been close links between UNAs around the world and Rotary's global network of 1.2 million members and nearly 31,000 clubs in over 160 countries. UNAs and Rotary clubs share an interest in promoting global understanding of the UN's Charter. Both conduct Model UN Conferences for young people. The Rotary Foundation's Ambassadorial Scholarships Program is the world's largest privately funded global scholarship program.
Rotary International's worldwide program to eliminate polio has the active support of The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) - they have organized national immunization days in over 120 countries. "In India, Rotarians, along with their families, friends, and co-workers immunized 150 million children in just one day!" says Barnet.
The Club means has done a lot for our club but Barney makes it very clear that each year our club means more to Barney.
Not many people know that when the UN Charter was adopted in 1945, there were 49 Rotarians in 29 of the official country delegations. Together with the other NGOs present, Rotary International was influential in changing the opening words of the UN Charter from "We the States" to "We the Peoples". Rotary concentrated on Charter Article 71, concerning NGO accreditation to the UN and strengthening the paragraphs on ECOSOC.
One of the other NGOs was the American Association for the UN, which became UNA-USA. Ever since, there have been close links between UNAs around the world and Rotary's global network of 1.2 million members and nearly 31,000 clubs in over 160 countries. UNAs and Rotary clubs share an interest in promoting global understanding of the UN's Charter. Both conduct Model UN Conferences for young people. The Rotary Foundation's Ambassadorial Scholarships Program is the world's largest privately funded global scholarship program.
Rotary International's worldwide program to eliminate polio has the active support of The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) - they have organized national immunization days in over 120 countries. "In India, Rotarians, along with their families, friends, and co-workers immunized 150 million children in just one day!" says Barnet.
The Club means has done a lot for our club but Barney makes it very clear that each year our club means more to Barney.
Dieter Beintrexler - Class of 2003 is the director of the RZB Finace Corporation, the subsidiary of Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG, the third-largest Austrian bank with assets in excess of $200 billion. While RZB has a long history of representation in the US dating back to 1980, RZB Finance LLC commenced operations in 1997. The company is headquartered in New York with offices in Bethel, Chicago and Houston and Los Angeles.
Carlos Bergantinos Class of 2002 is an Art Consultant and a director of New ERA Technological Solutions, SL
Sheri Best - Class of 2005
Sheri Best - Class of 2005
Vice President of Pier Head Associates, Ltd. Class of 2005 Sheri is vice president and partner of Pier Head Associates, Ltd., the General Contracting & Construction Management located in New York City. For 25 years her company been performing high end, excellent quality interior renovations in New York City and surrounding areas, bringing to life the beautiful and unusual ideas of many architects and interior designers.Their portfolio includes a wide array of residential and commercial projects, many of which have won design awards or been featured in architecture and design publications.Sheri was born in an American Army Hospital in Frankfurt, Germany when her father was stationed there during the Korean War in Military Intelligence, as a Russian interpreter for the US army. She lived her first 5 years in the Bronx then we moved to New Jersey where I went through high school.
After studying Fine Arts and Literature at American University and Rutgers University Sheri spent a year after college in the beautiful mountains of Prescott, Arizona, in an artist’s community, working with artists and craftsmen, teaching artists’ and craftsman’s skills to Arizonans who received State Disability Benefits. The idea was to teach skills to people who could not hold conventional jobs because of mental or physical handicaps. She taught them photography, videography, ceramics, jewelry-making, metalworking, and other skills in hopes they could develop businesses to support themselves with these skills.
Originally Sheri came to New York to be an artist, but as is usually she didn’t know how to make a living doing that! Experience with the program in Arizona gave her administration and bookkeeping knowledge. Since many of her friends were artists, writers, musicians, and all were making a living working for small construction firms as carpenters, laborers, and assorted craftspeople and artisans. One thing led to another and Sheri ended up meeting her soon to be business partner through the small contractor network. Twenty-Five years later, Sheri is vice president are now Pier Head Associates, Ltd.,
Sheri,her husband Denis, and their two children have their home in Califon, NJ, a beautiful rural town in the Musconetcong mountains among horse farms, apple orchards, and right on a little branch of the Raritan River.
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William Blankinship Class of 2006 is an officer of the Quintessence
Finacial, LCC. Bill has more than 25 years experience as a commercial insurance broker and executive with firms such as Marsh, Willis and Sedgwick. He was a co-founder and principal of two brokerages, which were acquired by larger public firms. Since the mid-1990’s, Bill’s practice has focused on developing insurance-based solutions to support or enhance structured finance transactions. Bill has been a leader in the development of single-asset financial guarantees. He holds both the CIC and CRM designations.
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Manuel Bressan Class of 2002 is a Political Affairs officer at the United Nations.
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Deborah Browning Class of 2003 is a Psychologist at New York University
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Paul Caruso originally from the Staten Island Club has been a member of the Rotary Club of New York since 2002.
Paul E. Caruso, born in Brooklyn, New York, propelled himself into his own business at age 19, in order to help support his family. He became an entrepreneur by developing commercial real estate. Paul is a self-made and educated person.
Paul became Rotary District 7230 Governor in 1999 and worked for our District and Rotary International full time during his term.
Paul's experience with Rotary began in 1985, when he joined the Rotary Club of North Shore, Staten Island. He has gained valuable experience in Community and World Service. Mr. Caruso Co-chaired a Polio-Plus event, which raised $25,000 from the North Shore Rotary Club. Paul built many fund-raising booths and attractions for local schools, the community and Rotary Club of North Shore. He was elected President of the North Shore Rotary Charitable Foundation in 1989-1990 and served as Club President in 1993-1994. In 1996, Paul received a Paul Harris Award from his club.
Paul has attended On-to-Bermuda trips every year since 1992. He served twice as the District's Area Representative 1995-1997; Trustee for District 7230 Foundation; attended most District Conferences (many for the four-day duration); attended Rotary International Conventions in Nice, France 1995; Calgary, Canada 1996; Glasgow, Scotland 1997; Indianapolis, Indiana 1998; Singapore 1999; and has registered for Buenos Aires, Argentina 2000. Paul, as Governor Nominee attended Rotary International Day at the United Nations in November 1998 and the Presidential Conference in Washington, D. C. in December 1998 with its focus on children.
Paul is actively supported by his wife, Gail. They live in Staten Island, N.Y. and have four children, Lorraine, Paul Jr. (member of Gateway Rotary), Christina and Grace (charter member of Rotaract in Staten Island) and two grandchildren, Paul III and Sabrina.
Paul became a member of the Rotary Club of New York in 2002.
Paul and Gail enjoy "Traveling the World of Rotary."
Arcadio Casillas Class of 1981 is the president of the Prefered Compensation, Corp. NEW YORK – Arcadio Casillas was the recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor at a gala ceremony held on May 15, 2004 on Ellis Island, NY.
Arcadio Casillas, Past President of the New York Rotary International Club (1996-1997) and former Trustee for the New York Rotary Foundation (1997-2003), was honored at a Gala Ceremony on Ellis Island, May 15th 2004 as the recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Mr. Casillas in addition to his duties as President of Preferred Compensation Corporation is highly involved in various Civic and Educational Organizations.
“The Ellis Island Medal of Honor Awards allow us an opportunity to honor the best in America – those who lend their talents, time and energy to making our country a better place for us all. Arcadio Casillas is not only an outstanding businessman, but someone who has dedicated his life to helping others. He exemplifies all that is great about America.” – As stated by William Denis Fugazy, Chairman of the Ellis Island Medals of Honor Gala Ceremony.
There are only two medals sanctioned by the United States Congress, the Medal of Honor and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Past recipients of the Ellis Island Medals of Honor include six presidents of the United States, members of Congress, Nobel Prize winners, justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, prominent scientists, business people, entertainers and military heroes.
William Currie, who recently retired as an insurance executive is now Presdient of the Gift of Life International.
Ann M. Creo Class of 1999, a Certified Financial Planer
Colin Chisholm Class of 2007 is an executive with the TNC Networks, Inc., the Connecticut based company that brings server-based interactive educational and skills assessment services currently only available in North America to customers in emerging-markets like China, India, Vietnam, and Mexico.
For North American developers, TNC offers a secure, IP-protective distribution channel to new markets. For our distribution partners, TNC offers internationalized and localized ready-to-sell educational and assessment services. For students, faculty, trainers, and human resource staff in emerging markets, TNC offers the very best of North American development.
Eva L. Corredor Class of 2006 originally from a Maryland Rotary Club, was born in Hungary and grew up in several countries of Europe where she earned a German Abitur and a Diploma in Hungarian from the Sorbonne. Her M.A. and Ph.D degress are from Columbia University. As a professor of French and German she taught at Barnard college, Douglass College, Mills College, and held visiting professor positions at Reed College and the University of Wshington before joining the faculty of the United States Naval Academy for seventeen years. Her research and publications are in contemporary theory and criticism with a special interest in Gyorgy Lukacs whose work she discusses in two books. Her other publications appeared in Diacritics, Sub-Stance, French Review, New German Critique, Slavic Review, Philosophy and Literature, Comparative Literature, University of Ottawa Quarterly, Etudes francophones, and Tracing Literary Theory. Among her awards are Paul Harris Fellow, excellence in Research Award, and the Meritorious Civilian Service Award from the USNA. Eva makes her home in New York but spends several months a year in Paris.
Rosemary Clemens Class of 1999 is a CEO of New York Childrens's Vision Coalition, the non-profit, educational, and advocacy organization dedicated solely to assure comprehensive eye care for all New York’s children.
The Coalition brings together educators, healthcare professionals, private industry, philanthropists and political leaders to solidify a common commitment to the preservation of sight and quality of life. With high profile public awareness campaigns, ongoing advocacy with city and state governments and healthcare education agencies. The Coalition seeks to insure accessibility to vision care for all regardless of their ability to pay, and works to insure early detection and treatment providers for each and every child. It has a mobile vision van that provides direct care to children at schools, Head Start programs,day care & summer day camp programs.
Peter Connors Class of 1982 is a partner of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPOrrick consistently ranks among a handful of global law firms with the breadth and caliber of practice to serve the complex needs of a discerning client base.
With 21 offices in Asia, Europe and North America, we offer our clients a local understanding of business and the law combined with a global perspective, and we assist our clients on issues in well over 100 countries.
We advise financial institutions, public and private companies, emerging businesses and state and regulatory bodies on the largest and most complex corporate transactions, novel finance, litigation and tax matters.
Sabine Brunner Class of 2006 is the CEO of Brunner Advertising, Inc.
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James Bryan Class of 1999 is a Past- president of our Club and during his year we official joined with the Munich International Club of Germany as "Sister Clubs"
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Barbara Burns Class of 1992
Barbara Burns Class of 1992
Barbara is president of BBA Communications, Inc., a firm she founded to assist businesses, agencies, governments and other organizations with international public relations, from strategic counseling to spot media assignments. "While many businesses and other organizations have global networks, fewer have the in-house international public relations experience required to carry out an effective campaign in a different culture or country. Finding the right formula for a communications program outside your home territory is a smart investment," she says.Barbara has experience on both the corporate and agency side of the business. She has managed international programs for multinational companies (Canon Europa, Merck & Co) and helped build networks of overseas public relations firms through acquisition and partnerships (Grey Advertising, NuSkin International).She lived for several years in France and then in Brazil where she practiced public relations. She was the Representative for the Port of Le Havre Authority, France’s largest container port, for nine years, handling their business-to-business contacts, marketing, advertising and public relations.Barbara is the 2001 recipient of the Public Relations Society of America’s Atlas Award for Lifetime Achievement in International Public Relations. She represents the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) at UN headquarters in New York.Barbara works with a network of professionals in the United States and around the world, including professionals in media relations, investor relations, crisis communications, business analysis, international project management, and the NGO community. Writers and translators are available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and others.
Paul Caruso originally from the Staten Island Club has been a member of the Rotary Club of New York since 2002.
Paul E. Caruso, born in Brooklyn, New York, propelled himself into his own business at age 19, in order to help support his family. He became an entrepreneur by developing commercial real estate. Paul is a self-made and educated person.
Paul became Rotary District 7230 Governor in 1999 and worked for our District and Rotary International full time during his term.
Paul's experience with Rotary began in 1985, when he joined the Rotary Club of North Shore, Staten Island. He has gained valuable experience in Community and World Service. Mr. Caruso Co-chaired a Polio-Plus event, which raised $25,000 from the North Shore Rotary Club. Paul built many fund-raising booths and attractions for local schools, the community and Rotary Club of North Shore. He was elected President of the North Shore Rotary Charitable Foundation in 1989-1990 and served as Club President in 1993-1994. In 1996, Paul received a Paul Harris Award from his club.
Paul has attended On-to-Bermuda trips every year since 1992. He served twice as the District's Area Representative 1995-1997; Trustee for District 7230 Foundation; attended most District Conferences (many for the four-day duration); attended Rotary International Conventions in Nice, France 1995; Calgary, Canada 1996; Glasgow, Scotland 1997; Indianapolis, Indiana 1998; Singapore 1999; and has registered for Buenos Aires, Argentina 2000. Paul, as Governor Nominee attended Rotary International Day at the United Nations in November 1998 and the Presidential Conference in Washington, D. C. in December 1998 with its focus on children.
Paul is actively supported by his wife, Gail. They live in Staten Island, N.Y. and have four children, Lorraine, Paul Jr. (member of Gateway Rotary), Christina and Grace (charter member of Rotaract in Staten Island) and two grandchildren, Paul III and Sabrina.
Paul became a member of the Rotary Club of New York in 2002.
Paul and Gail enjoy "Traveling the World of Rotary."
Arcadio Casillas Class of 1981 is the president of the Prefered Compensation, Corp. NEW YORK – Arcadio Casillas was the recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor at a gala ceremony held on May 15, 2004 on Ellis Island, NY.
Arcadio Casillas, Past President of the New York Rotary International Club (1996-1997) and former Trustee for the New York Rotary Foundation (1997-2003), was honored at a Gala Ceremony on Ellis Island, May 15th 2004 as the recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Mr. Casillas in addition to his duties as President of Preferred Compensation Corporation is highly involved in various Civic and Educational Organizations.
“The Ellis Island Medal of Honor Awards allow us an opportunity to honor the best in America – those who lend their talents, time and energy to making our country a better place for us all. Arcadio Casillas is not only an outstanding businessman, but someone who has dedicated his life to helping others. He exemplifies all that is great about America.” – As stated by William Denis Fugazy, Chairman of the Ellis Island Medals of Honor Gala Ceremony.
There are only two medals sanctioned by the United States Congress, the Medal of Honor and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Past recipients of the Ellis Island Medals of Honor include six presidents of the United States, members of Congress, Nobel Prize winners, justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, prominent scientists, business people, entertainers and military heroes.
William Currie, who recently retired as an insurance executive is now Presdient of the Gift of Life International.
Ann M. Creo Class of 1999, a Certified Financial Planer
Colin Chisholm Class of 2007 is an executive with the TNC Networks, Inc., the Connecticut based company that brings server-based interactive educational and skills assessment services currently only available in North America to customers in emerging-markets like China, India, Vietnam, and Mexico.For North American developers, TNC offers a secure, IP-protective distribution channel to new markets. For our distribution partners, TNC offers internationalized and localized ready-to-sell educational and assessment services. For students, faculty, trainers, and human resource staff in emerging markets, TNC offers the very best of North American development.
Eva L. Corredor Class of 2006 originally from a Maryland Rotary Club, was born in Hungary and grew up in several countries of Europe where she earned a German Abitur and a Diploma in Hungarian from the Sorbonne. Her M.A. and Ph.D degress are from Columbia University. As a professor of French and German she taught at Barnard college, Douglass College, Mills College, and held visiting professor positions at Reed College and the University of Wshington before joining the faculty of the United States Naval Academy for seventeen years. Her research and publications are in contemporary theory and criticism with a special interest in Gyorgy Lukacs whose work she discusses in two books. Her other publications appeared in Diacritics, Sub-Stance, French Review, New German Critique, Slavic Review, Philosophy and Literature, Comparative Literature, University of Ottawa Quarterly, Etudes francophones, and Tracing Literary Theory. Among her awards are Paul Harris Fellow, excellence in Research Award, and the Meritorious Civilian Service Award from the USNA. Eva makes her home in New York but spends several months a year in Paris.
Rosemary Clemens Class of 1999 is a CEO of New York Childrens's Vision Coalition, the non-profit, educational, and advocacy organization dedicated solely to assure comprehensive eye care for all New York’s children.
The Coalition brings together educators, healthcare professionals, private industry, philanthropists and political leaders to solidify a common commitment to the preservation of sight and quality of life. With high profile public awareness campaigns, ongoing advocacy with city and state governments and healthcare education agencies. The Coalition seeks to insure accessibility to vision care for all regardless of their ability to pay, and works to insure early detection and treatment providers for each and every child. It has a mobile vision van that provides direct care to children at schools, Head Start programs,day care & summer day camp programs.
Peter Connors Class of 1982 is a partner of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPOrrick consistently ranks among a handful of global law firms with the breadth and caliber of practice to serve the complex needs of a discerning client base.
With 21 offices in Asia, Europe and North America, we offer our clients a local understanding of business and the law combined with a global perspective, and we assist our clients on issues in well over 100 countries.
We advise financial institutions, public and private companies, emerging businesses and state and regulatory bodies on the largest and most complex corporate transactions, novel finance, litigation and tax matters.
Rosemary Clemens Class of 1999
Our member Rosemary Clemens, PhD who works for New York Children’s Vision Coalition and, for the club has successfully chaired our “Eyeglass Campaign,” and our “Endow a Tree in Central Park” has just done something really interesting
Marie Otelia Costales - Class of 2007
Our member Rosemary Clemens, PhD who works for New York Children’s Vision Coalition and, for the club has successfully chaired our “Eyeglass Campaign,” and our “Endow a Tree in Central Park” has just done something really interesting
Marie Otelia Costales - Class of 2007
Marie Otelia Costales was born and raised in Manila and attended the University of the Philippines, where she earned her bachelor's and medical degrees, as well as a master's degree in Public Health. In 1979, about a year after graduating, she married her classmate Antonio Costales.
Early in her career as a physician, Maritel joined the Philippines Department of Health, where she ultimately became the Department's Director of Maternal and Child Health Services and the Division Chief of the Expanded Program on Immunization/Acute Respiratory Infection Program Division. Along the way, she and Antonio were blessed with three children: Victoria, Matt, and Herrard. The family lived in the Philippines until 2001, when Maritel was hired as the Senior Health Advisor for the Polio Eradication Program at UNICEF in New York City. UNICEF is the UN organization that focuses specifically on children and young people, working with others to eliminate the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child’s path. In that position Maritel oversaw UNICEF's global polio program and coordinated with its partners, who include Rotary International. Two years ago, she became the Senior Health Adviser of Accelerated Disease Control (ADC), leading the professionals who manage the ADC's programs for polio, measles, yellow fever, and meningitis. When she isn't working, Maritel loves reading, gardening, and cooking. She is so grateful to have wonderful children and a happy marriage and a job that she enjoys. She and her husband share the hope that their children might have the same blessings that God gave them. Right now Victoria, their eldest, is a medical student at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. Both of their sons graduated from college last May--Mark with a BA in Economics from Rutgers and Herrard with a BA in Finance from New York University Stern School of Business. Two accomplishments in which Maritel takes particular pride date back to her tenure as the Philippines' Immunization Manager from 1989 to 1995. The first was helping her country reach the Universal Child Immunization target in 1990. The second was the eradication of polio in the Philippines. From 1993 to 1995, she organized multi-antigen National Immunization Days (NIDs) in the Philippines, in whose success the Philippines Rotarians played a vital role . Since the first round of NIDs in 1993, there have been no more reported polio cases. It is her dream to see polio eradicated globally.
Early in her career as a physician, Maritel joined the Philippines Department of Health, where she ultimately became the Department's Director of Maternal and Child Health Services and the Division Chief of the Expanded Program on Immunization/Acute Respiratory Infection Program Division. Along the way, she and Antonio were blessed with three children: Victoria, Matt, and Herrard. The family lived in the Philippines until 2001, when Maritel was hired as the Senior Health Advisor for the Polio Eradication Program at UNICEF in New York City. UNICEF is the UN organization that focuses specifically on children and young people, working with others to eliminate the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child’s path. In that position Maritel oversaw UNICEF's global polio program and coordinated with its partners, who include Rotary International. Two years ago, she became the Senior Health Adviser of Accelerated Disease Control (ADC), leading the professionals who manage the ADC's programs for polio, measles, yellow fever, and meningitis. When she isn't working, Maritel loves reading, gardening, and cooking. She is so grateful to have wonderful children and a happy marriage and a job that she enjoys. She and her husband share the hope that their children might have the same blessings that God gave them. Right now Victoria, their eldest, is a medical student at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. Both of their sons graduated from college last May--Mark with a BA in Economics from Rutgers and Herrard with a BA in Finance from New York University Stern School of Business. Two accomplishments in which Maritel takes particular pride date back to her tenure as the Philippines' Immunization Manager from 1989 to 1995. The first was helping her country reach the Universal Child Immunization target in 1990. The second was the eradication of polio in the Philippines. From 1993 to 1995, she organized multi-antigen National Immunization Days (NIDs) in the Philippines, in whose success the Philippines Rotarians played a vital role . Since the first round of NIDs in 1993, there have been no more reported polio cases. It is her dream to see polio eradicated globally.
