Yavuz Atila
Yavuz Atila, who leads the Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group (ESRAG) Western North America Regional Chapter, will be speaking at the Rotary Club of Pasadena’s luncheon meeting on Wednesday, October 13.
He will discuss the Rotary Club’s environmental focus during his talk. The meeting is open to the public.
Atila is a current member, founder, and Charter President of the Rotary Club of Monterey Cannery Row. He joined the Rotary Club in April 2005 and served as club president in 2010 to 2011, and Assistant Governor in 2011-2012. He served as the District 5230 Governor in Central Coast California in 2016-2017 and the District Trainer for 2017-2018.
Yavuz joined the Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group (ESRAG) in August 2019.
In November 2010, Atila started the annual “The Rotary Foundation/End Polio Luncheon” bringing Rotary clubs together to celebrate the Rotary Foundation Month and promote the End Polio Now campaign, which became a district-wide event over the years. In May 2009, he founded the Sunnyvale STAR (Silicon Valley Turkish American Rotary) Club, and the Rotary Club of Carmel Sunset in June 2017. He attended the Leadership Monterey Peninsula Class of 2013 and started the “Ocean for Youth” project to bring students from inland areas to visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Yavuz was born in Sinop, Turkey. He graduated from the Turkish Naval Academy in Istanbul and spent an eight-year Naval career on frigates in the Black and Mediterranean Seas.
In 1990, he received his MS degree from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. After resigning from the Turkish Navy in December 1992, he moved back to Monterey and worked as the Information Systems Director for the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) at Monterey. In 2003, he founded his own company, Monterey Bay Technologies, Inc., providing IT solutions, sales and services to small to midsize businesses and organizations.
Wednesday’s meeting is both in person and on Zoom.
To attend the in-person meeting at the University Club of Pasadena, send an email to office@pasadenarotary.com or call (626) 400-6750. At this time, masks are required for all individuals whether vaccinated or unvaccinated except when actively eating or drinking. Only members or guests with proof of vaccination or proof of COVID-19 negative test within 48 hours of the noon meeting may attend, in compliance with the standards set by the University Club and the Pasadena Public Health Department.
To attend via Zoom, register through https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
For more information, visit www.pasadenarotary.com.
