Speakers

After being involved in a fatal shooting as a Burlingame Police Sergeant, Jeff Downs transitioned to his current mission of giving professionally trained service dogs to first responders, military members, and other public servants to aid in healing job-related stress and trauma. Urban Paws breeds and trains its own dogs and provides them to recipients at no cost. One of these dogs may even make an appearance at our lunch!

Sasha Vasilyuk, a New York Times-featured journalist who grew up between Ukraine, Russia, and San Francisco, will share a unique lens on the war in Ukraine as seen through her family and her debut novel Your Presence is Mandatory (Bloomsbury). Spanning from WWII until the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the novel tells the story of a Jewish Ukrainian veteran with a secret. It acts as a historical primer on the current war in Ukraine. Sasha has written about the region for the New York Times, CNN, Time, KQED, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and others.

We are currently seeing massive changes in the sports business landscape, including the impact of globalization, cord-cutting, franchise valuations, college conference realignments, and more. It is safe to predict that more will change in the next five years than in the past twenty years.

Jeff Krolik, a sports media veteran who spent 25 years at Fox Sports and retired as president of their Regional Networks, is poised to illuminate the broad themes and intricate aspects of the sports business and field questions on the subject.

Dr. Kathleen Kenny, an internist from Stanford Health Care, will cover the basics of stroke, enabling her audience to recognize stroke patterns and understand the importance of getting treatment fast! We will review different types of strokes and the latest therapies to improve outcomes. We will also discuss ways to prevent a first or recurrent stroke through healthy lifestyle choices.

The California energy system is undergoing a dramatic transformation towards cleaner and more efficient energy sources. At the same time, residents and businesses are seeing challenges like high rates and outages. How are these related and what is Peninsula Clean Energy doing about them? Peninsula Clean Energy is San Mateo County’s locally-led, not-for-profit electricity provider. Founded in 2016, the agency provides electricity that is 100% clean at a lower cost than our area’s investor-owned utility.

We will be dark on 6/5/24. Please join us at the Lions Club on Thursday, June 6, 2024 (12:00pm - 1:30pm).

The Burlingame Lions will host us at their historic hall at 990 Burlingame Ave.  Come mingle with the Lions and witness the presentation of this year's Burlingame Citizen of the Year Award.