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Meetings & Events2023-10-03T08:29:42-07:00

This Week’s Speaker

Kurt Ursich, President, Juniper Capital (May 7th) – Unconventional Financing for Unconventional Times

Juniper Capital President, Kurt Ursich, brings extensive experience and expertise to Juniper Capital Corp. As an account executive at a local private lender for 13 years and a minority shareholder for three, Kurt was an integral part of his team, funding more than $600,000,000 in loans. Prior to his time at Juniper Capital Corp, Kurt spent two years as a fully-licensed financial advisor at Morgan Stanley and three years as a report analyst at Deloitte and Touche, LLP.

Kurt graduated from Carroll College in Helena, MT with a B.A. in Public Relations. During college, he played football and achieved Academic All-Conference Scholar Athlete status. Kurt and his wife Shaliena have two children. When he is not working, you can find him fly fishing, coaching his son’s youth football team, skiing, golfing, playing with his children or riding his horse. Kurt is a member of The National Cutting Horse Association and The Washington Cutting Horse Association.

As a committed member to his community, Kurt serves on the Rotary Club of Bellevue, as a member of Sammamish Presbyterian, and a Sunday school teacher. He is a board member for Skyline Youth Football Association and a Corporate Advisory Board Member for the Issaquah School Foundation. Kurt is also a proud Montana native, and member of Montana Ambassadors, Washington Chapter.

Upcoming Speakers

Kate Casprowiak Scher, Executive Director, Bellevue Arts Museum (May 21st) – Bellevue Arts Museum: Reinvention and Sustainability

Kate moved to Bellevue in 2010 to accept a full-time, tenure track professorship in Art History at Bellevue College, whereupon she taught for eleven years. During her time at Bellevue College she developed the online Art History curriculum, organized exhibits for the Gallery Space and acted as Department Chair, among [...]

Brent Beardall, President & Chief Executive Officer, WaFd Bank (May 28th) – Lessons from the Unexpected

Brent Beardall is Vice-Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of WaFd Bank, a Washington state chartered commercial bank headquartered in Seattle, Washington (NASDAQ: WAFD). WaFd Bank is the largest bank headquartered in Washington State with over $22 billion in assets and 200 offices located in eight western states. In 2023 [...]

Recent Speakers

Jack Timmons, Founder, Jack’s BBQ (April 23rd) – From high-tech to BBQ empire: A delicious story about bringing Central-Texas BBQ to the Northwest

Jack Timmons has quite the LinkedIn profile, an eclectic resume that includes stints with Boeing, Paccar and nearly two decades in the Microsoft fold. [...]

Warren Barkley, Sr. Director, Product Management, Cloud AI, Google Cloud (April 16th) – Future of Artificial Intelligence

Warren Barkley joined Google in 2021 as the Senior Director leading the AI/ML platform teams. Prior to Google, Warren had a series of executive [...]

Tyler Dion and Callum McLuckie (April 2nd) – The PGA in the PNW, Return of Major Championship Golf

Callum McLuckie Callum McLuckie is the Corporate Hospitality Sales and Marketing Lead for the 2024 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. His duties have him overseeing [...]

Dr. Kelly Aramaki, Superintendent, Bellevue School District (March 26th) – A Future of Innovation in the Bellevue School District

Dr. Kelly Aramaki is the Superintendent of the Bellevue School District, where his family has lived for 5 generations. Dr. Aramaki started his career [...]

Kirsten Amrine, VP Revenue Management & Network, Alaska Airlines (March 12th) – Alaska Airlines, from the West Coast to the World

As the vice president of revenue management and network, Kirsten Amrine sets the long-term strategy for Alaska Airlines’ fare offerings and route network. Kirsten [...]

Sam Kaplan, Director, Center of Excellence for Global Trade and Supply Chain Management (Feb. 27th) – The Myths, Mysteries and Mistakes of China… and the U.S

Sam is the director of the Center of Excellence for Global Trade and Supply Chain Management, which connects industry and education in Washington around [...]

Founded in 1961, the Bellevue Rotary Club is an organization of local community and business leaders who make a difference by serving the citizens of our city and the world. Our primary avenues of service are Community Service, International Service, Vocational Service, and Youth Service.

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To support Rotary International’s vision of world peace through Service.

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To change lives in our local and world communities through service and financial support.

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An inclusive, fun, loving, and caring group of community leaders coming together to share a common sense of service and ethics to positively impact lives locally and abroad.

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