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Brian is a native Californian, born and raised in Tulare County.
 He attended Chico
State College (now California State University, Chico) and graduated with a Degree
in Civil Engineering. While in college, Brian served as Vice President of the Student
Engineering Association and President of the Eta Psi Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega
Service Fraternity. Being an active member of both organizations, Brian became acquainted
with a variety of community projects.
Brian’s wife, Jo Ann, is also a native Californian, being born in Watsonville. Jo
Ann is a member of Alpha Nu, a local chapter of the national women’s non-collegic
service sorority, Epsilon Sigma Alpha. She is a Past President of the chapter and
has served in many capacities of the Board. Jo Ann is a Certified Public Accountant
and serves as the Controller for Collet Construction Co, Inc based in Woodland,
CA. They were married in Chico where both have many long time friends. They established
residence in Sacramento, CA. Brian and Jo Ann have a daughter, Lindsay, who is a
senior at San Francisco State University and majoring in interior design. Lindsay
is active in marshal arts and has achieved for first belt in Taekwondo.
Brian is employed as a managing Principal in the Sacramento office of Stantec, a
5400 person engineering/Architectural firm headquartered in Edmonton, Canada. His
emphasis is in the Urban Land division assisting developers with the creation of
residential communities, commercial centers and office complexes. He serves as Stantec’s
local representative to Sacramento Area Trade & Commerce Association (SACTO),
Building Industry Association (BIA) and Consulting Engineers & Land Surveyors
of California (CELSOC).
A Rotarian since 1995, Brian is a Charter member of the Rotary Club of Natomas.
Both he and JoAnn are Paul Harris Fellows. Brian is also a Paul Harris Sustaining
Member and a Benefactor. His past positions in his club include Secretary, Bulletin
Editor, Rotary Foundation Rep, and President. At the District level, he has served
as a Governor’s Rep, GSE Team Leader, chief registrar for Success Through Rotary
Seminars (STRS), RYE Host family and on the Membership and GSE committees. Rotary
International’s GSE newsletter has quoted him as stating “The GSE Program is Rotary’s
best kept secret”. In 2011, Brian will serve as the General Chair on the Far West PETS Committee responsible for training over 530 president elects from 9 rotary
districts. Brian has also assisted in the annual preparation of the Memorial Service
for deceased Rotarians and he has continued to serve both the District and Zone
Institute in such capacity for four of the past five years.
His family hosted Dasha Korokina, the first Russian student ever to visit District
5180. She stayed with Brian’s family for most of her time in the states and became
the “second daughter” in the family. Although it has been nearly nine years since
she was in the U.S., Dasha still exchanges emails with Dad Brian, Mom Jo Ann and
Sister Lindsay. Dasha has since graduated from the University of Irkursk with a
degree in economics and is employed by the government.
Brian has several interests outside of work. He enjoys growing camellias; rebuilding
classic autos and wine tasting. The last interest is particularly unique in that
he judges wine at commercial and home wine competitions. He is a Past President
of the Sacramento Home Winemakers Club. He has been a wine judge for nearly 20 years
and is one of 225 California State Certified Wine Judges. He has been nicknames
“the District 5180’s Wine Guy” and enjoys assisting people in developing their own
wine appreciation. He has served as the lead guide for all nine Natomas Rotary wine
tours except for the one when he was in Portugal as GSE team leader.
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