Saturday April 18, 2026 
9:45 - 10:45 AM

Plenary Speaker: Vicki Puliz, Trustee of The Rotary Foundation

Vicki is honored to serve as a trustee of The Rotary Foundation 2025-2029, and Vice Chair in 2026-2027. She will chair the Executive Committee, and serves on the TRF Finance Committee, Investment Committee, Rotary Peace Centers and International Polio Plus Committee. She is a past Rotary International Director, serving 2021-2023, along with other Rotary positions International Assembly facilitator, Rotary Public Image Coordinator, Governor of Rotary District 5190 in 2013-2014, and participation in many Governor-elect, Governor-nominee and president-elect education and learning events. She has been a proud member of the Rotary Club of Sparks, Nevada, USA since 1992. Of particular focus for Vicki is developing leaders, empowering youth, eradicating polio, and building bridges to peace in our communities and around the world. She is a Positive Peace Activator, trained through the partnership of Rotary with the Institute for Economics and Peace.

A graduate of the University of Utah with both a Marketing degree and Master of Business Administration, Vicki owned a successful commercial electrical contracting firm in northern Nevada for 19 years before merging it into a public traded entity. Vicki and her husband, Tim, live in Reno, Nevada, at the base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Their blended family includes seven adult children, twelve grandchildren, and three Rotary Youth Exchange daughters. Their interests include outdoor activities and general aviation. Vicki and Pilot Tim are members of the International Fellowship of Flying Rotarians. They support Our Rotary Foundation as members of the Arch Klumph Society, the Paul Harris Society, Polio Plus Society, and the Bequest Society.