TriCon 2025 - Brookfield
Rotary International Districts 6220, 6250, & 6270 Proudly Present
Speakers to Help You Maximize Rotary Opportunities
We have gathered an inspiring and educational collection of speakers who will share insight about important ideas in our region and world. We're confident that you will come away ready to engage in the good work of Rotary.
Julio Grazioso has been a Rotarian of the Rotary Club of Guatemala Vista Hermosa since 2006, where he has served in various positions. District Governor of RI District 4250 in 2017-18.
Julio has participated in the committees Ripple Effect, Bridges to Prosperity, and coordinated Shelter Box in Guatemala. He’s also advisor of the Literacy Program for Guatemala (GLP). Has participated in more than 40 Global Grants. Member of the Wash in Schools committee of the Rotary Foundation from 2016 to 2020. Appointed ambassador of peace by the government of Guatemala, and Civil Engineer and co-founder of Engineers Without Borders in Guatemala.
Julio worked for the catering family business for 37 years and is retired now.
He defines himself as a Rotarian, pilgrim, and mountaineer.
Ed Futa, past General Secretary and Chief Operating Officer of Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation, managed operations for one of the world’s largest global humanitarian service organization with 40,000 clubs in 200 countries and geographic regions. With annual revenues of US$ 240 million and expenses of US$210 million, Rotary and its Foundation support 1.2 volunteers in their efforts to serve their local and global communities.
Rotary members are professional and community leaders who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. Rotary clubs initiate service projects to address today’s challenges, including illiteracy, disease, hunger, poverty, lack of clean water, and environmental concerns. Rotary’s top priority is the global eradication of polio - a crippling and potentially fatal disease that still threatens children in parts of Africa and Asia. Since 1988, when Rotary and its partners at the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, the incidence of paralytic polio infection has plunged worldwide from 350,000 cases to fewer than 2,000 in 2008. Rotary club members worldwide have contributed more than $800 million and countless volunteer hours to the effort, and Rotary is now working to