Meeting Recap
On March 19th there will be a club social at Eighty-Three Brewery in Akron http://portal.clubrunner.ca/4880/event/83-brewery-club-social
John Turnbull Gave His Bio
John was born in England on his grandfather's 80th birthday. He grew up in Wales, Switzerland and England as his father relocated working for BP. After a degree in Software Engineering from the University of Birmingham (UK) John moved to Cleveland, as his father was posted there after BP acquired Sohio, and earned a Masters in Computer Engineering.
He started working at Thunderstone, a search engine company, and 30 years later is still there, having acquired a share of the business when the previous owner retired. John was married in 1994, celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary just before the pandemic hit, and has one son who is at Ohio State studying business. Hobbies included skiing, motor racing, and martial arts, where he took over a martial arts school after his instructor moved, and still teaches martial arts and self-defense.
Speaker
Alexa Bianchi of the Collaborative to End Human Trafficking presented information about the collaborative, and dispelled some myths about Human Trafficking.
Alexa is a new member of both the Cleveland, Ohio community and the Collaborative to End Human Trafficking. At the Collaborative, Alexa is a member of the programming team, working to put together and carry out education and training presentations, as well as serve in an outreach capacity at various events in the community. Alexa is also a member of the research department, stay up-to-date on human trafficking.
Alexa will also be presenting at The 4th Human Trafficking Awareness Community Forum hosted by the Rotary Club of Strongsville and in partnership with the Collaborative To End Human Trafficking, Strongsville Schools, Strongsville Police & Fire Depts. on Wednesday April 6th from 6:30-8:30pm at the Strongsville Middle School.
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