Volume 67 - Number 13 April 7, 2015

TODAY’S PROGRAM:

Stanley B. Humphries Chief Economist, The Zillow Corporation

Presented by Martin Turbidy

Dr. Stan Humphries is the Chief Economist of Zillow Inc. (NASDAQ: Z), the leading real estate

information marketplace. Stan joined the company as one of its earliest employees in 2005 and created the

Zestimate and its first algorithm. Since that time, Stan has built out the industry-leading economics and

analytic team at Zillow. Stan is a recognized leader in the real estate industry, serving as a member of

Fannie Mae's Affordable Housing Advisory Council. Additionally, Stan, along with Zillow chief executive

officer Spencer Rascoff, is the author of "Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate," released in January

2015. Prior to joining Zillow, Stan spent five years at Expedia where he ran the advanced analytics team.

Before Expedia, Stan served as a researcher and faculty member at the University of Virginia, and was

previously a Presidential Management Fellow where he served at NASA, the Office of Science and

Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President, and the Technology Administration within the

Department of Commerce. Stan has also served in the United States Peace Corps, where he taught high

school physics and chemistry in the West African country of Benin. Stan has a Bachelor of Arts from

Davidson College, a Master's of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, and a Ph.D. in

Government from the University of Virginia.

April 14: Meet the Members April 21: Presentation by our Georgia Rotary Scholarship Student and The

Saint Simons Island Rotary Charitable Contributions. Presented by Leslie Lamkin.

April 28: Jeff Jones, Georgia State Representative. Presented by Martin

Turbidy.

[Congratulations to John Gibson on the birth of his first grandson, Gibson John Price, born October 17, 2014 to Lucy (Gibson) and Aaron Price.

4/7 Bill Gussman & Jody Haley 4/14 Emily Harper & Casey Viggiano Harris 4/21 Mike Harris & Gus Hernandez

4/4 Wally Forsythe

4/4 Mike Harris

Last Program: March 31, 2015

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Dr. Hayley Adams DVM The Silent Heroes Foundations

Reported by Jennifer Broadus

March 31, 2015

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True heroes are few and far between in the world. However, our Rotary was introduced to one

last last week by Martin Turbidy, when we heard of the amazing and important work of

speaker Dr. Hayley Adams. Dr. Adams is an animal lover to the nth degree. Her work in 13

southern and eastern African countries helping to save endangered species originates right

here on St. Simons Island. She is a one-woman band with her foundation, Silent Heroes,

which reaches deep into the most remote areas of the African continent to save animals like

the white and black rhino, the African elephant, Mountain Gorillas, the Pangolin, and many

others species from poachers, contagious diseases, and extinction. To raise the money, she

writes grants and works with partners who donate gifts in kind like medicines, veterinary

textbooks, and supplies. There is much to do.

As a veterinarian and epidemiologist, her work with the people of African nations and the

animals that flourish there extends into remote village where Poachers are massacring animal

species on a daily basis. The black rhino horn is so valuable to Chinese medicine that horns

are valued higher per ounce than gold or platinum. It’s a tough and dangerous road, and a

frustrating one. There are only about 500,000 elephants remaining from a population of over

5 million less than 80 years ago. Less than 800 Mountain

Gorillas exist on the planet. Human diseases are also

killers. Animals and humans share a lot of DNA.

One of our diseases can mean the extinction of an entire

animal species if unchecked. There is much to do and time

is running-out for some species. Dr. Adams understands

the challenges and realities all too well. Visit her website:

www.thesilentheroes.org for more info.

Thank you, Dr. Adams, for your compelling talk.

Ben Lee & Hayley Adams