Officers, Members and Committees

Alisa is a therapist in New York City who now spends half her time in Bali.

Allan and Raelene moved to Bali at the beginning of 2011 after building a villa in Pejengaji (Tegallalang). Allan is with Hatch, an engineering and project management company now establishing a new office in Jakarta. Raelene is a retired (the lucky one) family counselor. Their 4 girls and 7 grandchildren live in various part of Australia and are the main reason to return home. Allan has been in Rotary off and on since 1999.

Born in Germany, Antje began her career as a medical doctor including work in neurosurgery. She moved to the field of psychoanalysis and furthered her education in this area while raising 3 children and editing a series of medical journals. As a Jungian psychoanalyst her specialty was psychosomatic disorders. She is also a breath therapist. Now retired,  she lives in Bali with her husband, also a Jungian psychoanalyst, and splits her time between Ubud and Munich where she visits her children and grandchildren.

Augie was born in Jakarta, moved to Singapore, and settled in Los Angeles in 1980, where he completed a degree in Information Systems and worked for corporate America for 15 years. Ready for a change from the corporate world, he went into furniture retail and import which allowed him to travel and make Bali his home. Because change makes life interesting, he retired in 2006 and moved to Pattaya, Thailand. He now divides his time between Thailand and Bali, and is opening a new business in Ubud.

Bill was an expert in re-insurance, work he very much enjoyed until losing his vision due to a degenerative eye disease. His interest in finance remains and he manages his own portfolio thanks to the magic of technology–Bill’s computer talks to him! Using a Mac Book Air with special tools for the visually impaired Bill is right on top of not only his portfolio but his e-mail and other computer applications as well. He keeps fit by working out at the gym, river rafting, hiking and deep sea fishing. He has three dogs at home and two new kittens have just been added to his animal family.

A former IT (Information Technology) professional and businessman in San Francisco for many years.  Bruce retired and moved to Bali in 2001.  Since then he has taught English in China for 2 years and Jakarta for 3 years.  Web site marketing, technology writing and travel writing, and giving his time to worthy causes takes most of his time.  This year Bruce will be an MC at the Ubud Writers Conference, look for him there.

Cat’s interest in development work started in 1968 when her family moved to rural Malaysia on a project for the Canadian government.  A professional writer, she’s lived in Southeast Asia for 20 years,10 of those in Bali.  Her deep interest in environmental and agricultural sustainability brought her to RCBUS where she designs projects, writes proposals, and maintains a growing network of potential donors.

Cheung was born in Shanghai in 1937. He escaped to HK when very young and was awarded a fellowship to Princeton for his graduate degree. Distinguished architect and professor. Retired in Ubud, he is an artist making friendly and fun art, and is enjoying his life.

Born and raised in Seattle, went to college there and in California (so she could play tennis!), and graduated in Business and Interior Design. She and husband Rich Foss love working with and helping people all over the world and have a great interest in Rotary Projects in Bali’s dry northeast. With Rotary support they have completed eight water projects in the Amed area and are working on economic development projects and a health clinic. They live in Bali and have a home in Colorado Springs.

Donald is a retired high tech executive, loves to travel. He enjoys doing projects for Rotary Ubud Sunset and the Woodside/Portola Valley Rotary Club, in California.

Donna moved to Indonesia in 1996 for corporate positions in Surabaya and Jakarta.  She moved to Bali during the financial and political crises of 1998 and  became a student of the amazing cultures of Indonesia.  She is very enthusiastic about  contributing back to the community through her participation in Rotary.

Driya is the mother of twin boys, and worked for many years at BII bank, recently taking a new position in a spa management company.

Gabe Monson unexpectedly but happily retired to Bali in 2009 after a career in the UK and Australia in adult education, counseling and community services. She also enjoyed a serious hobby as an event manager for festivals and educational programs. Her local involvements in Bali include language education, waste management, community events and hosting streams of visitors from around the world.

Janet has lived in Bali since 1988 where she started a family in her 40′s. In Bali she found a fertile environment to realize her love of creating fun businesses and restaurants with strong social commitments.  Janet has always been a great fan of Salsa, Latin music and dancing.  She also founded Yayasan Sehati Anak to assist children living with HIV. She is honored to be a member of Bali Ubud Sunset because she can assist in very targeted, well-managed projects to benefit our local communities.

Jody works in Seattle and has a home now in Bali. (called Frogsong Villa)

LLoyd is a design genius from Los Angeles who has worked in management positions at Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom, and John Hardy Jewelry. In 2007, he started his own furniture and interior design consulting company.

An Ubud native, Kadek is a successful architect and builder.

Marilyn was originally a Chicagoan, who moved to Palo Alto, California in ’63. She has lived in Ubud since 2000. BA in education and MA in Counseling and Guidance but by chance fell into computing and spent many years as the Director of the Regional Education IT Center in San Jose, CA. “I joined Rotary in 2004, and have loved every minute of it, primarily because of the ability to do good for our Balinese community. “

Patricia Miklautsch, grew up in Alaska, but settled in northern California as a marketing communications consultant to hi-tech firms. Currently retired in Ubud, she offers conflict-resolution to any and all, volunteers to edit various marketing materials, and performs weddings, funerals, & baby baby blessings.

Philip is the Manager of Educare training at Karuna Bali Foundation in Ubud.

Born in the old Javanese capital of Solo, Probo works for the government Forestry Department and is a Rotaract graduate.

Rosalind spent many years managing start-up businesses in California and contributing to their marketing programs. Her interests range from the Internet (where she spends way too much time) to politics and international affairs. A recent arrival in Ubud, she looks forward to putting her project management and writing skills to use in service to RCBUS and the people of Bali.

Raised in Japan, Rucina first came to Bali in 1974, at 21 yrs as a student of dance. Since then she has studied a myriad of Asian dance forms in Hawaii, Seattle and San Francisco, and currently is one of Bali’s foremost authorities on the performing arts here.  She co-founded the comedy group GEDEBONG GOYANG in 2003 that performs songs and skits in Balinese.  She is married to Agung Rangki and has two sons.

Sue came to Ubud 17 years ago to recoup after 8 frantic working years in Tokyo! Many years of working with computers and cross cultural communications consulting and training.

Sue has worked in computer programming, and later in life, sold and invested in Real Estate and high tech start-ups.

Tjokorda is the Head of Traditional Affairs in Ubud, healer, dancer, artist, poet, educator.

Wayan is the co-founder of Karuna Bali Foundation and Campuhan College established for the purpose of extending love to the people of Bali through education. He has 2 children and loves meditating, swimming, hiking and jogging.