Officers, Members and Committees

As a teacher at an elementary school in Payangan, Ade was a member of the Rotaract Club of Bali Ubud and later joined RCBUS. Ade lives in a small village with her son and daughter and her husband, Rotarian Wayan Sudana.

Alisa has been splitting her time between Manhattan and Ubud, Bali since 1997. She was born in Beirut, Lebanon, grew up in Israel, at age 30 she moved to NYC to study.
She is involved with several NGO ‘organizations: (1) Bumi Sehat, Ubud Bali. (2) Angkor Hospital for Children, (founded by Friends Without A Border, FWAB) in Siem-Rep, Cambodia. (3) Orphans International Worldwide, in NYC. In Bali she became one of the founding members of RCBUS. She is a Psychoanalyst and has spent her entire working-life in public psychiatric hospitals in NYC, later on she also had a private practice in the evenings.

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.

Founding President of RC Bali Ubud Sunset, and most recently founder of Biku, the most popular new teahouse/bookstore in the beach area.

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.

Retired IT professional and English teacher. After running his IT consulting company and web marketing company in San Francisco for many years, Bruce moved to Bali 2001. Since then he has spent two years in China and three in Jakarta teaching English. Now his specialty is Web Marketing, Facebook marketing, SEO, and AdWords. He also writes magazine and newspaper articles about travel and technology. He loves Bali, the Balinese people and the Balinese culture.

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.

Chris is in Bali on an Australian Government volunteer assignment working with Heartline Bali 92.2FM. The radio station is located in the beautiful village of Tulikup on Bali’s east coast and aims to act as a voice for the local community and service providers in the region. Any issues relating to the livelihoods of the people of Eastern Bali are of particular interest to Chris. He also enjoys Bali’s beautiful culture, food and surf.

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.

Deborah Kurfiss is the principal of Kurfiss Connect, a marketing agency specializing in social media, product launches, branding, content and positioning . After spending 20 odd years going back and forth between the San Francisco Bay Area and Ubud, Deborah finally moved to Ubud permanently in 2012.

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.

Temporary bio: “I was born at an early age. With hard work I got to where I am today”.

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.

Retired Internal Audit Manager and CPA.  Glenn worked in public accounting for the firm Deloitte and in the private sector for the Northrop Grumman Corporation.  Glenn first visited Bali in 1993, and returned in 2013 as part of his retirement.  Glenn divides his time between Bali and Los Angeles, California.

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)

Kaler is 33 and is from Ubud. He lectures at a local university in the subject of Hinduism in Denpasar. He also studies ethics and cultural studies. His hobbies include aerobics and reading. He is married and has two fine daughters. Originally Kaler joined Rotary as a Rotaract and now has joined the Rotary Club.

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.

Temporary bio: “I was born at an early age. With hard work I got to where I am today”.
Real bio and phone coming soon

Mandy, a retired child psychologist and professor of psychology, now writes books for and about children, published in Arabic and English in Egypt. Along with her husband, Fred, she resides in Ubud, Bali; Cairo, Egypt; and Oceanside, California and is interested in projects that improve the lives of children.

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. “

Temporary bio: “I was born at an early age. With hard work I got to where I am today”.
Real bio and phone coming soon.

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 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.

Temporary bio: “I was born at an early age. With hard work I got to where I am today”.
Real bio coming soon

Dr. Steve Wignall is a physician with 19 years experience in Indonesia working on infectious diseases with a special interest in HIV and sexually transmitted diseases.  He works for the Clinton Foundation in Papua to expand access to antiretrovirals for people living with HIV. On Bali Dr. Steve founded Bali Peduli in Kuta, offering testing and treatment, outreach and counseling for people with HIV and other STDs.

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.

Sylvia lived in Scotland for 11 years, England for 10years and is a citizen of the world enjoying Canada where her 3 sons reside. She also lives in Jersey, Channel Islands and on her sailboat in the summer in a pristine ecologically undamaged area. She is an Officiant and is licenced to conducts ceremonies for weddings, memorials, funerals etc. Community work is a way of life for Sylvia. She will be contributing to Rotary in every place she lives. Her major contributions have been in Peace, Ecology and Human Rights. Bali is her winter home and she is excited about contributing to RCBUS to bring relief to people less fortunate.

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.

The only son of an ordinary Balinese family in the village of Semaon, I was introduced to Rotary in 2006 as a Charter Member of Ubud’s Rotaract Club. Helping to improve the lives of thousands of my neighbors and fellow Balinese, has been the most rewarding part of my public life. (In private, I’ve been rewarded with children and a wonderful wife, who also became a very active Rotaractor!) Before Rotary, I never dreamed just one person could make a difference to others in so many ways. And I never dreamed that trying to help in other people’s lives would help and bless my own life even more.