A Deep Focus on Public Safety: Or how not to get distracted from my mission by Millennials, Moo Deng, and Mean Tweets
???????Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen is a nationally recognized leader in criminal justice reform. Mr. Rosen's changes to one of the largest prosecutorial offices in the country include: reducing the jail population, diversion programs for non-violent offenders, expungements for low level drug crimes, prison reform, and promoting the highest ethical prosecution standards. This, all while keeping crime at its lowest rate in decades, by vigorously and successfully prosecuting murderers, rapists, drug traffickers, domestic violence abusers, child molesters, corporate polluters, and those who commit fraud against the elderly.

Mr. Rosen received his undergraduate degree from the University of California in Los Angeles, where he majored in Philosophy and graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He received his law degree from UC Berkeley School of Law, where he served on the Moot Court Board and taught English to immigrants.

Mr. Rosen joined the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office as a prosecutor in 1995. During this time, he successfully prosecuted some of the most complex and high-profile criminal cases including drug trafficking, burglary, rape, child molestation, gang violence, and murder. In his last remaining case before taking Office as District Attorney, he obtained first degree murder convictions and life sentences against the defendants whose murder-for-hire scheme resulted in the slaying of Los Gatos businessman, Mark Achilli.

Since arriving in Santa Clara County, Mr. Rosen has served as president of a large synagogue, taught trial advocacy at Santa Clara University Law School, and trained police officers in report-writing. Mr. Rosen has two daughters with his wife, who serves as a Superior Court Judge for the State of California. He enjoys playing sports, reading, and cheering for the Green Bay Packers.

An admirer of President Harry Truman, DA Rosen believes, "The buck stops here."
 

Sponsored by Megan Fluke and Matt Roben

Jeremy B. Shapiro is a seasoned serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience. Since 1996, his businesses have consistently served fellow entrepreneurs. He is dedicated to helping established business owners break through plateaus, scale their businesses, and achieve true entrepreneurial freedom.Jeremy’s expertise comes from a rich background of launching and growing his own ventures—including those that provided the freedom to live abroad with passive income—as well as extensive work with individual entrepreneurs through one-on-one coaching, consulting, small group Masterminds, workshops, and speaking engagements. He is known for his ability to simplify complex ideas and provide practical, actionable insights. His mission is to help business owners transition from being a “solopreneur” to a true “business owner,” working on their business rather than just in it.Jeremy is a frequent media commentator, having been interviewed and featured on prominent outlets such as NPR Morning Edition, the Boston Business Journal, Fox News, ABC, NBC, PBS, the Boston Globe, New England Cable News, The Australian, California Biz Journal, Market Watch, and Toyo Keizai (the Business Week of Japan).Jeremy is also frequently invited to speak on top Podcasts from around the globe and was featured on over 75 podcasts in 2024 alone.
When not immersed in the world of entrepreneurship, Jeremy enjoys traveling with his family, cooking, and cycling unreasonably long distances for craft coffee and vegan pastries.
 

Sponsored by Karyn Sinunu-Towery

I live in Naglee Park, downtown San Jose, and have been there since the earthquake in 1989.  I came to San Jose for law school at Santa Clara University in 1978.  After graduating I worked as a research attorney for the Superior Court and then for three years at the local law of Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel.  At that point the scales fell from mine eyes and I became a deputy district attorney for Santa Clara County for the next 38 years.  I tried over 150 jury trials, including homicides, gang attacks, sexual assaults, drugs, fraud, et cetera, et cetera.  My life was a cheap detective novel.  I retired in 2023 and returned to a love of reading and travel, with a bit of bike riding, gardening and walking my dog Lola.  In the last year I cruised the Rhine river, hiked around Banff in the Canadian Rockies, toured Costa Rica (bedbugs!) and visited NYC.
 

Sponsored by Ron Zraick

I’m a proud parent to two wonderful kids, Theodore, who is five, and Penelope, who is three, who keep life busy, meaningful, and fun. I grew up in Laughlin, Nevada, right along the Colorado River, where community, service, and enjoying life went hand in hand.
I’ve been involved in service organizations in one way or another since 2007, and while this is my first experience with Rotary, its values feel very familiar to me. I try to approach life holistically: work shouldn’t prevent us from serving our communities, service shouldn’t stop us from having fun, and nothing should ever get in the way of spending meaningful time with family. I’m excited to be part of Rotary and to serve alongside people who believe in creating balance while making a positive impact.