Chief Engler started his career as a professional firefighter in 1994 with the Kansas City, Kansas Fire Department. In 1996, he accepted a position as Firefighter/Paramedic with Lincoln Fire & Rescue where he has been for the last 26 years.
In 2006, he was promoted to Fire Captain and then promoted to Battalion Chief in 2018. In 2020 he was appointed by Mayor Gaylor Baird to serve as the Acting Fire Chief and then was appointed to the Fire Chief position in April of 2021.
Chief Engler earned a Master of Science from Creighton University. He is licensed as a Nebraska Paramedic, is a Society of Human Resource Management Certified Professional (SHRM-CP), Professional in Human Resources (PHR) through the Human Resource Certification Institute, and received his Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Designation through the Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE).
Dave is married to his wife Ashley, who is also a Lincoln Firefighter, and has two children Maddie (16) and Carsen (14).
TERESA EWINS
POLICE CHIEF
In August 2021, Chief Ewins took over the post of Lincoln Police Chief. She is the first-ever female police chief in the city of Lincoln.
Chief Teresa Ewins was born in Santa Monica, California and has spent the majority of her life in Northern California in the Bay Area. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice, has completed the FBI National Academy; Harvard Kennedy School’s State and Local Government; and the Police Executive Research Forum’s (PERF) Senior Management Institute for Police (SMIP).
Chief Teresa Ewins was a Commander with the San Francisco Police Department. Over the course of her 26-year policing career, she has served in the Field Operations Bureau, Investigations Bureau, and Special Operations Bureau (Homeland Security and Tactical Company). In her past role as Commander of Field Operations Bureau-Metro Division, Teresa oversees 5 of the 10 District Stations in the downtown area with approximately 900 sworn members. Chief Ewins gained an added layer of experience in operationalizing 21st Century and community-focused policing principles as she led SFPD’s work to develop policy to minimize bias in policing with the Department of Justice Collaborative Reform Initiative.
Last week at Rotary, Rotary Director Anna Hernoud, on behalf of Chair Morrie Enders, presented to President-Elect Jess Rustad and the club Mayor Baird's proclamation designating the third week of November as Rotary 14 Free Food Pantry Week.
A group photo of the Rotary 14 Little Free Pantry committee and volunteers from L to R: Jon Gayer, Robert Bartle, Dave Pauley, Christie Weston, Lisa Froehlich, Christine Weeks, Karen Barrett, Nancy Finken, Marcia White, Doyle Hulme, Anna Hernoud, Brett Neely, Maury Halstead, and Past Pres. Eric Drumheller.
International panel from Greece, Brazil, Serbia with moderator Kate Engel and President-Elect Jess Rustad
Important Announcement: Members of The Little Free Pantry committee will be accepting cash donations at our meetings on November 15 and 22. Food insecurity is especially felt during the holiday season, and the committee would appreciate your help filling the pantries. Thank you!
On Saturday, October 29, Habitat for Humanity of Lincoln, Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and members of Lincoln Rotary Club 14, Lincoln Women of Today, Lincoln Quilting Guild and the REALTORS Association of Lincoln gathered to celebrate Martha's home dedication. What a special occasion! Lincoln Rotary Club 14 is proud to be a contributing member to this project.
Big shout out to Immediate Past President Christina Usher, who was instrumental in making Rotary part of Martha's home as the recipient of the proceeds from Rise.Shine.Give last year. Below is the video of Martha's Home Dedication.
Rotary International President Jennifer Jones appeared on the main stage at the star-studded Global Citizen Festival on 24 September to highlight Rotary’s commitment to eradicating polio and announce an additional US$150 million pledge toward that end.
Jones, who spoke in front of 60,000 people in New York City and tens of thousands more online and on TV, noted the state of emergency that the governor of New York state recently declared to combat a resurgence of polio in the region.
Jones stressed that polio is preventable through vaccines and that wild poliovirus is endemic in only two countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Although female vaccinators are critical to building relationships with mothers and reaching children in these areas, they sometimes can face harassment or even attacks.
In Pakistan, "frontline female health workers put themselves at risk every day," Jones said. "They are committed, even with obstacles, to reaching every last child with polio vaccines." The vaccination program works with the local police and government to ensure the safety of these health workers. Read more, click here.
This article is a reprint from the rotary.org article.
Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a paralyzing and potentially deadly infectious disease that most commonly affects children under the age of 5. The virus spreads from person to person, typically through contaminated water. It can then attack the nervous system.
Our goal
Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 35 years. Our goal of ridding the world of this disease is closer than ever.
As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, we've reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979.
Rotary members have contributed more than $2.1 billion and countless volunteer hours to protect nearly 3 billion children in 122 countries from this paralyzing disease. Rotary’s advocacy efforts have played a role in decisions by governments to contribute more than $10 billion to the effort.
Today, polio remains endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. But it’s crucial to continue working to keep other countries polio-free. If all eradication efforts stopped today, within ten years, polio could paralyze as many as 200,000 children each year.
Every week, we need your help to run the meeting by serving as Greeters and Cashiers. You get attendance credit every time you serve at our weekly meeting. More importantly, it's the best way to meet fellow Rotarians. Volunteer now, click here.
L to R: Greeters Michael Eckelkamp, Patty Pansing Brooks, Cashiers Lisa Froehlich, Kate Holman, and Sgt at Arms Todd Francisco
Here's the unedited live capture video of President John Gessert's rendition of Come Together Right Now, Rotary! The performance earned President John Gessert and his Rotary band a standing ovation from fellow Rotarians.
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