Brooklyn born, Rotarian Larry Strober has always loved the challenge of making an impact sometimes under very challenging circumstances. In the newly created RotaryPeacePoles.world website he says: “We know you love peace and we encourage you to plant a peace pole in your community’ as a reminder that peace is possible. Larry receives 10-20 world emails daily and he takes this challenge to answer every email request immediately.
He is the current director of the Rotary Peace Pole Project working with Rotary clubs around the world to install Peace Poles dedicated to promoting world peace with the words, “May Peace Prevail On Earth” in 4-6 world languages.
During the 2023 Rotary Convention in Melbourne Larry had a conversation Rotary President- elect 2023-24 Stephanie A. Urchick where he shared his dream for Peace Poles in every country. She now mentions the Peace Pole message in her talks and articles. Thank you Stephanie.
Larry started after college, as a 1st Lieutenant, Signal Corps, with the Satellite Communications Agency, he helped in the establishment of the Defense Communications Satellite Program earning the Army Commendation Medal for his efforts.
That started a 35-year career assisting startups and small technology companies in Silicon Valley to adapt to new and ever-changing market opportunities. That effort moved him to Oregon in 2007. His focus expanded in definition about ten years ago to assisting non-profits and providing community service as well as serving the business community
He has been a board member at Peace Village Global for 9 years, at Elevate Him for three years and provides mentoring services as part of the Portland Peace Initiative. Larry is a co-founder of Willamette Valley Consultants providing management services to entrepreneurs and young businesses in the Willamette Valley. Larry holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Bucknell University and an MBA in Finance and Management from Hofstra University.
Larry is married to Glenda for over 50 years and they have 5 grandchildren currently in Bend, Bellingham, Corvallis and Denver.
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URl for Rotary Peace Video with Al Jubitz, Mike Caruso and me. https://youtu.be/gfWPuVR1vBU
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