Club Meeting - Wade Nomura

Wade Nomura is involved in both local and international humanitarian causes, having worked
on more than 200 charitable projects benefiting over 2 million people, including an NID to India,
where he has a special passion, having had polio as a child.
He is a Charter member of the Rotary Club of Carpinteria Morning and served as District
Governor in 2011-2012. He is the Multidistrict PETS Alliance Executive Director, a Rotary Rose
Parade Float Director and past 2 times chair, and a Rotary International Presidents’
Representative (13 times) including this year.
Wade is the Regions Coordinator for the Rotary Foundation Cadres of Technical Support
globally and served on the Long-Term planning committee (Future Vision) for the Rotary
Foundation. Wade also served as the Technical Coordinator of Cadres and as the Regional
Organizer (North America) of Cadres globally. He is the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Rotary
Action Group’s (WASHRAG) Operations Chair and Projects Support Committee Chair for
HANWASH (Haiti).
Wade has received Rotary International’s highest individual award, the Service Above Self
award and Rotary Foundation’s highest individual award, the Distinguished Service award.
Wade is the former two-time Mayor and current City Council member for the City of Carpinteria
and holds the record for the most votes in an election.
He and his wife Debbie produced and hosted the TV shows Rotary, Serving Our Community
(www.WeAreRotary.TV) and the award winning Carpinteria Living TV show.
Wade was a multiple BMX National Champion, World Champion, Hall of Famer and designer of
the Nomura Racing bike, an icon among the avid BMX collectors.
Recently Wade coauthored his biography Creating Destiny, with his wife Debbie Nomura, who
is also a Rotarian.

https://www.wadenomura.com/  Rotarian, Speaker, Author