OCAIP - Orange County Advisors in Philanthropy

Speaker Series

Tuesday, June 12, 2012 • 11:00am - 1:00pm
10:30am Check-In and Networking
Center Club
650 Town Center Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626

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TOPIC: When Charitable Intent Takes Center Stage

The traditional view of retirement rarely includes frequent trips to Haiti or South Africa, working to improve the lives of the poorest of the poor.

Cliff and Rose Ratkovich and Mark Smith represent a growing number of financially successful individuals who refuse to go quietly into the sunset of life. Each has embraced a journey of discovery to recalibrate what’s most important in their lives and to use their talents and skills in adventurous and even courageous ways.

Are you comfortable working with clients who bring to you visions of retirement that are radically different and non-traditional? How can you most effectively serve their best interests?

SPEAKERS

Clifford & Rosemary Ratkovich: Co-Founders, Tapestry Homes

In 2005, Cliff and Rose Ratkovich founded Tapestry Homes, an international and non-profit, faith-based organization which is focused on solving the global housing crisis by improving the living conditions of those in need living in the squatter communities of South Africa.

Tapestry Orphan Homes provides safe housing and a loving home to orphaned, abandoned and abused teenage girls who are living in desperate conditions having lost their parents to the ravages of AIDS.

Cliff as President, and Rose as Director of Child Sponsorships are supported by a ten-person Advisory Board and a volunteer team of over 400 individuals. Cliff brings a 35-year history as an executive in the real estate development and home building industry. Rose retired from the Coca Cola Company where she was a product development manager.

Mark Smith

Following a 10 year career in IT management and software development, Smith became the founder and editorial director of Windows NT Magazine, which was distributed in 160 countries in 13 languages.The magazine was sold to Penton Media in September 2000.

On June 30, 2002, Mark received a call from his Pastor saying that his 17-year old daughter was killed in a van accident while on a mission in Mexico. Malori’s death launched Mark into halftime. Fortunately, Mark picked up the Halftime book by Bob Buford and read the back cover, “The second half of your life can be better than the first.”

During his second half journey, Mark has started a foundation in honor of his daughter’s life that helps children in India, Africa, Mexico and Cuba, assisted others with Life Coaching, and since July 2010 has been to Haiti 14 times working on the Haiti Mobile Money Initiative.

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