Liz Hull: Multifaceted Powerhouse Focused on Rotary

It’s never too late to change careers. At the age of 50, Elizabeth Mowry Hull decided to take a leap of faith by enrolling in law school. “It’s a hell of a second career,” she said. “Before that I was in real estate and owned four property management companies in two states, Colorado and Nevada.”

She attended Humphreys University Laurence Drivon School of Law, where she would earn a juris doctor degree; she passed the California Bar Association exam and opened a solo practice specializing in estate planning and property law. “The instructors were all my age. They thought it was kind of crazy and cool that I was going to law school. There was one other woman my age but everyone else was in their 20s and 30s,” she said. She already knew much of the material focused on property law, since she’d followed it by the book in her property management career.

She was new to the community, having relocated from Colorado, and she needed to foster professional relationships to build her client base for her newly forged legal career. She joined Rotary, a decision that would become a passion. “Rotary was all about the contacts in the beginning,” she said. “If you are a young professional, I think it’s critically important to start developing your contacts in the business community. At Rotary you meet new friends and partners by attending meetings, going to social functions and working together in the community.”

These days, the attorney is semi-retired from her law practice and her mission is to persuade the next generation of young professionals to join Rotary. “During COVID, I decided to change my focus from law to Rotary because I was afraid if we didn’t do something, Rotary would die,” Liz said. “We weren’t bringing new members into our club.”

She became membership chair, asking to take on the job for three years instead of the typical one year. “We knew we had something really great going for Stockton, we just needed to find like-minded people and start creating a fun and warm environment,” she said. “And people started inviting people. In a three-year period, we put in 92 new members but by attrition, we had lost a lot of members.” Today, with a focus on young professionals, the Rotary Club of Stockton is hosting new activities to welcome the next generation. Liz just finished serving as president of the club with the term ending in June, but she’s as enthusiastic as ever about Rotary’s future as her work continues as district membership chair.

She’s also passionate about giving to the University of the Pacific. “My husband and 14 members of his family attended University of the Pacific,” she said, adding that having an estate plan is a way that people can make sure their money goes to people, institutions and causes that are important to them.

In her free time, Liz loves gardening and her four dogs. “The dogs and gardening are what lift my heart,” she said. What advice does she have for other women who might be considering a mid-life career change? “I would say, get at it,” she said.

To reach out to Liz Hull, email her at elizhull@outlook.com. Rotary has four clubs in Stockton, three in Lodi, two in Tracy, and the communities of Galt, Lathrop and Mountain House have their own clubs. Each club has its own meeting times and missions in the community.

For more information about joining a local Rotary club, please reach out to Mary Laughlin at marylaughlin@att.net, 209-471-7644 or Rotary5220.org.