Speaker Schedule
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20 YEARS of SPEAKERS
Charlotte Rotary Speaker Schedule
JULY
July 2: No Meeting – Happy Independence Day!
July 9: Ramona Holloway, Community Affairs Manager and Content Creator for Radio One | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
July 16: Keith Stanley, President & CEO, University City Partners | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
July 23: Jeffrey Smithberger, Solid Waste Management Program | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
July 30: Former Charlotte Mayor and North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
AUGUST
August 6: District 7680 Governor Kevin Kendrick |Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
August 13: Brian Norris, Director, Americas Integrated Facilities Management, Honeywell | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
August 20: Ed Driggs, District 7 Representative, Charlotte City Council | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
August 27: Held at SMS Catering, David Erdman, “Watergate: 50 Years Later — An Insider’s View” | Reporter | Speaker Summary
SEPTEMBER
September 3: CLT Airport Panel: Jack Christine, CLT Chief Infrastructure Office, Ben Goebel, Gresham Smith, with remarks by Stuart Hair, Assistant Airport Director, Charlotte Douglas International Airport | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
September 10: No Meeting – Join us for the First Responders Scholarship Luncheon Event on September 13 | Reporter
September 17: NC Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
September 24: Dave Pitt, Senior Director, Partnerships, Tepper Sports & Entertainment | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
OCTOBER
October 1: Adam Rhew, CEO, SouthPark Association | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
October 8: John Ahrens, Chief Meteorologist, WSOC TV | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
October 15: Sharon Gaber, UNCC Chancellor | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
October 22: Andy Ellen, President and General Counsel, North Carolina Merchants Association | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
October 29: April Whitlock, Head of Corporate Citizenship, LendingTree and Executive Director, LendingTree Foundation | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
NOVEMBER
November 5: Michael Bitzer, PhD, Politics Department Chair, Professor of Politics and History, Catawba College | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
November 12: Jack Claiborne, Historical Author | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with slides | Video without slides
November 19: Kelly Weeks, A story of resilience and hope
November 26: Thanksgiving Program
DECEMBER
December 3: How I Got Where I’m At
December 10: FBI Special Agent David Katkowski
December 17: Holiday Program
December 24: No Meeting
December 31: No Meeting
JANUARY
January 7: Jennifer Thompson, 11x I.P.F. World Powerlifting Champion
January 14: Todd D. Smith, Executive Director, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art
January 21: Rhett Mabry, Duke Endownment
January 28″ Economics of Nuclear Power
FEBRUARY
February 4: Justin Favaro, MD PhD, Oncologist
February 11: Excellence In Leadership
February 18: How I Got Where I’m At
February 25: Patricia Shafer, Peace in Rotary
MARCH
March 4: Crystal Hill, Superintendent CMS
March 11: Christopher Lawing, The Charlotte Signs Project
March 18: Sue Glass, CEO, YMCA of Greater Charlotte
March 25: Craig Horn, Chairman of the Winston Churchill Society
APRIL
April 1: Catherine P. Bessant, President and CEO of the Foundation for the Carolinas
April 8: “Global Thinkers Panel – International Relations and Implications for Rotarians”
Panelists: Firoz Peera, Leandre Adifon, and Chase Saunders, Moderated by Mike Hawley
April 15: Lauren Perdue Britt, Olympic Swimmer
April 22: Panel of Economists
April 29: Rhett Brown, President, Wingate University
MAY
May 13: Kerri Murray, President, ShelterBox USA
May 20: Meck Dec Day Program
May 27: George Shinn, founder of Charlotte Hornets
JUNE
June 3: How I Got Where I’m At
June 24: Presidential Transition: Kim Brattain, President 2024-25 to Patrick Baker, President 2025-26