Charlotte Rotary is known for GREAT Speakers

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

OCTOBER

October 1:  Adam Rhew, CEO, SouthPark Association
October 8:  George Shinn, former owner of the Charlotte Hornets
October 15:  Sharon Gaber, UNCC Chancellor
October 22:  Andy Ellen, President and General Counsel, North Carolina Merchants Assocation
October 29:  April Whitlock, Head of Corporate Citizenship, LendingTree

NOVEMBER

November 5:  Michael Bitzer, PhD, Politics Department Chair, Professor of Politics and History
November 12:  Jack Claiborne, Historical Author
November 19:  Kelly Weeks, widow of fallen deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas “Tommy” Weeks
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 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

MAY

May 13:  Kerri Murray, President, ShelterBox USA
May 20:  Meck Dec Day Program

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