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 | 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 | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with slides | Video without slides
November 26:  Gratitude in Action:  A Thanksgiving Reflection Program | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with slides | Video without slides | Referenced Video 

DECEMBER

December 3: “How I Got Where I’m At” program featuring new members Byrd Bergeron, Hallie Rojeski, and Isabella Warner | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with slides | Video without slides
December 10:  FBI Special Agent David Katkowski | Reporter | Speaker Summary | *Video with Slides | *Video without Slides (*The presenter requested that this week’s presentation not be recorded.)
December 17:  Holiday Program | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with Slides | Video without Slides
December 24:  No Meeting
December 31:  No Meeting

JANUARY

January 7:  Jennifer Thompson, 11x I.P.F. World Powerlifting Champion | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with Slides | Video without Slides
January 14:  Todd D. Smith, Executive Director, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art | Reporter | Speaker Summary
January 21:  Rhett Mabry, Duke Endowment | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with Slides | Video without Slides
January 28:  Jonathan Justice, Art: The Accidental Asset |Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with Slides | Video without Slides

FEBRUARY

February 4:  Justin Favaro, MD PhD, Oncology Specialist of Charlotte | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with Slides | Video without Slides
February 11:  Excellence In Leadership Honors Mecklenburg County Manager, Dena Diorio | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with Slides | Video without Slides
February 18:  How I Got Where I’m At featuring President-Nominee Bill Bartee, JD DuPuy, J Hill, and Robert Shaw | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with Slides | Video without slides
February 25:  Patricia Shafer, Peace in Rotary | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with Slides | Video without slides

MARCH

March 4:  Craig Horn, Chairman of the Winston Churchill Society | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with Slides | Video without Slides
March 11:  Christopher Lawing, The Charlotte Signs Project | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
March 18:  Dr. Crystal Hill, Superintendent CMS | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with Slides | Video without Slides
March 25:  North Carolina State Senator Woodson Bradley

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:  Ryan Brookhart, Economics of Nuclear Power
April 22:  Chris William, Panel of Economists
April 29:  Rhett Brown, President, Wingate University

MAY

May 6:  Dr. Hope Williams, President, Independent College Association of NC 
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 10:  Sue Glass, President/CEO, YMCA of Greater Charlotte
June 17:  Tracy Dodson, COO, Charlotte Regional Business Alliance
June 24:  Presidential Transition:  Kim Brattain, President 2024-25 to Patrick Baker, President 2025-26