Speaker Schedule
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20 YEARS of SPEAKERS
Charlotte Rotary Speaker Schedule
JULY
July 4: No Meeting! Happy Independence Day!
July 11: Molly Grantham, Anchor. Author. Speaker. Mom. | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
July 18: Dolpheus Ramseur, Manager/Avett Brothers and Founder of NC Music Hall of Fame | Reporter | Speaker Summary
July 25: Spencer Lueders, 24 Hours of Booty | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
AUGUST
August 1: Tom Murray, CEO, Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority| Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
August 8: Held at Noble Smoke, 2216 Freedom Dr. UNCC Head Football Coach Biff Poggi | Reporter | Speaker Summary
August 15: Phil Kirk, fmr NC Education Secretary | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
August 22: NC Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
August 29: Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz, UNC – Chapel Hill | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
SEPTEMBER
September 5: Glenn Sherrill, CEO, Steelfab, Inc. | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
September 12: Monte Ritchey, Founder & President, Conformity Corporation | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
September 19: No Meeting – Join Us for the Rotary Scholarship Golf Classic Tournament on September 18th
September 26: Doug Hicks, President, Davidson College | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
OCTOBER
October 3: David Boliek, Chair of UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
October 10: Kelly King, Former CEO, Truist Bank | Reporter | Speaker Summary
October 17: Food Scene in CLT: Frank Scibelli, FS Food Group, Callie Langhorne, Callie Langhorne PR, and Ted Williams, Axios Charlotte | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
October 24: NC Attorney General Josh Stein | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
October 31: Congressman Jeff Jackson | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
NOVEMBER
November 7: North Carolina State Auditor Beth A. Wood, CPA | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
November 14: Rotary District 7680 Governor Debra (Debb) Corbett | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
November 21: How I Got Where I’m At featuring members Craig Field, Lori Keeton, Richard Malnati, Harriett Porter | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
November 28: Miles Atkins, Mayor of Mooresville, NC | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
DECEMBER
December 5: Annual Meeting / John Tosco, Founder/Creator, Tosco Music Party | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
December 12: Bob Goodale, fmr Harris Teeter CEO, fmr NC Deputy Secretary of Commerce | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
December 19: Ron Green Jr., Author/Sports Journalist |Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
December 26: No Meeting – Happy Holidays!
JANUARY
January 2: No Meeting – Happy New Year!
January 9: Pickleball Panel – What’s behind this fast-growing sport? Craig Lemley, Director of Pickleball, Myers Park Country Club, Allan Haseley, Owner, Sports Connection, and Jim Kucera, Director of Pickleball at Rally Pickleball | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
January 16: George Lynch, fmr UNC Basketball Letterman/NBA player | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
January 23: John Hood, John Wood Pope Foundation | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
January 30: Dale R. Folwell, CPA, State Treasurer, North Carolina Department of State Treasurer | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
FEBRUARY
February 6: Michael Smith, CEO of Charlotte Center City Partners
February 13: Excellence In Leadership | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
February 20: Held at Noble Smoke, 2216 Freedom Dr. Mohammad Jenathian, President, Greater Charlotte Hospitality & Tourism Alliance (HTA) | Reporter | Speaker Summary
February 27: David Fisk, Symphony CEO | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
MARCH
March 5: Bo Thompson and Beth Troutman, Anchors, 1110 WBT Morning Radio Show | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
March 12: Marcus Rabun, CEO, Myers & Chapman | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
March 19: Tim Boyum, Political Anchor, Host of Capital News Tonight, Spectrum News Bowtie Celebrity | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video
March 26: How I Got Where I’m At featuring Mike Connor, Charles Dahlgren, and Dr. Tony Zeiss
APRIL
April 2: Molly Barker, Founder of Girls on the Run, “Empowering Girls”
April 9: Matt Doherty, Former UNC-Chapel Hill Head Basketball Coach, Owner of Doherty Coaching
April 16: Gary Chesson, Trinity Development
April 23: Tiffany Ervin, Executive Director CART (Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust)
April 30: Dr. William Downs, University President, Gardner-Webb University
MAY
May 7: Rodney Pitts, Owner and Chairman, Southern Elevator Company
May 14: Public Safety Panel: CMPD Chief Johnny Jennings; Fire Chief Reggie Johnson; District Attorney, Spencer Merriweather; moderator, President Nominee Patrick Baker, City Attorney.
May 21: Panel Discussion: Scott Syfert, Author “The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence” and David Fleming, Author of “Who’s Your Founding Father?” with Moderator, Dr. Tony Zeiss
May 28: How I Got Where I’m At
JUNE
June 4: Peter Browning, former National Gypsum CEO & Sonoco CEO
June 11: Graham Boone, Heels4Life,
June 25: Presidential Transition: Edwin Peacock, President 2023-24 to Kim Brattain, President 2024-25