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