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 | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with Slides | Video without Slides

APRIL

April 1:  Catherine P. Bessant, President and CEO of the Foundation for the Carolinas | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with Slides | Video without Slides
April 8:  “Global Thinkers Panel” – International Relations and Implications for Rotarians with panelists:  Leandre Adifon, CEO, Pyramind Base Technologies, PDG Firoz Perra, Board Member and past Chair, World Affairs Council of Charlotte, Chase Saunders, Saunders Law, PLLC, moderated by Past President Mike Hawley with “The Last Word” from Ambassador Mark Erwin | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with Slides | Video without Slides
April 15:  Ryan Brookhart, Economics of Nuclear Power | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with Slides | Video without Slides
April 22:  Matthew Martin, Regional Executive, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with Slides | Video without Slides
April 29:  Rhett Brown, President, Wingate University | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with Slides | Video without Slides

MAY

May 6:  Dr. Hope Williams, President, Independent College Association of NC 
May 13:  Kerri Murray, President, ShelterBox USA at SMS Catering, 1764 Norland Rd, Charlotte, NC
May 20:  Meck Dec Day Program
May 27:  George Shinn, founder of the Charlotte Hornets

JUNE

June 3:  How I Got Where I’m At
June 10:  Sue Glass, President/CEO, YMCA of Greater Charlotte
June 17:  Jay Heiler, CEO, Great Hearts
June 24:  Presidential Transition:  Kim Brattain, President 2024-25 to Patrick Baker, President 2025-26