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Charlotte Rotary Speaker Schedule

JANUARY

January 6:  How I Got Where I’m At (HIGWIA) featuring Jim Gilligan, Tchernavia Montgomery, and Bob Wilhelm | Reporter 
January 13: Jenni Gaisbauer, CFRE, Executive Director, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation | Reporter 
January 20: Blair Stanford, Executive Director, Charlotte Executive Leadership Council, Foundation for the Carolinas | Reporter | Speaker Summary
January 27: Craig Scharton, Founding Site Director, Connect Labs Charlotte| Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with slides | Video without slides

FEBRUARY

February 3: Deputy Chief Wike Graham, Char-Meck Emergency Management | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with slides | Video without slides
February 10: Excellence In Leadership Award Recipient Richard Vinroot | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with slides | Video without slides| Photos
February 17: Ben Kinney, Owner BusinessNC & SouthPark Magazine | Reporter | Speaker Summary |Video with Slides |Video without slides
February 24: Max Seigel, CEO, USA Track & Field | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with Slides | Video without Slides

MARCH

March 3: State of the Club – Charlotte Rotary’s Visioning Process | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with Slides | Video without Slides
March 10: Kenneth Kahn, Musicland Gift Foundation | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with Slides | Video without Slides
March 17:  David Erdman, “Geography of Charlotte” | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with Slides | Video without Slides
March 24: Community Lifeline: Dr. Kandi Deitemeyer, Dr. Heather Hill, Dr. Chris Nesbitt, and Catherine Butler | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with Slides | Video without Slides
March 31: Women’s History Month Panel | Women’s Leadership Across Generations:  Moderator Moira Quinn, COO & Senior VP of Communication, Charlotte Center City Partners featuring Catherine P. Bessant, CEO, Foundation for the Carolinas, Tracey Greene-Washington, President, Indigo Innovation Group, and Charolette Obring, COO – Corporate, Medi-Weightloss | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with Slides | Video without Slides

APRIL

April 7: Don Seitz, Rotary Club of Cabarrus County, speaks on CART (Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust) | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with slides
April 14: Dr. Glenn Gaston, OrthoCarolina Research Institute | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with Slides | Video without Slides
April 21: Daniel Fogarty, Executive Director, First Tee Greater Charlotte and Isabella Mebane, First Tee participant | Reporter | Speaker Summary | Video with Slides | Video without Slides 
April 28: CMPD Chief Estella Patterson

MAY

May 5: Henry Batten, Concrete Supply Co.
May 12: Juliet Kuehnle, “Yep …  I go to therapy”
May 19:  David Nelson, VP of Premium, Tepper Sports & Entertainment
May 26: State Auditor Dave Boleik

JUNE

June 2: Larry Keith
June 9: Ike Belk, US Performance Center / World Military Games
June 16: Brian Kahn and Mike Collins, Charlotte Squawks
June 23:  Presidential Transition – Patrick Baker to Bill Bartee
June 30: America 250, Dr. Tony Zeiss with performance by Tosco Music

JULY

July 7: Carlos Evans, Chairman & Co Manager, Salem Capital
July 14: Shahid Rana, Director of Economic Development, City of Charlotte
July 21: Celeste Sundo, Principal, Sugar Creek Charter School
July 28:  Shelly Cayette-Weston, President, Charlotte Hornets

AUGUST

August 4: Matt Olin, Charlotte is Creative, Panel Discussion with artists
August 11: Wendy Hickey, ArtPop, Panel Discussion including artists