Past Speakers for the Brattleboro Rotary Club
SPEAKERS July 2017 - June, 2021
- 07/06/17 – District Governor Jon Springer
- 07/13 –Eaton “A World Oil Perspective”
- 07/20 – Club Assembly
- 07/27 – Jim Verzino, Windham Grows
- 08/03 – Drew Hazelton, Rescue Diving and Searching
- 08/10 – Buzz Schmidt, Retreat Farm
- 08/17 – Richard Berkfeld, Food Connects
- 08/24 - Club Assembly
- 08/31 – Marni Rosner, “Artists in China”
- 09/07 – George Anthes presents Joe Green, Cheese Ronin
- 09/14 – Chris Hart, Brattleboro Housing Authority
- 09/21 - Congressman Peter Welch
- 09/28 - Club Assembly – Gateway Foundation Annual Membership Meeting
- 10/05 – Rhonda Calhoun presents: “Vulnerable Populations and Partnerships
- 10/12 – Michael Hertz and his guitar
- 10/19 – ROAD SHOW to Scott Farm
- 10/26 –Sal Napoli and Larry Johnston, McDonald’s
- 11/02 – ROAD SHOW to NECCA
- 11/09 – Cindy Jerome, Holton Home’s 125th Anniversary
- 11/16 – Club Assembly
- 11/23 – NO MEETING – HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
- 11/30 –Rob Szpila, Pine Ridge project update
- 12/07 – Bill McKellar, “Hang Gliding”
- 12/14 – Ricky Davidson, Keystone: Teen leadership program at Boys & Girls Club
- 12/21 – Club Assembly
- 12/28 – Hallie Flower, NEYT
- 01/11– Chloe Learey “Early Childhood Educations Means Economic Development”
- 01/18– Club Assembly
- 01/25 – Greg Sukiennik, Brattleboro Reformer
- 02/01 – Gary Graff, HCRS
- 02/08 – Mike Powers, General Manager of Brattleboro’s 99 Restaurant
- 02/15 – Club Assembly
- 02/22 – Road Show to BMC
- 03/01 – Rob Szpila: Cheyenne River Indian Reservation
- 03/08 – Eilidh Pederson, BMH/CCV Collaboration for Medical Assistant training
- 03/15 – Club Assembly
- 03/22 – Roger Allbee “Reflections of a Vermonter
- 03/29 – Jim Haine: Community Collaborative for Guilford
- 04/05 – Adam Grinold: Brattleboro Development Credit Corp.
- 04/12 –Meg Donahue: Plant-based Diets
- 04/19 – Club Assembly
- 04/26 – Wendy Harrison: Southeast Vermont Transit
- 05/03 – Chris Hart: 3-4-50: PREVENT CHRONIC DISEASE
- 05/10 – Bob Tortoloni: Recounting His Vietnam Experience
- 05/17 – Club Assembly
- 05/24 – Cindy Jerome: Celebrating 125 years at Holton Home (the video)
- 05/31 – Dr. Jilisa Snyder: Hand Held Device Addiction
- 06/07 – ROTARY GOLF TOURNAMENT – NO MEETING
- 06/14 – Diana Todd: Hogback Mountain Conservation Association
- 06/21 – Club Assembly
- 06/28 – Changeover Dinner
- 07/05/18 – District Governor Veno Rao
- 07/12 – John Hagen, Commander, American Legion Post #5
- 07/19 – Club Assembly
- 07/26 – Biz Hallett, Brattleboro Ludo Sport
- 08/09 – Dane Rank, Thompson House
- 08/16 – Rob Szpila, Cheyenne River Indian Reservation
- 08/23 – Jerry Carbone, Genealogy
- 08/30 – William Edelglass, Brattleboro Word Project
- 09/06 – Scott Sharland, Groundworks, Empty Bowls
- 09/13 – Gateway Foundation Annual Meeting
- 09/20 – Donna Hawes, River Gallery School
- 09/27 – Roadshow to 118 Elliot Street
- 10/04 – Chris Thayer, Vermont Foodbank
- 10/11 – Dani Lichtenfeld, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center
- 10/18 – No regular club meeting. Mixer at location TBD.
- 10/25 – Carl Christianson, “Northeast Processing medicinal hemp extraction”
- 11/01 – Roadshow to Latchis Theater to listen to Windham Orchestra; benefit for Senior Meals
- 110/8 – Tom Green, Edible Brattleboro
- 11/15 – Carolyn Meub, Pure Water for the World
- 11/22 – No Meeting = Happy Thanksgiving!
- 11/29 – Eilidh Pederson and Carmen Derby, New Dental Center
- 12/06 – Club Assembly – Senior Gift Wrapping
- 12/13 - Kelli Dias, Academy School
- 12/20 - Dane Rank, History of Brattleboro Hospital
- 12/27 – Elliott Greenblatt, AARP
- 01/03 – Tim Weed, author, “Field Guide to Murder & Fly Fishing”
- 01/10 – Cor Trowbridge, “The Threats to BCTV”
- 01/17 – Club Assembly
- 01/24 – Zach Stephens, Insight Photography
- 01/31 – Roger Allbee, “The history of agriculture in Brattleboro”
- 02/07 – Bob Stevens, “Exciting Downtown Brattleboro projects”
- 02/14 – Cara Meinke, Cara Wolff Jewelry
- 02/21 – Club Assembly
- 02/28 – Stephanie Bonin, Downtown Brattleboro Alliance
- 03/07 – Rob Szpila, Students traveling to South Dakota
- 03/14 – No Club Meeting – plan to attend Bowling Night on 3/15
- 03/21 – Jess and Mike Kull, Vermont Gelato
- 03/28 – Kevin Quigley, Marlboro College
- 04/04 – Vermont Attorney General Thomas J. Donovan
- 04/11 – Sarah Lang, BDCC
- 04/18 – Vermont Attorney General TJ Donovan
- 04/25 – Steve Gordon, Dental Center Update
- 05/02 – Greg Worden, TBA
- 05/09 – Roger Allbee, TBA
- 05/16 – Tilden Remerleitch, 2013 Scholarship Recipient
- 05/23 – Jenifer Ambler, TBA
- 05/30 – George Anthes, TBA
- 06/06 – GOLF TOURNAMENT - NO CLUB MEETING
- 06/13 – Sophia Howlett, Challenges of NE higher education
- 06/20 – Club Assembly
- 06/27 – Changeover Dinner
- 07/04/19 – No meeting. Happy July 4th!
- 07/11 – Cheri Ann Brodhurst, TBA
- 07/18 - District Governor Nancy Russell
- 07/25 – Karen Carroll, VT treatment courts
- 08/01 – Sally Struble, Restorative Justice
- 08/08 – Rep. Emilie Kornheiser, “New Youth-led Business Initiative”
- 08/15 – Club Assembly
- 08/22 – Jeremy Coleman, “Northeast Wildlife”
- 08/29 – Cathy Coonan, TBA
- 09/05 – Ricky Davidson, “Let’s Read 2019”
- 09/12 – Club Assembly: Gateway Foundation Annual Meeting
- 09/19 – Diane Shamas, Windham Superior Court Guardian Ad Litem Program
- 09/26 – Milt Eaton, TBA
- 10/03 – Dart Everett, TBA
- 10/03 – George Weir, TBA
- 10/10 – Club Assembly
- 10/10 – Club Assembly
- 10/17 – Julie Lineberger, Wheel Pad L3C
- 10/24 – Roadshow to Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development
- 10/31 – Kurt White, Windham County Consortium on Substance Use
- 11/07 – Interfaith Youth Group: Trip to South Dakota Indian Reservations
- 11/14 – Don Freeman: “Advance Care Planning: Taking Steps Brattleboro”
- 11/21- Milt Gilmore, TBA
- 11/28 – THANKSGIVING – no meeting
- 12/05 – Club Assembly – Senior Gift Wrapping Project
- 12/12 – Gary Goodemote, TBA
- 12/19 – Steve Gordon, TBA
- 12/26 – DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS – NO MEETING
- 01/16 – District Governor Nancy Russell
- 01/23 – Katja Matthews, “All About Wine”
- 01/30 – William Moclock, “Revitalization of Downtown Springfield, VT”
- 02/06 – Sophia Howlett, TBD
- 02/13 – Club Assembly
- 02/20 – Al Jerard, TBD
- 02/27 – Margaret Atkinson, “The Basics Vermont”
- 03/05 – Jerry & Nicholas Theberge, “Dental Implants”
- 03/12 - Club Assembly
- 04/02 – Carl Lynde, PETS part two
- 04/09 – Val Stuart, Senior Solutions
- 04/16 – Club Assembly
- 05/07 – Stephanie Bonin, Downtown Brattleboro Alliance
- 05/14 – Club Assembly
- 05/21 – John Willis, author/photographer, “Mni Wiconi/Water Is Life: Honoring the Water Protectors at Standing Rock and Everywhere in the Ongoing Struggle for Indigenous Sovereignty”
- 05/28 – Michael Clough, Vermont Natural History Museum
- 06/06 – Mara Williams, TBA
- 06/13 – Diane Bothfeld, VT Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
- 06/20 – Dave Neumeister, “Transitioning from a rural dental practice to a University Medical Center; One person's view"
- 06/27 – Mario Fantini, OPEC
- 7/02/20 – Carla Grant, Supreme Fitness
- 07/09 – Club Assembly – “Membership”
- 07/16 – Steve Ryder, “How to securely work from home”
- 07/23 – Steve Puderbaugh, 2020-21 Rotary District 7870 District Governor
- 07/30 – Bill Benneyan, executive director and general manager, Hermitage Members Club
- 08/06 – Steffen Gillom, branch president, Windham County NAACP
- 08/13 – Erin Maile O’Keefe, “Handy Stations”
- 08/20 – Stephanie Greene, “Brattleboro, A Print Town”
- 08/27 - Andrew Skarzynski, Windham Southeast Supervisory Union
- 09/03 – Elizabeth Weaver, Wildlife Conservation Trust https://tonewct.weebly.com/
- 09/10 – Club Assembly
- 09/17 - TBA
- 09/24 – 45th Annual Golf Tournament @ Brattleboro Country Club
- 09/17 – Sofie Howlett, SIT
- 09/24 – 45th Annual Golf Tournament @ Brattleboro Country Club
- 10/01 - Geoff Hatheway, President , Magic Mountain Ski Area
- 10/08 - Damian Costello, "How Lakota and Indigenous tradition is relevant for us (non-Natives)"
- 10/15 – Lynn Levine, “"Story walks and virtual wanderings"
- 10/22 - Professor Elizabeth Cascio, “A Century of the American Woman Voter”
- 10/29 – Jon Potter, Latchis Arts
- 11/05 - Stephen Dotson, Brattleboro's Sustainability Coordinator
- 11/12 – Club Assembly
- 11/19 – A virtual tour of new BMAC exhibits
- 11/26 – No meeting – Happy Thanksgiving!
- 12/03 – Kate O’Connor, Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce
- 12/10 – Margaret Atkinson, Windham Region Hunger Council
- 12/17 – Mary Ellen Copeland, Deer Run Nature Preserve
- 12/24 – No meeting – Merry Christmas!
- 12/31 – No meeting – Happy New Year!
- 01/07 - Dr. Kathleen McGraw, Brattleboro Hospital
- 01/14 – Club Assembly
- 01/21 – Rosie Freier, Singing Horse Trading Post, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
- 01/28 - Archer Mayer “Orphan’s Guilt”
- 02/04 – Karen Carroll, Justice on the Vermont Supreme Court
- 02/11 - Jon Ruybalid, founder, Whiteclay Makerspace
- 02/18 – Jeremy Coleman
- 02/25 – Neil Cass, “Rotary flag subscription fund raiser”
- 03/04 – Jack & Karen Sugden “Intro to Transcendental Meditation”
- 03/11 - Russell Bradbury-Carlin, Executive Director, Youth Services
- 03/18 - Yvonne “Tiny” Decory, founder of BEAR Project, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
- 03/25 – Casey Haynes, Welcome Wagon
- 04/01 – Mara Williams, " A Cultural Collaboration with Brattleboro Museum"
- 04/08 - Boyd Bosma, "Ending the standoff at Wounded Knee"
- 04/15 - Patricia Roberts, Chief Operating Officer at Gift of College, Inc.
- 04/22 - Laura Carbonneau, Food Connects
- 04/29 – Arnold Coombs “Tales of 7th Generation Maple Farmer”
- 05/06 - Olivia Apps, "Rugby Life Lessons"
- 05/13 – Club Assembly
- 05/20 – Rob Szpila, “Passing On”
- 05/27 – Helen Labun, “Food is Medicine”
- 06/03 – Chloe Learey, “Winston Prouty Campus Update”
- 06/10 - Susan McMahon – Landmark Trust USA
- 06/17 – Dr. Chelkh Thiam “Experiences of COVID from West Africa”
- 06/24 – Changeover Dinner