Past Speakers
May 7, 2024 - Cathy Wilson, Executive Director of Corporate Giving at Consumers Energy.
April 30, 2024 - Jackie Huie, District Governor Nominee and Don Deibler, District RYLA Committee Chair.
April 23, 2024 - Vittoria Jimerson, Executive Director of the Welcome Home Organization.
April 9, 2024 - Randy Coleman, Area Director, Michigan Special Olympics.
April 2, 2024 - Judi Harris, Executive Director of the American Red Cross.
March 26, 2024 - Doug Barber and Steve Makulski representing the Rotary Foundation of Jackson County.
March 19, 2024 - Beth Kuiper, Executive Director of the Jackson Downtown Development Authority.
March 12, 2024 - Shawna Tello, Jackson YMCA CEO.
March 5, 2024 - Lisa Wallace, Founder, Care That Matters.
February 27, 2024 - Mike Overton, Jackson County Administrator.
February 20, 2024 - Daniel Mahoney, Mayor of Jackson.
February 13, 2024 - Mike Stout, President and Founder of Michigan Waterways Stewards.
February 6, 2024 - Ryan Tarrant, President & CEO of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce.
January 30, 2024 - Alex Masten, Director of Lean Rocket LOCAL & Entrepreneurial Services.
January 16, 2024 - Stephanie Urchick, 2024-2024 Rotary International President.
November 28, 2023 - Dodi Wheeler, Grand River Farmer's Market Manager.
November 21, 2023 - Rotary District 6360 District Governor Vivian Davis.
November 14, 2023 - Maribeth Leonard, LifeWays CEO.
November 7, 2023 - Shaunta Patton from Love Inc.
October 17, 2023 - Marnie Hade from Northwest Schools.
October 10, 2023 - Antonio Parker from the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center, Jackson, MI.
October 3, 2023 - Brian Philson from Highfields.
September 25, 2023 - Damien Wetzel and Manoj Desai.
September 19, 2023 - Dave Lawerance and Michael Angelo Caruso
September 12, 2023 - Gary Swartzlander from Compassionate Ministries.
September 5, 2023 - Joanne Marr from the Aware Shelter.
August 22, 2023 - Wendy Wight from Together We Can Make A Difference.
August 15, 2023 - Tim Swope from Vista Grande Villa.
August 8, 2023 - Matt Osborne from Set Free Movement.
August 1, 2023 - Nick Rush from Rise Above.
July 25, 2023 - Mike Wood and Mike Way.
July 18, 2023 - District Governor Sharalyn Davis.
June 20, 2023 - Harold Mondol from the Lansing DeWitt Sunrise Rotary Club.
June 6, 2023 - Jerry Adams from Big Fish Tales, Inc.
May 23, 2023 - County Commissioner James E. Shotwell, Jr.
May 16, 2023 - John Drake from the Lingap Children's Foundation.
May 2, 2023 - Bruce Deverman from the Jackson Pickleball Association.
April 25, 2023 - Tony Hollow, Chief Executive Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Jackson County.
April 18, 2023 - Belle Coty, Director of Fund and Audience Development for the Jackson Symphony Orchestra.
April 11, 2023 - State Representative Kathy Schmaltz.
April 4, 2023 - Liz Breed, Jackson District Library Director.
March 28, 2023 - Denise Owens, Jackson County Fair Director
March 21, 2023 - Al Mellinger, Jackson Breakfast Rotary President-Elect.
March 14, 2023 - Dan Phelan, President of Jackson College.
March 7, 2023 - Craig Hatch, President and CEO of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce.
February 7, 2023 - Kevin Oxley, Jackson County Intermediate School District Superintendent.
January 24, 2023 - Gordon McInally, Rotary International President, 2023-2024.
January 17, 2023 - Michael Angelo Caruso, Rotarian and motivational speaker.
January 10, 2023 - Claire Herhold, Community Outreach Coordinator for the Michigan Maritime Museum in South Haven, Michigan.
January 3, 2023 - Randy Coleman from Special Olympics of Michigan. He provided the history and mission of Special Olympics.
December 20, 2022 - Michelle Cochran from Soar Cafe' and Farms. She shared how the organization was started and its mission.
December 13, 2022 - Andy Merritt from the Resale Depot. He told us about the store and its mission.
December 6, 2022 - Brian Knapp, Spring Arbor University Director of Alumni Relations, gave us an update on the SAU's 150th anniversary celebration.
November 22, 2022 - Jonathan Greene, Jackson City Manager.
November 15, 2022 - Shawna Tello, President and CEO of the Jackson YMCA, gave us an update on the YMCA's successful capital campaign and the plans for the new and renovated facility.
November 8, 2022 - Jennifer Jones, Rotary International President, 2022-2023. We viewed her District Governors address from February.
November 1, 2022 - Michelle Woods, fitness trainer and instructor, encouraged us to exercise 30 minutes per day and to pick and activity that we enjoy.
October 25, 2022 - Marianne Walter, Principal Engineer, Consumers Energy Hydropower. She shared information on Consumers Energy's hydroelectric plants with specific details regarding Hardy Dam on the Muskegon river near Newaygo.
October 18, 2022 - Damien Wetzel provided an update on the club's new international project, a water project partnership with a club in India.
October 11, 2022 - Steve Castle, CEO of the Jackson Interfaith Shelter.
October 4, 2022 - Stephanie Sharp, Cascades Humane Society. Secretary Jim Sunday presented checks from the club and the Rotary Foundation of Jackson County totaling $1,872.
September 27, 2022 - Alissa Harris, Community Engagement and Partnership Coordinator, Kettles VA Medical Center.
September 20, 2022 - Jim Cole and Angela Kline from the Jackson County Department of Transportation.
September 13, 2022 - Steven Trosin, Executive Director of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra