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6/11/18: Coach Mike Vrabel, Tennessee Titans

Mike Vrabel became the Titans head coach earlier this year, after serving as defensive coordinator for the Houston Texans. Vrabel is a native of Akron, Ohio, and played college football at Ohio State University, where he was a first-team All-American his senior year, and was named to Ohio State’s “all-century team” in 2000. He played Read More »

Rotary guests from Rwanda

We were honored to be joined by Conso Kabanyana, Assistant Headmistress of The Camp Kigali School, and her husband, Rwandan wildlife guide Alex Kagaba at our Rotary meeting May 21. Through amazing partnerships, The Camp Kigali School received a large shipment of books for their school library. The Nashville Public Library donated 15 boxes of books, Read More »

6/04/18: Cal Turner, Author, My Father’s Business

Longtime Dollar General CEO Cal Turner, Jr., shares his extraordinary life as heir to the company founded by his father, Cal Turner, Sr., and his grandfather, a dirt farmer turned Depression-era entrepreneur. Cal’s narrative is at its heart a father-son story, from his childhood in Scottsville, Kentucky, where business and family were one, to the Read More »

5/21/18: Steve Brandon, Wildlife Photographer

Rotarian Steve Brandon (member, Armory MS Rotary Club), is semi-retired and works as an organizational management consultant.  He has photographed wildlife on all 7 continents, from Polar Bears in the Arctic, to the unique wildlife of the Galapagos Islands on the Equator, to Penguins in Antarctica. He speaks dozens of time annually on wildlife and Read More »

A real knockout!

Over 100 Rotarians and family members gathered at First Tennessee Park to watch the Nashville Sounds baseball game. We enjoyed a buffet dinner, beverages, reserved seating, and special access. This was a great way to end the Rotary year! President Evette White attended, in addition to President-elect Ronald Roberts. Although the Sounds didn’t win, a Read More »

5/14/18: Jamaal Sheats, Director & Curator, Fisk University Galleries

Fisk University Galleries maintains a permanent collection with over 4,000 objects that span four centuries of art history. The Carl Van Vechten Gallery, has a changing traveling exhibitions and every two years featuring The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Modern American and European Art, which includes works by Pablo Picasso, Paul Cezanne, Auguste-Pierre Renoir, Henri de Read More »

5/7/18: Vicki Yates, Anchor, NewsChannel 5

When Vicki Yates brings you the news every night at 4p.m. and 6p.m., you are benefiting from more than three decades of experience and award winning reporting.    Her career began in Detroit, Michigan while attending college. As a freelance reporter, she worked for Michigan’s number one minority newspaper, The Michigan Chronicle.  While a junior at Michigan State Read More »

4/30/18: Robert Ian, CEO, Change Management International

Experience the impossible. Las Vegas Magician and Motivational Speaker Robert Ian will astound you with magic, illusion and the power of suggestion. Even more, he’ll get you thinking in new ways about work, life and success. Robert helps individuals, teams and organizational leaders “crack the code” of rapid change by transforming everyday challenges into new Read More »

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