Over the next year, Nashville will be celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment. Elaine Weiss, award winning author of Votes for Women-The Great Fight to Win the Vote for Women, will get us ready with her description of the time when suffragists and anti-suffragists used “betrayals, bribes, bourbon, bigotry and the Bible” to Read More »

Amanda Little, a professor at Vanderbilt University and an award-winning environmental journalist, spent five years traveling through a dozen countries and as many U.S. states in search of answers to the question: What will we eat in a bigger, hotter, smarter world?   Her journey took her from an apple orchard in Wisconsin and tiny Kenyan Read More »

Dr. Shanna Jackson began serving as President of Nashville State Community College on June 1, 2018. Nashville State is a comprehensive community college that serves over 8,300 students throughout its seven county, six campus service region.  Prior to her appointment, Jackson served as the Associate Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Williamson Campus for Columbia Read More »

Put on your Titans gear and join us in welcoming Jon Robinson! Jon Robinson enters his fourth season as the team’s general manager. He was hired in January of 2016 and was promoted in 2017 to executive vice president/general manager. Robinson’s work in his first three years helped the team go from three wins in Read More »

On Monday, July 21, top Mayoral candidates Briley, Cooper, Clemmons and Swain took the stage to answer questions submitted by Rotarians. Candidates discussed education, transit, affordability and safety. Political commentator Pat Nolan served as moderator. Rotarian Lydia Lenker organized and directed the event, Past President Ronald Roberts and Rotarian Jacky Akbari kept candidates on track Read More »

We are pleased to welcome the top Mayoral candidates Briley, Cooper, Clemmons and Swain as they take the stage to answer questions submitted by Rotarians. Come hear how each candidate stands on important issues such as education, transit, affordability and safety. Political commentator Pat Nolan will moderate the forum.

Since 1984, President and Mrs. Carter have been champions for affordable housing, donating their time and influence to build and improve communities.  Nashville was selected as the site for the 36th Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project to be held October 6th – 11th.  The Carters, along with Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, will be building 20 homes Read More »

Join us as Past President Ronald Roberts passes the gavel to our 2019-20 President Harry Allen.

Janet Napolitano leads the University of California system of 10 campuses, five medical centers, three affiliated national laboratories, and a statewide agriculture and natural resources program.  A distinguished public servant, Napolitano has served in many roles including as the U.S. secretary of homeland security from 2009 to 2013 and as governor of Arizona from 2003 Read More »