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4/22/19: Panel discussion: wins & challenges for “It City” technology

Four leaders share their experiences and hopes for entrepreneurial businesses that seek rapid growth in the Greater Nashville region, which has both major strengths and major challenges. Panelists include Michael Brody-Waite, CEO, Nashville Entrepreneur Center; LeShane Greenhill, CEO, Sagents and Founder, SalesCocktail; Julia Polk, Chief Strategy Officer and CFO, IQuity Inc.; Kerry Schrader, CEO and Co-founder, Mixtroz. Moderator: Milt Capps, Read More »

4/15/19: Dr. Sylvia Whitlock

Dr. Sylvia Whitlock, Rotary’s first female Club President, will share her firsthand account of how women won the right to become Rotarians. Dr. Whitlock was born in New York City but was educated, through high school, in Kingston, Jamaica. After returning to New York City she earned a B.A. in Psychology from Hunter College. Sylvia Read More »

04/08/19: Andrea Willis, SVP & Chief Medical Officer, BCBS of TN

Tennessee is the third highest state for opioid prescribing.  People with new prescriptions are at risk for addiction and people with high-dose prescriptions are at increased risk for overdose.  Additionally, the majority of people using pain medication recreationally get the pills from family members or friends.   BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has implemented steps to be Read More »

04/01/19: Butch Spyridon, CEO, Nashville Convention & Visitors Corporation

Butch Spyridon has served as president and CEO of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corporation (NCVC) since 1991. Under his leadership, Nashville’s hospitality industry has evolved from an industry largely based on theme park and summer leisure travel, to a year-round destination for convention, business and leisure visitors. Hospitality’s evolution has made it the city’s Read More »

Women in Rotary Celebration

On Saturday, April 13, join us for a celebration of 30 years of Women in Rotary. This buffet dinner will feature PDG Sylvia Whitlock. Dr. Whitlock was Rotary’s first woman club president in 1987-88. This special event is open to all Rotarians and their guests. This event begins at 6:00pm, and will be at the Read More »

03/25/19: Agenia Clark, CEO, Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee

Girl Scouts has been empowering girls across the country for more than 100 years and has served more than 50 million women. Girl Scouting is thriving in Middle Tennessee, serving more girls each year with an enriched experience. As CEO of Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee, Agenia Clark leads one of the fastest-growing and most Read More »

3/4/19: Bill Carey, Executive Director, Tennessee History for Kids

With his new book Runaways, Coffles and Fancy Girls, local historian Bill Carey explains the harsh truth about how Nashville’s factories, railroads and newspapers profited from the institution of slavery. He also reveals long-forgotten facts about how state and local government protected and promoted slavery and kept taxes low by hiring and owning the enslaved. Read More »

2/25/19: John Ingram, Chairman, Ingram Industries

In December, 2017, Commissioner Don Garber and the MLS2Nashville committee announced that Nashville had been awarded a Major League Soccer Franchise.  With the help of Nashville SC majority owner John Ingram and others, Nashville SC was set to lead Nashville’s pro soccer movement into the future and to MLS. John Ingram, Chairman of Ingram Industries Read More »

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