The Rotary Club of Nashville is fortunate to have a membership full of Nashville’s service-minded community leaders. We are delighted to announce the 2023-24 Board of Directors: Officers: Joanne Pulles, Club President | HCA Healthcare Foundation Alfred Degrafinreid, II, Club President-Elect | Leadership Tennessee Lisa Ferrelli, Immediate Club Past President | Bank of America Jim Schmitz, Club Secretary/Treasurer | Elliott Davis Clark Read More »
Former Tennessee Governors Phil Bredesen and Bill Haslam are launching a podcast aimed at bringing civility back to political discussions. Link to read: https://www.mainstreet-nashville.com/news/former-govs-bredesen-haslam-launch-podcast-to-spark-political-discourse/article_76642f92-32ce-11ed-9a25-13a413366178.html By Vivian Jones “You Might Be Right” is produced by the Howard Baker Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee. Haslam and Bredesen talked about the project during an Read More »
Watch: https://www.newschannel5.com/news/eddie-george-speaks-inspiring-coaching-future-for-tsu-football-team-members By: Darby McCarthy Posted at 9:57 PM, Aug 29, 2022 and last updated 9:57 PM, Aug 29, 2022 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A Tennessee football legend made an appearance in front of local business people on Monday. Known for his time on the field with the Tennessee Oilers when they became the Titans in the ’90s, Eddie Read More »
Burke Nihill, President and CEO of the Tennessee Titans presented at Nashville Rotary on Monday, August 8. Click below to see his responses to our members’ questions: https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2022/08/09/nihill-stadium-public-qna.html?utm_source=st&utm_medium=en&utm_campaign=me&utm_content=NA&ana=e_NA_me&j=28678474&senddate=2022-08-10
Gov. Bill Lee gives Rotary Club preview of his expectations for the 2022 session ahead of State of the State address
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Eric Holt is CEO of Chiminus Enterprises, a diverse lifestyle marketing and consulting company that is nationally recognized. He is also the Managing Partner of Chiminus’ successful subsidiary concert promotions company, The Lovenoise Group. Holt earned his Bachelor of Science degree with a concentration in Communications from Howard University in Washington, D.C., and a J.D. Read More »
Hybrid Meetings to Resume on October 4 Fellow Rotarian, After a pause from meeting in person and evaluating how congregations and organizations have adjusted during this challenging time, the Nashville Rotary Board of Directors has approved the recommendation of the Pandemic Response Committee to return to the hybrid format next Monday, October 4, Read More »
My fellow Rotarians, We continue to face uncertainty as COVID-19 cases surge in our community once again. In May, we returned to the Wildhorse for hybrid meetings, with safety protocols in place to protect our members who choose to meet in-person. Given the surge of the Delta variant, our ad hoc Pandemic Response Committee created Read More »
Check out what these community leaders had to say to our Valentine’s week question.
We’re thrilled to welcome these community leaders into the Rotary Club of Nashville! Jennifer Brantley, Partner, MP&F Lindsey Langley, Executive Director, American Cancer Society-Tennessee Chris Lewis, Managing Director, Greenwich Capital Group LoLita Toney, VP, Development, Dismas House of Nashville Harsha Ramayaa, Senior Relationship Manager, Bank of America
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On Monday, November 16, Mayor John Cooper, Dr. James Hildreth and Dr. Melinda Buntin presented to the Nashville Rotary virtual meeting. Over 270 members and guests were in attendance. Read more about the meeting here: https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2020/11/17/cooper-masks-economic-recovery-covid-pandemic.html
The Rotary Club of Nashville salutes the many members of our Club who bravely served our country in the military. View our latest virtual meeting to learn about the work of Operation Stand Down with CEO Eden Murrie: https://vimeo.com/474806795
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Dr. Overton is a behavioral health medical director for BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, which serves more than 3.4 million members across the state and around the country. As a board-certified psychiatrist and board-certified addiction medicine specialist, she leads multidisciplinary teams and develops new standards and protocols for improved patient care. Over the course of her Read More »
Sarah Fisher Gardial joined Belmont University in 2020, making history as the first woman Dean of the Jack C. Massey College of Business. Sarah’s mission is to strategically advance the College and Belmont University through innovative collaborations with faculty, staff, students, and local, national, and international businesses. Prior to Belmont, she most recently served as Read More »
Rotarians: We continue to monitor the news and guidelines on public meetings and have temporarily suspended in-person meetings until May 4. In the meantime, we’re excited to announce several ways to stay connected to our community. VIRTUAL MONDAY MEETINGS Starting on April 6, we will host virtual Rotary meetings. You will receive call in information Read More »
A graduate of Old Dominion University, where he attended on a golf scholarship, Ramsey has over 30 years of experience in the sports marketing industry. Scott is currently responsible for the day-to-day activities for both the Nashville Sports Council and the TransPerfect Music City Bowl. As a result of his leadership, Scott was named Nashvillian Read More »
Bob Rolfe serves as commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. The department is responsible for recruiting business and industry to the state, supporting existing companies, expanding economic opportunities across rural Tennessee and boosting the state’s overall economic prosperity. Rolfe has served as TNECD commissioner since March 2017. Under his leadership, TNECD Read More »
On July 1, 2017, Dr. Kevin D. Rome, Sr. became the 16th President of Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. Prior to beginning the presidency at Fisk, Rome served as the 19th President of Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri from June 2013 to June 2017. The Fisk Jubilee Singers are vocal artists and students at Read More »
Kelley Henry is the supervisor of the Capital Habeas Unit (“CHU”) of the Federal Public Defender’s Office in Nashville. The Nashville CHU represents nearly half of Tennessee’s death row. She began her career in capital work as an intern for the Missouri Capital Punishment Resource Center in 1989. Kelley has represented indigent clients charged with capital crimes at Read More »
Alice Randall is an author, songwriter, educator, and essayist, known for her work exploring African-American history and identity. Her novels include Pushkin and the Queen of Spades, Rebel Yell, Ada’s Rules, and the New York Times Bestseller, The Wind Done Gone. A self-proclaimed “food activist”— committed to reforms that support healthy bodies and healthy communities Read More »
John Cooper is the ninth mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. Born in Nashville and raised in Shelbyville, John served as an At-Large Member of Metro Council from 2015 to 2019. John is married to Laura Fitzgerald Cooper, a former Constitutional law professor and they have three teenage sons and four Read More »
Dr. Adrienne Battle is interim director of Metro Nashville Public Schools. She has spent almost her entire career at MNPS, previously serving as a math, reading and language arts teacher; an assistant principal, academic principal and executive principal; a turnaround coach for principals of the district’s priority schools; and as a community superintendent overseeing all Read More »
Jennifer Turner is the new President and CEO of the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Prior to coming to TPAC, Jennifer Turner served as the Executive Vice President and Managing Director for Segerstrom Center for the Arts, an acclaimed arts institution in Southern California with an annual budget of over $60 million and serving one million Read More »
The effort came as part of the 18th annual “Feed the Need” project, a partnership between the Rotary Club of Nashville and Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee. Across the city similar deliveries took place in neighborhoods like Vine Hill, Andrew Jackson Courts, John Henry Hale and more as more than 200 Rotary volunteers Read More »
SongwritingWith:Soldiers uses songwriting as a catalyst for positive change. The program offers participants a unique way to tell their stories, rebuild trust, release pain, and forge new bonds. In SW:S retreat and workshop settings, service members are paired with professional songwriters to craft songs about their experiences, often about combat and the return home. Through Read More »
The Store is inspired by Unity Shoppe, located in Santa Barbara, California. Unity Shoppe has been helping families in the community for more than 100 years. Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley first visited Unity Shoppe with their sons. “We took our boys to Unity Shoppe to teach them about serving other and giving back to Read More »
The Hume Award recognizes the most outstanding football player in Metro Nashville Public Schools. The winner is chosen based on the following criteria: sportsmanship, scholarship, individual performance and value to the team. Each Metro Nashville Public Schools has an opportunity to present a Hume Award nominee. The Hume Award was inaugurated in 1944. During an Read More »
Norah is a Kansas native, and has lived in Chicago, Miami, and now Nashville since 2001. She is a graduate of Kansas University School of Architecture, and she student taught architectural studio when she began graduate school at the Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago.Through her first job in a Chicago firm, she consulted to a Read More »
Dr. Penny Schwinn was sworn in as Tennessee’s education commissioner on February 1, 2019. As commissioner, Dr. Schwinn is committed to building on Tennessee’s momentum over the last decade, and plans to continue to accelerate growth through excellence in achievement, empowerment of students and teachers, and engagement of all stakeholders Coming from a family of Read More »
We are grateful to our Nashville Rotary members who have served. Happy Veterans Day!
Footage flashes across the screen of Metro’s new finance director Kevin Crumbo making a snow angel. Another shows developer Bert Mathews being airlifted out of the arctic circle region of the Norwegian Sea. It was part of the presentation given by Music City’s recently dubbed “Arctic 8” during Tuesday’s Nashville’s Rotary Club luncheon, reflecting on this summer’s arctic adventures Read More »
The Rotary Club of Nashville will honor our members who have served in the military by focusing on the transition from military to civilian life and the experience of military families. Our speaker and moderator, Brigadier General (Retired) Scott E. Brower, graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1989 and was commissioned a 2nd Read More »
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An Arctic adventure ended in a daring helicopter rescue for eight prominent Nashvillians. Rotarian Tim Ozgener of OZ Arts will lead the panel discussion of Nashvillians: Karl Dean, Kevin Crumbo, Bert Mathews, John Deane, Breck Walker and Frank Garrison, along with their rescuers from Svalbard, Kjell Erik and Mari Martinsen. Hear what the group experienced Read More »
Bill Lee is a seventh-generation Tennessean and the 50th governor of Tennessee. He was raised in Franklin where he still resides today with his wife Maria on his family’s farm. After graduation, he returned home to Franklin to join the family business his grandfather started in 1944, a comprehensive mechanical construction service company. He became president Read More »
Tequila Johnson is an award-winning community organizer and strategist whose work focuses on creating equality and increasing civic engagement among Black Americans and other communities of color. She has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, on CNN, MSNBC and around the country. Johnson is the co-founder and vice president of The Read More »
From left: Noreen Parker – WZTV (FOX17), Rene LaSpina – WSMV (News 4 – NBC affiliate), Lyn Plantinga WTVF (NewsChannel 5 – CBS affiliate), Tracey Rogers – WKRN (News2 – ABC affiliate) From payroll to programming, the women who lead Nashville’s TV stations are responsible for nearly every aspect of their station’s operation. On the Read More »
Robert “Bob” Huffman serves as Rotary District 6760’s District Governor. Huffman joined Rotary in 2008 and is a member of the Clarksville-Sunrise Rotary Club, a multi-level Paul Harris Fellow and Paul Harris Society Member. Best known for his Chairmanship as the District 6760 Youth Services and Rotary Youth Leadership Awards program. As a member of Read More »
Jeff Lyash is president and chief executive officer of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Appointed by the Board of Directors in February 2019, Lyash leads the nation’s largest public utility in its mission of serving people of the Tennessee Valley to make life better.
AMERICA’S GREATEST FOREIGN POLICY CHALLENGES Ambassador Christopher Hill, is Chief Global Advisor, University of Denver. Christopher Hill will discuss where America’s greatest foreign policy challenges stand, both short term and long term. He will also discuss the state of American diplomacy,drawing on his foreign service experience to elucidate underlying causes of challenges and their implications for U.S. Read More »
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 »
AMEND Together is a primary prevention initiative dedicated to ending violence against women and girls by engaging men and boys to change the culture that supports violence. Together, we seek to challenge the culture that supports violence, cultivate healthy masculinity in men and boys, and change the future for women and girls. AMEND Together partners Read More »
Malcolm Turner began his tenure as Vanderbilt University’s vice chancellor for athletics and university affairs and athletics director on Feb. 1, 2019. Turner joined Vanderbilt Athletics after an impressive career guiding the NBA G League to unprecedented growth. Turner will share his vision for VU athletics and a bit about his journey including stops Read More »
The Amazon to Nashville Story: As Amazon announced the search for its HQ2 location, Nashville went to work on a plan to attract one of the largest companies in the country. Holly Sullivan, a Nashville native, led the search that resulted in the largest jobs announcement in Tennessee history. Join us to hear why Amazon Read More »
Children not reading on grade level by 3rd grade are 4 times more likely to drop out of high school. This discussion will address key topics to understand childhood literacy in Nashville. Find out what our city is doing to address this crisis and how we can be involved. Literacy is a key area that Read More »
Please join us Monday, June 3, for a panel titled “Ending the Childhood Literacy Crisis”
Ms. Kempf will present her priorities for the Planning Department including goals for addressing growth, city design, and neighborhood engagement. Lucy Alden Kempf was named Executive Director of the Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County Planning Department in June 2018 after twoyears as manager of the Department’s Land Development division. She leads a staff of 50 in guiding Read More »
In this talk, Dr. Shawn Joseph, Former Director of Metro Nashville Public Schools, will share this thoughts on the current state of urban education in America and what is needed from cities to move an urban school district forward for all children. During his 20 year career, Dr. Shawn Joseph has served as a teacher, Read More »
Bob Corker is a successful businessman, former United States Senator, and was previously named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by TIME Magazine. Corker represented Tennesseans in the Senate from 2007-2018, where he served as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and was an active member of the Senate Banking Committee Read More »
The Rotary Club of Nashville, the third largest Rotary Club in the world, has named Olivia Leow its next Executive Director. Leow, who has served as Vice President of Member Value at the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce for the past eight years, will succeed Suzanne Buchanan. Buchanan is retiring effective June 30 after serving Read More »
We will reconvene Monday, May 6, with Senator Bob Corker.
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
In February Nashville became the first city in the South to say it would track the amount of money it spends with businesses owned by members of the LGBT community. In January, after literal decades of advocacy, the Metro Nashville Council unanimously voted to install the Equal Business Opportunity Program. This legislation begins to address Read More »
In 2018, a record 15.2 million tourist visited Nashville. In 2019, at least 20 new hotels are expected to open in Nashville. Jan Freitag, Sr. Vice President of Lodging Insights for STR Global, will provide insight into the Nashville hotel industry. He will discuss room rates, occupancy and the rooms in the pipeline, giving the Read More »
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 »
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 »
Please join us Monday, February 25, with guest speaker John Ingram.
Joseph Cirincione is president of Ploughshares Fund, a global security foundation. He is the author of the books Nuclear Nightmares: Securing the World Before It Is Too Late, Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons and Deadly Arsenals: Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Threats. Mr. Cirincione has worked on nuclear weapons policy in Washington Read More »
David Ewing Nashville Historian, Lawyer and Tour Guide will talk about 20 forgotten and unknown events in Nashville history involving nationally known famous people, inventions, institutions and events that all are tied to Nashville. Newcomers and locals will enjoy this look at Nashville based on David’s knowledge and historical research. David is a ninth-generation Nashvillian, Read More »
Thank you for your interest in applying for an NRST Footprint Fund Grant. For our 2019-20 fiscal year, we will not have an open Request for Proposals for community service initiatives. Please check back in future years for more information.
In May 2018, Seth Bernstein, president and CEO of AllianceBernstein, announced that the company would relocate its corporate headquarters to Nashville, bringing about 1,050 employees. Mr. Bernstein attributed ourcity’s cost of living, affordability and quality of life are factors that made itstand out among the other 30 city competitors. AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. is a leading Read More »
Join us Monday, January 28, with guest speaker Seth Bernstein.
Nashville is continuously tagged as the “It City”, but is it the “It City” for everyone? Hear from leaders of four of Nashville’s corporate leader’s on how they and their organizations view the benefits of having an inclusive organization and corporate culture. What have they done to foster this culture? Have there been any real Read More »
Dr. James Hildreth will offer a proposal for a system to provide healthcare for the more than 100,000 indigent citizens of Nashville. With Nashville General Hospital as the hub, the system will be a collaboration between several healthcare entities in the city including Federally Qualified Health Centers, the three large hospital systems, the health department Read More »
Suzanne Buchanan announced her decision to retire at the end of June 2019 after 30 years as the Executive Director of the Rotary Club of Nashville. Click here to read the Tennessean’s full article.
Please join us Monday, January 7, with guest speaker Dr. James Hildreth, CEO, Meharry Medical College.
Thirty-year TPAC veteran, Kathleen O’Brien, will give a brief update on the center and the 2019 schedule. As a special treat, Kathleen will present selected songs from a new project she’s working on, with performances from some Nashville treasures. Kathleen O’Brien has led the organization for the past 13 years, becoming the first and only Read More »
Inspired by his own battle with depression, Dacari Middlebrooks takes us on a journey through what it’s like to battle with depression from a Millennial state. Over the course of the conversation, you will discover how PTSD, Severe Depression, Career, and Significant losses have aided in what he calls “Mental Disruption,” losing the capacity to Read More »
Hundreds of Rotarians and their families volunteer each December for our largest effort of the year, Feed the Need. We believe in “service above self”, and this project proves it! Feed the Need is a partnership effort with Second Harvest Food Bank and MDHA to deliver food boxes to nearly 2,000 hungry residents in Nashville. Read More »
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has often referred to his job as “being like a runner in a relay race, where one person hands the baton to another, and you do your best, then hand the baton to someone else.” As Gov. Haslam prepares to hand thebaton to Gov.-elect Lee, he will take a reflective look back Read More »
Seventeen years later film & TV placements serve as a critical financial solution for the streaming services setbacks. Anastasia is a music industry professional with 25 years’ experience in music supervision, Television & film production, publishing, artist management, A&R and music placement. In the 1990s, Brown was one of a select group of female managers Read More »
Master Sargent Bert Watkins (USMC RET.), one of the few survivors from Operation Swift, served at Camp Lejeune and Viet Nam. After his active tour of duty, he joined the Marine Corps Reserves where he retired from in 1992. During his military career, he was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal w/v; the purple Heart’ Good Read More »
Join us Monday, November 19, for a special program honoring Veterans!
Head Coach Tim Corbin begins his 17th season at the helm of the Vanderbilt baseball program in 2019. During his tenure Corbin has turned the Commodores into a national power and taken the program to unprecedented success leading Vanderbilt to the top of college baseball in 2014 with the school’s first-ever men’s national championship. Corbin Read More »
Thanks to a generous grant from the Nashville Rotary Service Trust, we are sponsoring two build days with Habitat for Humanity this year. Our first build day, October 27, was a success! Despite weather conditions and lots of mud, over a dozen Rotarians came out to help install siding and insulation on the home of Read More »
Rotary Club of Nashville is excited to host a “Conversation with the Candidate” forum today with Senate hopeful, Marsha Blackburn. Political Analyst and Senior Vice President at DVL Seigenthaler Public Relations Pat Nolan will host the conversation using questions submitted by members of the Rotary Club in the areas of healthcare, immigration, diversity, education, and Read More »
As the state that ranks #49 in voter turnout and #45 in voter registration, Tennessee’s civic infrastructure needs an update. Shanna Hughey, President, ThinkTennessee will discuss the threats facing our elections, from voter confidence to foreign influence, and how states are fighting back. She will also demonstrate how public policy and community engagement – particularly Read More »
For more than two decades, Laquita Stribling worked her way up from entry-level associate to senior vice president at Randstad USA. Laquita is now responsible for four districts and nine offices across three states, approximately 1,300 employees and nearly $40 million in revenue. In addition to her impressive career, Laquita has been extremely influential in Read More »
Join us Monday, October 15, with District Governor Laquita Stribling!
Rotary Club of Nashville is excited to host a Town Hall / Conversation with the Candidate forum today with gubernatorial hopeful, Karl Dean. Tennessean Opinion Engagement Editor, David Plazas, will host the conversation using questions submitted by members of the Rotary Club in the areas of healthcare, immigration, education, and workforce development. Karl Dean is Read More »
We are thrilled to announce a new grant recipient and project partner this year, Moves & Grooves. Focused on providing after school programs in the Antioch community, Moves and Grooves has provided free programs to youth since 2002. Moves and Grooves helps children grow academically, while exposing them to the arts and dance. Founder Emerald Read More »
Jim Strickland was sworn in as mayor of Memphis in 2016. Mayor Strickland was elected to the Memphis City Council in 2007. He served as vice chairman of the council in 2013 and as its chairman in 2014. In eight years representing District 5, then-councilman Strickland became known for fighting for government transparency and public Read More »
September 17, 2018 is Digital Inclusion Day, organized to bring greater awareness to community efforts that leverage technology to lift up others. Access to digital tools is critical to economic mobility, workforce development, and community engagement. Comcast’s Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Diversity Officer David L. Cohen will discuss digital equity and the need Read More »
Rotarian since 2016, David Briley is the eighth mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. He was elected Vice Mayor in Sept., 2015, and was sworn in as Mayor on March 6, 2018. Briley is a native Nashvillian. He earned a Bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University. After college, he lived in Latin Read More »
Please join us Monday, September 10, with Mayor David Briley. Register your guests early on Signup Genius!
Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos talks about higher education’s lasting role in America’s success, educating tomorrow’s leaders as well as fueling the engine of innovation, promoting civil discourse and enriching the community through longterm social benefits and economic impact.
Rotary Club of Nashville is excited to host a Town Hall / Conversation with the Candidate forum today with Senate hopeful, Phil Bredesen. Political Analyst and Senior Vice President at DVL Seigenthaler Public Relations Pat Nolan will host the conversation using questions submitted by members of the Rotary Club in the areas of healthcare, immigration, Read More »
Henry Hicks is the president and CEO of the National Museum of African American Music (www.nmaam.org), also known as NMAAM, which is currently under construction at the corner of Fifth Avenue North and Broadway in downtown Nashville, with plans to open to the public in late 2019 or early 2020. From African tribal rhythms to Read More »
Dave McCleary, Past President of the Rotary Club of Roswell, now serves as Global Vice Chair for the Rotary Action Group Against Slavery. Dave will be discussing the involvement of Rotary International in ending Modern Day Slavery and how is not only in developing counties but in our own communities across the US including Tennessee. Read More »
Rotarian and NRST Community Investment Chair Kristen Dinger announced this year’s grant recipients on July 9. Nearly $150,000 was given by our members to fund this year’s awards. Many grants went to organizations that will provide new volunteer opportunities for our club. Awards include: Second Harvest Food Bank- $60,000; Habitat for Humanity- $15,000; Oasis Center- Read More »
Nashville is booming….but is it blooming? Or just becoming the new Atlanta. This presentation will feature some excellent examples of successful urban design, planning, architecture, and public art. Revelation of a few misfires and blunders will also be included, all of this in an effort to self-examine and understand how Music City is transforming into Read More »
It started in 2005 as a 50th birthday climb in the White Mountains of New Hampshire with a bunch of fraternity brothers all turning 50, and morphed into the quest to climb all 50 state high points – as well as a bunch of the signature peaks around the world. Like all quests, this one Read More »
Panel Discussion with Moderator Jerry Maynard, President, The Maynard Group Bob Bernstein, Founder / Owner, Bongo Productions Sharon Hurt, Director, Jefferson United Merchants Partnership and Metro Council Member at Large DJ Wootson, Principal at Titus Young Real Estate, LLC The revitalization of the Jefferson Street neighborhood has been a discussion in Nashville since the late Read More »
Seven organizations will be awarded grants from the Nashville Rotary Service Trust at our meeting on July 9. These organizations are dedicated to impacting our community in our service focus areas of hunger/nutrition, literacy/education and housing/community building. Through the contributions of our members to the NRST Annual Footprint Fund, grants totally $150,000 and thousands of Read More »
Join us Monday, July 9, for Changing of the Guard. We welcome our 2018-19 President, Ronald Roberts, and show our appreciation for Evette White’s service to our club as 2017-18 President. We will also reveal this year’s Footprint Fund grant recipients.
Mark Deutschmann, an entrepreneur community builder, neighborhood champion and author of “One-Mile Radius – Building Community from the Core”, will share how during his 30-plus years of working with city leaders, neighborhood groups and nonprofits to activate Nashville neighborhoods, connect them and help them become sustainable. He’ll also talk about using business as a tool Read More »
Nearly 150 Rotarians and guests celebrated District 6760’s 2018-19 District Governor, Laquita Stribling. Ticket included dinner, champagne toast, and entertainment. We are looking forward to an exciting year!
Nashville currently has the lowest unemployment rate of any large metropolitan area in the country, just past the milestone of 1,000,000 workers, housing costs that have risen more quickly than anytime time in modern history, and an antiquated transportation system that could help the situation but may not for years to come. Affordable Housing. Exactly Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Every business is looking outside their community for talent to fill key roles. The reality is, the talent exists right in our backyard. While there may be a skills gap, there is no shortage of talent. Learn how Nashville based company YouScience is helping identify talent in our K-12 system through data-based ‘brain games’ that Read More »
On Tuesday, May 8, join us for a special event at the Nashville Sounds baseball field. Your ticket will include access to the private Rotary area, seat to watch the game, and dinner buffet. Details and registration are on the SignUp Genius page!
The first Earth Day celebration was on April 22, 1970, just a couple of years after the musical “Hair” announced “this is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius”. How are we doing on a global scale and what can we do as individuals and as leaders of organizations to make sure that this is Read More »
By 2041, Nashville International Airport (BNA) passenger traffic is expected to grow from 14 million today to more than 23 million. Hear from Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority President and CEO Doug Kreulen on how BNA is rising to the challenge with a dynamic growth and expansion plan – BNA Vision – to ensure we have Read More »
The 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s assassination on April 4, 1968 will be commemorated in various events across the country in coming days. An authority on the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Barry Scott created his tribute to Dr. King to teach a generation of students about one of America’s Read More »
Lamar Alexander, a seventh-generation Tennessean born and raised in Maryville, was twice elected governor of Tennessee. He was first elected to the Senate in 2002 and has been re-elected twice. His Republican colleagues elected him three times to be chairman of the Senate Republican Conference. He has previously served as president of the University of Read More »
Jay Turner, Managing Director and Dirk Melton, Development Director for MarketStreet Enterprises will bring us an update on the evolution of the Gulch. Once the site of Nashville’s bustling railroad yard with origins dating to before the Civil War, the Gulch fell into neglect following World War II. A sparsely occupied area for nearly 50 Read More »
The Global Action Platform is dedicated to creating abundance through innovation in regional economic centers by working with partners to advance scalable, sustainable abundance in food, health, and prosperity. Core values include a commitment to abundant, nutritious food and sustainable agriculture; mindful, healthy lives for everyone; and shared value economic development. Global Action Platform is Read More »
We have two fun, family-friendly service projects coming up! Our first ‘green thumb’ project is Saturday, April 14, from 9:30am-11:30am near the Nations neighborhood of West Nashville. We will plant trees in a park, in response to our RI president’s challenge to plant a tree for every Rotarian around the world! The more Rotarians (and Read More »
March 15, 2017 marked Andrew Jackson’s 250th birthday. Born in South Carolina, the son of Scots-Irish immigrants, Jackson was a Revolutionary War veteran and orphan while still a teenager. He went on to be a Tennessee pioneer, frontier lawyer, military hero, and statesman. As the 7th President of the United States, he embodied a new Read More »
The Trump Administration has tasked Congress to revise legislation dealing with the Iran nuclear agreement and has also called on European allies to amend the deal. Can compromises between the parties be reached within the short deadline in order to keep the U.SS. committed to the deal? Is there a better way to achieve America’s Read More »
Children’s experiences during the first five years of life lay the foundation for the cognitive and social skills they need to be successful employees and citizens. Scientific research on the early brain and economic evaluations have shown that proven investments in early childhood for disadvantaged children generate benefits far exceeding their cost. Dr. Sara Watson, Read More »
The Book Nooks program was started through the Nashville Public Education Foundation with a generous grant from the Rotary Club of Nashville. The grant provided full classroom libraries to every classroom in two elementary schools totaling over 6,000 books. The schools receiving books were Hattie Cotton Elementary and Rosebank Elementary, which are both schools serving Read More »
Since 1992, the Nashville Sports Council has positively impacted the economy and quality of life of the Greater Nashville Area by attracting and promoting professional and amateur sporting events. Over the years the Sports Council has worked to recruit nearly 200 events to the City of Nashville resulting in over $800 million in direct economic Read More »
What are you willing to trade your life for? Every day, we trade our time, our breath, and our energy for something. The sum of those exchanges determines where we find our future. Dr. Jackson believes the secret to the successful swap lies in passion, purpose, and service to others.
For 45 years, LP Building Products’ (LP) passion for forest products, wood technology and innovation has helped advance the building industry. Today, with nearly 5,000 employees and 24 manufacturing operations in North and South America, Nashville-based LP is a global leader in engineered wood products. As chief executive officer, Brad Southern is currently leading the transformation of Read More »
Private sector action provides one of the most promising opportunities to reduce the risks of climate change, buying time while governments move slowly or even oppose climate mitigation. Professor Michael Vandenbergh co-author of the book, Beyond Politics: The Private Governance Response to Climate Changemakes a persuasive case that private governance can reduce global carbon emissions Read More »
Nearly 200 Rotarians and their families volunteered at Second Harvest Food Bank on Saturday, December 2. Over 15,000 pounds of food were sorted, 1,925 Feed the Need food boxes were packed, 4,500 tray meals assembled, and 13,500 pounds of apples were bagged! NewsChannel 5 and the Tennessean covered the event. Click here to read the article.
How can we be sure Nashville has the infrastructure we need to support our growing tech landscape, and what does the foundation of a Smart City look like? Joelle Phillips has served as president of AT&T Tennessee since 2013. She brings over a decade of experience in the telecommunications industry and over two decades of Read More »
David Ewing Nashville Historian, Lawyer and Tour Guide will talk about 30 forgotten and unknown events in Nashville history involving nationally known famous people, inventions, institutions and events that all are tied to Nashville. Newcomers and locals will enjoy this look at Nashville based on David’s knowledge and historical research. David is a ninth-generation Nashvillian, Read More »
In his annual address to the Rotary Club of Nashville, Governor Haslam will share the success story of Tennessee over the past seven years, including renewed economic strength, the state’s emergence as a national model in education and its conservative fiscal leadership. Since Haslam took office in 2011, Tennessee students have been the fastest improving Read More »
Rotarian Bud Walters, President of Cromwell Group, generously donated air time on the company’s radio stations to promote the End Polio Now campaign. The PSA ran late September and all of October on five stations in Nashville and 26 in Illinois and Kentucky. Station managers in Effingham and Mattoon, Illinois, are also Rotarians. The commercial aired Read More »
Mayor Megan Barry will talk about her transit plan, Let’s Move Nashville, and the impact it will have by creating transportation independence for Nashville residents and visitors while expanding access, increasing opportunity and reducing sprawl. With the Nashville region anticipating 1 million new residents in the next 25 years, the Mayor will discuss how this Read More »
With a year now passed since the election, what have we learned? What happened with the 2016 polls? What is the status of both major parties? What can we expect in 2018? These and other questions will be addressed by Dr. John Geer, Distinguished Professor and Chair of Political Science at Vanderbilt University. John G. Read More »
Join us for a special program honoring Veterans. We are especially proud that nearly 50 armed services veterans are members of our Club. Our program will feature women who have served our country. They are: Brid. Gen Eden Murrie Lt. Colonel Daphne Ferguson-Young Commander Mary Ross Lt. Jessica Dozier will sing our The National Anthem, and Read More »
When we create safe and stable environments for all children, we are promoting a healthier and more productive community, lower health care costs, and decreased incarceration rate. Unfortunately, Adverse Childhood Experiences, also known as ACEs, undermine this goal of a solid future for Tennessee. We all play a role in creation of a sustainable society Read More »
In January, lead investor John Ingram together with Mayor Megan Barry, traveled to New York and entered a formal bid to bring Major League Soccer to Nashville. Competing with 11 other cities, Nashville’s leadership has made tremendous progress over the past nine months for one of the two expansion teams to be awarded in December Read More »
Join us Monday, October 16, with guest speaker John Ingram!
Not since the Cold War ended have there seem to be so many global threats to security. More than a quarter of the global population today lives in a fragile state, where the social contract between society and the government is deeply frayed. Nancy Lindborg has served since February, 2015, as President of the United Read More »
What began with a $5 investment and an idea some ten years ago, Mignon Francois has built The Cupcake Collection into one of the Nashville’s most successful bakeries. She also introduced one of the city’s first food trucks and this fall hopes to open the first Cupcake Collection franchise. Mignon is an alumnus of Xavier Read More »
An organization’s ability to meet the demands of the future is dependent on the leaders’ ability to overcome challenges and meet new performance standards while protecting their culture. Preparing your team with tools and resources to cultivate the right type of skills is half the equation, but often the type of talent required has to Read More »
Due to disaster relief efforts due to hurricane Harvey and pending hurricane Irma, Rotarian Joel Sullivan will be on the front lines of support in Miami. We are delighted that Joel Hester, a Lay Responder CPR/AED and First Aid Instructor with the American Red Cross, will share what you can do for yourself and your business Read More »
Each year we encourage every member to participate in “Every Rotarian Every Year” by giving $100 to the Rotary International Foundation in support of their mission to eradicate Polio. Your annual donations of $100 add up over time, and when you have given $1,000, you are recognized by Rotary International with a prestigious award named after Read More »
Jerome Bannister is in technology sales for Graybar Electric. He joined Rotary in 1999 and is a member of the Franklin at Breakfast Club in Franklin. Among his many achievements in Rotary, Jerome is: A multi-level Paul Harris Society Member and his wife and sons are also Paul Harris fellows. Past president of Read More »
Enjoy the once-in-a-lifetime eclipse! See you Monday, August 28.
Steve Hinkley recently joined the Adventure Science Center as its President and CEO, and Derrick Rohl is ASC’s dynamic Planetarium Manager. Steve will share information about the newest exhibits opening this year as well as the vision for the organization’s future as a world-class hub for extraordinary experiences in science and innovation in Nashville. Derrick Read More »
We are thrilled to announce Rotary After Hours is partnering with Rotarian Renata Soto for an open house event at Casa Azafran! Join your fellow Rotarians for drinks and samples of food prepared in The Mesa Komal commercial kitchen, tour the facility, visit the grounds of the future Casa Azafrán Public Park – funded in Read More »
Rotary meets at 12:00pm on Mondays at the Wildhorse Saloon in downtown Nashville. Jon Robinson was named the general manager of the Tennessee Titans in January 2016 after spending the previous two seasons as director of player personnel with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was promoted to Executive Vice President/General Manager in January 2017 following Read More »
With a system of Restorative Justice, all those who are harmed by crime (offenders, families, community) collectively work together to achieve both accountability and restoration moving everyone towards forgiveness. Restorative Justice creates a juvenile court system built on evidence-based best practices…A system where youth are expected to take responsibility for their actions and for repairing Read More »
For nearly a decade, our dedicated members have met monthly during the school year at Second Harvest Food Bank to pack food bags for Buena Vista Elementary students. The bags are delivered to the school counselor, who slips the food into children’s backpacks on Friday, so the students have something to eat over the weekend. Our Read More »
Dr. Natalie Hinkel is a researcher at Vanderbilt University, studying the composition of nearby stars and how that may affect the make-up of planets orbiting those stars. Her work has brought to light a number of important (and technical) truths within the field, which she has sought to explain by leading multiple international collaborations. Natalie Read More »
Sean Henry, President and CEO of the Nashville Predators has a lot to celebrate as the 2016-17 season saw more wins than losses and an unprecedented bid for the Stanley Cup. From the support of the Nashville fans to the economic impact on our city; Mr. Henry will share his thoughts on the last season Read More »
Elizabeth Crook will share the explorations she has used with CEO’s, business owners, executives and philanthropists to expand their repertoire of responses. Learn how strengths can become limitations and how to escape the either/or trap. Prior to founding Orchard Advisors and her new venture Live Large, Elizabeth helped drive growth in new markets as an Read More »
Join us Monday, July 10 at the Wildhorse Saloon with our new President, Evette White!
As a successful entrepreneur, mayor and governor, Governor Phil Bredesen believes that true leadership is about finding common ground and that the key to success is a command of the art of persuasion. His real world experience and examples of what works offer audiences a refreshing perspective that will also challenge them to raise the Read More »
David R. Reagan, MD PhD, was appointed Chief Medical Officer for the Tennessee Department of Health in January 2012. He oversees clinical services including community health services in 89 counties, communicable and environmental diseases, medical aspects of emergency preparedness, family health and wellness, health licensure and regulation, state reference laboratory services, public health informatics, and Read More »
Michael Brody-Waite, CEO of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, will discuss the impact entrepreneurship truly has, both on our city and on the individuals that make it up, and how the EC plans to continue to foster this impact during Nashville’s unparalleled growth. The Nashville Entrepreneur Center was created in 2010 as a resource for Nashville Read More »
Marsh Blackburn is a member of Congress serving the people of Tennessee’s 7th district. She is also a small business woman, author, mother, grandmother — and member of this Rotary club since 1995. Marsha is a native of Laurel, Mississippi, and a graduate of Mississippi State, which she attended on a 4-H scholarship. She worked her Read More »
In her first speech as 2016-17 club President, Janet Miller encouraged our members to engage in the club. Rotarians rose to the challenge! We experienced unprecedented meeting attendance, member recruitment and retention, and activity participation. Our annual project, Feed the Need, served more families, and more volunteers joined the effort! We will welcome our 2017-18 Read More »
We will not meet Monday, May 29. Join us Monday, June 5, with US Congressman Marsha Blackburn.
Henry Hicks is the President & CEO of National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) which held its groundbreaking for its location at Fifth & Broadway this past April. Henry will give an overview of the $48mm project and showcase the vision for the 56,000 sq. ft. experiential museum, which is set to open in Read More »
In January 2014, Sarah Trahern assumed the office of CEO of the CMA. In that role, she collaborates with the CMA Board to expand the mission and strategic objectives of CMA while being mindful of the unique legacy and spirit of the organization. Trahern also serves as President of the CMA Foundation Board, which supports Read More »
Join us Thursday, May 25, at Bar Louie in the Gulch. Stop by between 5:15pm-7:00pm, have a drink, some munchies, and get to know other Rotarians. This is one of our most well-attended events, at one of our favorite ‘watering’ holes. Sign up or show up- we hope to see you there!
Nashville is a city on a meteoric rise, but poverty is a problem that still affects a large number of families. The cycle of poverty starts at birth and lasts a lifetime for too many Nashvillians. One of the biggest challenges that people living in poverty face is overcoming barriers to employment. Our panel will Read More »
Today, as we become more reliant on modern technology, we also become more vulnerable to cyberattacks such as corporate security breaches, spear phishing, and social media fraud. Special Agent Greg Mays will explain the Secret Service’s role in investigating and combating cybercrime, what cybercrime is and where cyberattacks originate. He will also share some areas Read More »
Scott E. Becker is senior vice president, Administration, for Nissan North America, Inc. He is responsible for overseeing corporate services, audit, information systems, market intelligence, corporate planning and program management office (PMO), information security, legal, government affairs, and corporate development and social responsibility for Nissan’s operations in North America. Prior to being named senior vice Read More »
Lauded by BBC Radio as “the greatest living exponent of the electric violin”, Tracy Silverman’s groundbreaking work has contributed significantly to the repertoire and development of the 6-string electric violin and the non-classical stylistic approach he calls “21st century violin playing”. Formerly first violinist with the innovative Turtle Island String Quartet, Silverman was named one of Read More »
Dr. Wright Pinson and Mark Cianciolo will share their perspectives on a major shift underway today in the healthcare industry: value-based care. Hear why it matters, and what it means for your health and the health of your employees, your business and your community. Dr. Pinson has served as Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Read More »
On Saturday, May 20, Rotarians are needed to help work in the Wedgewood garden for Nashville Food Project. All tools are provided- all you need is closed toe shoes and a good work ethic! Typical project tasks include harvesting, weeding, and composting. We will work from 10am-1:00pm. Children ages 8 and up are welcome to join. Ready to Read More »
Gary Hawkins, Founding Principal, The Hawkins Company, and Tim Netsch, Assistant Director, Planning & Facilities Development, Metro Parks & Recreation
In August of last year, the Boards of Directors of the Metro Transit Authority and the Regional Transportation Authority of Middle Tennessee adopted the nMotion plan; a 25-Year, $6 billion investment to radically expand the mobility options available to Middle Tennesseans. Today, Rotarian Steve Bland, CEO of the Metro Transit Authority and the Regional Transportation Read More »
Tennessee has experienced a tremendous growth in our economic landscape over the past two years; a trend that is expected to continue. To ensure that our growth continues state wide and continues to include a diverse spectrum of business, Launch Tennessee, created in 1998, facilitates collaboration among entrepreneurs, the business community, capital sources and all Read More »
Jim Cooper is Nashville’s Congressional representative in Washington. Jim was born and raised in Tennessee. He and Martha, his wife of 31 years, live in Green Hills and have three grown children. Including his service as the Congressman from the 4th District, he has represented nearly one-third of counties in Tennessee. When Congress isn’t in Read More »
Since 1992 the Nashville Chamber has appointed a diverse committee of business and community leaders to assess the progress made in the Nashville Public School System during the precious academic year. The committee examines academic performance data and prepares a written report presenting findings and recommendations for improvement to the city, including the school board, Read More »
Learn about another industry bringing exposure and revenue to Nashville! Nashville Fashion Week was conceived in 2010 to foster Nashville’s creative, fashion-forward and entrepreneurial talent. One of-a-kind, volunteer-led and managed, Nashville Fashion Week is a city-wide event that spans five days. Attendees enjoy fashion shows, workshops, partnerships, and retail promotions. At the center of NFW is Nashville’s thriving Read More »
We will reconvene, Monday, February 27, 2017 at the Wildhorse Saloon with speakers Marcia Masulla, Connie Richardson & Mike Smith, Co-Founders, Nashville Fashion Week. A report published last month by the Nashville Fashion Alliance (NFA) shows Nashville’s booming fashion industry adds $5.9 billion and over 16,000 jobs to the local economy. The report forecasts an Read More »
A presentation describing the political reasons and design rationale behind the New State Museum to be located at the front corner of the Bicentennial Mall. Opening in the fall of 2018 this new facility is intended to showcase the incredible collection of your State Museum while educating hundreds of school age children about our Tennessee Read More »
Join us for one of our favorite service projects- lunch with the LEAD Academy Junior class! Rotarians Pam Koban and Ruthie Huggins head this event, which pairs you with students who want to learn more about your career field. You will also discuss college admissions, resumes, and goals. Register today to impact these outstanding teenagers’ lives!
Join us as we discuss race, diversity and inclusion on a personal level. As one area executive, has stated, “What you were most exposed to is what you believe to be true.” Listen to this business leaders as they talk about their personal experiences and views on inclusion, and what it means to Nashville. Panelists Read More »
As Nashville continues to se an unprecedented level of growth, Mayor Barry will discuss her vision for how we can continue building on our economic success while establishing policies and making investments that will ensure our growth is equitable and sustainable. Her election in September 2015 as the seventh Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson Read More »
Note: This meeting will be at the Davidson Ballroom, Music City Center. Julia Reed is a contributing editor at Elle Décor and at Garden & Gun magazine, where she writes a regular column, “The High & Low.” She also contributes to The Wall Street Journal, where she writes a food column, and is a frequent guest on MSNBC. Reed grew up Read More »
With flu season upon us and the scare with the mosquito born virus last summer, infectious diseases are a topic of conversation. Dr. William Schaffner will share his expertise on what we face with the flu, what the summer may bring, and what the future may hold especially with global warming. Dr. William Schaffner is Read More »
We will not meet December 19, December 26, and January 2. Please join us again on Monday, January 9, 2017!
Two years ago, Bridgestone announced their decision to build a new headquarters in downtown Nashville, reinforcing our commitment to this area. Find out why they made that decision and what the new headquarters will be like. We will also hear about the growing need for transit solutions in Nashville and his involvement in the Read More »
Over 200 Rotarians and guests came together for week one of Feed the Need. Second Harvest Food Bank hosted our 15th annual partnership project Saturday, December 3. Volunteers enjoyed a hearty breakfast prepared by Rotarians, then teamed up to rotate through stations in the warehouse. As usual, a friendly rivalry ensued between teams. In the end, Read More »
Marjorie Eastman earned her BA in political science at the University of California, San Diego; her MA in international security at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies; and her MBA from Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University. She has served as White House Intern, studied at University College London, School for Slavonic and Read More »
Appointed to his position by Gov. Bill Haslam in August 2016, Mike will share the current status of higher education in the state and the economic imperatives of increasing the number of college graduates in Tennessee.
In his annual address to the Rotary Club of Nashville, Governor Haslam will speak about the state’s progress in economic development, creating jobs, higher education, including Tennessee Promise, and other initiatives. Since taking office in 2011, Tennessee students have been the fastest improving in the country in academic achievement. High school graduation rates are at an all-time Read More »
Several members have stepped up to sponsor the 2017 Rotary Large Club Conference. Each year, the Executive Directors and President-Elects of Rotary’s largest clubs in the country get together for three days of learning and fellowship. We are excited to host the Large Club Conference in January 2017 and it would not be possible without Read More »
In the business world, Hal Cato is one of Nashville’s most recognizable names and a relentless cheerleader for the city. For the past three decades, he’s oscillated between the private and nonprofit sectors: aside from having built an impressive career in health care, he served as Chief Executive Officer of the Oasis Center for 10 Read More »
Join us Monday, November 14, with CEO of Thistle Farms, Hal Cato. Thistle Farms encompasses a two-year residential program, a successful bath and body care line, the Thistle Stop Cafe, and Shared Trade- a global marketplace. Cato will discuss driving sales and creating a profitable organization, more opportunities for existing employees, and Thistle’s network of sister organizations across the country.
Join us for a Veteran celebration on Monday, October 31. Rotarian Genma Holmes will have a ‘fireside chat’ with Ambassador Theodore Britton. Ambassador Britton served in the U. S. Marine Corps, participating in the staging for the invasion of Japan. He also served in the Korean War. Between 1942 and 1949, Britton and about 20,000 other black Read More »
This year, we have incorporated a great, new way for you to give to the Footprint Fund. You can give in under 30 seconds using your phone! All you have to do is text to the number 41444, and then in the message section, put in the keyword NRST. You’ll receive a text with a Read More »
Yacoubian Research has developed a comprehensive membership survey for our club. Rotarians will receive an email October 17 containing a link to the questionnaire. The email will come from Berje Yacoubian. Didn’t receive the survey? Contact us for help. Thanks for your participation!
By 2035, the population of the Greater Nashville Area is expected to surpass 2.5 million people, and Nashville International Airport (BNA) passenger traffic will grow from 12 million today to more than 20 million. BNA Vision is a comprehensive plan designed to enable the airport to meet the needs of this record-setting growth and maintain Read More »
“Making Some Sense of the 2016 Presidential Election” The 2016 presidential campaign has been unconventional on many fronts. But there are important and predictable features of this contest. By focusing on these key structural features, we can move past the 24/7 news coverage that focuses on the day to day machinations of the campaign and, Read More »
Join us Monday, October 17 with guest speaker Professor John Geer, Chair of Political Science at Vanderbilt University.
Chuck Barnett, a member of the Gallatin Rotary Club in Gallatin, TN, is an information technology consultant and owner of Sumner Technology Group. He was born in Nashville and raised in northern Sumner County where he went Westmoreland High School. He attended the University of Tennessee at Martin where he majored in Computer Science. Chuck Read More »
OZ Arts Nashville is only three years old, but it has already made a big impact on the local and national contemporary arts scene. Rotary member and OZ Arts’ President/CEO Tim Ozgener will share what it is like to go from running a multi-million dollar, global cigar business to co-founding and operating a new contemporary Read More »
Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering holds the rank of Career Ambassador, the highest in the U.S. Foreign Service. In a diplomatic career spanning five decades, he was U.S. ambassador to Israel, the Russian Federation, India, El Salvador, Nigeria and Jordan. From 1989 to 1992, he was Ambassador to the United Nations in New York, where he led Read More »
Mark your calendar for October 13! Register on Sign-Up Genius. The purpose behind the mentoring luncheons between Rotarians and juniors and seniors from LEAD Academy is to provide support from the Nashville community to our students as they embark on the college application process along with the many choices and decisions they will have to Read More »
Benjamin Smith, Executive Director of Southern Word, returns to speak to the Rotary after three-and-a-half years. Southern Word offers creative solutions for youth to build literacy and presentation skills, reconnect to their education and to their lives, and act as leaders in the improvement of their communities. It has been recognized as one of the Read More »
Join us Monday, September 12! Our guest speaker is Benjamin Smith, Executive Director of Southern Word. Learn more about Southern Word here.
The new school year is underway, and so is Backpacks! The first session of the Second Harvest Food Bank Nutrition for Kids Program brought together a robust group of Rotarians – veterans and newbies – and not a slacker in the bunch! The packed meals benefit students at Buena Vista Enhanced Option Elementary. Backpacks is Read More »
Dr. Shawn Joseph is the newly hired Director of Metro Nashville Public Schools, the nation’s 42nd largest district, preparing more than 88,000 students to excel in higher education, work and life. An experienced educator who has fought for excellence and equity for every student, Dr. Joseph has served over a 20-year career as a teacher, principal, Read More »
In April 2016, Bryce Drew became the ninth Commodore basketball coach of the modern era and 27th all time. Drew, a three-time Horizon League Coach of the Year and two-time NABC District 12 Coach of the Year, comes to the Commodores after a five-year stint at Valparaiso, where he averaged 25 wins a season, won Read More »
Our first New Member Orientation was a great success at the home of President Janet Miller and was filled with fellowship, enthusiasm and excitement for the coming year. New members were given a brief history of our club along with expectations for all members and the multiple ways in which we can all participate in Read More »
Since his arrival as general manager of the Tennessee Titans in January, 2016, Jon Robinson has overseen one of the more dramatic off-season’s in recent franchise history as the team traded for RB DeMarco Murray from the Philadelphia Eagles; jumped into free agency, signing WR Rishard Matthews, C Ben Jones, S Rashad Johnson, CB Brice Read More »
Colonel Michael Manning is program manager of Infantry Weapons Systems, for Marine Corps Systems Command. Manning is the recipient of the Bronze Star Medal with two gold stars and combat V, the Purple Heart Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with gold star, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal and Read More »
Milt Capps is editor and publisher of VentureNashville.com and other titles, and is a former reporter for Mergermarket (then a property of The Financial Times Group), former senior vice president of United Press International (UPI), former chief of Vanderbilt University News & Public Affairs, and a member of the National Press Club since 1985. He lived in Read More »
Milton Johnson is chairman and chief executive officer of HCA, as well as the incoming chairman of the board of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. As the Chamber’s Partnership 2020 begins the implementation of a new five year strategy to promote economic development in Middle Tennessee, he’ll look at the industry sectors driving our Read More »
Long time Rotarian, Torry Johnson, who retired last year after 27 years as Nashville’s District Attorney, will interview his friend and deputy prosecutor, Tom Thurman, about his career. General Thurman, who is nicknamed “The Thurmanator”, has prosecuted some of Nashville’s most famous cases: the Marcia Trimble murder case, serial killer Paul Dennis Reid, Perry March Read More »
Marcus Whitney, Co-Owner of Nashville FC, will share the momentum that soccer has had in America over the last 25 years, and why Nashville is now primed to be home of a professional franchise. Marcus Whitney is also Co-Founder & President of Jumpstart Foundry, an early stage healthcare innovation fund. In addition, he is the founder and CEO Read More »
A future Nashville park that will go next to the Casa Azafrán community center on Nolensville Pike is now the beneficiary of the largest single financial contribution ever awarded by The Rotary Club of Nashville over its 102-year history. The Rotary Club of Nashville on Monday announced a $100,000 grant that will go to support Read More »
Join us as we pass the gavel from Theresa Carl to Janet Miller. We will also announce the recipients of FootPrint Fund grants. Don’t miss this important meeting as we close out the Rotary year and begin a new one!
The shape we give to our city, in turn, shapes us. The form that Americans began to give to their cities and suburbs in the years following World War II has molded an increasingly underactive, overweight population subject to a variety of preventable diseases, as well as an environment with degraded air and water quality. Shaping Read More »
Twenty-five Club members volunteered one hot Saturday in August to build and raise the frame of Natasha’s new home through Habitat for Humanity. Rotarian Lauren Lane reached out to Natasha recently, and received this enthusiastic response: “I am doing great! OMG, my house is the best thing ever. Me and the boys do not like to leave our home Read More »
President-Elect Janet Miller, her husband David, Executive Director Suzanne Buchanan and Rotarian Mark Buchanan proudly represented our Club at the 2016 Rotary International Convention in Seoul, Korea. The convention, one of the largest in Rotary history, attracted more than 43,000 attendees from over 150 countries.
According to a recent club survey, over 90% of our members are satisfied with their membership and find value in our weekly meetings. Over 60% have participated in a community service initiative this year, with nearly 100% finding the experience meaningful. Thank you all for working to make our club a success!
A distinguished legal scholar and teacher, Nicholas S. Zeppos was named Vanderbilt University’s eighth chancellor in 2008. In those eight years, he has been the guiding force in such transformative efforts as the establishment of the university’s unique living-learning residential college system, a $50 million trans-institutional research and teaching initiative, and an expanded financial aid Read More »
Ed Cantwell is executive director of the Center for Medical Interoperability, providing strategic and tactical leadership. He spearheaded development of the initial Center concept while at the West Health Institute, where he led wireless initiatives. Previously, Cantwell served as director of 3M Corporation’s Wireless Business Unit and as chairman, president and chief executive officer of InnerWireless, which Read More »
Join us at the Wildhorse Saloon on Monday, June 6 with guest speaker Ed Cantwell, Executive Director of the Center for Medical Interoperability. We look forward to his presentation, “Changing how Medical Technologies Work Together to Improve Patient Health”.
REMINDER: MEETING AT MUSIC CITY CENTER- DAVIDSON BALLROOM. Michael Shane Neal has achieved great recognition as a portrait artist having completed nearly 500 portraits on display around the country. Among many other accolades, he won a major international art award in 2001 and, at the age of 32, was among the youngest artists ever commissioned by Read More »
Since founding Operation HOPE in 1992 in the wake of the Los Angeles riots of that year, John Hope Bryant has worked to bring financial empowerment to the working poor, the underserved and struggling middle class. Operation HOPE has served more than 2.5 million people since 1992 and directed more than $1.8 billion in private Read More »
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC- What began as a dream in 2002, turned into a study and is now a fully functioning enterprise that is destined to be a Music City cornerstone and national treasure. The National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) already hosts incredible programming and is slated to open in early Read More »
Thursday, June 9, 2016 | 6:00 p.m. Reception | 6:30 p.m. guided tour $45 per person ~ (charged to your Rotary account) Evening includes: reception, heavy hors d’oeuvres, 2 drink tickets per person, exhibition ticket. Limited complimentary parking available in the Frist Center parking lot RSVP by Friday, June 3 at noon to 645-5935 or Read More »
“State of the Tennessee Judiciary –What We Accomplished Last Year and the Vision for the Future” Sharon G. Lee was appointed to the Tennessee Supreme Court in 2008 and re-elected in 2010 and 2014. From 2004 to 2008, she served on the Tennessee Court of Appeals. Prior to her appointment to the bench, Justice Lee Read More »
In January 2017, the Rotary Club of Nashville will host the North American Large Club Conference meeting at the Omni Hotel in downtown Nashville. This is a significant event for our Club, and the first time we have hosted this meeting of incoming officers of the largest Rotary Clubs and their executive directors. This annual Read More »
The role of the journalist changes quickly and constantly. Today’s journalists must adapt to multi-media audiences — print, broadcast, digital cable and the Internet. Anita Bugg has been with Nashville Public Radio since 1995, serving as Morning Edition host, assignment editor and news director. Today, she will moderator a conversation with Journalists Chas Sisk and Blake Read More »
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Join us in fighting hunger at the annual evening food sort event at Second Harvest Food Bank. This family-friendly opportunity is Monday, May 16, 2015, from 5:30-8:00 pm. May is Postal Food Drive Month and SHFB needs volunteers to sort donated food product. This is a fun activity for Rotarians and family members age Read More »
Saturday, April 30, 2016, 8:45 to 12:30 am 2016 Nashville Food Project 3601 Hillsboro Road (next to Woodmont Christian Church) Join us to see our how our Nashville Rotary Service Trust Annual Footprint Fund grant of $20,000 is being used by The Nashville Food Project! –With limited space for volunteers, this project is for Rotarians Read More »
“I have been a member of Rotary for many years so my children who are now young adults have grown up participating in community service projects with me. We have helped landscape a new home that Rotary built; put together playground equipment for a childcare center and delivered food to hungry Nashvillians. Showing them rather than telling them the value of giving back has meant a great deal to me.”
Evette White, President 2017-2018
