Rotary Club of Nashville Annual Report 2021-22
International & District Rotary Web Sites:
Virtual Meeting videos:
July 2022 – June 2023:
Monday, July 18: District Governor Eddie Allred
Monday, July 25: Jessica Van Dyke, Tennessee Innocence Project
Monday, August 1: Devin Aracena, Canvast Supply Co.
Monday, August 8: Burke Nihill, Tennessee Titans
Monday, August 15: Middle Tennessee’s Sustainable Fashion Industry
Monday, August 22: Cesar Gueikian, Gibson Guitars
Monday, August 29: Coach Eddie George, TSU Football
Monday, September 12: Former Governors Phil Bredesen and Bill Haslam
Monday, September 19: Sara Figal, Nashville Conflict Resolution Center
Monday, September 26: Dr. Adrienne Battle, Metro Nashville Public Schools
Monday, October 3: Elise Cambournac, Nashville Technology Council
Monday, October 17: Dr. Billy Teets, Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory
Monday, October 24: Dr. Jason Martin, gubernatorial candidate
Monday, October 31: Kent Syler, Middle Tennessee State University
Monday, November 14: Lt. Col Kirsten McFarland, Fort Campbell
Monday, November 21: Doug Kreulen, Metro Nashville Airport Authority
Monday, November 28: Dr. Russ Wigginton, National Civil Rights Museum
Monday, December 5: Dr. Jeff Balser, Vanderbilt Health
Monday, December 12: Coach Jerry Stackhouse, Vanderbilt Men’s Basketball
Monday, January 9, 2023: Desmond Armstrong, U.S. Men’s Soccer
Monday, January 23, 2023: Cameron Sexton, Speaker, Tennessee House of Representatives
Monday, January 30, 2023: Panel on Domestic Violence, led by Sharon Roberson
July 2021 – June 2022:
Monday, July 12-Jon Robinson, Tennessee Titans
Monday, July 19-Chancellor Diermeier, Vanderbilt University
Monday-July 26-Dr. Adrienne Battle, Metro Nashville Public Schools (We experienced an error during the recording of this meeting. This recording captured part of the Q&A portion of the meeting. We apologize for the inconvenience.)
Monday, August 2: Coach Clark Lea, Vanderbilt Football
Monday, August 9: The Restoration of Second Avenue
Monday, August 16: CitizensBank
Monday, August 23: August Bioservices
Monday, August 30: Phil Ponder
Monday, September 13: Michael Eric Dyson & Marcia Dyson
Monday, September 20: Cordell Peace Forum with Dr. Paul Stumb
Monday, September 27: Afghanistan-The Difference We Make with Retired Brigadier General Scott Brower
Monday, October 4: Nashville Fashion Week – Marcia Masulla & Connie Cathcart-Richardson
Monday, October 18: Tennessee State Attorney General Herbert Slatery
Monday, October 25: Sean Henry, Nashville Predators & Bridgestone Arena
Monday, November 29: District Governor Michael Babb
Monday, December 6: Nashville Symphony, Alan Valentine
Monday, December 13: Dr. Alex Jahangir
Monday, January 3, 2022: Dr. Ricki Gibbs, Warner Elementary
Monday, January 10: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Legacy in Nashville
Monday, January 24: Governor Bill Lee
Monday, January 31: Park Ranger Steve Ward, Radnor Lake
Monday, February 7: Courtney Pogue, Metro Economic & Community Development
Monday, February 14: Marcus Whitney, Jumpstart Health Investors
Monday, February 28: Matt Kisber and Reagan Farr, Silicon Ranch
Monday, March 7: Mayor John Cooper
Monday, March 14: Dr. Judith Overton, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
Monday, March 21: Laurel Graefe, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Monday, March 28: Dr. Lou DeGennaro, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Monday, April 4: Josh Mundy, Pivot Tech School
Monday, April 11: Dr. Reid Thompson, Vanderbilt Neurosurgery
Monday, April 18: Courtney Ross, Amazon
Monday, April 25: Amanda Little, Kidizenship
Monday, May 2: Dr. Wright Pinson, Partnership 2030
Monday, May 9: Renata Soto, Mosaic Changemakers
Monday, May 16: Sam Hazen, HCA Healthcare
Monday, May 23: Cori Anne Laemel, The Theater Bug
Monday, June 6: Angie Hubbard, Metro Housing Director
Monday, June 27: Annual Celebration
July 2020 – June 2021:
Monday, July 13-Jane MacLeod, Cheekwood
Monday, July 20-School Reopening Task Force
Monday, July 27-Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
Monday, August 3-Melody Gibson, Design Your Own Neighborhood
Monday, August 10-Susan Edwards, Frist Art Museum
Monday, August 17-Jeff Barrie, Tennessee Environmental Council
Monday, August 24, Rotary and Racial Justice
Monday, August 31-Jon Robinson, Tennessee Titans
Monday, September 14-Candice Storey Lee, Vanderbilt Athletics
Monday, September 21-U.S. Senate Candidate, Marquita Bradshaw
Monday, September 28-The State of Small Business
Monday, October 5-The Grand Ole Opry
Monday, October 12-Behind the Scenes of the Belmont Presidential Debate
Monday, October 19-Governor Bill Lee
Monday, October 26-The Promise with Dr. Ricki Gibbs and Meribah Knight
Monday, November 2-Salute to Veterans with Eden Murrie, Operation Stand Down
Monday, November 16-Mayor John Cooper, Dr. James Hildreth & Dr. Melinda Buntin
Monday, November 23-Dr. Clay Stauffer, Nine Life Lessons from COVID
Monday, November 30-Dr. Steve Sharp, COVID Vaccine Trials in Nashville
Monday, December 7-Gideon’s Army, Jamel Campbell-Gooch
Monday, December 14-National Museum of African American Music
Monday, January 4-Chief of Police John Drake
Monday, January 11-District Governor April Lieberman
Monday, January 25-Mike Ritz, National Leadership Network
Monday, February 1-Black History Month series, Part 1: The Past
Monday, February 8-Black History Month series, Part 2: The Movement, Then & Now
Monday, February 22- Black History Month series, Part 3: Marc Morial, National Urban League
Monday, March 1- Nashville’s Tornado Recovery-One Year Later
Monday, March 8-Tennessee State Library & Archives with Secretary Hargett
Monday, March 15-Nashville’s Pandemic Response
Monday, March 22-The State of Real Estate
Monday, April 5-The Health Benefits of Nature, Dr. Matt Browning
Monday, April 12-Enexor Bioenergy, Robert Grajewski
Monday, April 19-The Housing Fund, Marshall Crawford
Monday, April 26-Joey Garrison, Covering the White House
Monday, May 3-Music City Grand Prix, Matt Crews
Monday, May 10-Congressman Jim Cooper
Monday, May 17-Amanda Hite, STR
Monday, June 14-Butch Spyridon, Nashville CVC
Monday, June 21-Mitch Edgeworth, HCA TriStar
Monday, June 28-Changing of the Guard
April 2020 – June 2020:
Monday, April 6-Andrew Maraniss
Monday, April 20-Sherry Stewart Deutschmann
Monday, April 27-Congressman Jim Cooper
Monday, May 4-The Nashville Banner
Monday, May 11-Nashville’s Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
Monday, May 18-Dr. Forrest Harris, American Baptist College
Monday, June 1-Dr. Jeff Balser, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Monday, June 8-The Exit, Part 1: Entrepreneurs Who Sold
Monday, June 22-The Exit, Part 2: Executives Turned Entrepreneurs
