JUNE 2022 MEETINGS
JUNE 1
Gli Unici Performs
The Three Tenors
Donald Braswell II
William Chapman
Timothy Birt
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JUNE 7
JUNE 22
“The Mayor and the Judge”
County Judge Nelson W. Wolff
Bexar County Commissioners Court
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MAY 2022 MEETINGS
May 4
“Subconscious Aspects of Business”
Nicolas Aguirre
The Austin Society of Professional Hypnosis / Apex Mind Coaching
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May 11
“Achieving Affordable Housing Through the City’s Strategic Housing Implementation Plan”
Mark Carmona
Chief Housing Officer
City of San Antonio
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May 18
“Winning Cultures in the Aerospace Industry for Tomorrow”
Guest speakers:
Luke Perkins, Director of Engineering and Innovation, Knight Aerospace
Stan Younger, Dean of Aeronautics, Hallmark University
Josh Smith, Senior Captain, Valero Energy Corporation
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APRIL 2022 MEETINGS
April 6
“How Rotary Made a Difference in My Village”
Awad Abdelgadir
Mother Maryam Foundation
No video available
April 13
“San Antonio ‘Ready to Work’ Program”
Michael Ramsey
Executive Director
San Antonio Workforce Development
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April 20
“MARIACHI MUSIC AND ITS PLACE IN THE SAN ANTONIO CULTURAL ARTS SCENE”
Cynthia Muñoz
President
Muñoz Public Relations
Producer of Latino Cultural Arts Programs such as the Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza
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April 27
No meeting this week.
MARCH 2022 MEETINGS
March 2
“Contemporary Art for San Antonio”
Mary Heathcott
Executive Director
Blue Star Contemporary
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March 16
“Demystifying Myths About Those Experiencing Homelessness”
Kim Jefferies
CEO
Haven For Hope
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March 30
No meeting this week.
FEBRUARY 2022 MEETINGS
February 2
“Organizational Update on the San Antonio Symphony”
Corey Cowart
Executive Director
San Antonio Symphony
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February 9
“Great Springs Project”
Deborah Morin
Co-Founder and Board President
Great Springs Project
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February 16
PANEL DISCUSSION
“I Quit, Now What?
Turning the Great Resignation Into the Great Retention”
Moderator: Barbara Greene, CEO, Greene and Associates, Inc.
Annette Alonzo, Group Executive Vice President / Chief Human Resources Officer, Frost Bank
Renee Frieda, Executive Director of Human Resources, City of San Antonio
George You, Senior Consultant, Oliver Wyman Actuarial Consulting
Bianca Ramos, CEO, Worldwide Pest Control
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JANUARY 2022 MEETINGS
January 5
“The Good Things Friends Do For Us”
Dr. Paul Wadell
Professor Emeritus of Theology & Religious Studies
St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI
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January 12
“Texas State of Mind: Mental Health, Education and the Opportunities Ahead”
Joe Straus
Former Speaker
Texas House of Representatives
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January 19
“Habits, Hopes and Heroes”
Tammie Jo Shults
Captain Shults is a former Southwest Airlines pilot and the captain of the crippled Southwest 1380 flight, which made an emergency landing in Philadelphia after an unexpected engine failure and rapid depressurization.
The meeting was not recorded.
January 26
OUTSTANDING YOUNG SAN ANTONIAN 2021
Emma Faye Rudkin
Founder and Executive Director
Aid the Silent
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DECEMBER 2021 MEETINGS
December 1
“SA Multi-Family Development Market”
John Kirk
Managing Director
Embrey Partners
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December 8
“Brackenridge Park Project”
Nick Hollis
VP Executive Committee
Brackenridge Conservancy
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December 15
No meeting this week.
December 22
NOVEMBER 2021 MEETINGS
November 3
“A Conversation with UTSA Head Football Coach Jeff Traylor”
Jeff Traylor
Head Coach
UTSA
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November 10
“Covid in 2022: Can we end this pandemic?”
Dr. Barbara Saatkamp Taylor
Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases
Assistant Dean for the MD/MPH Program
UT Health San Antonio
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November 17
“Lone Star Brewery Past, Present, and Future”
Peter French
Director of Development
GrayStreet Partners
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November 24
No meeting this week.
OCTOBER 2021 MEETINGS
October 6
“South Texas Blood and Tissue Center Saving Lives”
Adrienne Blevins Mendoza
South Texas Blood & Tissue Center (STBTC)
Vice President, Blood Operations
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October 13
“Moving from Diversity to Inclusive Behaviors”
Dr. “Bowtie” Todd Jenkins
Founder and CEO
Bowtie Leadership and Development, Inc
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October 20
Rotary Means Business Panel Discussion
“Strategic Approaches to Maintaining Employee Morale During the Pandemic”
Matt Johnson, The Home Depot
Nathan Rizzo, RX Technology
Justin Wirpel, Isogent Partners, LLC
Melissa Zarb-Cousin, Parallel
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SEPTEMBER 2021 MEETINGS
September 1
“Building An Innovation Ecosystem”
Rene’ Dominguez
President and COO
Texas Research and Technology Foundation (TRTF)
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September 8
“Pushing Back on Ageism:
Betty White, Dr. Fauci, and You.”
Lori Hall
Program Officer for the
San Antonio Office’s Local Initiatives Support Corporation
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September 15
“UIW Football
Partnering with the Community”
Jimmy Fowler
Director of Football Operations
University of Incarnate Word
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September 22
“What’s New at Trinity University”
Danny Anderson
President
Trinity University
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AUGUST 2021 MEETINGS
August 4
“Current Initiatives and Plans for Improvements to Public Transportation in San Antonio”
Jeff Arndt
President and Chief Executive Officer
VIA Metropolitan Transit
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August 11
‘Return on Culture”
Michael Kiolbassa
President
Kiolbassa Provision Company
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August 18
“It’s All About Inclusion”
Gordon Hartman
Morgan’s Wonderland
Gordon Hartman Family Foundation
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August 25
“FBI Priorities in the San Antonio Region”
Chris Combs
Special Agent in Charge
FBI San Antonio Field Office
JULY 2021 MEETINGS
July 7
Installation of 2021-2022 President Brent Fessler
Guest Speaker: Larry Mills
EVP, HOLT Cat
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July 14
Building a “Secure San Antonio”
Eric Cooper
President and CEO
San Antonio Food Bank
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July 21
“Crisis in Latin America: A Personal Perspective”
Ambassador Luis G. Moreno
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July 28
No meeting this week.
June 2021 Meetings
June 2
“Culture and Art United for San Antonio (CAUSA)”
Guest Panelists
- Jon Hinojosa, Artistic | Executive Director of SAY Sí
- Cassandra Parker – Nowicki, Executive Director, Carver Community Cultural Center
- Paula Owen, President and CEO, Southwest School of Art
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June 9
“Immunology and COVID”
Tyler Curiel, M.D., MPH
Professor and The Daisy M. Skinner President’s Chair in Cancer Immunology Research
UT Health San Antonio
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June 16
The NBA Then and Now
Paul Griffin
Former Spurs and Jazz Player
Marketing Representative
Chicago Title
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June 23
Celebrate the end of the 2020-21 Rotary year with
the joyous music of
Mariachi Campanas de America
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May 2021 Meetings
MAY 26
8th Annual Rotary Spelling Bee
A recording of the meeting is not available.
MAY 19
“Q&A with Phil Hardberger”
Moderated by: Mayor Ron Nirenberg
A recording of the meeting is not available.
MAY 12
“Q&A with Craig Boyan”
President, HEB
Please note: Only the business portion of the meeting is available.
A recording of the meeting is not available.
MAY 5
Tino Gallegos
Immigration Liaison
City of San Antonio
A recording of the meeting is not available.
April 2021 Meetings
April 28
“ Global Health & Infectious Diseases”
Dr. Akudo Anyanwu, M.D., M.P.H.
Vice President of Development
Texas Biomedical Research Institute
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APRIL 21
“OPERA San Antonio Returns to the Stage”
Loren Meeker
General and Artistic Director
OPERA San Antonio
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APRIL 14
APRIL 7
“Homelessness In The Middle Of A Pandemic”
Kenny Wilson
President and CEO
Haven for Hope
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March 2021 Meetings
March 31
“Introduction to Artpace San Antonio”
Riley Robinson
Director
Artpace San Antonio
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MARCH 24
Zero Emissions: Not as EV as you think
Graham Conway
Principal Engineer, Powertrain Engineering
Southwest Research Institute
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March 17
March 17, 2021
“One Year Later:
COVID 19 Lessons Learned and the Way Forward”
Panel Discussion:
Ruth E. Berggren, M.D., MACP
Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Medical
Humanities & Ethics
UT Health San Antonio
Eric Epley
Executive Director
Southwest Texas Regional
Advisory Council (STRAC)
Timothy M. Porter
Founder & CEO
Appddiction Studio
Moderated by Dr. Linda Ellsworth
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MARCH 10
March 10, 2021
“Feeding the Homeless”
Martin OConnor, MAPM
CEO
St Vinnys Bistro
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