UPCOMING PROGRAMS
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
All meetings are currently being held in-person at the Red Mile unless otherwise noted and on online at 12:15 via Zoom. If you would like to attend a meeting please email trafton@rotarylexky.org. To view a past meeting go to www.youtube.com/user/rotarylexky
October 28 – Bill Goodman, Executiv Director, Kentucky Humanities Council
October 21 – Jim Host, Founder, Host Communications, CEO, ihigh.com
October 14 – Peter Baniak, Publisher, Lexington Herald Leader
October 7 – John Callipari, Head Coach, University of Kentucky Men’s Basketball
September 30 – Fifth Thursday, NOON – AG Day, LOCATION: E. S. Good Barn, University of Kentucky
September 23 – Mark Whitworth, VP for Athletics Asbury, Former Asst. Director Southeastern Conference
September 16 – Eric Brooks, Curator and Site Manager, Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate
September 9 – Kate Savage, Executive Director, Arts Connect Lexington, LOCATION: THE MANE ON MAIN
September 2 – Steve McCalin, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, Kentucky Retail Federation
August 26 – Chris Eddie, Co-owner, Smiley Pete Publishing
August 19 – Mark Stoops, Head Coach, University of Kentucky Football
August 12- Chad Needham, Owner, Needham Properties, Development of Greyline
August 5 – David Helmers, Producer, Railbird Music Festival
July 27 -FIFTH THURSDAY: No noon meeting – 5 PM – SOCIAL HOUR AT GOODWOOD BREWPUB, 200 Lexington green Circle, Lexington, KY 40503
July 22 – Brien Lewis, President, Transylvania University, Meeting held at Transylvania University
July 15 – Eric Gregory, President Kentucky Distillers’ Association
July 8 – Installation of Officers, Bill Wilson’s Vision for 2021-2022
July 1 – NO MEETING- 4th of July Holiday
June 24 – Red Mile – President’s Day with President Jamie Schrader.
June 17- Matt Gosnell, Director of Development, APPHARVEST
June 10 – Rotary Outdoors, Noon, Lexington Legends, Lexington Legends Ball Park
June 3 – Bill Owen, President & CEO, Lexington Conference Center. Meeting held at new convention center, High Street.
May 27 – Craig Skinner, Head Coach, Women’s Volleyball, University of Kentucky
May 20 – Tommy Bell Day, Honoring an Outstanding High School Student Athlete with Pete Perlman, Nationally Recognized Trial Lawyer
May 13 – Rotary Club of Lexington’s Scholarship Day
May 6 – Andy Beshear, Governor, Commonwealth of Kentucky & Mike Berry, Secretary of Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet
April 29 – Shannon Arvin, President & CEO, Keeneland Association
April 22 – Rob Morphonios, President and CEO, Kentucky Wired & David Flessas, CEO, Accelecom
April 15 – The Rotary Foundation Day, Celeste Herbert, Major Gifts Officer, Rotary International
April 8 – Michel A. Smith, MD, Director of Ultrasound & Senior Attending Physician, Medstar Washington Hospital; Center; Langston D. Smith, DMD, Captain (ret), US Navy Dental Corp, Chair (ret), Department of Endodontics, Howard University College of Dentistry
April 1 – Jamie Dockery, Horticulture Extension Agent, Fayette County Cooperative Extension; Dr. Dan Potter, Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
March 25 – Dr. Rob Farley, Senior Lecturer, University of Kentucky Patterson School of Diplomacy
March 18 – Mathew Kaplan, Radio Producer and Host, the Planetary Society
March 11 – Jonathan Matos, Senior Manager, Blue Origin
March 4 – Ron Harris, Vice-President, Diversity, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
February 25 – Dr. Rudolph G. Buchheit, Dean, University of Kentucky College of Engineering
February 18 – Reverend L. Clark Williams, Director of Ministries, Shiloh Baptist Church
February 11 – Roszalyn Akins, Dr. Gerald Smith, Co-Chairs, Mayor’s Commission for Racial Justice and Equality
February 4 – Rufus Friday, CEO, Rufus Friday Consulting, LLC
January 28 – Dr. Mark Dougherty, Epidemiologist, Central Baptist Hospital
January 21 – Congress Andy Barr, Kentucky 6th District
January 14 – Janae Green, Community Relations , C-SPAN
January 7 – Derrick Feldmann, Corporate Responsibility
December 24th & 31st – NO MEETINGS
December 17 – Annual Holiday Celebration
December 10 – Patrick Lewis, The Flison Historical Sociaety
December 3 – Nick Rowe, President, Kentucky American Water
November 19 – Eric Frankl, Executive Director, Blue Grass Airport
November 12 – Rotary International President Holger Knaack will address the Rotary Club of Lexington and District 6740.
November 4 – John Calipari, Head Men’s Basketball Coach, University of Kentucky
October 29 – Commerce Lexington President & CEO Bob Quick and Chief Communications Officer Mark Turner
October 22 – James Glass, Rotary District 6740 Governor
October 15 – Robert G. Clark, Founder & President, Sustainable Business Ventures
October 8 – Councilmembers Jennifer Mossotti and Kathy Plomin, Breaking the Bronze Ceiling
October 1 – Michael Adams, Secretary of State, Commonwealth of Kentucky
September 24 – Matthew Mitchell, Head Women’s Basketball Coach, University of Kentucky
September 17 – Mark Stoops, Head Football Coach, University of Kentucky
September 10 – Lyle Hanna, President, Hanna Resource Group
September 3 – Bill Thomason, President & CEO, Keeneland Association
August 27 – Kelly Knight Craft, US Ambassador to the United Nations
August 20 – Dr. Janie Heath, Dean and Warwick Professor of Nursing, University of Kentucky College of Nursing
August 13 – Dr. Mark Dougherty, Infectious Disease Consultant and Epidemiologist, Central Baptist Hospital
August 6 – Lawrence Weathers, Chief, Lexington Police Department
July 30 – On-Line Meeting – Mitch Barnhart, Athletics Director, University of Kentucky
July 23 – On-Line Meeting – Susan Elkington, President/CEO, Toyota Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc.
July 16 – On-Line Meeting – Dr. OJ Oleka, President, Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities
July 9 – On-Line Meeting -Austin Simms, Executive Director, Lexington Housing Authority
July 2 – NO MEETING -HAPPY 4th OF JULY
June 24 – On-Line Meeting- President’s Day, President Gerald Marvel Presiding
June 18- On-Line Meeting – Mike Halligan, CEO , God’s Pantry Food Bank
June 11 – On-Line Meeting – TBA
June 4 – On-Line Meeting – Paul Wagner, Executive Producer, Black in Blue
May 28 – On-Line Meeting – Lark Doley, Immediate Past President, Toastmasters International
May 21 – On-Line Meeting – Federal Reserve
May 14- On-Line Meeting – Scholarship Day
May 7 – On-Line Meeting – Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear
April 30 – On-Line Meeting – Dr. Aaron Thompson, President, Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
April 23 -On-Line Meeting – Tom Eblen, Journalist and Photographer
April 16 – On-Line Meeting – It’s Time to Cook!, Gwyn Everly, Owner J. Render’s Southern Table and Bar
April 9 – On-Line Meeting – Jack “Goose” Givens
April 2- On- Line Meeting – Hitting Your Stride, Shelia Kalas, Physical Trainer and Owner Fitness Plus, Inc.
March 26 – On- Line Meeting – Lee and Hayley Show
March 19 – On-Line Presentation by Lexington -Fayette County Health Department
March 12 – Meeting Cancelled
March 5 – Carrie Butler, General Manager, Lextran
February 27 – Amy Samples, Director of Culture, AppHarvest
February 20 – Engineering Day
February 13 – Ouite Michel, Chef & Owner, Outia Michel Family of Restaurants
February 6 – Ryan Quarles, Commissioner of Agriculture, Commonwealth of Kentucky
January 30 – Gregg Hall, PhD., Assistant Professor, Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, University of Kentucky, “State of the World”
January 23 – Stuart Foster, PhD., State Climatologist, Commonwealth of Kentucky
January 16 – Rod and Diane Perez, Founders & Owners, DV8 Kitchen, Life Changing Food
January 9 – Alex Waldrop, President & CEO, National Thoroughbred Racing Association
January 2 – No Meeting
