Guest Speakers

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting on Thursday, May 23, at The Mane on Main, Chase Bank building on Main St. The guest speaker was  Rear Admiral Craig T. Mattingly, Commander, Navel Service Training Command. This meeting will also be on Zoom. For the Zoom link please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. If you would like to have lunch, please contact Jenny@rotarylexky.org to reserve your meal.   Rear Adm. Craig T. Mattingly, a native of Austin, Kentucky, departed the family dairy farm in 1987 to enlist in the U.S. Navy as an Aviation Anti-Submarine Warfare Operator. He is a [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting on Thursday, May 9, at The Mane on Main, Chase Bank building on Main St. The guest speaker was Benjamin F. Adams, III, Brigadier General, United States Army (Retired). This meeting will also be on Zoom. For the Zoom link please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. If you would like to have lunch, please contact Jenny@rotarylexky.org to reserve your meal. Brigadier General Benjamin F. Adams III, served as the 5th Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs. Through forty years of service in the U.S. Army, General Adams served with honor and [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting on Thursday, May 2, at The Mane on Main, Chase Bank building on Main St. The guest speaker was Shannon Arvin, President & CEO, Keeneland Association. This meeting will also be on Zoom. For the Zoom link please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org.rewitt, Executive Director, Surgery on Sunday If you would like to have lunch, please contact Jenny@rotarylexky.org to reserve your meal. The week between the close of Keeneland’s spring meet and the rapidly approaching first Saturday in May is magical in Kentucky as thoughts turn to the Kentucky Derby, America’s greatest horse [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting on Thursday, Apr. 23, at The Mane on Main, Chase Bank building on Main St. The program was the Tommy Bell Award presentation. This meeting will also be on Zoom. For the Zoom link please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. If you would like to have lunch, please contact Jenny@rotarylexky.org to reserve your meal. Today’s program is a very special one, as Past President Bruce Bell presents the Tommy Bell Award in honor of his late father and Rotarian, Tommy Bell.  Many of us “of a certain age” knew Tommy Bell (Mr. Bell [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting on Thursday, Apr. 11, at The Mane on Main, Chase Bank building on Main St. The program's guest speaker was Jeff Bischoff, Chief Sales Officer, Gray, Inc. This meeting will also be on Zoom. For the Zoom link please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. If you would like to have lunch, please contact Jenny@rotarylexky.org to reserve your meal. Jeff is one of the industry’s top salesmen, known for his integrity, knowledge, and commitment to customers. He will be speaking on Battery Manufacturing in Kentucky. He has developed business for Gray in a variety [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting on Thursday, June 6, at The Mane on Main, Chase Bank building on Main St. The guest speaker was Brent Harrison. This meeting will also be on Zoom. For the Zoom link please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. If you would like to have lunch, please contact Jenny@rotarylexky.org to reserve your meal. “Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history.  Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks.” – Stephen Hawking  “AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington will hold its weekly meeting on Thursday, Apr. 4, at The Mane on Main, Chase Bank building on Main St. The program's guest speaker is Laura Prewitt, Executive Director, Surgery on Sunday. This meeting will also be on Zoom. For the Zoom link please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org.rewitt, Executive Director, Surgery on Sunday If you would like to have lunch, please contact Jenny@rotarylexky.org to reserve your meal. Rotarians are privileged to hear from Laura Prewitt, Executive Director of Surgery on Sunday (SOS).  While the history and impact of SOS and The Rotary Club of Lexington’s connection [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington  held its weekly meeting on Thursday, Mar. 28, at The Mane on Main, Chase Bank building on Main St. The program's guest speakers were Doug Flynn and Jeff Piecoro, Sports Broadcasters. For a review of their presentation see below. This meeting will also be on Zoom. For the Zoom link please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. If you would like to have lunch, please contact Jenny@rotarylexky.org to reserve your meal. They were the boys of summer, chasing after dreams that would forever shape their lives.”, The Boys of Summer, Roger Kahn “Every swing of the bat was [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington  held its weekly meeting on Thursday, Mar. 14, at The Mane on Main, Chase Bank building on Main St. The program's guest speaker was  Hannah Went, Co-Founder, TruDiagnostics. For a review of her presentation see below! This meeting will also be on Zoom. For the Zoom link please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. If you would like to have lunch, please contact Jenny@rotarylexky.org to reserve your meal. Hannah Went has a lifelong passion for longevity and breakthrough, disruptive technologies that drive radical improvement to the human condition. She attended the University of Kentucky and graduated with a [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting on Thursday, Mar. 7, at The Mane on Main, Chase Bank building on Main St. The program's guest speaker was Haviland Argo, committee members, Pope Villa, BlueGrass trust for Historic Preservation. This meeting will also be on Zoom. For the Zoom link please email, trafton@rotarylexky.org. If you would like to have lunch, please contact Jenny@rotarylexky.org to reserve your meal. The Most Important Home in America Is in Lexington, Ky. Haviland Argo grew up on a farm in Harrison County, Kentucky. He received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University [...]