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The Rotary Club of Lexington's Oct. 29th program  featured Bob Quick and Mark Turner from Commerce Lexington.  The meeting was held via Zoom and begin at 12:15 pm. Zoom invite please email trafton@rotarylexky.org. BOB QUICK, PRESIDENT & CEO COMMERCE LEXINGTON Bob is the President and Chief Executive Officer for Commerce Lexington Inc., a 1,800 member investor-driven chamber of commerce and economic development organization.  In 2020, Commerce Lexington was awarded a Top 20 Mac Conway Economic Development Agency by Site Selection Magazine, and in 2016 was named Chamber of the Year by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives. Under Bob’s leadership in [...]

Dist. 6740The Rotary Club of Lexington's guest speaker was James Glass, Rotary District 6740 Governor. The meeting was held via Zoom and begin at 12:15 pm. If you would like a Zoom invite please email trafton@rotarylexky.org. James Glass has been a Rotarian since 2002 and is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow. Past club leadership includes Club President (2009-2010). He has served and chaired several club committees and served as a member of the board for the Rotary Club of Pikeville. His District leadership includes Assistant Governor from 2013 to 2018, and Youth Exchange Inbound Chair for District 6740. James served on [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington's guest speaker will be Robert G. Clark. The meeting will be held via Zoom and begin at 12:15 pm. If you would like a Zoom invite please email trafton@rotarylexky.org. Over the past 14 months, we’ve heard presentations on how women got the right to vote, how to vote in the upcoming general election, and how to increase the voter turnout.  The latter included a story about the return of voting rights to a young man with a felony conviction for auto theft. Since then more than 140,000 Kentuckians with non-violent felony convictions have had their voting [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington guest speakers were Councilmembers Jennifer Mossotti and Kathy Plomin. The meeting was held via Zoom and begins at 12:15pm. If you would like a an invitation please email trafton@rotarylexky.org. On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution. Six days later Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby certified the ratification of the amendment giving American women the right to vote although it would take the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to complete that process for many women from racial and ethnic minorities. As we approach the first general [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, October 1st,  via Zoom. Guest speaker was Michael G. Adams, Secretary of State, Commonwealth of Kentucky. If you  would like a Zoom invitation email trafton@rotarylexky.org. For many of us, voting in the upcoming general election remains near the top of the list of things we’re concerned about right now, maybe second only to COVID-19, the state of the economy, climate change, social justice, more recently, the US Supreme Court vacancy, or all five. We’re pleased to have as our speaker this week Michael G. Adams, who will explain how voting will [...]

The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, September 24th,  via Zoom. Guest speaker was Mathew Mitchell, Head  Coach Women's Basketball, University of Kentucky. If you  would like a Zoom invitation email trafton@rotarylexky.org. Coach Matthew Mitchell’s focus on the fundamentals and on his “winning tools” is sure to bring continued success to a program that has reached new heights under his leadership even as the UK Women’s Basketball team begins the 2020-2021 season in a global pandemic. After a rebuilding season in 2018, the team returned to their powerhouse ways in 2019 sitting inside the top 20 in the [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, September 17th,  via Zoom. Guest speaker was Mark Stoops, Head Football Coach, University of Kentucky. If you  would like a Zoom invitation email trafton@rotarylexky.org. When Mark Stoops was asked before last season how he could continue success after major personnel losses from the 2018 team, the coach replied, “We didn’t come here to build a team.  We came here to build a program.” It appears that Stoops is doing exactly that. The relentless Wildcat coach has taken his team to four straight bowl games, the second-longest streak in [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, September 10th,  via Zoom. Guest speaker was Lyle Hanna, President, Hanna Resource Group. His presentation will focus on his work with Habitat for Humanity. If you  would like a Zoom invitation email trafton@rotarylexky.org. Lyle S. Hanna, SPHR, SHRM-SCP    President/CEO  Lyle is the founder and President of Hanna Resource Group (HRG) and uses his 40 years of experience in corporate human resource management to assist clients with strategic design and implementation of a wide range of programs. Prior to forming HRG, which focuses on innovative business and human [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, September 3rd,  via Zoom. Guest speaker was be Bill Thomason, President & CEO Keeneland,  followed by pro handicapper, Gabby Gaudet.  If you  would like a Zoom invitation email trafton@rotarylexky.org. Of this week’s speaker, Keeneland Trustee Bill Lear observed, “I’ve never met anyone who has more love for Keeneland or more respect for its traditions than Bill Thomason.” However, those traditions have been put to the test as Keeneland has moved the Derby from May to September, prohibited fans in the stands, instituted drive-through betting, and encouraged folks who [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, August 27th,  via Zoom. Guest speaker was  Ambassador Kelly Craft. If you  would like a Zoom invitation email trafton@rotarylexky.org. Ambassador Kelly Craft  Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations  Ambassador Kelly Craft was nominated by President Donald Trump to the position of Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations on February 22, 2019 and was confirmed to that position by the United States Senate on July 31, 2019. She was formally sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence on September [...]