Meeting Recap: Brenda Sellers

Meeting Recap: Brenda Sellers

The Tuesday meeting of the Rotary Club of Knoxville was held at the Knoxville Museum of Art. The program began with Frank Rothermel presenting Paul Harris Fellowships to Michael Baer and Bill McGrath (+3). Next, President Chris Lambert acknowledged the awards that the...
Meeting Recap: Marianne Wanamaker

Meeting Recap: Marianne Wanamaker

Rotarian Dave Winstrom introduced Marianne Wanamaker, PhD, UT’s professor of economics and dean of the Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs, as the day’s featured presenter. A native Tennessean, Dr. Wanamaker achieved degrees at Vanderbilt...
Meeting Recap: Kyndra Brewer

Meeting Recap: Kyndra Brewer

RCK member Lina Shatara introduced our speaker, Kyndra Brewer, Director of the Office of Special Events of the City of Knoxville. Ms. Brewer has been with the City in the Office of Special Events since 2005, and became Director in 2020. Ms. Brewer indicated that the...
Meeting Recap: Rotaract and Interact Updates

Meeting Recap: Rotaract and Interact Updates

Rachel Ford introduced the program of Interact and Rotaract clubs. She began by reading the report from UT Rotaract President Jack Huskey, who wrote that his goal for the year was to obtain more members and get more people involved in leadership in the club. “I am...
Meeting Recap: New Member Committee Meeting

Meeting Recap: New Member Committee Meeting

Today’s meeting for the Rotary Club of Knoxville was led by the New Member Committee, with Co-Chairs Sharon Hudson and Erin Ortiz. This was a unique opportunity to allow our new members to run our weekly meeting from start to finish. The committee had 17 members show...