Meeting Recap: Kasey Krouse

Meeting Recap: Kasey Krouse

We were joined on Tuesday by Kasey Krouse from the City of Knoxville. Kasey is the first ever Urban Forester for Knoxville. Kasey started with a picture of Albuquerque, New Mexico, where people are planting trees. Trees are important to a community for 3 different...
Meeting Recap: Yassin Therou

Meeting Recap: Yassin Therou

RCK Member Ada Hernandez-Bell introduced our speaker, Yassin Therou, proprietor of Yassin’s Falafel House restaurants. Yassin is familiar to the Rotary Club of Knoxville because he was the 2018 recipient of the Rotary Club of Knoxville Peace Award. Yassin has received...
Meeting Recap: Betsy Johnson

Meeting Recap: Betsy Johnson

Rotarian Rob Johnson introduced our speaker, Betsy Johnson, of Betsy’s Nutrition.  Betsy is Rob’s sister-in-law; she is married to Rob’s brother Jonathan. Ms. Johnson’s passion, and business, is nutrition, diet and exercise, and talking and teaching about them.  Betsy...
Meeting Recap: RCK President Jim Alexander

Meeting Recap: RCK President Jim Alexander

President Alexander gave the mid-year State of the Club report. He noted that the organization is committee driven, and the committees are getting the work done. It is important to sign up for a committee that you truly will find interesting. Those committee choices...
Meeting Recap: Doug Lawyer

Meeting Recap: Doug Lawyer

Rotarian Kim Isenberg introducer Rotarian Doug Lawyer, who serves as vice president of Economic Development with the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce. He has a demonstrated history of success in the areas of regional industrial/business recruitment, retention and...