Speakers - 2014 to 2017
2014
Date                                                                                                            Speaker
July 8, 2014
RI Conference:  Bill Montgomery/Elaine Baumann
July 15, 2014
District Governor Carol Weisel
July 22, 2014
Re-Classification Speech: Scott Morrissette
July 29, 2014
Michael Norman (local author)
 
August 5, 2014
Cheryl Maplethorpe: RFC-TV-16
August 12, 2014
Club Assembly
August 19, 2014
Minister Kim Suhr: Ezekiel Youth Mission Trips
August 26, 2014
Re-Classification Talk: Scott Morrissette
 
September 2, 2014
Roger Revak: Eclectic Toastmasters of River Falls
September 9, 2014
Dean Van Galen: UW-River Falls Update
September 16, 2014
Michael Page: Friends of the Kinni
September 23, 2014
Allina Health Home Care & Hospice
September 30, 2014
River Falls Public Library: Monica LaVold
 
October 7, 2014
Michele Reinhart: Tri-Angels Playground
October 14, 2014
Classification Talk: Jamie Benson
October 21, 2014
Club Assembly – Community Project Proposals
October 28, 2014
Liz Frank & Joanne Kocik: Workforce Resource Inc.
 
November 4, 2014
Beth Hein, Chippewa Valley Technical College
November 11, 2014
The Rotary Foundation
November 18, 2014
Rob Chambers, Log Building & Design Worldwide
November 25, 2014
Katie Morsch, Our Neighbors Place
 
December 2, 2014
Sofia Palomares & Claire Stenersen, Rotary Exchange
December 9, 2014
Sharing Families Program
December 16, 2014
Erin Schutz, UW-RF Veterans’ Club
December 23, 2014
Jon Montgomery, NASA
December 30, 2014
Family Holiday Stores
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2015
January 6, 2015
Roger Revak, River Falls Toastmasters
January 13, 2015
New Member Classification Talk
January 20, 2015
Mary Ann Webber, River Valley Trails
January 27, 2015
Classification Talk: Susan Capparelli
 
February 3, 2015
Stacy Johnson Myers & Alan Tuchtenhagen, RFSD Update
February 10, 2015
Mike Fuller, Harmony Bridge
February 17, 2015
Community Project Proposal & Discussion
February 24, 2015
Tom Westerhaus, Uganda Travels
 
March 3, 2015
Carole Mottaz, Free Counseling Clinic
March 10, 2015
Rick Wilson, Classification Talk
March 17, 2015
Club Assembly:  2015-16 Leadership/Committees
March 24, 2015
Jeff Bjork, RFHS Alumni Association
March 31, 2015
Susan Nygaard, Teen Stress & “Change to Chill”
 
April 7, 2015
Patty Draxler, Family Resource Center
April 14, 2015
Sneak Peek!
April 21, 2015
Club Assembly:  River Falls Days
April 28, 2015
Jean Needham, St. Croix Valley United Way
 
May 5, 2015
David Newman, Fast for Hope
May 12, 2015
Christina Marshall and Nancy Abrahamson, Memory Café & Dementia Friendly Communities
May 19, 2015
Kris Miner, St. Croix Valley Restorative Justice
May 26, 2015
Paul Moe and the Ezekiel Breakfast Crew
 
June 2, 2015
Paul Matheson, Search and Rescue Dogs
June 9, 2015
Pastor Curtis Seefeldt, The Lutheran Home
June 16, 2015
Club Assembly – Community Project
June 23, 2015
Drs. Tashjian and Miller, Vibrant Health
June 30, 2015
No meeting – Picnic on June 29
 
July 7, 2015
Thomas Pedersen, River Falls Days Update
July 14, 2015
Marlene Gargulak, District 5960 Governor
July 21, 2015
Elaine Baumann, Rotary Youth Exchange Program
July 28, 2015
Rosanne Bump, Rotary New Year Update
 
August 4, 2015
Dean Van Galen, UW-RF Update
August 11, 2015
Peter Sewakiryanga, Kyampisi Childcare Ministries
August 18, 2015
Jay Matchett & Jenna Moon, Our Neighbors’ Place
August 25, 2015
Kelly Fox, Hudson YMCA
 
September 1, 2015
Monique Squire & Tara Albores, RF Com. Educ.
September 8, 2015
Deb Lucero, Classification Talk
September 15, 2015
Carole Machado, Rotary Youth Exchange
September 22, 2015
Bill Draves, Passenger Trains in Hudson-R.F.
September 29, 2015
Kaycee McGary, The Borgen Project
 
 
 
October 6, 2015
Ned Pellman, Long Term Care Insurance
October 13, 2015
Kevin Grunstrom – MMS Pride Fitness Action Com.
October 20, 2015
STRIVE Program Update
October 27, 2015
Nate Schurman, Greenwood Elem. Lego Team
 
November 3, 2015
Gordon Hedahl, Rotary International Foundation
November 10, 2015
Brian McQuade, Classification Talk
November 17, 2015
Cheryl Maplethorpe, Pollinator Challenge
November 24, 2015
Steve Schroeder, Letters to 8th Graders
 
December 1, 2015
Beth Hein, Chippewa Valley Technical College
December 8, 2015
Gordon Hedahl Rotary International Foundation
December 15, 2015
Steve Stocker, UW-RF Falcon Center
December 22, 2015
Mary Jo Veendendall, U Communicate
December 29, 2015
Nancy Miller, River Falls Public Library
 
 
 
2016
 
January 5, 2016
Kevin Westerhuis, RF Municipal Utility Update
January 12, 2016
Drea Fults, Classification Talk
January 19, 2016
Thomas Van Leer, Timberwolves Chaplain
January 26, 2016
Jennifer Drews, Classification Talk
 
February 2, 2016
Jason Frederickson, Classification Talk
February 9, 2016
Mike McCabe, Blue Jean Nation
February 16, 2016
Gordon Young, River Falls Police Chief
February 23, 2016
Brian Schultz, Retired Economics Professor
 
March 1, 2016
Bill Draves, Passenger Trains
March 8, 2016
Linda Yde, Classification Talk
March 15, 2016
JoAnne Parks, Options for Women
March 22, 2016
Tony Jilek, Nicaragua Vision Project
March 29, 2016
Erin McNiff-Kirby, St. Croix Valley SART
 
April 5, 2016
“Sneak Peek” with Richard Lett
April 12, 2016
Gordon Young, Classification Talk
April 19, 2016
Candace Rapley, RF Community Food Pantry
April 26, 2016
Julie Thiesen, St. Croix County AODA
 
May 3, 2016
Mitch Wayne, Beekeeping
May 10, 2016
Sue Galoff, Pierce County Public Health Dept.
May 17, 2016
Vita Cohen, College Admissions Trends
May 24, 2016
Jim Miller, Commander, American Legion
May 31, 2016
Randy Thorsen, National Park Service
 
June 7, 2016
Mike Noreen, Community Solar Project
June 14, 2016
Club Assembly
June 21, 2016
Karyn English, Better Bites St. Croix Valley
June 28, 2016
Ezekiel Youth Group, Jamaica Service Trip
 
July 5, 2016
No Meeting
July 12, 2016
Kate Thus, Kinnic Falls
July 19, 2016
Kandace Rapley, RF Community Food Pantry
July 26, 2016
Sarah Church, Counterfeit Currency
 
August 2, 2016
Janet Ellinger/Lisa Thompson:  PFLAG
August 9, 2016
Jim Hunt, 2016-17 District Governor
August 16, 2016
Danielle Campeau, River Falls Works
August 23, 2016
Ann Searles, St. Croix Valley United Way
August 30, 2016
Chancellor Dean Van Galen, UW-RF Update
 
September 6, 2016
John Suzukida:  Japanese American WW2 Experience
September 13, 2016
Joel Palmquist, Classification Talk
September 20, 2016
Catherine Olson, Free Counseling Clinic
September 27, 2016
Nancy Abrahamson, Dementia Friendly Business Training
 
 
 
2016 (con’t)
October 4, 2016
Rick Heuertz, Classification Talk
October 11, 2016
Jacqueline West, Author
October 18, 2016
Club Assembly:  Bylaws and Committee Structure
October 25, 2016
Sofia Font Rodriguez, Exchange Student
 
November 1, 2016
Traci Kolo, Classification Talk
November 8, 2016
Michelle Rinehart, River Falls Sunshine Fund
November 15, 2016
Buck Malick, Friends of Kinnickinnic State Park
November 22, 2016
Scot Simpson, City of River Falls
November 29, 2016
Scott Welle, Outperform The Norm
 
 
December 6, 2016
Patrick Donohue, Hill Capital Corporation
December 13, 2016
Karla Thoennes, Classification Talk
December 20, 2016
Jamie Benson, RFSD Update
December 27, 2016
Anna Cernohous, Camp Enterprise
 
 
 
 
2017
January 3, 2017
Thomas Pedersen, Community Project Proposals
January 10, 2017
Greg Miller, Classification Talk
January 17, 2017
Brooke Marlow, St. Croix Valley SART
January 24, 2017
Amy Peterson, Glen Park Master Plan
January 31, 2017
Dave Newmann, District 5960 Fast for Hope
 
February 7, 2017
Alfred Zdrazil, Domestic Abuse
February 14, 2017
Club Assembly:  Structure and Bylaws
February 21, 2017
Tony Pedriana, STRIVE
February 28, 2017
Dean Van Galen, UW-RF Update
 
March 7, 2017
Jay Matchett, Our Neighbors’ Place
March 14, 2017
Dave Engstrom and Jim Cooper, Habitat for Humanity
March 21, 2017
Roz Schnick, The Brain Game
March 28, 2017
Bruce Siebold, Eighty Acres Photography
 
April 4, 2017
Jim Schreiber, Plantables
April 11, 2017
Melissa Kosse, Make it OK
April 18, 2017
Paul Moe, Environmental Stewardship at Ezekiel
April 25, 2017
Jeff Johnson, First National Bank
 
May 2, 2017
Kim and Alex Miller, RFHS Forensics Team
May 9, 2017
RFHS Robotics Team
May 16, 2017
Elaine Baumann, Youth Exchange Program Update
May 23, 2017
Tom Holland, Family Friendly Worskites
May 30, 2017
Tony Jilek, Nicaragua
 
June 6, 2017
Heidi Herron and Lisa Thompson, BBBS
June 13, 2017
Brian Laule, Classification Talk
June 20, 2017
Courtney Bouthilet, St. Croix SART (no show)
June 27, 2017
Nick Ritchie, Rotary Youth Leadership Academy
 
July 4, 2017
No Meeting
July 11, 2017
Heather Logelin, Re-classification Talk
July 18, 2017
Dale Jorgenson, St. Croix Valley Business Innovation Center
July 25, 2017
Danielle Miller and Sara Estrada, Rotary Summer Exchange
 
August 1, 2017
Ezekiel Mission Trip:  Jamaica
August 8, 2017
Karen Klyczek, UWRF:  Biological Issues
August 15, 2017
Kyle Haugen, District 5960 Governor 2017-18
August 22, 2017
Amber Morgan, MD, Reach Out and Read
August 29, 2017
Steve Dzubay, Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar
 
September 5, 2017
Linda Robertson & Margaret Christenson, Guatemala Stove Project
September 12, 2017
Club Assembly
September 19, 2017
Jessica Schmitt, Victory and Valor for Vets
September 26, 2017
Steve Engelhart, Classification Talk
2017 (con’t)
 
October 3, 2017
Ana Novoa, 2017-18 Inbound Student from Spain
October 10, 2017
Ed Robins, PhD, Volunteer work in Belize
October 17, 2017
Hossein Najafi, PhD, Data Science AKA “Big Data”
October 24, 2017
World Polio Day!
October 31, 2017
Marcus Califf, 2016-2017 Outbound Student to Italy
 
November 7, 2017
Jill Krentz Classification Talk
November 14, 2017
 
November 21 2017
 
November 28, 2017
 
 
December 5, 2017
 
December 12, 2017
 
December 19, 2017
 
December 26, 2017