keynote speakers
Our Keynote Speakers
Evan Burrell is a millennial Rotarian and member of the Rotary Club of Turramurra (District 9685 in Sydney, Australia). Evan has been an active part of the Rotary family for nearly 20 years, serving many of those years as a dedicated Rotaractor. Evan certainty gets around, at the 2014 Rotary convention in Sydney you may have seen him walking around taking hundreds of “Service Above Selfies” with convention attendees. Or you may have run into him immunizing children against polio in India. He was even known for teaching the 2013-14 RI President Ron Burton how to dance to Korean singer Psy’s “Gangnam Style” a few years back. Evan proves that Rotary isn’t all business!Evan’s message is “Let’s have fun in Rotary” and it’s with this message that he passionately promotes Rotary’s digital story via his active social media presence. One of Evan’s great skills is that he uses social media to show that Rotarians are not only making a positive difference in the world, but they are having fun doing it! He presents Rotary in a lighter more personally engaging way, showing the fun and humorous side to our organisation. His approach commands attention, member and non-member alike
Evan is a member of the Rotary International Communications Committee, an Assistant Rotary Public Image Coordinator for Australia, the Digital Media Coordinator for the regional magazine Rotary Down Under as well as keeping himself busy managing his own digital consultancy startup and building his career as a budding actor!
Jeffry Cadorette, Rotary International Director (RID 2018-20) retired from healthcare in 1999 after a 25-year career as a physical therapist. He had been President and CEO of Physical Therapy Associates of Delaware County in Pennsylvania until merging his practice with Riddle Memorial Hospital to form the Riddle Rehabilitation Institute and Riddle Sports Medicine. He now serves as Associate Broker and Executive Vice President at Media Real Estate Company where he is active in all phases of commercial real estate sales and leasing, tenant representation and new project development. A Rotarian with the Rotary Club of Media, PA since 1977, Jeff served as Governor of District 7450 in 1998-1999.
He has served on numerous committees on behalf of the Rotary International Board, as a delegate to the Council on Legislation, and as a training leader at the Rotary International Assembly in San Diego. He was also appointed as one of two Seminar Leaders worldwide at the International Assembly in San Diego, tasked with training, coaching, and motivating the 40 International Training Leaders who in turn train the 547 incoming District Governors for the upcoming Rotary year. He has represented the President of Rotary International at District Conferences across the country and in Canada and has been the keynote and motivational speaker at numerous district conferences, Rotary Foundation dinners, Rotary workshops, and seminars around North America.
Michael Angelo Caruso is an internationally recognized author and speaker who has taught thousands of leaders and salespeople to be elite presenters. Michael has delivered thousands of paid presentations and keynotes on five continents and in 49 of the 50 states and in Canada. His clients include Bank of America, Citgo, Rayovac, Hallmark, The National Institutes of Health, Verizon Wireless, the United States Navy, and Nissan.
Jim Marggraff has founded/co-founded companies such as Livescribe, Explore Technologies, StrataCom, and recent Google acquisition Eyefluence. He also invented the LeapPad Learning System, helping over 100 million children learn to read, with sales of over $1 billion worldwide. Jim holds 40 granted patents, was named a San Francisco Father of the Year, is a Northern California Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year and is listed as one of MIT's top 150 inventors.Jim spoke at the 2018 Rotary Convention in Toronto. He says he would like to be sure that “I'll be able to connect with, and hopefully inspire, your district's Rotarians in 2020.” V
alarie Wafer is the Rotary International Director-Elect for the 40+ districts in Zones 28 & 32. As one of 17 elected members of Rotary’s board she will help develop policy for the world-wide organization in which we all participate. As a full time volunteer with Rotary international Valarie has travelled the world working on many exceptional projects. Polio eradication efforts in India, helping to develop sustainable orphanage projects in Kenya and Tanzania, acting as RI presidential rep to the USA and Norway and attending annual RI conventions in the USA, Thailand, Australia and Portugal.
As well as working on many local and international efforts, she is a trained, professional facilitator, International RI trainer and co-chair of the 2018 Toronto RI International Convention HOC committee.
alarie Wafer is the Rotary International Director-Elect for the 40+ districts in Zones 28 & 32. As one of 17 elected members of Rotary’s board she will help develop policy for the world-wide organization in which we all participate. As a full time volunteer with Rotary international Valarie has travelled the world working on many exceptional projects. Polio eradication efforts in India, helping to develop sustainable orphanage projects in Kenya and Tanzania, acting as RI presidential rep to the USA and Norway and attending annual RI conventions in the USA, Thailand, Australia and Portugal.As well as working on many local and international efforts, she is a trained, professional facilitator, International RI trainer and co-chair of the 2018 Toronto RI International Convention HOC committee.