March 25th at the WAC - Dick West, Owner of CruisWest

March 11th at the WAC - Seattle City Councilman Tom Rasmussen - Tom chairs the Parks & Seattle Center committee. In addition, he is the vice-chair of the Culture, Civil Rights, Health & Personnel committee and the Labor Policy committee and is a member of the Planning, Land Use & Neighborhoods committee

 

March 4th at the WAC - Chuck Adams, Plus 50 Connect - Our mission is to help people over 50 discover their hidden talents, pursue their dreams, and plan for the rest of the time in their life as a new adventure.

 

February 26th at the WAC - Adrian Hanauer - former owner of the Seattle Sounders, now General Manager of the Seattle MLS team.  Mr. Hanover is also a World Class Professional Poker player, winning the 2007 Bellagio Cup

January 29th at the WAC - Joe Piscatella - Joe  is a dynamic, entertaining and results-oriented professional motivational speaker. He is widely respected as a cutting-edge expert on the relationship of stress and other life-style habits to personal and organizational health. His live seminars have reached over 1.5 million people.

January 22nd at the WAC - Pat O'Day - founding father of Northwest rock ‘n’ roll or the “Godfather” of the 1960s teendance scene? A vampire or the catalyst? Or all of the above? There are many Northwesterners who would debate these points for days on end, but what is perfectly clear is that when it came to the business of rock music in the Northwest, Pat O’Day was the Chairman of the Board, the Grand Poobah, the Top Dog, the Big Kahuna. New York City had Alan Freed, Boston had Arnie Ginsberg, Los Angeles had Hunter Hancock, and Seattle had O’Day. As Seattle’s highest-profile DJ of the 1960s and the region’s dominant dance promoter, Pat O’Day ran Northwest rock ‘n’ roll for nearly a decade.

December 11th at the WAC - Ms. Catherine Bertini from the Gates Foundation.  She is a senior fellow on the Agricultural Development team within its Global Development Program. Catherine has spent many years as a leader in humanitarian relief and nutrition policy. Bertini was the driving force behind reform of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), where she served as the executive director for 10 years.

November 13th at the WAC - Penny LeGate,  Whether scaling Mount Rainier or scuba diving in shark-infested waters, Penny LeGate loves hanging out "over the edge" to get a good story. Known as a daring storyteller with a heart, her talents as a news anchor and reporter are seen by viewers of KIRO 7 Eyewitness News. Her weekly "Making A Difference" reports profile outstanding local volunteers and have earned praise for putting the good in daily news.

Penny's broadcasting career spans 25 years and includes hosting, reporting and producing for both television and radio. With a popular local television presence, her many honors include an Emmy award for writing and producing a documentary on Springer, the orphaned orca captured in Puget Sound and returned to her pod in Canada. Penny also won an Emmy for her work as host of "Evening Magazine" as well as numerous other nominations for producing and writing.  

October 30th at the WAC - Before becoming a sports columnist, Steve Kelley had an illustrious athletic career. He scored the first two points in the first Delaware State High School basketball championship and, if that weren't enough, he added a free throw later in the game. He went to the University of South Carolina and walked on to the freshman basketball team, only to walk off two weeks later. After graduating from the University of Delaware, he decided to take a different route than that of his heroes David Halberstam, Jim Murray and Red Smith. Kelley became a repairman for Sears, specializing in washers and dryers and installing TV antennas and air conditioners.

Finally feeling he had gone as far as he could go in that business, he left Sears in Wilmington, Del., moved to Chelan after reading the poem "Lake Chelan" by William Stafford, and worked in the apple sheds.  One day his foreman saw him in the basement and said, "Hey, you got a call from some guy in Centralia offering you a newspaper job."  Kelley worked at the Centralia Daily Chronicle for 2½ years; moved to the The Olympian for 1½ years, and then began working at the Portland Oregonian, where he began as the "ing" editor — boxing, fencing, auto racing, bowling and all other sports ending in "ing." Later, he covered the Trail Blazers and wrote columns. He came to the Seattle Times in 1982 to cover the Sonics, and has been writing a column four days a week since.

October 9th at the WAC - Warren Crain, Polio Vaccination Presentation

September 18th at the WAC - Enrique Cerna - Co-creator, host and executive producer of the weekly news/current affairs program KCTS Connects. The program began airing in February, 2000 and features coverage of important issues, newsmakers, trends, and the arts.

September 4th at the WAC - Brad Hole from Sustainable Group a privately owned business in Seattle, Washington. They produce environmentally smart products that reduce waste, save companies money and increase the overall product quality.

August 21st at the WAC - Mike Seeley, Managing Editor of the Seattle Weekly

July 31st at the WAC - Gunnar Thompson, historian, Was Columbus first to the Americas?   Among armchair sailors, Gunnar Thompson is a master mariner. He has navigated oceans and continents, east to west, pole to pole and back again — most of it without leaving his small home near the shores of the Strait of Juan de Fuca.  Thompson's vessel is a historical time machine, guided by ancient maps and journals, and powered by a fertile imagination and an obsession with early exploration. And his mission is to sink what he considers the greatest myth in history: that Columbus discovered America.

June 19th at the WAC -  Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels will speak on transportation, global warming, and other City priorities for the future.

May 29th at the WAC - Shari Storm, Verity Credit Union, will speak on "Using Social Media to Grow your Business”.  Shari, a brand-new member of our club, has been the administrator of her credit union's blog for over two and a half years. She is well versed in the ins and outs of starting and maintaining a corporate blog and how it can (or can't) be used to generate revenue.  Her corporate blog won Netbanker's 2006 Innovation in Finance Award.Social Media for Rotarians

May 8th at the WAC - Judge Patricia Clark, Chief Judge, King County Juvenile Court, on the Court’s work with children at risk and the ways our Rotary Action Group is assisting.

May 1st at the WAC - Jeff Van Duzer, Dean, School of Business & Economics, Seattle Pacific University, will speak on “The Business of Business.”

April 10th at the WAC -  Anna Gottlieb, Executive Director of Gilda’s Club.  Gilda’s Club provides non-medical support to people touched by cancer (patients, spouses, children, etc.).

April 3rd at the WAC - Marja Brandon, Head of School, Seattle Girls’ School, where the mission is to encourage girls to explore science, math, and technology through a very unique, integrated curriculum.

March 20th at the WAC - Suzanne Griffin and her Afghan colleague, Sherwali Wardak, will speak about education and literacy projects that they are working on in Afghanistan.

February 6th at the WAC - Irene King and Jeanie Johnstone, with canine guest Hermione, will speak (and perform) on behalf of Canine Companions for Independence, a national nonprofit organization that enhances the lives of children and adults with disabilities by providing highly-trained assistance dogs and ongoing support to ensure quality partnerships.

January 30th at the WAC - Lee Froschheiser, CEO of MAP Management Systems, on “The 10 Sins of Leadership and How to Avoid Them.”