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Animal Welfare & Consumer Protection
Feb 21, 2020
Mindi Callison is the Founder and Executive Director of the national nonprofit organization, Bailing Out Benji which exists to provide the most current and accurate data surrounding the commercial dog breeding industry. Mindi founded Bailing Out Benji at 21 years old after falling victim to the puppy mill industry by way of a local pet store, who offered her a credit card with high interest. Upon learning about the pet store/puppy mill connection and learning about the predatory lending practices that these stores utilize to take advantage of low-income families, Mindi knew that she needed to act. Bailing Out Benji and its research have been instrumental in passing humane ordinances across the country, they have also been the driving force behind exposing the national puppy laundering scheme that is currently happening in numerous states. What started in small town Iowa has quickly grown into a national nonprofit with volunteer teams all over the country.
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New Recycling Center
Feb 28, 2020
Leslie Irlbeck is the Deputy Director for Metro Waste Authority, where she has worked for eight years. She is responsible for setting strategy and implementing initiatives for the agency’s administrative functions, including finance, human resources, and public affairs. This includes contract management for Central Iowa communities as well as issue management, media relations, and social responsibility for internal and external stakeholders.
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Vending Machine Manufacturing
Mar 06, 2020
Heidi Chico CEO of the Wittern Group, named one of the leaders in the vending manufacturer by Automatic Merchandiser, has a unique marketing perspective forged by her strong spirit and extensive knowledge in the convenience service industry. These experiences are the basis for her conviction that enduring customer service and quality are created through continuous process improvement through lean manufacturing of equipment that creates convenience throughout the controlled dispensing spectrum. Heidi has served on local board like the Greater Des Moines Junior Achievement Board, and Drake University, and on the Iowa YPO chapter. Currently she is a board member of the Wittern Group, as well as the Des Moines Cold Storage. Heidi is very active in the National Automatic Merchandising Association. She has served as Chair in 2018 as the first woman, as well as a culmination of leadership positions she’s held on the NAMA Board of Directors since 2006 involving Government Affairs; WIN (Women in the Industry); NAMA Executive Forum; the Executive Committee and the NAMA Foundation. |
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Infectious Disease
Mar 13, 2020
Brian joined the United Nations Foundation in 2015 and serves as Director of Global Health Advocacy. In this capacity, he oversees and implements government relations strategy for the Shot@Life campaign, a grassroots advocacy organization dedicated to increasing support for U.S. and UN programs that reduce vaccine-preventable child deaths in developing countries. He also leads UNF’s USG advocacy strategy related to the Global Health Security Agenda. He is responsible for managing direct engagement with congressional offices and federal agencies and works closely with the global health community to develop and support policy positions that strengthen global child immunization and health security initiatives. Prior to joining the Foundation, Brian served for five years in the health policy office of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), chaired by Senator Tom Harkin. His portfolio included global health, infectious disease, vaccine development, and biosecurity. Brian received his bachelor’s degree from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, with a year studying abroad at the London School of Economics. He earned his master’s degree in Global Health Security jointly through the American University School of International Service and the George Washington School of Public Health. His research focused on implementation and evaluation of the International Health Regulations |
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The Survival of the News
Apr 03, 2020
Kathie Obradovich, editor-in-chief for Iowa Capital Dispatch, launched the not-for-profit news operation in January 2020. She leads an experienced staff covering state news and politics and writes a weekly column. More than a dozen Iowa newspapers and news sites are now regularly publishing Iowa Capital Dispatch content. Kathie has more than 30 years of reporting experience in Iowa. She worked for 16 years at the Des Moines Register, most recently as opinion editor and political columnist. She has been a regular reporter on Iowa Public Television's "Iowa Press" and a frequent guest on other state, national and international news programs. She's also a lecturer for Iowa State University's Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication. She’s an Iowa State graduate who grew up in Ames. |
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Rotary International
Apr 17, 2020
Mark Daniel MaloneyPresident 2019-20Rotary Club of DecaturAlabama, USAMark Daniel Maloney is a principal in the law firm of Blackburn, Maloney, and Schuppert LLC, with a focus on taxation, estate planning, and agricultural law. He represents large farming operations in the Southeastern and Midwestern United States, and has chaired the American Bar Association’s Committee on Agriculture in the section of taxation. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Alabama State Bar Association, and the Alabama Law Institute. He has been active in Decatur’s religious community, chairing his church’s finance council and a local Catholic school board. He has served as president of the Community Foundation of Greater Decatur, chair of Morgan County Meals on Wheels, and director of the United Way of Morgan County and the Decatur-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce. A Rotarian since 1980, Maloney has served as an RI director; Foundation trustee and vice chair; and aide to 2003-04 RI President Jonathan Majiyagbe. He also has participated in the Council on Legislation as chair, vice chair, parliamentarian, and trainer. He was an adviser to the 2004 Osaka Convention Committee and chaired the 2014 Sydney Convention Committee. He also served as Future Vision Committee vice chair; Foundation training institute moderator; Foundation permanent fund national adviser; member of the Peace Centers Committee; and adviser to the Foundation’s Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Schools Target Challenge Committee. |
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Creating Livable Communities -#4AllAges
Apr 24, 2020
KENT SOVERN Kent Sovern retired from everyday work in July 2018 after serving seven years as the State Director of AARP in Iowa. During his tenure with AARP, Kent was among the small cadre' of State Directors who led the organization to develop tools, resources and programs that helped build and support Livable/Age-Friendly communities across the nation. Today, Kent is the AARP Livable Communities volunteer - serving as one of the Co-Chairs of the Greater Des Moines Age-Friendly Initiative. He also works with AARP's Livable Communities national office team as a navigator and advocate; helping civic leaders to create more livable and age-friendly communities throughout the nation.
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Likeability Matters...even on Zoom
May 01, 2020
Bill Graham Likeability Matters … Even on Zoom People prefer to do business with people they like.
From “how they look” to “filling their tank”, people prepare when they go to a meeting, Internet interactions require similar, but different, preparation. This program will identify those primary elements that can make your team’s Zoom … zoom. ] Biography Bill Graham's tools help his clients become better, more impactful communicators. His likeability programs enable professionals – CEOs, salespeople, scientists, engineers, architects, executives, bankers, doctors and even elected officials, to personalize their interactions. Bill spent over a decade training writers and giving the daily story notes for 7,000 hours of the Procter & Gamble soap operas, Guiding Light, As the World Turns, and Another World. He helped make those complicated stories simple enough to create an emotional connection with the audience. Today, his storytelling programs help people find their own stories and deliver valuable messages. Prior to working in television, he spent 12 years as the producing director of Olney Theatre, a professional Equity theatre outside of Washington, DC. He delivers leadership communication training for legislators from 26 U.S. states, Mexico, and Canada for the Council of State Governments. He is on the faculty of the US Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Organization Management, and he has taught communication and leadership at York University’s Tisch School for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management and Seton Hall University’s Leadership Communication program. |
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How Grant Funds are Being Utilized
May 08, 2020
DMAM FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENT PRESENTATIONS - MAY 8TH On May 1st we will hear from half of this year's grant recipients. Here is a list of the organizations who will present at Fridays meeting, with a brief explanation of how the funds will be - or have been - used. Join us for this powerful and informative program!
Another grant recipient presentation date is planned in October to accommodate presentations by the remaining recipients. |
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The Smithsonian—Beyond the Museums
May 15, 2020
Dr. Richard Kurin is the Smithsonian Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador-at-Large, the first person so designated in the 171-year history of the Institution. As a member of the Smithsonian’s senior leadership team, Kurin focuses on strategic direction, institutional partnerships, public representation, philanthropic support and special initiatives. Prior to his current role, Kurin served as Acting Provost and Under Secretary for Museums and Research from 2015, and from 2007, as Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture. During the preceding two decades, he directed the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage with its annual Folklife Festival on the National Mall and the Grammy-winning Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, working with major cultural figures and grassroots artists from across the U.S. and around the world. He also produced major national celebration events associated with the opening of museums and monuments, presidential inaugurals and the Atlanta Olympics. Kurin served on the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO and helped draft an international treaty, now ratified by 170 nations, to safeguard living cultural heritage. He led efforts to save heritage in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake and has overseen projects for saving heritage endangered by natural disaster in Nepal and the U.S., and by human conflict in Mali, Egypt, Iraq and Syria. Kurin serves as Smithsonian liaison to the U.S. President’s Committee for the Arts and the Humanities and the White House Historical Association, and is a member of the U.S. Department of State Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee. An anthropologist with a doctorate from the University of Chicago, Kurin specialized in the study of South Asia, conducting years of fieldwork in India and Pakistan. He has held Fulbright and Social Science Research Council fellowships, taught at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and authored six books, including Reflections of a Culture Broker: A View from the Smithsonian, Hope Diamond: The Legendary History of a Cursed Gem and the best-selling Smithsonian’s History of America 101 Objects. He has been honored by Harvard University’s Peabody Museum, the International Council of Museums, the American Anthropological Association, the American Folklore Society and the Cosmos Club. He is an elected fellow of the American Academy of the Arts and Sciences.
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Mission China
May 22, 2020
Steve Church is serving at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China as the Chief of Staff to the Ambassador. In his role, Churchill is responsible for working with the Ambassador to advance the strategic priorities for Mission China. Many DMAMers will remember him well as a former member of our club. If you have questions for Mr. Churchill, email them to our program chair Tom Cavanagh at tom@bccadvisers.com. He'll answer as many as time allows. |
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Supporting Farm Workers in Iowa
May 29, 2020
Daniel Hoffman-Zinnel has served as the CEO of Proteus, Inc. since August 2019, but has worked with the organization for over seven years. He has over 10 years of nonprofit administration and leadership. Daniel serves as Tri-Chair of the Social Capital within Capital Crossroads, City of Bondurant Planning and Zoning Commission, and is on a variety of other community boards and advisory councils. He has a Doctorate of Education in Leadership from Creighton University, an M.A from the University of Alabama, a B.A. from Grand View University, and an A.A. from Iowa Central Community College. Daniel was awarded the Community Vision Award for Challenging by the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute in 2019. In 2018, Daniel was named the Influencer of the Year at the Young Professionals Connection and Des Moines Register Young Professional of the Year Awards. In 2017, he completed the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute’s Community Leadership Program. Daniel received one of the Des Moines Business Record’s Forty Under 40 awards in 2015 and in 2012, he received the Karen Packer Spirit of Collaboration Award at the Iowa Cancer Summit.
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First Hand Tales of Daring U.S. Coast Guard Rescures
Jun 05, 2020
Nevada Smith grew up in many small towns throughout Illinois. After graduating from Southern Illinois University in 1990, he enlisted in the Coast Guard and was stationed onboard Cutter Scioto, a buoy tender in Keokuk, Iowa, from 1991 to 1993. He earned his “Wings of Gold” after graduating from Navy Flight School in 1995 and flew H-60 Jayhawk helicopters in Cape Cod, MA; Kodiak, AK; San Diego, CA; Elizabeth City, NC and Astoria, OR. He retired as a commander in 2015 and presently works at Tampa International Airport. He and his wife, Julieta, have two daughters, Catalina (18) and Vanessa (15).
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ISU Athletics & the Sports Media Profession
Jun 12, 2020
John Walters is the Director of Broadcasting for Cyclones.tv and the radio play-by-play voice of the Cyclones. John is entering his 18th season calling Cyclone football and men's basketball games on the Cyclone Radio Network. Prior to joining Iowa State full-time in 2012, John was the Sports Director at WOI-TV for 16 years. He also spent 13 years at KCCI-TV. John and his wife, Joni, are each graduates of Drake University. They live in Ankeny and have three daughters. |
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Mental Health and Self-Care During COVID-19
Jun 19, 2020
Each year Dr. Jennifer Ulie-Wells trains thousands of educators, young people, families, and community providers on a variety of school mental health (SMH) topics. In 2013, she founded Please Pass the Love Youth Mental Health Initiative which provides systemic training and support for thousands of educators, schools, and districts across the Midwest while hosting the only school mental health conference in the state. In 2019, she launched the Iowa School Mental Health Alliance, an active stakeholder group with hundreds of leaders. In 2018, she launched an online school mental health program in collaboration with Drake University. She actively engages in national school mental health capacities including the National School Mental Health State Summit with leaders of federal agencies such as SAMHSA, HHS, HRSA, DOE, DOJ, and the University of Maryland Center for School Mental Health. She is a member of SMH communities of practices and the national Family School Community Alliance with scholars from across the nation. She works for Drake University as an adjunct professor. Her research focuses on racial/cultural trauma, self-care, and creating sustainable school mental health systems. |
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Overview of District 6000
Jul 17, 2020
Lesley and I will visit with all 66 Rotary Clubs in our District either in person or via zoom in the first 4 months of this new Rotary Year. We want to welcome to our district, our newest club, the Rotary Club of Denison! We look forward to meeting all of the Rotarians in our great district and we will experience together how...
ROTARY OPENS OPPORTUNITIES!
Proud to be a Rotarian
Steve Dakin, District Governor 2020-21
steve@retiredfun.net C) 515-230-0036
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History Factory
Jul 24, 2020
BRUCE WEINDRUCH, History Factory’s founder and CEO, launched the field of heritage management over 40 years ago. His unique background, blending history and business, has given him the expertise to help major corporations, nonprofits and associations leverage their organizational heritage to benefit their bottom line. History Factory’s clients include Adobe, BlackRock, Brooks Brothers, Deloitte, Edward Jones, Goldman Sachs, New Balance, National Football League, Southwest, USAA, Verizon and Wrigley. Bruce is the author of Start with The Future and Work Back: A Heritage Management Manifesto (Hamilton Books), which describes how leading global organizations leverage their heritage assets to advance their business agendas. Bruce received his BA degree in American Civilization from Grinnell College and attended the George Washington University/Smithsonian Affiliation PhD. program. Prior to founding History Factory in 1979, he was a staff member at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. Bruce is a member of the Arthur W. Page Society, a member of the Board of Advisors of the Brand Heritage Institute, and a member of the Leadership Council of the Donald and Winifred Wilson Center for Innovation & Leadership at Grinnell College. |
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Drake University
Jul 31, 2020
John Smith was appointed Drake’s Vice President of Alumni and Development in December of 2006. In 2016 John’s title and responsibilities changed as Vice President for University Advancement overseeing Alumni, Development, University Communications, and Community Relations. Previously, John served Drake as the director of development, gift planning officer, associate director of alumni relations and an admission counselor. Beyond Drake, John was the Assistant Vice President / Director of Principal Gifts for Simpson College and; Smith entered the field of fundraising as the Director of Development for the Sigma Chi Foundation, Evanston, Illinois. John received his undergraduate degree from Drake in 1992 in Rhetoric/Speech Communications and his master’s degree from Drake University in 2000 in Integrated Marketing Communications. John is a member of the Boys and Girls Club Board of Directors, Drake Neighborhood Association Board, and the State of Iowa Workforce Development Board. Previously he has served as a member of the Greater Des Moines Partnership Executive Board; Chair, Greater Des Moines Partnership Workforce Development/Education Board; Past President of Des Moines AM Rotary Club, Past President of the Des Moines West Side Chamber, six year member of the Prairie Meadows Betterment Grants Committee, and five year member of Des Moines Bravo Board. He is a graduate of the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute and a member of the Des Moines Business Record Forty under 40 (2007). John has presented multiple times at CASE VI, Regional AFP and Planned Giving Associations and in February 2014 he participated in a panel discussion for ACE/AIEA Internationalization Collaborative. John is married to Drake alumna Mary Kay. They have two children, Jake and Emi. |
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The Legacy of Herbert Hoover
Aug 07, 2020
Allan Hoover III is the great grandson of Herbert Hoover. Allan grew up in Sacramento, California and received a BS in Civil Engineering from UC Berkeley in 1993. He is married to Michelle with three children (Mary - 16, Andrew – 13, and Thomas – 10). They have lived in many locations, including Chicago, Little Rock, and Omaha, and currently live in a suburb of Denver, CO. Allan worked for Kiewit Infrastructure for twenty years until 2016 on projects all across the country. Allan also serves on boards related to the Herbert Hoover legacy and has managed independent residential real estate investments since 2009. Allan also enjoys golf, surfing, and travelling; however, of the three activities, he is only skilled at travelling! |
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Iowa's Population in Global Perspective
Aug 14, 2020 7:00 AM
Mark Grey is professor of Anthropology at the University of Northern Iowa. He also serves as the Head of the UNI Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology. This month marks the beginning of Mark's 31st year on the UNI faculty. Dr. Grey also serves as an adjunct professor at the United States Army War College where he publishes analysis of global human migration and security. |
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An Update From Joni Ernst
Aug 21, 2020
Note: Senator Ernst will be joining us on Zoom Senator Joni Ernst has dedicated her life to her state and country, having served in the military for over 23 years and now in the United States Senate. In November 2014, Joni was elected as the first woman to serve in federal elected office from the State of Iowa and also became the first female combat veteran elected to serve in the United States Senate. In Washington, Joni serves on five Senate committees of major importance to Iowans: Armed Services; Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry; Environment and Public Works; Judiciary; and Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Joni is focused on growing a vibrant economy and ensuring the government runs effectively and efficiently which means cutting out-of-control spending, reducing taxes, eliminating harmful regulations and balancing the budget. Joni received her undergraduate degree from ISU where she joined the university’s ROTC program. After graduating, Joni joined the U.S. Army Reserves. In 2003, she served as a company commander in Kuwait and Iraq, leading 150 Iowa Army National Guardsmen during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Joni retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Iowa Army National Guard after 23 years of military service. Joni previously served as the Montgomery County Auditor where she worked to eliminate wasteful government spending and protect taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars. As a state senator, Joni fought to balance the state budget and helped turn Iowa’s $900 million budget deficit into a $1 billion surplus. In addition to her work to balance the budget, Joni worked tirelessly to grow jobs and the economy, cut taxes, improve education, and reduce the role of government in Iowans’ lives.
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