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Mar. 28, 2024 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Duncan F. Klussmann served as the Superintendent of Schools in Spring Branch Independent School District (SBISD) from December of 2004 until June 30, 2015. On July 1, 2015 he assumed the title of Superintendent Emeritus. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Klussmann served as an interim superintendent and area superintendent for SBISD. His vast experience includes periods as a school principal and assistant principal, as well as a classroom teacher.
Taylor Landin is Executive Vice President and Chief Policy Officer at the Greater Houston Partnership. The Greater Houston Partnership is the principal business organization serving the greater Houston region, with over 900 member companies that together employ about a fifth of all metro Houston workers. The mission of the Partnership is to make the Houston region a great place to live, work, and build a business. At the Partnership, Taylor leads a team of public policy and advocacy professionals who work to advance the Houston business community’s policy priorities at the federal, state and local levels. This is Taylor’s second stint with the organization where he was previously Vice President of Public Policy for three years before joining AT&T as Regional Vice President for External Affairs where he was responsible for stakeholder relations and advocacy throughout Southeast Texas. Taylor began his career working on campaigns and for elected officials. These positions included two presidential campaigns, the Office of Legislative Affairs in the White House and staff for two members of Congress from Texas. |
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Mar. 30, 2024 2:00 p.m.
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Apr. 04, 2024 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Peter Bhatia, a multiple Pulitzer Prize-winning editor who has spearheaded meaningful journalism and digital advances at numerous news sites across the country, is chief executive officer of Houston Landing, a non-profit, non-partisan, no-paywall local news site that launched in spring of 2023. Previously, he was editor and vice president at the Detroit Free Press from 2017-2023, and served as a regional editor for Gannett, supervising newsrooms in Michigan and Ohio. He was named the Benjamin C Bradlee editor of the year in 2021 by the National Press Foundation. He was honored as Gannett’s employee of the year in 2022. He won the 2018 Robert McGruder Diversity Award, presented by Kent State University for commitment and service to the profession. Prior to Detroit, he served two years as editor and vice president of audience engagement at the Cincinnati Enquirer, where he led the paper to its first-ever news Pulitzer Prize, for a project that documented the impact of opioid addiction on the Cincinnati area. Bhatia came to Cincinnati from Arizona State's Cronkite School of Journalism. He joined the university in June 2014 as a visiting professor in journalism ethics after a 21-year career at The Oregonian in Portland, where he was editor. His resume includes helping lead newsrooms that won 10 Pulitzer Prizes, including six in Portland. He is a seven-time Pulitzer juror. He is the first journalist of South Asian heritage to lead a major daily newspaper in the U.S., running The Oregonian from 2010 to 2014. He served as president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors in 2003-04. Bhatia was executive editor of The Fresno Bee, managing editor of The Sacramento Bee, editor of the York (Pennsylvania) Dispatch and Sunday News, managing editor of the Dallas Times Herald, deputy managing editor of the San Francisco Examiner and a reporter and editor at The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington. He is a leader in journalism education, having served 13 years as president of the national organization that accredits college schools of journalism and mass communication. He has led or served on more than 25 Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications accrediting teams in the U.S., Middle East and New Zealand. He was honored with the Gerald M. Sass award for service to journalism education in 2022. He is a 1975 graduate of Stanford University with a B.A. in history and communications. Peter and his wife, Liz Dahl, have two grown children who live in Spokane and Los Angeles, and two grandchildren. |
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Apr. 05, 2024 8:00 a.m. - Apr. 07, 2024 5:00 p.m.
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Apr. 10, 2024 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
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Apr. 11, 2024 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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Apr. 13, 2024 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Dear Rotary Club of Houston Members, Thank you for your unwavering commitment to partnering with us on our Pathways to End Hunger initiative. Together, we are creating immediate and long-term solutions to combat hunger by Nourishing Lives, Empowering Communities, Responding to Emergencies, and Growing the Movement! We are excited to extend a special invitation to you and your families to join us for a meaningful event: a Meal Packaging Experience with the Rotary Club of Houston, as we work together in the movement to end hunger. Event Details: Date: April 13, 2024 Time: 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Location: Rise Against Hunger - Houston Warehouse 8901 Jameel Rd, Ste. 130 Houston, TX 77040 Register: http://events.riseagainsthunger.org/rotaryclubhouston2024
By participating, you will have the opportunity to make a tangible difference in the lives of those struggling with hunger. With your help, we can package more than 10,152 meals, providing nourishment and hope to individuals and families in need. Registration: Please register for the event here to secure your spot: http://events.riseagainsthunger.org/rotaryclubhouston2024 This event is not only a chance to give back to our community but also an excellent opportunity to involve your family and children (ages 4+) in the spirit of service and compassion. To learn more about Rise Against Hunger and the impact of our work, please watch this video. https://youtu.be/TI9LOljt1RU Together, let's take a stand against hunger and make a lasting difference in the lives of others. We look forward to seeing you there! Warm regards, |
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Apr. 15, 2024 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
ROTARY MEANS BUSINESS THROUGH SERVICE
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Apr. 15, 2024 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. UTC-05:00
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Apr. 18, 2024 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Baker Institute Director: Ambassador David M. Satterfield (David Satterfield was appointed the Special Envoy for Middle East Humanitarian issues on October 15, 2023. We are excited he will join us during his busy travel schedule) The Honorable David M. Satterfield is the director of Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. He has more than four decades of diplomatic and leadership experience, including service as special envoy for the Horn of Africa, assistant secretary of state, National Security Council staff director and as ambassador to Lebanon and Turkey and charge d’affaires in Iraq and Egypt. Satterfield’s extensive bilateral and multinational negotiating background most notably includes the 1995 Roadmap for Israel-Palestinian Peace (with the United Nations), the 2000 withdrawal of the Israel Defense Forces from Lebanon and Blue Line boundary agreement (with the United Nations), and the 2008 Status of Forces Agreement between the U.S. and Iraq. As the State Department’s coordinator for Iraq, he managed the largest domestic staff in the department’s history and directed fundamental reforms to the Foreign Service. As director general of the Multinational Force and Observers, Satterfield conceived and directed the comprehensive modernization of military and civilian peacekeeping operations and led fundraising efforts with the U.S. Congress and donor governments. Among other honors, Satterfield is the recipient of the highest Department of State recognition, the Secretary of State Distinguished Service Award, and the highest award for senior federal executives, the Office of Personnel Management Distinguished Federal Executive Rank Award. Satterfield is a graduate of the University of Maryland and speaks Arabic, French and Italian. He is married to Elizabeth Ann Fritschle, a career Foreign Service officer. |
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Apr. 25, 2024 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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May 09, 2024 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Terry R. Lord A 50-year member of the State Bar of Texas, Terry received his undergraduate degree (BA-History) from Southern Methodist University and his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law. A Vietnam veteran, he obtained a commission as a Second Lieutenant upon graduation from the Infantry Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia and served three years in the US Army. After his military duty, Terry began a long career in criminal prosecution at the city, county and federal level. For almost thirty years, he served in the US Department of Justice Criminal Division as a frontline organized crime prosecutor in Chicago, Los Angeles and Las Vegas; as a section supervisor of national criminal initiatives involving customs and immigration fraud, large scale industrial health and safety violations and major corruption violations by individuals in the private sector. For six years, he was the Chief of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section directing the investigation and prosecution of online child pornography and the sexual exploitation of children on a nationwide basis. His duties included being a member of the Interpol Crimes Against Children committee; he promoted new and innovative legislation on child exploitation in countries throughout the world and assisted in training investigators and prosecutors about law enforcement and legal developments in the area of child exploitation. It was honor for Terry to be selected as the Resident Legal Advisor in Romania where he worked with the Ministry of Justice and Prosecutor General to establish new programs to combat organized crime, corruption and transnational human trafficking. Terry’s experience and knowledge brings passion and innovation to the mission of promoting the Rule of Law and criminal justice reform. His career in public service is a tremendous benefit to our efforts to give the best law enforcement system to our communities. |
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May 20, 2024 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. UTC-05:00
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Jun. 17, 2024 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. UTC-05:00
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Jun. 20, 2024 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
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Aug. 19, 2024 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. UTC-05:00
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Sep. 16, 2024 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. UTC-05:00
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