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SPEAKERS


This coming year, Mario Sa'Couto (227-4077) is the Speaker Chairman.
Members who have potential speakers should contact Mario Sa'Couto or Bill Balch.

2008 -2009

Date
Speaker
Affiliation or Interest & Topic
Sept 4 Father Charles Allen

“ The Jews and the Jesuits”

Sept 11 Tracy Sugarman

“Drawing Conclusions – An Artist Discovers His America"

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October 2  

 

October 9  

 

October 16  

 

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November 6  

 

November 13  

 

 

2007-2008

Date
Speaker
Affiliation or Interest & Topic
Sept 6 William Weinbaum

ESPN Producer, About Pat Tillman, The former NFL player killed in Afghanistan

Sept 13 Jodi Schoenburn Carter

Westport Playhouse Managing Director

“Bringing a Historic Theatre into the 21 st Century.” 

Sept 20 Steve Guggenheimer and Anthony Gleason

Managing Directors at Newberger Berman

“Viewing market conditions in uncertain times"

Sept 27 Gordon Joseloff

First Selectman - Westport

October 4 Gregg Dancho

Beardsley Zoo Director

"The Beardsley Zoo in the 21st Century"

October 11 Dr. Charles F. MacCormack

President of Save The Children

"World Outlook for Children"

October 18 Ackley, Fiore, Jacozzi and Wheeler

Emergency Preparedness

“Are You Ready?”

October 25 Diane Farrell

Director, Export-Import Bank

"The Ex-Im Bank"

November 1 Howard Lutnick

CEO - Cantor Fitzgerald

“A story of Loss and Renewal”

November 8 Mitchell Krauss

Former CBS Correspondent

“A Middle East Update.”

November 15 Gil Maurer

Former COO of the Hearst Corp.

“The Building of the New Hearst Tower .”

November 29 Tom Appleby

News 12 Anchor

“The challenges of news gathering and reporting in the local, national and global environments.”

December 6 Julie Belaga

Co-Chair of the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters

“Environmental Activism...A catastrophe or a catalyst?"

December
13
Holiday Party  
January 3 Andrew Banoff

President & CEO of the Jewish Home for the Elderly

"The Evolution of Senior Living – Why it Does Matter to You?"

January 10 Dan Woog

Westport Native and Prize-Winning Journalist

" Staples High School : 120 Years of A+ Education"

January 17 Frank Hall

The Senior Minister of the Unitarian Church, Westport

"Poetry by Heart"

January 24 Burt Fried

Chairman of LVI Services

“Environment Remediation & Demolition”

January 31 Bob Mankoff

Cartoon editor of The New Yorker

“The One Hour New Yorker Cartoon Course”

February 7 Dan Bock

Former CEO of Carquest

"Changes and challenges in the automotive industry"

February 14 Susan Granger

Syndicated movie/drama critic

“Susan Granger's Hollywood ” including her inside scoop on the upcoming Academy Awards.

February 21 Neil Hendrickson

Director with the Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories

The role that trees play in our environment and the associated threats arising from recent environmental changes.

February 28 Geoffrey Cole

President and CEO of Norwalk Hospital

"Norwalk Hospital 's New Initiatives”

March 6

Susan Basker and Thresa Roth

Overview of the work of Project Return, a Westport based organization.

March 13 Ned Lamont

2006 Senatorial candidate from Connecticut

He will speak on what he learned along the campaign trail and the major issues he sees confronting Connecticut today.

March 20 Leonard Everett Fisher

Well-known Westport Artist

“Creative Connections: My life as a brush”.

March 27 Christopher Shays

Fourth Distric Congressman

"Happenings in Washington"

April 3 Robert H. Patton

Author and Grandson of General George S. Patton

He will share stories and observations about his grandfather and tell us about his newest book, Patriot Pirates

April 10 Pradip M. Pathare, M.D.

Medical Director, Whittington Cancer Center and Chief of Radiation Oncology at Norwalk Hospital

“Prostate Cancer”

April 17

 

James McCreath

 

CEO of Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services

“The current status of mental health in our culture”

April 24

Michael Fedele

107th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut

"Developments in State Governmemt"

2006 - 2007

Date
Speaker
Affiliation or Interest & Topic
Sept 7 Jack Mitchell

Chairman and CEO, Mitchells/Richards/Marshs
"Hug Your Customers"

Sept 14 Jim Nantz

CBS Sports Broadcaster
"Heroes In Sports Today"

Sept 21 Eric Roitsch U.S. Army Special Forces - Iraq and Afghanistan
"The War on Terror"
Sept 28 Linda Froschauer

President National Science Teachers Association
"Searching for the next Sputnick"

Oct 5 John Krubski Futurist
Oct 12 Dr. Elliott Landon Supt. of Westport Schools
Oct 19 Jeff Benedict "The Mormon Way of Doing Business"
Oct 26 Tom Brundage Captain Thomas Brundage, USN (RET) Naval War College
Nov 2 Prof. Jonathon Pollack Chairman Asia/Pacific Studies - Naval War College
Nov 9 Thomas C. Grant Strategic Wealth Planning, MW Financial Group
Nov 16 Dr. David Levinson President, Norwalk Community College
Nov 30 Jack Cavanaugh Sports Journalist, "About Gene Tunney former Heavy Weight Boxing Champion"
Dec 7 Prof. Nicholas Bellantoni CT State Archeologist - Forensics
Jan 4 Helene Weir

CEO, Westport/Weston Family Y

Jan 11 Michael Hill IBM General Manager, Global Telecommunications Industry
Jan 18 Alan Nevas United States District Judge
"Judicial Activism: Is It Good Or Bad?”

Jan 25

David Gaynes Film Producer "Saving Hubble"
Feb 1 John M. Fabrizi Mayor of Bridgeport, CT
Feb 8 David Wiltse Westport Playwright In Residence
Feb 15 WWII Veteran Y's Men Describing their experiences in WWII
Feb 22 Susan Granger Film Critic
"Susan Granger's Hollywood"
Mar 1 Sen. Judi Freedman CT State Senator
Mar 8 Robert Kueppers Deputy CEO, Deloitte & Touche USA
Mar 15 Richard J. Harrington CEO - The Thomson Corporation
Mar 22 David Pogue Technology Writer for the New York Times
Mar 29 Dr. Bruce Shields Past Chair of Yale Dept. of Ophthalmalogy and Visual Science
"Through the Eye of the Artist"
Apr 5 Sen. John McKinney State Senator
Apr 12 Jennifer Foster Soprano
“Y's Men Choice”
Apr 19 Chris Crowley Author "Younger Next Year"
Apr 26 Frank DeFord Sports columnist, author "The Entitled"
May 3 Capt. Drew Bisset "The Navy SEAL Recruiting & Mentoring Program"
May 10 Gordon Joseloff & Woody Bliss Westport and Weston First Selectmen
May 17 Alan Murray Wall Street Journal Asst. Managing Editor
May 24 Annual Picnic  

2005 - 2006

Date
Speaker
Affiliation or Interest & Topic
Sept 8 Steven Parrish Sr. VP Corporate Affairs, Altria Group. Talk Title: "Altria Group Inc.:"From Lightning Rod to Peacemaker"
Sept 15 Jim Nantz CBS Sports Broadcaster
"Sports in our Society Today"
Sept 22 Paul Bucha Paul Bucha & Company & Congresssional Medal of Honor Winner. Talk Title: "American Leadership in Iraq and Afghanistan Today:  Lessons Learned."
Sept 29 Dr. Lynne Pierson, Ed.D Weston Supt. of Schools
"Letters to the Superintendent:  An Inside View."
Oct 6 Stuart M. Gibson Assistant to Director, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
"The Survival of Culture in the Former Soviet Imperium: A Decade of Change. A Decade of Challenge"
Oct 13 Father Charles H. Allen, S.J. "The Modern Papacy"
Oct 20 Ken Bernhard, Dan Kail and Larry Weissman Counselors, Hole In The Wall Gang
"Hole In The Wall Gang Camp:  Life With The Kids"
Oct 27 Jeff Benedict Attorney, "Forensics in History and Casinos in Connecticut: Two Detective Stories."
Nov 3 Fred O'Regan CEO of the International Fund for Animal Welfare out of Hyannis, MA
"Working on the wild side: A report from the front"
Nov 10 Rev. Jeffrey von Arx, S.J. President of Fairfield University
"Students Today: A College President's Perspective"
Nov 17 Geoffrey Cole CEO of Norwalk Hospital
"Innovative Approaches to Quality Care: The Patient Comes First."
Dec 1 Lt. Col. Graham Buschor 101st Squadron Commander, 106th Rescue Wing, Westhampton Beach, L.I. "Surviving The Perfect Storm"
Dec 8 Justice Joette Katz Connecticut Supreme Court, Hartford  "The Judicial Process:
A View From The Bench."
Jan 5 Robert Farr Attorney, Connecticut State Senate Judiciary Committee "TECHNOLOGY IN GOVERMENT, REFORMING CRIMINAL JUSTICE: TWO EMERGING ISSUES IN CONNECTICUT"
Jan 12 Joseph Califano Chairman and President of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Former Secretary of HEW
"Inside:  A Public and Private Life."
Jan 19 Dr. Stephen Winter Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Norwalk
Hospital "Modern Refugee Medicine:  Looking for Camels in South Darfur."
Jan 26 Laszlo Birinyi President, Birinyi Associates
"Market Outlook for 2006"
Feb 2 Theresa Lantz Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Corrections. 
"A New Day in Corrections: Three Years Later" 
Feb 9 Neil Hardy Medical Illustrator and Associate Professor of Johns Hopkins University Medical School
"The Art of Medicine"  
Feb 16 Maxine Bleiweis Director, Westport Library
"New Directions for Libraries"
Feb 23 Rabbi Robert Orkand

Senior Rabbi, Temple Israel, Westport, CT
""Religion in American Life"

Mar 2 Eckart Preu Musical Director, Stamford Symphony
"THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF THE 21st CENTURY"
Mar 9 Gina McCarthy

Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
"The Environmental Challenges We Face"

Mar 16 Carl Lindahl

Executive Producer of the History Channel
"The History Channel: Business, Art and Responsibility"  

Mar 23 Christopher Shays

Congressman
"Washington Update"

Mar 30 Morgan Kaolian

Aviator, Aerial Photographer and Journalist
"High Level Work:  Aviation and Aerial Photography"

Apr 6 Terry Eldh Soprano (will perform a varied program)
Apr 13 Charles W. Shivery

CEO, Northeast Utilities
"Connecticut needs a comprehensive energy policy."

Apr 20 Gordon Joseloff, Woody Bliss

First Selectmen Westport and Weston
TOPIC:  ANNUAL UPDATE ON TWO TOWNS

Apr 27 Richard Blumenthal

Attorney General
"Increasing role and responsibilities of State Attorneys General"

May 4 Michael Funck

Former CEO U.S. Trust, Connecticut Region
"Affluenza: Attitudes in the Affluent Market"

May 11 Joe Meyers

Film Critic for Connecticut Post
"Oscar Fallout And What's New At The Movies"

May 18 William Caffery

Chief Information Officer
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction

May 25 Annual Picnic  

2005 Through May

Date
Speaker
Affiliation or Interest
Jan. 6
David Hollender Pianist
Jan. 13 Leonard Boyle Commission Department Public Safety
Jan. 20 Kevin Sullivan Lt. Governor
Jan. 27 Stephen Fahey President & CEO of Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services
Feb. 3 Captain Sullivan Commanding Officer the US Naval Sub Base in Groton
Feb. 10 Daryl Hawk Documentary Photographer
Feb. 17 Peter Hyde Nuclear Safety and Licensing at Millstone Power Station.
"Nuclear Power: A Bright Future"
Feb. 24 James Canton and John McNeil "Hole In The Wall Gang" Camp
Mar. 3 Stuart Robinson FBI - Supervisory Special Agent
Mar. 10 Sumner Glimcher Making of a Documentary
Mar. 17 Professor Abbott Fairfield University, Irish History
Mar. 24 Mark W. Goldenberg, D.C. Defending our Memory
Mar. 31 U.S. Congressman
Christopher Shays
"WASHINGTON UPDATE"
Apr. 7 Karleen Lombard Make-A-Wish Foundation
Apr. 14 Rudolf von Bernuth VP Save The Children
Apr. 21 Robert Selverstone, Ph.D. "VALUES; WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR AND WHAT WON'T YOU STAND FOR?"
Apr. 28 Richard Foot Executive Director & CEO - YMCA
YMCA - Imagine The Possibilities
May 5 Dr. William Rosenau International Terrorism
May 12 Jennifer Herring Director of Norwalk Maritime Center 
May 19 Diane Farrell and Woody Bliss Westport and Weston First Selectmen

2004

Gordon Joseloff - December 2, 2004

Anne Keefe - December 9, 2004

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