SPEAKERS

This coming year, Gus Porter (226-7136) is the Speaker Chairman.
Members who have potential speakers should contact Gus Porter or Mario Sa'Couto

2010-2011

Date

Speaker

Affiliation or Interest & Topic

Sept 9

Ron De Feo

CEO

Terex Corp.

2009-2010

Date	Speaker	Affiliation or Interest & Topic
Sept 10	David Pogue	N. Y Times Journalist Technology
Sept 17	Eric Petersen	Attorney Expert on Thomas Jeferson
Sept 24	Rob Simmons	Connecticut Senatorial Candidate
Oct. 1	Larry Gould	Professor of Physics University of Hartford “A Convenient Falsehood: Myths, Methods, and Consequences of the Global Warming Hoax.”
Oct. 8	Joseph Marie	Connecticut Commissioner, Department of Transportation Public Transportation in the State of Connecticut, current and future
Oct. 15	Dacia Toll	CO-CEO, Achievement First Charter Schools "Connecticut 's achievement gap and the work of the Achievement First network"
Oct. 22	Robert A.Levine, M.D.	“A Doctor's Perspective On Health Care Reform.”
Oct 29	Marshall N. Carter	Charman of the New York Stock Exchange Group "The economy: what went wrong, and what we should do about it."
Nov. 5	Dr Daniel Salchow and Dr. Miguel Materin	Dr. Salchow is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and is the Director of Pediatric Ophthalomology Yale University
Nov. 12	David P. Schmidt	Professor David P. Schmidt, Dolan School of Business, Fairfield University "Business Ethics"
Nov. 19	Joan Benny	Jack Benny's daughter “Sunday Nights at Seven, Life With Jack Benny, Growing up in Hollywood.”
Dec. 3	Dr. Dad Downie	Director of Environmental Studies, Fairfield University "Global Warming"
Dec. 10	Professor Angus Ross	U.S. Naval War College “The Importance of Military Aviation”
Dec. 17		Holiday Party
Dec. 24		No Meeting
Jan. 7	Mary Manard	Ms. Maynard will talk about her experiences being trapped with her family in the Philippines following the Japanese invasion.
Jan. 14	John Dodig	Principal Staples High School “What a Twenty-First Century High School Looks Like”
Jan. 21	Chase T. Rogers	Chief Jutice of The Connecticut Supreme Court “Recent Enhancements To The Connecticut Court System To Better Serve The Public”
Jan. 28	Dr. Heidi Hammel	Astronomer “Telescopes in Space”
Feb. 4	Joaquin “Jack” Garcia	FBI Undercover Agent "experiences as an undercover FBI agent who penetrated the Gambino crime family"
Feb. 11	Alex Johnson	Chief Executive Officer of ConnCan "education in Connecticut and the efforts undertaken by ConnCAN to improve it"
Feb. 18	Dr. Arthur Ashman	Dentist, Clinical Professor and Y's Men member "NEW TRENDS AND TECHNIQUES IN DENTAL MEDICINE or everything you wanted to know, but couldn't ask with your mouth open."
Feb. 25	Bob Seelert	Author of "Start with the Answer" “Leading in Tough Times.”
March 4	Susan Granger	Internationally known movie and drama critic “Susan Granger's Hollywood ”
March 11	Governor Jodi Rell	Governor of Connecticut "customized State of the State"
March 18	Richard Blumenthal	Conecticut Attorney General and announced Senatorial Candidate "the current issues facing the state and an update on the activities of his office"
March 25	Patrick Falciano	Nuclear Power industry expert and founder or Nuclear Renaissance Services
April 1	Jim Himes	Congressman from Connecticut's 4th District "Washington matters of interest to Westport"
April 8	Dr. Anthony Cernera	President of Sacred Heart University
April 15	Howland Blackiston	Author and Backyard Beekeeper "Beekeepinfg for Dummies"
April 22	Dr. Katrina Firlik	Brain Surgeon, Entrepreneur, and Writer
April 29	Frank Anderson	President of Middle East Policy Council "A Contrarian view on how we can protect U.S. interests in the Middle East."

2008 -2009

Date	Speaker	Affiliation or Interest & Topic
Sept 4	Father Charles Allen	Assistant to the President, Fairfield University “ The Jews and the Jesuits”
Sept 11	Tracy Sugarman	Artist and Author “Drawing Conclusions – An Artist Discovers His America"
Sept 18	David Neeleman	Chairman, Azul Linhas Aereas Brazileiras
Sept 25	Laszlo Birinyl	President of Birinyi Associates, Noted Financial Expert "Unfolding global financial crisis"
October 2	Alan Nevas	Federal Judge “ A Westport Crime Story ”
October 9	Stew Leonard, Jr.	President and CEO, Stu Leonards “Maintaining an Entrepreneurial Spirit”
October 16	Richard Fatherly	Voice over Announcer/Narrator “Radio's Revolution”.
October 23	J. David Nelson	Chief Operating Officer The National Association for Teasching Entrepreneurship
October 30	John Krubski	Futurist "the forces that shape the social, commercial, and political decisions in America."
November 6	Carl Lindahl	Exec. Producer, History Channel "HISTORY ON HISTORY, current and future programs on the History Channel."
November 13	Ray Leoni	Retired Senior Vice President Engineering, Sikorski "The developement of the Black Hawk Helicopter"
November 20	Susan Bysiewicz	Secretary of State, Connecticut "the way the elections have gone, new voting technology and related subjects"
December 4	Jack Cavanaugh	Author "Giants Among Men"
December 11	Holiday Party	Continental Manor
January 8	John Savage	Historian, Rochambeau in Connecticut
January 15	Bradley Boyer	General Mgr., Macro Trading Two Sigma Investments, LLC
January 22	Ben Marsan	Vascular Surgeon Peripheral Arterial Diseases
January 29	Jeff Benedict	Author Little Pink House (eminent domain story)
February 5	Gina McCarthy	Commissioner Connecticut Dept of Environment Protection Update on Connecticut Environmental Programs
February 12	Ramona Carlow	President, ATT Connecticut Current State of Telecommunications in Connecticut
February 19	Paul Epstein	Naturopathic Physician “ Mind-Body Integrative Medicine, Seeing with New Eyes… The Self Healing Journey.”
February 26	Richard Franzis	Assistant Principal Staples High School "Recent mobilization to Iraq as Intelligence Officer"
March 5	Joseph Consentino	TV Producer and Director " The making of successful documentaries"
March 12	Joette Katz	Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court " The current status of the Connecticut Judiciary"
March 19	Karl E. Meyer	Author of “Kingmakers” "Inventing Iraq, Inventing Iran: The Past That Haunts Washington."
March 26	Howard Fillitt, MD	Alzheimer Researcher "The business of curing Alzheimer's Disease"
April 2	Theresa Lantz	Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Corrections “The Department of Correction Six Years Later”
April 9	Richard J. Norton	Professor of National Security Affairs, U.S. Naval War College "An angry pas de deux: U.S.-Venezuelan relations: 2009”
April 16	Jim Himes	Congressman, Representative from Connecticut 's 4 th District "matters of interest in Washington"
April 23	Toni Boucher	State Senator Toni Boucher, Representative from the 26 th Senatorial District “Current state of the Connecticut budget process and how it affects you”
April 30	Mike Hill	VP, IBM "The future of large-scale computing"
May 7	Gordon Joseloff Woody Bliss	1st Selectman "A Westport and Weston Update"
May 14	Matt Davies	Political Cartoonist
May 21	Annual Meeting/Picnic

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