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.
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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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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” |
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CEO of Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services “The current status of mental health in our culture” |
| April 24 | 107th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut "Developments in State Governmemt" |
Date |
Speaker |
Affiliation or Interest & Topic |
Sept 7 | Jack Mitchell | Chairman and CEO, Mitchells/Richards/Marshs |
| Sept 14 | Jim Nantz | CBS Sports Broadcaster |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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
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| 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 |
| Mar 16 | Carl Lindahl | Executive Producer of the History Channel |
| Mar 23 | Christopher Shays | Congressman |
| Mar 30 | Morgan Kaolian | Aviator, Aerial Photographer and Journalist |
| Apr 6 | Terry Eldh | Soprano (will perform a varied program) |
| Apr 13 | Charles W. Shivery | CEO, Northeast Utilities |
| Apr 20 | Gordon Joseloff, Woody Bliss | First Selectmen Westport and Weston |
| Apr 27 | Richard Blumenthal | Attorney General |
| May 4 | Michael Funck | Former CEO U.S. Trust, Connecticut Region |
| May 11 | Joe Meyers | Film Critic for Connecticut Post |
| May 18 | William Caffery | Chief Information Officer
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| May 25 | Annual Picnic |
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 |
