Each week, we welcome a guest to join us for our club meeting. These speakers present on a variety of topics from community organizations and service projects, local history, and events.
Is there something you’d love to share with our club? Click here to submit a speaker suggestion form.
Past Speakers
2021
- Jennifer Schwartzenberg – Kitty Hawk Rotary Club
- Molly Kunkel – Centre Foundation
- Sarah Wylie – Experience as a Rotary Youth Exchange Student
- David Klementik – Naval Aviation (Outgoing President Evening Rotary Club)
- Heidi Beaver – Singing Onstage
- Leanne Lenz – Health and Empowerment
- Morgan Wasikonis and Pete Kurtz-Glovas – Housing Transitions and Centre County Office of Adult Services
- Scott Walker and Joe Putnam – State College Spikes
- Maude “Pix” Tarbox and Stephen “Chowder” Feraco – Camp Kessem Central PA
- Bridget Flickinger, MD – Centre Emergency Medical Associates
- Karen Armstrong – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Ken Hull – Access Fund
- Elaine Meder-Wilgus – Finding Ways to Serve the Happy Valley Community during the Pandemic (Webster’s Bookstore Cafe)
- Evelyn Wald and Caryn Blanchard – Center for Alternatives in Community Justice and Centre County Community Conferencing
- Marisa Vicere – Jana Marie Foundation and the Stompers Project
- Beth Shaha – Stepping Towards the Way of Integrity
- Tyler Gum – Pennsylvania Military Museum
- Cynthia Reese – Rotary Club of San Ignacio, Belize
- Harland Patch – Pollinators
- Bonnie Goble – The Rivet
- TBD – Blue Brick Theatre and Happy Valley Improv
- TBD – Juniata Valley Council Boy Scouts
- TBD – Rhonymeade
- Jennifer Shuey – Centre County Farmland Trust
- TBD – Palmer Museum of Art
- Terry Watson – Strategies for Justice
- Dana Orsini – District Governor
- Andrea Murrell – Clearwater Conservancy
- Frank Harchak – Privy Digging
- TBD – Penn State Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity
- Arlene Brown – Urukundo School – Rwanda
- Ford Risley – Encyclopedia of Centre County History & Culture
2020
- Leanne Lenz – Centre Helps
- Robin Cain – Centre County Foster Parent Program
- Shannon Quick and Tammy Harrington – Centre for Community Resources
- Evan Manna – Undergraduate President Evans Scholars House
- Josh Nelson – Applied Health and Performance Science
- Doug Meyer – Nittany Performing Arts Centre
- Maude Tarbox and Cheyenne Johnson – Camp Kesem
- Ciara Halloran – Social Butterfly Installation and partnership with the Butterfly Effect
- Marisa Vicere – Jana Marie Foundation
- Tim Simpson – MASC (Manufacturing and Sterilization for COVID-19) COVID-19 response at Penn State
- Lisa Bahr – Centre County PAWS
- Frank Savino – Central PA 4thFest
- Benjamin Fehl – Crooked House Project
- Karen Weiss – Dream Big Coaching, LLC
- Tom Clouser – Clouser Farm Enterprises – Process of supplying grain to Big Spring Spirits
- Brian Allen – Black Lives Matter
- Melanie Miller-Foster – Global Connections
- Cathi Alloway – Schlow Centre Region Library‘s Pandemic Response
- Dina Liberatore – AAUW Book Sale
- Dr. Dennis Scanlon – Center for Health Care and Policy Research
- Rob Schmitt – Downtown Improvement District
- Rodney Sepich – Coronavirus Update
- Joseph Milek – University Police
- Irvin Wright – District Governor
- Kathy Krinks – Rotary Youth Exchange
- Lindsey Whisel Fenton – WPSU’s Speaking Grief Initiative
- Thomas Range and Lew Lazarow – Penn State and the History of Blue Band
- Michelle Dimidio – Alliance for G.O.O.D.
- Dr. Ashley Waters – Rotary Club of Carroll Creek
- Zach Barton – Leadership Centre County
- Leza Ailsworth Fuller – Rotary Club of Gainesville
2019
- Devin Mathias – Fundraising
- Tamar London – LGBTQA
- Debbie Lower – Park Forest Preschool
- Tyler Smith – Basketball and Called for Traveling book
- Dee Bagshar – the Bee Lady
- Jennifer Karch – AAUW Book Sale
- Danny Shaha – Penn State Student Affairs
- Faith Ryan – Centre County Adult Services
- Ed LeClear – State College Borough Planning
- Morgan Wasikonis – Housing Transitions
- Andy Haines – Gatesburg Road Development
- Jr. Womens Club – Elves Gift Shop
- Jeffrey Coup – Rotary Foundation and Polio Plus
- Rick Bryant – Draw the Line
- Katie Schumacher-Cawley – PSU Volleyball
- Jenny Miller – The Little Lion Fund
- Fritz Smith – Visit Penn State
- Kristen Miller – Rotary Youth Exchange Experience
- Ann Sepich – Rotary Youth Exchange Experience
- Renee Gerringer – Ronald McDonald House – Danville
- Megan Roberts – Friends of Golden Pond
- April Staab – RYLA
- Lorenz Kruse – Rotary Youth Exchange Student from Germany
- David Woodward – State College Spikes Baseball
- Kaden Litzenger – Rotary Youth Exchange Student from Argentina
- Jennifer Heltzel – Farming
- Swan Stall – District Governor
- Laurence Mroz – Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra
- Dennis Calvin – Spotted Lanternfly
- Evelyn Wald – The Center for Alternatives in Community Justice
- Meghan Doebler – Jr. Woman’s Club of State College Elves Gift Shop
- Travis Lesser – Appalachian Food Works
2018
- Jeff Kampersal – Lady Lions Hockey Coach
- Scott Mitchell – YMCA
- Tyler Gum – Pennsylvania Military Museum
- Shawn Kauffman – Centre Regional EMS
- Carol Lloyd – Visiting Rotary Clubs
- Betsy Boyer – Centre Crest Auxiliary
- Tammy Genzel – CCUW Raising Readers
- Robert Verik – Trout Unlimited
- Chris Keiver – Penn State Choir
- Susan Venegoni – State College Community Land Trust
- Joe Battista – Pragmatic Passion
- Debbie Trudeau – Fair Districts PA – Centre County
- TBD – Centre Foundation
- Mary Wombacker – Discovery Space
- TBD – Centre Volunteers in Medicine
- Vicki Fong – Constitution Day
- Sarah Williamson – CCWRC
- Dan Trew – Clearwater Convervancy
- Trish Shallenberger – A Soldier’s Hand
- Windy Vinhage – Interfaith – Over the Edge
- Joy Zhu – Rotary Youth Exchange Experience
- Melissa Kauffman – Millbrook Marsh
- Rob Schmidt – Downtown Improvement District
- Spud Marshall – The Co. Space
- Kendra and David Taylor – K2 Roots
- Tori Wilt – Pink Sisters in Christ
- Shelley Ishler – Post Baccalaureate Education in School District
- Eric Barron – Penn State
- Sheryl Leaman and Susan Romanini – Common Food Centre County
- Melinda Stearns and Barry Bram – Center for the Performing Arts
- Tammy Miller – Auction for World Polio Day
- Kieran T. Holland – Ten Thousand Villages
- Carolyn Donaldson – WPSU
- Rick Bryant – First Night State College
2017
- Pam Strouse – Discovery Space
- Tom Zilla – CCMPO Transportation Planning
- Carol Falke – Urukundo Foundation
- Ken Martin – American Philatelic Society
- Susan Kroeker – Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra
- Paul Moser – PSU Steam Services
- Carol Eicher – Community Diversity Group
- Michael Hermann – Purple Lizard Maps
- Kevin Abby – Clearwater Conservancy
- Susan Sampsell – Janis’s Angels
- Cindy Pasquienelli – Strawberry Fields
- Catherine Arbogast – Centre County Drug and Alcohol
- Erica Vezza and Wes Chicko – Home Instead
- Scott Rawson – What Happens When you Call an Ambulance
- Jason Tartalone – Active Shooter Response
- Marisa Vicere – Jana Marie Foundation
- Rachel Fawcet – Centre County Housing and Land Trust
- Joe Widenburg and Jim Prowant – Ten Thousand Villages
- Tom King – State College Borough
- Judge Pamela Ruest
- Sarah Anderson – OLLI
- Charima Young – Penn State Government Relations
- TBD – Mt. Nittany Hospital
- Brian Kenney – The Barn at Lamont
- Mike Hornby- District Governor
- Amy Cotner – PSU Office of Sexual Misconduct and Prevention
- Anna Barone – PSU Student Care and Advocacy
- Kenneth Feldmann – PSU Office of Student Conduct
- Matt Freeman – PSU Twirler
- Lori Fischer – Bellefonte Art Museum
- Jessica Kim-Schmidt – Office of Science Outreach – Eberly College of Science
- Dr. Michael Walker – Quantum Fuzz
- Andrea Fischer – Centre County Youth Services Bureau
- Chief John Gardner – State College Police
- Alexa & Payton – Camp Kesem
- Justine Andronici – Puerto Rico Recovery NOW
- Brad Fey – Becoming a FAA Certified Drone Pilot
2016
- Cindy Kolarik – The Jared Box Project
- James Einstein – Friends and Family Co-Op
- Ann Walker – Child Care Information Services
- Erik Fetter – AIDS Resource
- Judge Thomas King Kistler
- Ali Turley – Youth Services Bureau Survey Data
- Angela Niazmand and Hamza Koudri – Humphrey Fellowship Program
- Marc McCann – Global Connections
- Pam Soule – Out of the Cold
- Al Matyasovsky – Veteran’s Education and Advancement Fund (VEAF)
- Katie Tenny – Stand for State
- Andy Reisinger – Teener League Baseball
- Blake Burdette – Penn State Rugby
- Mike Stauss – PSU East Halls Renovation Project
- Ed LeClear – Planning and Community Development
- Raymond Najjar, Jr – Professor of Oceanography
- Jessie Pierce and Jeremy Swarm – FoodCentres Project
- Jennifer Stahl and Morgan Wasikonis – Housing Transitions
- Officer Kelly Aston – Centre County Drug Enforcement and Camp Cadet
- Ephraim Govere – PSU Soil Research
- Joaquin Elios – Rotary Youth Exchange Student from Brazil
- Cathi Alloway – Schlow Library Community Survey
- Angie Williams – Dyslexia Reading Center of Central PA
- Maeredith Thompson – MNMC Volunteers
- Brad Fey – Fest Zero
- Jeannie Drago – Rotary Youth Exchange Experience
- Prof. Shoba Wadhia – Penn State Law Clinic
- Beth Shaha – 2016 Buddy Walk
- Susan Venergoni – State College Community Land Trust
- Nicole Webster – United Nations Association of Centre County
- Bella Bregar – ACRES Project
- District Governor Visit
- Mark Higgins – County Commissioner
- Rick Tetzlaff – Leadership Centre County
- Tammy Gentzel – Centre County United Way
- Peggy Lindsey – Chaplain at Mount Nittany Medical Center
- Jennifer Shuey – Centre County Farmland Trust
- Shamokin Joe – PSU Rotaract
- Mel Curliss – YMCA School Backpack Program
- Mike Hendrickson – Blue White TV
- Angie Redmond – Be Well Associates
- Hugh Mose – Driving for Uber
- Andy Moir – United Against Heroin Addiction
2015
- Mark Whitfield – Rotary Youth Exchange
- Rachel Fawcett – Centre County Land Trust
- Jackie Esposito – University Archives
- Betsy Howell – Central PA Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Deb Latta – Center for Performing Arts
- Shawn Kauffman – Regional Fire Protection
- Tom Snyder – SC Police Youth Programs
- The Nittany Lion
- Morgan Wasikonis – Housing Transitions
- Barnara Geist – Park Forest Preschool
- Ellen Campbell and Lynn Rogers – “Scraps and Skeins”
- Marie Doll – Art Alliance of Central PA
- Celeste Newcomb – GSE Trip to Denmark
- Ted Onufrak – CCRRA’s plans for a CNG Station
- Bill and Janet Haner – Meals on Wheels
- Amber Concepcion – State College School Board
- Phil Esten – Penn State Athletics
- Col Steve Drago (USAF) – Military to Medic
- Joe Putnam – Voice of State College Spikes
- Pinky and Girls – State College Roller Derby
- Ashton Munez – Hearts for the Homeless
- Dave Saxe – Nittany Theater at the Boal Barn
- Bob Oberhein – Ag Progress Days
- Marisa Vicere – Jana Marie Foundation
- Sue Patterson & Pam Fuller – Bridge of Hope Centre County
- Diane and John Bittikofer and Max – Canine Companions
- Christa Hosterman – Book Benches of Centre County
- Jeannie Drago – Rotary Youth Exchange Experience
- Beth Shaha – Center County United Way Day of Caring
- Aileen Galley – Mount Nittany Cancer Center Prevention and Screening
- Tere Rill – 100+ Women Who Care
- Joaquin – Rotary Youth Exchange Experience
- Steve Watson – PSU Planner
- Joyce Robinson – Palmer Museum of Art
- Duke Gastinger – : “RE” Buzzwords
- Dr. Renata Engel – Assoc. Vice Provost for Online Programs
- Marc Warren – Customer Follow-up
- David Gibbins – Cloud my Office
- Rick Bryant – First Night State College