Weekly Club Speaker - February 26 2019

The Growing Need for Trade And Vocational Education

There is a strong emphasis on encouraging young people to attend a 4 year university after high school, even when they do not have a planned career path. In the meantime, our business community is in desperate need for skilled labor in areas that don�t require a 4 year degree. Club Meeting Bill Garrison and Christina Thomas from the Northeast Florida Builders Association are involved in recruiting and developing talent South Jacksonville for the building construction industry. Hear what they are doing to fill Meets at River City Brewing that growing education gap. Company Bill Garrison Buffet Lunch begins at 12:00 pm Executive Officer, Northeast Florida Builders Association

835 Museum Way Bill is senior executive for the largest homebuilders association in Jacksonville, FL 32207 Florida; 1,250+ members who are engaged in various roles in the Time: Tuesday at 12:30 PM homebuilding sector, and all associated businesses. He manages a staff of 15 employees supporting the homebuilding industry primarily Events through engagement in advocacy and government affairs; promoting professional development of members through a wide range of February 26th education programs; encouraging growth of professional and social Bill Garrison & Christina networks by hosting many and varied networking events; and Thomas, NEFBA participation in community service projects to help those in dire need February 28th of housing solutions Social: Tabula Rasa Happy Hour-Jacksonville Ale Trail Christina Thomas March 5th Director of Workforce Development, NEFBA Scott Moore, Maple Street Biscuit Company Christina is an honors graduate from St. Leo University with a Masters degree March 12th in Educational Leadership and a Bachelor's in Business Administration. She Chuck Meide, St. Augustine has a former background in finance and education. Prior to joining the team Lighthouse Museum, Area at NEFBA in July 2016, she worked 10 years for the School District of Clay ShipwrecksMarch 14th County teaching, advising, and coordinating Career & Technical Education Social: Aardwolf programs. Christina and her husband, Shawn, have been married for 17 years BreweryMarch 19th and have one daughter, who is entering high school in the fall. George Barns & Dean Sais, Cowford Archeological Society-Jacksonville's Civil War WallMarch 26th Lunch and Tour at MOSH The Rotary Oratory Competition Finals -

Quick Site Links An estimated crowd of 160 gathered for the fifth year of our Oratory Competition and we were delighted to have seven finalists compete for the top Club Website Orator on the First Coast. Their families, school advisors and administrators, school board members, our Rotary District 6970 DG Jeanette Loftus, fellow Rotary Club of South Jax Rotarians and their guests, and our participating Rotary Clubs were all present for the BIG SHOW! We gathered at WJCT-TV Studios to listen to the DACdb Login: best of the best compete to become top Orator. www.dacdb.com WJXT-TV Anchor Mary Baer and our own 1010XL radio personality Jack District Website O Brien entertained the audience with their emcee talents while the WJCT- www.rotarydistrict6970.org � TV production team recorded the event for television broadcast later this year.

Family of Rotary Including this year�s donations, our club has awarded over $65,000 for scholarships and student awards over the five years of our project. Marcus Drewa is recovering from a Pacemaker Impant Procedure. After a catered feast for all from Bonefish Grill, the competition began at 7:00pm. The crowd was on the We look forward to seeing him edge of their seats as each contestant presented their speech. You could see the judges, composed of back soon college speech professors and professionals in the public forum arena, struggling to decide the scores and eventually to determine which finalist would receive the $5,000 scholarship. Larry Cavallaro is resting at home After 60 minutes of presentations, vote counting and recounting the results were finally in and the after a short hospital stay and we judges rewarded River Reynolds, from The Bolles School, the first place prize, a $5,000 college hope to see him back soon scholarship. Katie Slaughter from Fernandina Beach High School won the second place $3,000 college Rotating Rotarians scholarship at our 2019 Rotary Oratory Competition. Congratulations to our winners and all the contestants.

Mary Alice Phelan: West South Jacksonville Rotary strongly believes in promoting the best education possible for our First Coast Jacksonville students and we conduct this event to support our students and teachers. Looking forward to next year!! San Marco: Janet Reagor, Area River Reynolds, Governor The Bolles School 1st Place Winner Katie Slaughter Member News Fernandina Beach High School Runner up Birthdays

Leslie Miller Redd February 25th

Ryan Maloney March 7th

Shane Carkhuff March 8th

Rob Sly March 10th

Bob C. Freeland March 20th Satellite Meeting, 5:30 pm, Lexington Hotel

February 25, 2019 �Leadership Made Easy� Club Anniversaries �Leadership Made Easy� with Coach Doug Wilder - Rotary Keystone Heights Satellite Club of South Jacksonville February 4th February 25, 2019, 5:30pm at the Lexington Hotel Jacksonville Doug Wilder says, �Some leaders are born that way; some have it thrust upon February 13th them; and some are timidly crawling toward leadership. But no matter how you get to leadership, there are three simple principles to make sure that you Crescent City will have followers as you lead.� Come listen to those principles, and we will February 17th discuss how they might apply to you.

Hastings Doug has been a Business, Executive, and Private Coach for 25 years. He February 26th particularly works with honest lawyers who want to make boatloads of money, and he works with successful executives who want to be better leaders, even when it is difficult. Years of Service Whether he is speaking to groups, working with teams, or coaching one-on-one, Doug helps improve Sandra R. Kessler each client�s business through better sales, better relationships, and a better self. 02-25-1992 Doug has spoken to groups over 500 times. Besides leadership, his other topics include networking and 27 Years marketing, setting bold goals, delaying procrastination, team building, Doug�s D-Stress tools, and PP & DGE Mike employee fire prevention. Darragh By the way, for fun, Doug stalks his favorite jazz singer, the famous Dot Wilder. 02-25-1992 27 Years Let�s listen, laugh, and learn as Doug Wilder discusses �Leadership Made Easy.� Tyrie W. Boyer 02-06-2001 18 Years Satellite Club Meeting - March 11 2019 Welcome President Lisamarie Winslow from Kaiser Les Loggins III 02-20-2001 University 18 Years Our own Lisamarie Winslow, a well-respected educator in the community, PP Dan Robie will talk to us about this issue and give us insight into today's educational 02-01-2011 system. 8 Years President Winslow�s career in higher education began in the corporate world twenty plus years ago and led her to her current role as the Campus Robyn Watson President of Keiser University, Jacksonville Campus. Keiser University is a 02-05-2013 regionally accredited university with 19 campuses statewide, 3 international 6 Years locations, 20,000 students, 3,500 faculty and staff worldwide and 22 NAIA recognized sports teams. As campus president she has responsibility for over Ryan Maloney 100 staff and faculty members and 700 students. When Ms. Winslow took 02-07-2013 over the campus in 2011, she intuitively knew it was important to immerse 6 Years herself in the community and immediately joined both the Jacksonville Chamber Trustees and JAX USA Partnership as an Advisory Board member. Today, KU Jacksonville has Richard L Miller partnerships far reaching in the Jacksonville community with: the USO, The Propeller Club of 02-06-2018 Jacksonville, Delta Mu Delta, Military Veterans Coalition, March of Dimes, Daniel Kids, Rotary of Club 1 Year of South Jacksonville, and the list goes on. Campus President Winslow serves on the Board of the local March of Dimes, the Board of the Jacksonville Icemen, and is an active member of Earn Up and the Military Issues Committee of the Jacksonville Chamber. Wedding Anniversaries In her tenure as president of the Jacksonville campus, she has brought bachelor�s programs such as Kyle Peters Biomedical Sciences, Transportation and Logistics, and Network Systems and Data Communications to February 23rd meet the needs of the business community. President Winslow works to align the programs KU Jacksonville offers in tangent with the economic development efforts of the City of Jacksonville leadership. Giving back to the community at large is not only part of the role she serves as campus Brandon Culp president but also a part of student organizations within the university, and the culture of the campus. February 27th President Winslow has been married to her husband Scot for 21 years and they have three amazing children, Tobin 17, Aiden 15, and Kaitlin 11.

PP Vicki-lynne Gloger March 5th March Program Line Up Steve Madden March 13th

Tom Ranney, Jr. March 18th

Jorge F. Morales March 21st

PP & DGE Mike Darragh March 21st Rick Morales III March 24th

John Cumbow March 25th

Club Leaders

William Langley Lavonia Fore Thomas A. Ranney, Jr. President President-Elect President-Nominee Secretary Treasurer Richard Warren Dow Daniel Robie Janet Reagor Sergeant-at-Arms iPast President Area Governor