Speakers
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Katie Ervin, CEO, Catalyst Development | Apr 24, 2024 |
The Professional Workplace Environment in Overland Park. What do the next 5 years look like?
Dr. Ervin is the founder and CEO of Catalyst Development. Throughout her career, she has established a reputation as a transformational leader driven by challenge, undeterred by obstacles, and committed to furthering standards of excellence. In her work, she has saved organizations millions of dollars by focusing on building a strong culture and investing in your people. Dr. Ervin believes that her work is all about the people! Her work in developing strong leaders and teams focused on critical career skill building to develop strong cultures and grow organizations. Dr. Ervin’s area of research is workplace motivation based on self-determination theory and the impact of an employee’s perception of their organization’s support. Her first book “You Might Be an Asshole but It Might Not Be Your Fault” was released April 21, 2023 and was the #1 New Release Best Seller in Human Resources as well as Educational Leadership on Amazon. |
No Meeting | May 01, 2024 |
Crawfish Festival Week!
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Cindy Green and Theresa Jones | May 08, 2024 |
Rotary Guatamala Trip Review
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Lindsay Hicks | May 22, 2024 |
Update on Habitat for Humanity in JOCO
Lindsay Hicks is the President and CEO at Habitat for Humanity of Kansas City and brings more than fifteen years of nonprofit experience. Prior to her appointment as CEO in 2022, Lindsay served as the Vice President of Development for Habitat KC and has been with the organization for nearly eleven years. She collaborates with key staff members, board members, residents, and municipalities to create and execute Habitat’s Neighborhood Revitalization efforts. She is a board member of the Kansas City NARI chapter, a Blue Valley Education Foundation board member, a Kansas City Centurion, a member of the Healthy Equity committee at United Community Services of Johnson County, and serves on the MARC Regional Housing Partnership Strategy Committee. Additionally, Lindsay is the chair of the Home Modification Coalition of Greater Kansas City. 1423 E Linwood Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64109 tel (816) 924-1096 habitatkc.org | info@habitatkc.org | @habitatk |
Emily Hane | May 29, 2024 |
The Rabbit hOle, KC's newest children's experience!
Emily Hane, Development and Grants Manager, joined The Rabbit hOle team in March 2023. Her nonprofit experience spans administrative roles with Reach Out and Read KC, running programs for Literacy KC, managing projects and writing grants for Water.org, and serving as the Director of Learning at Nonprofit Connect. Emily started her career as a Peace Corps Volunteer teaching English in Cameroon. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from The University of Kansas and an MPA from UMKC with a focus in nonprofit management. |
StartUp Rewind | Jun 05, 2024 |
Dion Dodson from Deluxe Transportation Group LLC; and Catina Taylor from Dreams KC
Deluxe Transportation Group LLC – Dion Dodson (ddodson@deluxetransports.com)
Dreams KC – Catina Taylor (ctaylor@dreamskc.org)
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Stan Weber, KSU Athletics | Jun 12, 2024 |
What's New With The Cats!
Stan Weber was a quarterback for the Kansas State Wildcats football team from 1980 through 1984. He is the current color analyst for the K-State radio network. Now in his 36th year in the booth (as of the start of the 2022 season), Weber holds the longest tenure for a Kansas State radio broadcaster. In addition to his duties with the Wildcat football broadcasts, Weber also provides color commentary for K-State men's basketball games for both radio and television. He originally hails from Goddard, Kansas and was named Male Athlete of the Year and MVP of the 1980 Kansas Shrine Bowl All-Star Game by the Wichita Eagle. At Kansas State, Weber served as captain of the 1984 team and led the Wildcats in rushing while earning academic All-America honors from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Weber also held many of the K-State quarterback rushing records until the Michael Bishop and Ell Roberson eras and was once named Big Eight Player of the Week after rushing for 113 yards against number 1 Nebraska.
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Chad Whitman, Special Agent, DEA | Jun 19, 2024 |
Fentanyl Use In Johnson County
Chad Whiteman currently serves as an Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) for the St. Louis Field Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, (DEA) in the Kansas City District Office. In this capacity, he oversees operational, enforcement, and administrative matters for the DEA in the State of Kansas. In 2015, ASAC Whiteman was appointed as the DEA Country Attaché to the country of Chile, where he served as DEA’s representative for the country, and the U.S. Ambassador’s primary advisor on all counter narcotics activities occurring within the country. Once again, he led a team of DEA Special Agents and foreign police counterparts in conducting criminal investigations targeting high level |
No Meeting | Jul 03, 2024 |
Pre-Independence Day
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Start Up Rewind | Aug 07, 2024 |
Corey McCartney from AGA Productions; and Jeff Pelaccio from Pelaccio & Partners
AGA Productions – Corey McCartney (coreytmccartney@gmail.com)
Pelaccio & Partners – Jeff Pelaccio (jeffpelaccio@gmail.com)
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Start Up Rewind | Sep 04, 2024 |
Haley Prophet from Haley Prophet Consulting and Dr. Brandy Archie from AskSAMIE
Haley Prophet Consulting – Haley Prophet (haley@haleyprophet.com)
AskSAMIE – Brandy Archie (hello@asksamie.com)
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