Senator James Lankford
Livestream 11:55am 5-27-2025 Senator James Lankford James Lankford serves Oklahomans. He served four years in the US House of Representatives for central Oklahoma, until he was overwhelmingly elected to the US Senate in 2014. Before his service in Congress, James served students and families for more than 20 years in ministry, including 15 years […]
Mandy Trainer, Oklahoma City Senior Site Leader – Boeing
livestream 11:55am 5-20-2025 Mandy Trainer Senior Director and Program Manager, Executive Transport & Surveillance Oklahoma City Senior Site Leader Mandy Trainer is the senior director and program manager of Executive Transport & Surveillance (ET&S) in Boeing Defense, Space & Security and the Boeing Oklahoma City Senior Site Leader. Headquartered in Oklahoma City, the ЕТ&S […]
Joseph Thai, OU College of Law – “An Obscure Judge and His Remarkable Habit”
livestream 11:55am 5-13-2025 Joseph Thai is the Watson Centennial Chair, Presidential Professor, and former Associate Dean for Research at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where he teaches and writes about constitutional law, including the First Amendment and the Supreme Court. Prof. Thai graduated with highest honors from Harvard College, where he studied […]
Hart Brown Future Point of View – “AI, Ethics, and the Future of Business”
5-6-2025 LiveStream 11:55am Hart Brown CEO & Security and Risk Practice Lead, Future Point of View WHO IS HE? Hart Brown is a world-renowned expert and speaker on simplifying complex strategies while implementing them in creative and innovative ways during crisis events where time is of the essence. Hart is a unique combination of an […]
Club 29 Breakfast Speakers
Quail Creek Country Club | 7:00am | Wingspan Room The Club 29 Breakfast is for Club 29 Rotarians and their guests ONLY. It does not serve as a makeup for members of other rotary clubs. Speakers 2025 May 8th. Dr. Douglas Drevets, M.D., Chief of Infectious Disease, Oklahoma University Health Science Center, “Vaccines.” May 15th. […]
Bob Blackburn: Parks of Oklahoma City: A History
livestream 11:55am 4-29-2025 Bob Blackburn: Parks of Oklahoma City: A History Bob Blackburn, PhD, is the author or co-author of twenty-eight books—including A History of the State Fair of Oklahoma, Sonic: The History of America’s Drive-In, and Love’s: Fifty Years of a Family Enterprise—which tell the stories of some of Oklahoma’s most iconic institutions. After completing […]
Unlocking the Power of AI: Real-World Applications and Lessons Learned
Unlocking the Power of AI: Real-World Applications and Lessons Learned by Freda Deskin, Ph.D I attended a live webinar about artificial intelligence (AI) about four years ago, featuring American billionaire and tech entrepreneur Mark Cuban. As someone who’s had a computer since 1981 and proudly identifies as a tech enthusiast, I was intrigued enough to […]
Tom McDaniel & Mark McDaniel Moderator Randy McDaniel – “Passing the Torch”
11:55am Livestream 4-22-2025 Tom J. McDaniel is President of American Fidelity Foundation, after having served as President and Chancellor of Oklahoma City University from July 1, 2001 to August 31, 2011. He retired as Vice Chairman and Director of Kerr McGee Corporation in 2000 and then served as President of Northwestern Oklahoma State University, before […]
The Enduring Power of Rotary Connections
The Enduring Power of Rotary Connections By Lauren Branch In 2016, some of our fellow Rotarians, including my husband, Doug, and I had the honor of hosting a group of attorneys from Azerbaijan through the Open World program. Doug and I hosted a young human rights attorney named Samed, and from the moment he arrived […]
Fact-Check Like a Rotarian
Fact-Check Like a Rotarian by Rachel Hubbard I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the Rotary Four-Way Test. Specifically the phrase “Is it the truth?” has been something I’ve been pondering. It’s something many of us struggle with these days. With the rise of artificial intelligence, information we see people we trust post on social […]