Maryland resident Rob Scheer is founder of Comfort Cases, a nationwide program of distributing backpacks to children leaving the foster care system. Over the past eleven years, more than 220,000 Comfort Cases and duffel bags have been to children in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom. Rob will be joining us via Zoom.

Robert Milam is manager of the White House History Shop and Corporate Sales for the White House Historical Association. He is from Reading, England, and has been in the United States for over 30 years, 25 of those in the Washington, D.C., area. He has worked for retailers Burberry and Brooks Brothers in various management positions, plus has worked for 5 years in Corporate sales.

Ron is President and CEO of the Public Health Foundation (PHF).  Under his leadership, PHF has focused its efforts on developing and implementing innovative strategies for improving performance of public health agencies and systems. Initiatives include developing performance management and quality improvement tools and training for public health professionals; developing the consensus set of Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals; and creating the Nation’s most comprehensive public health learning management system. Ron last spoke to our club in November 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.