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.

Mr. Green is the founder of Harriet Tubman Tours in Cambridge, MD, will join us via Zoom for a virtual tour of the Eastern Shore’s legendary Harriet Tubman. As a passionate advocate for preserving and sharing African American history, Alex has dedicated his career to bringing the stories of Harriet Tubman and the black watermen of the Chesapeake Bay to life.

We’re also hoping to have Marilyn Cruz, Assistant Governor of District 7620, chat with us about membership development and the Red Line Rotary series of happy hours.

Claes will discuss the history, meaning, and purpose of the test and how it sets priorities for clubs and individual members. It regards character–understood in an ecumenical manner–as central to the mission of Rotary. The test helps define the meaning of “vocational service.”

On Friday January 26th,  there will be no breakfast at the Marriott. Instead we invite you all to bring your own breakfast, and join us via Zoom. Use the link on the Blue button below in this email.  Do you have anything you would like to discuss in the Club, please let Kevin know, send him an email. We will also cover some of the things discussed on the Board meeting.

Lasse Syversen is Past President of our club and Paul Harris Fellow.  Lasse has 50 years of experience from the shipping and IT industry and currently chairman of Flagship Trade Net. Being born in Norway he is board member of many Trans-Atlantic organizations actively working to strengthen the relationship between the United States and the Nordic countries. For many years he has written monthly articles about the culture and business to our neighbors cross the ocean.

This week he will talk about The Nordic Council; The neighboring countries in the north recognized the value of cooperation in 1952 and agreed to meet on a regular basis to see how they could work together. “Nordisk Råd” is the official body for formal inter-parliamentary Nordic cooperation among the Nordic countries. The council has eighty-seven representatives from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, as well as from the autonomous areas of the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland.