Speakers

Speaker	Date	Topic
Judge Andrea James	Sep 22, 2021 12:00 PM	Child Protection Court
Unlimited Potential	Sep 29, 2021 12:00 PM	Unlimited Potential
Jerry Springfield	Oct 06, 2021 12:00 PM	District Governor, Rotary District 5910 On June 20, 2021, Rotary District 5910 installed Jerry Springfield as its Governor for the 2021-2022 year. Jerry Springfield joined the Diboll Rotary Club in 1978 and served as President of that club twice and served as Chair of Community Service and Vocational Service committees. After a job change, he joined the Lufkin Rotary club, where he served on the Board of Directors. In 2001, left a regular club to begin teaching at Woodville High School where he organized and sponsored the Interact Club of Woodville High School thus retaining the Rotary connection. In April 2010, he joined the Woodville Rotary Club. As a member of that club he has been president twice, Chair of Administration Committee, Chair of Membership, Secretary four times. Jerry, a multiple Paul Harris fellow and member of the Paul Harris Society, and his wife, Roschelle, also a Rotarian and multiple Paul Harris fellow, have two children and four grandchildren. They reside in the Pineywoods of East Texas on land that has been in their family over one hundred sixty years. Look for when Jerry will be visiting your club to say hi!
TJ Robie	Nov 03, 2021 12:00 PM	Texas Veterans Commission TJ served in the US Navy from 2004 to 2007 on the USS Dolphin then the USS Hampton based in San Diego, California. Following his military service, he was an Associate with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans for over 12 years. TJ has worked at the Texas Veterans commission since 2014 and is a Disabled Veteran Outreach Program Specialist and Rural Veterans Career Advisor. In these roles, TJ provides veterans with in-depth assessments to evaluate possible employment opportunities, benefits, and referrals. He establishes and maintains relationships with companies to encourage veteran placement, and trains veterans on resume building, job search planning, interviewing skills and techniques, and how to translate military service to civilian job experience. Connect with TJ by email at troy.robie@tvc.texas.gov.
TBD	Nov 10, 2021 12:00 PM	Veterans Day Program
Terry Ziegler	Nov 17, 2021 12:00 AM	The Impact of The Rotary Foundation Terry Ziegler is a native Houstonian and a Texas Tech University graduate with an Honors Studies degree in microbiology. Terry and his wife, Sarka, have two daughters and Terry is the owner of Big Z Lumber Company, a business operating in Houston since 1938. A Rotarian since 1982, Terry served as president of the West U (Houston) Rotary Club in 2004-05 and as the Astrodome Rotary Club’s president in 1988-89. The West U Club was awarded the “Best Large Club” in District 5890 during his year as president. In addition, Terry attended a baseball game for physically & mentally challenged youth on the White House lawn with President George W. Bush in 2006 as a result of the West U Rotary Club’s Centennial Project. Terry produces a Polio Eradication Update newsletter which is emailed weekly to Rotarians around the world and in 2010 received the Rotary Regional Service Award for a Polio-Free World. In 2015 Terry received The Rotary Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service. Terry is serving as the Endowment & Major Gift Adviser for Rotary Regions 36 (central North America from Texas to Ontario) for the 2019-2022 Rotary Years and as a Volunteer Coordinator for Rotary Books for the World. Terry will also Chair of the Host Hospitality Night Committee for the RI Convention in Houston in 2022. Or the short version – Terry Ziegler was asked to join Rotary in 1982, fell in love with it, and has been having trouble saying no since then.
No Meeting	Nov 24, 2021	Happy Thanksgiving!
Carlos Martinez-Gloria	Dec 01, 2021 12:00 PM	Houston Dash Women's Soccer
Lt. Timothy Israel	Dec 08, 2021 12:00 PM	The Salvation Army of Bryan/ College Station
No Meeting	Dec 22, 2021	Merry Christmas!
No Meeting	Dec 29, 2021	Happy New Year!