Past Speakers - 2023
 
 
 
  December 25, 2023   DARK    
  December 18, 2023   DARK    
  December 11, 2023   Elizabeth Santana and the Palo Alto Players   Songs from Musicals
  December 4, 2023   Joy Oche, Eric Jensen, John St. Clair III   New Member Talks
  November 27, 2023   Andrew Binder, Chief of Police, Palo Alto   Palo Alto Crime Trends; Crime Prevention; and the Outlook for 2024
  November 20, 2023   Emily Cupo of StoveTeam International   Another Rotary Story, 82,000 Stoves and Counting
  November 13, 2023   Rob Steinberg of Steinberg, Hart Architecture Firm   Influence of Architecture on Community
  November 6, 2023   Dave Dockter, Arborist   Autumn in Palo Alto
  October 30, 2023   Kristina Whalen, President, Foothill College   Education Elevated: The Foothill College Promise
  October 23, 2023   Tami Mulcahy, Environmentalist   Plastics: Learn - Act - Amplify
  October 16, 2023   District 5170 Governor Hung Wei   Annual Visit of District Governor
  October 9, 2023   Kenan Moos, President and Co-Founder, Justice Vanguard   The Marathon
  October 2, 2023   Fred Guttenberg, author of "American Carnage: Shattering the Myths That Fuel Gun Violence"   Shattering the Myths That Fuel Gun Violence
  September 25, 2023   Supervisor Joe Simitian   Bridging the Divide
  September 18, 2023   Kyle Hietala, Program Director and Head Coach of Palo Alto High School Speech & Debate   "Persuading and being Persuaded: Insights from Speech & Debate" 
  September 11, 2023   Charlie Weidanz and Hands-on Service Team   All Hands-on Service Project
  September 4, 2023   DARK    
  August 28, 2023   George Tingwald, Administrative Director, Medical Planning, Stanford Health Care   Stanford Hospital: Built for the Future
  August 21, 2023   Mary Hughes, Political strategist and Founder, Close the Gap CA   10 Years of Close the Gap CA: What we accomplished. What we Learned. Why it Matters.
  August 14, 2023   Ben Stefonik, Chair, Psychology Dept. Foothill College   Open AI and ChatGPT evolves
  August 7, 2023   Mo Budak, Director at University of California Alumni Association Board of Directors, Faculty UCLA School of Dentistry   When Teeth Talk: The Use of Forensic Dentistry to Identify Nazi War Criminals
  July 31, 2023   Bjoern Escofier, Visiting Professor, Stanford University and Head of the Machine Learning and Data Analytics Lab, FAU Germany   Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
  July 24, 2023   Lerone A. Martin, Director, Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute and Associate Professor of Religious Studies   The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism
  July 17, 2023   Ed Shikada, Simon Pennington and John St. Clair   New Member Talks
  July 10, 2023   Liz Kniss and Board of Directors   Club Assembly
  July 3, 2023   DARK    
  June 26, 2023   DARK    
  June 19, 2023   Reverend Lorrie Carter Owens, President of San Mateo Chapter of the NAACP, and Henrietta Borroughs, Journalist   Two Long Time Palo Altans Talk About What Juneteenth Means to Them
  June 12, 2023   Mehran Sahami, Stanford Computer Science Professor and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies   Confronting Ethical Challenges in a High Tech World
  June 5, 2023   Dr. Brady Page, Infectious Disease and Critical Care Medicine at Stanford and San Diego   Fighting Infectious Disease: The Story of Polio
  May 29, 2023   DARK    
  May 22, 2023   Lara Aknin, Psychology Professor, Simon Fraser University, Director of the Helping and Happiness Lab   Giving's Positive Impact on the Giver
  May 15, 2023   Juliana Schroeder, Associate Professor, Management of Organizations at Berkeley Haas    Maximizing Social Value
  May 8, 2023   Philip Taubman, Lecturer at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation   In the Nation’s Service: The Life and Times of George P. Shultz
  May 1, 2023   Grant Recipients of 2022-2023   Palo Alto Rotary Charities Dollars at Work
  April 24, 2023   Josh Chin, WSJ Bureau Chief in China   Surveillance State: Inside China's Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control
  April 17, 2023   Jeff Rosen, Santa Clara County District Attorney   To Detain or Not To Detain. That is the question.
  April 10, 2023   Michael Snyder, Chair, Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine    Transforming Healthcare With Big Data and Wearables
  April 3, 2023   Dr. Tom Keating, Palo Alto Adult School Principal   Palo Alto Adult School - A caring community of lifelong learners
  March 27, 2023   Bill Liberatore and the Gunn Choir   Musical Entertainment
  March 20, 2023   Daren Anderson, Assistant Director Open Space, Parks, Golf, and Animal Services, City of Palo Alto   Golf Balls, Airplanes, and Nature: Palo Alto City Services and Lands East of 101
  March 13, 2023   Margaret Bruce, ED, San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority   Planned Projects of the San Francisquito Creek JPA
  March 6, 2023   Kevin Curry, Dennis McGinn, Sally Tomlinson   Long Time Member Talks
  February 27, 2023   Lydia Kou, Mayor, Palo Alto   2023 for the City of Palo Alto
  February 20, 2023   DARK    
  February 13, 2023   Tim Bond, Artistic Director, TheatreWorks   TheatreWorks
  February 6, 2023   Jeb Barnes, Professor of Political Science, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences   The Supreme Court: Court of Law or Court of Politics?
  January 30, 2023   Matthew Dodder, Executive Director, Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society   Bird Migration
  January 23, 2023   Bruce Gee and Todd Lewis, Webster Financial Corp   Water in California Agriculture
  January 16, 2023   Life Moves   Hands On Sleeves Up Project
  January 9, 2023   Lee Pfab, Carole Hall Whitehill, Ed Shikada   New Member Talks
  January 2, 2023   DARK