Clint Pulver has been a professional drummer for more than 20 years. He’s played with some of the biggest names in music in some of the biggest venues around the world. You may recognize him from the movies “School of Rock” and “Napoleon Dynamite.” Read more.
Andrew Zimmern knew from a young age that he wanted a career in food. After attending The Dalton School and Vassar College, he cooked in and then managed a dozen New York City restaurants. But his life was spiraling out of control. He was addicted to drugs and alcohol and spent a year living on the streets. Read more.
Dave Kelly will provide you with tools you can use immediately to make your club run more efficiently. Kelly is an expert on leadership, organizational success and community service. He's known as America's Community Service Advocate.
Kelly was a professional mortgage broker for 25 years, including 10 years as founder and owner of a multi-state mortgage company. He also spent more than 17 years in the restaurant industry during high school, college and alongside of his mortgage and speaking careers.
A native of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, U.S., Kelly is a graduate of University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. He double majored in political science and speech, with an emphasis in theatre arts, a minor in religion and graduated cum laude. He's been in Key Club and Circle K. In fact, Kelly served as the Circe K International president for the 1982-83 administrative year. He's been a Kiwanian since 1988.
Get ready to set others off on a path they never considered before during “Kiwanis Launchpad: Cultivating Community” on Thursday, June 21.
You may recognize Mark Lindquist from ABC's “LOST,” CBS’ “Hawaii Five-O" or from the movie “Battleship.” He is a world-touring entertainer who has performed live for more than 3 million people in 22 countries and 44 states.
For Lindquist, life started in an orphanage in Seoul, South Korea. He was adopted and brought to the United States at the age of 8 months. Lindquist is a person who believes that if one human being can do a thing, then you can too. It's a lesson his mother and father taught him early in life.
Lindquist is a former Key Club lieutenant governor for the Minnesota-Dakotas District, a former sergeant in the United States Air Force and an Afghanistan War Veteran. A title of one of the books he authored may sound familiar to many: “Service, My Way of Life” aims to spark a revival of civic engagement in a new generation. Lindquist says every Kiwanis club must evolve, adapt and change its way of thinking. He'll show you how during “Kiwanis Launchpad: Nourishing Relationships” on Friday, June 23.
When Neil Giuliano was elected mayor of Tempe, Arizona, in 1996, he became the first directly elected openly gay mayor in a major American City. Since leaving office, Giuliano has led a life of service as president in many organizations.
When Neil Giuliano was elected mayor of Tempe, Arizona, in 1996, he became the first directly elected openly gay mayor in a major American City. Voters approved of the job he did and elected the Republican to three additional terms. Since leaving office, Giuliano has led a life of service as president of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and other organizations.
Giuliano's life of service started way before being elected mayor. He was a member of the Bloomfield, New Jersey, High School Key Club. He went on to become the president of Circle K International during the 1977-78 administrative year. Giuliano's professional life started as a professor at Arizona State University where he taught a course in Personal Leadership Development.
On Friday, June 23, join Giuliano during “Kiwanis Launchpad: Nourishing Relationships.” He'll help your club learn the best way to mentor students as they work to create the kinds of communities that represent all demographics.
Precious Williams — affectionately known as the #KillerPitchMaster — busts norms and shifts perspectives. Williams is a 13-time national elevator pitch champion. She has been featured on "Shark Tank," CNN, Wall Street Journal, Forbes Magazine and Black Enterprise Magazine.
She will help Kiwanis clubs own their awesome and bring out their “wow” factor. Williams teaches the simple steps to wowing potential members with a perfect pitch. Leave this Kiwanis Launchpad with the tools and tenacity to pitch with power, sell with storytelling and develop a masterful mindset for communication.
Williams will show you how to attract, captivate and get prospects to join your club in an authentic way. Go from milquetoast to memorable. Attend “Kiwanis Launchpad: Cultivating Community” on Thursday, June 21.
Rasheda Williams says Kiwanis has an enormous opportunity to reach and impact millions of children around the world. On Friday, June 23, during “Kiwanis Launchpad: Nourishing Relationships,” she will show you how mentoring can help students cultivate their own power.
Rasheda Williams says Kiwanis has an enormous opportunity to reach and impact millions of children around the world. On Friday, June 23, during “Kiwanis Launchpad: Nourishing Relationships,” she will show you how mentoring can help students cultivate their own personal power.
Growing up, she watched her father battle addiction and her mother struggle to make ends meet — all while she was being ruthlessly teased and bullied at school. When classmates called her “different” and “weird,” she could have let their words defeat her. Instead, she embraced her uniqueness and leveraged it to defy all the odds.
Williams' passion and advocacy for community and social change have earned her numerous accolades, including Kumon North America’s “Impact Award,” the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs’ “Community Service Award” and Super Woman Productions & Publishing’s “Make It Happen Award.”
Interactive and entertaining, Williams will grow your club's desire to nurture the students involved in Kiwanis’ Service Leadership Programs. You'll see right away how role modeling and one-on-one mentoring can help students live above bullying, drama and societal pressures.
Sam Leicht doesn't hide who he is. The gay Broadway actor, fitness influencer and advocate will help your Kiwanis club mentor and support all students. His philosophy: Being an ally isn't passive. It requires effort, willingness to learn and an open mind.
Leicht knows what the students in your Service Leadership Program need. He was one. As a member of Key Club International, Leicht rose through the ranks to become governor of the Wisconsin-Upper Michigan District in 2016-17. He credits his Kiwanis mentors for helping him navigate the teen years but still sees opportunities for clubs to make incremental, sustainable change when mentoring LGBTQ+ students.
Leicht will help clubs take the first step toward becoming better allies. Don't miss his presentation during “Kiwanis Launchpad: Cultivating Community” on Thursday, June 21.
Kim Ramsey-White is a Diversity Strategic Planner where most of her work has taken place in higher education, however she has also made a personal commitment to share guidance and best practices regarding how to create work and school environments that facilitate a welcoming safe place for all.
Kim Ramsey-White, PhD, previously the Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Georgia State University’s School of Public Health, is currently employed as the Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence at the University of North Carolina’s Gillings School of Global Public Health in Chapel Hill, NC.
Ramsey-White, who earned her doctoral degree from Georgia State University in Research Measurement and Statistics, and her Master of Public Health degree in maternal and child health from the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB), oversaw the design and implementation of all diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives while serving as assistant dean at Georgia State.
In her new role at Gillings School of Global Public Health, Ramsey-White is responsible for leading all Inclusive Excellence initiatives especially those related to the execution of the schools’ Inclusive Excellence Action Plan. Gillings has identified six priority areas to focus inclusive excellence on – Training, Curriculum, Communication, Advocacy, Representation, and Research.
Born and raised in Mount Vernon, New York, Ramsey-White’s studies took her south to Hampton Institute (now Hampton University), UAB and, most recently, Georgia State. Ramsey-White is a lover of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan and an avid cyclist. She considers herself a servant leader and gets excited about all opportunities to prepare the next generation of public health leaders.
The four-part harmonies and upbeat songs of The Oak Ridge Boys have spawned dozens of country hits, and a pop smash earned them Grammy, Dove, CMA and ACM awards.
Every time they step before an audience, The Oak Ridge Boys bring four decades of charted singles and 50 years of tradition to the stage.
Theirs is one of the most distinctive and recognizable sounds in the music industry. Read more.
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