2021 Conference Speakers
The 2021 Conference Committee is building a list of informative and exciting speakers. Check below for individuals who will widen your horizon and provide more insight into your Rotary family.
More speakers will be added frequently. Check with us regularly to see the latest. Again, much more to come.
Judith Diment – “Rotary’s U.N. Family and Beyond”
Dr. Paul Dhillon – “Work, Life and Rotary”
Dr. Paul Dhillon with son Darragh
Lorelei Higgins– “Peace in the Family”
Dr. “Bowtie” Todd Jenkins - “Inclusion, Diversity and Rotary Family”
Dr. Todd Jenkins currently serves as the Senior Diversity, Inclusion, and Innovation Leader in Corporate America at a Fortune 400 company and as a Global Inclusion Trainer, Strategist, and Speaker with Bowtie Leadership, Inc.
Dr. Jenkins is a proud Rotarian and Paul Harris Fellow from the Rotary Club of Fayetteville, Arkansas. He has recently been appointed to serve on the first Rotary International Committee - DEI Taskforce to align Rotary's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion assessment, strategy, goals, and initiatives.
Today he is known as Dr. "Bowtie Todd" for his inspirational talks to audiences backgrounds throughout North America, Asia, South America, and Europe.
Dr. Todd Jenkins is a proud husband, author, servant leader, and conversationalist who believes in his philosophy - "bowtie" it all together, serve and simply be a gift unto the world!
Neal McDonough– “Family B4 Hollywood”
He played Lieutenant Lynn "Buck" Compton in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, Deputy District Attorney David McNorris on Boomtown, Sean Cahill on Suits, Robert Quarles on Justified, William Parker in Mob City, and Dave Williams on ABC's Desperate Housewives.
Martin Scott – “Peace in the Family”
Martin is a landscape architect-turned-peacebuilder. He is a Founding Member of Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI) and former Co-Leader of the Rwanda Team; working with survivors of genocide and sexual abuse to develop training in Trauma-Informed Mediation. Martin is currently the Global Partnerships Manager and Co-Founder of the Peace Conversation Program which is system for addressing intra-group conflict through dialogue and facilitation skill building.
In his free time, Martin designs Restorative Justice programs in schools for students and educators, is a volunteer mediator for the Juvenile Courts’ Victim/Offender Program, facilitates community dialogues and training for the Los Angeles Police Department and the Institute for Non-Violence LA, and works in prisons system with the Truth Project to help rehabilitate men- including violent crime and sex offenders.
A 2017 Rotary International Peace Fellow, Martin received a certificate in Conflict Resolution from Chulalongkorn University in Thailand and is completing a Master of Arts in Peacebuilding, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution from California State University.