Featured Speakers for February 18th Meeting: Annie Campbell & Read Sawczyn Heights Foundation Career Tech Institute Annie Campbell - Director of Development Annie Campbell currently serves as Rotary District 6960’s District Governor Nominee and is also the Director of Development at The Heights Foundation.  She began working at Heights in July 2022. Annie served as the 2022-2023 President of the Rotary Club of Sanibel-Captiva and is currently on the board of directors for the Harlem Heights Community Charter School and Eva’s Closet and Foundation. She is a graduate of the Charitable Foundation of the Islands 2022 Leadership Sanibel-Captiva class. Prior to her position at The Heights Foundation, Annie served as the Development Director for BIG ARTS on Sanibel, PACE Center for Girls in Immokalee, SWFL March of Dimes, and Disability Network Northern Michigan.  Annie has served on several nonprofit boards, including: the Board of Directors for Child and Family Services, Artists Creating [...]

Featured Event for February 11th Meeting: Valentine's Day Program Celebrate Valentine’s Day with the Rotary Club of Fort Myers – Sunrise! We are hosting a Valentine’s Day program on February 11th that will include gifts and a raffle. In addition, we are pleased to welcome Will Plegt, who will be our featured speaker and will present a 30-minute talk. Don’t forget to bring your spouse/significant other with you! Will Plegt Collier-Lee Honor Flight Will Plegt is a retired hospitality executive with a distinguished global career spanning more than four decades. Holding dual citizenship in the United States and The Netherlands, he has lived and worked in major international markets including New York, Miami, Houston, Puerto Rico, London, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Aruba. He built his career with InterContinental Hotels Group and Carlson Hospitality, where he held senior leadership roles across luxury and full-service properties. Now based in the City of Naples, Will [...]

Featured Speaker for February 4th Meeting: Tim Hardy Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall Tim Hardy is currently Director of Marketing at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall, a position he has held since August of 2024. Originally from Peoria, Illinois, Mr. Hardy is a 1988 Magna Cum Laude graduate of the Master's Program at the College of Advertising and Journalism at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. His career in the advertising industry began in August of 1988 in Fort Myers with his first position as Media Director at Firestone & Cimring Advertising; he was promoted to Vice President in 1990. Subsequent positions include General Sales Manager for the Interconnect of cable companies formerly known as "Southwest Florida Cable Advertising" (currently Comcast); General Sales Manager for Beasley Broadcasting, WFTX-TV FOX4, Media Director at Priority Marketing, and Vice President of Sales at iHeart Media. Mr. Hardy has been involved in the Southwest Florida [...]