Wednesday Meeting

Featured Speaker for January 10th Meeting: Honourable Bryon Wilfert The Role of Congressional/Parliamentary Audit/Oversight to Fight Corruption The Honourable Bryon Wilfert served for 14 Member of Parliament. He served as Junior Minister of the Environment, as well as Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and National Defence. Bryon holds a Master of Arts in Political Economy (U of T), Institute of Corporate Directors designation (ICD.D) (U of T – Rotman School). He was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun – Gold/Silver Star from His Imperial Majesty and the Prime Minister of Japan for his tireless work on Canada/Japan relations. He also holds Gold & Diamond Jubilee Medals from Queen Elizabeth II. Rotary Paul Harris Pins  5+. He is Senior Associate at Tactix Government Relations & Public Affairs in Ottawa. Vice Chairman of TREG Developments Inc. Bryon serves as Honorary Consul for Mongolia and Special Advisor to the Business Council of Mongolia. [...]

Featured Speaker for January 17th Meeting: Stan Nelson & Shari Clark Update on Pine Manor Stan Nelson is the Planning and Research Director for the Lee County Sheriff’s Department. Currently, he serves as the president of the board of directors of the Pine Manor Improvement Association. Stan is an incredibly talented grant writer. Shari Clark is a US Army veteran who served in the Gulf War. When she left the military, she moved to Ft. Myers to be with her mother in her final months. She worked for Arizona Beverages. When they closed their operations here, Shari went to the Pine Manor Community Center to apply for unemployment and use the computers to search for jobs. She volunteered to help others with job searches. Her skills soon led to being hired as a part-time Outreach Coordinator. Two years later, she was hired by Goodwill to be the full-time Neighborhood Resource Specialist. After 13 [...]

Featured Speaker for January 24th Meeting: Melissa Carlyle Edison Park Elementary Melissa was born and raised in Lee County and is a product of Lee County Public Schools. She has been employed with the Lee County School District for 12 years. The last 7 of those years she has had the joy of being a 4th grade teacher. WEEKLY SUNRISE MEETING Join us on Wednesday at the Doubletree Fort Myers at Bell Tower Shops 13051 Bell Tower Drive, FL, 33907 Can't Make it? Join our Zoom Meeting - 2 Ways to Join ONE Click on the link to our ZOOM ROOM below. With this method you can join via a desktop computer, laptop computer, tablet or phone. If you use a desktop or laptop you can use your regular browser or download the Zoom App for your computer. If [...]

Featured Speaker for January 31st Meeting: Bob Boyd Certified Horticulture Professional Bob Boyd has called Southwest Florida his home for the past 24 years. He traded in high-tech internet connectivity sales for low-tech mulch and horticultural supply sales in 2003 and has not looked back. Being enamored with all things green and growing, Bob became an FNGLA Certified Horticulture Professional in 2004 (The Year of Hurricane Charlie) and an ISA Certified Arborist in 2006. Bob has held several green industry sales and service-related titles including, Plant buyer, Horticulturalist, Account Manager and most recently Senior Business Development Manager for Down To Earth. In his spare time, Bob enjoys spending time in his backyard with his two kids and you guessed it, cultivating his own private garden paradise. Watch Bob light up when the conversation is steered toward anything plant related. Bob thoroughly enjoys educating people on how to use plants in their everyday lives [...]