Featured Speaker for July 3rd Meeting: Gary Bryant Lieutenant Colonel - U.S. Army Retired Gary Bryant served on active duty as an Army Aviator leading and commanding Army Aviation units around the world. He served in Headquarters, US Central Command in the joint force command center for General Norman Schwarzkopf during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.  After retiring from active duty, Gary served as the officer in charge of the Junior ROTC program for the School District of Lee County. Gary has two sons who both served as Army Officers and completed combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. 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 [...]

Featured Speakers for June 19th Meeting: Ken MacDonald & Danny Caraway TSA Specialists Ken MacDonald is originally from Coastal New Hampshire and has been living in Florida for the past 5 years. He has been with TSA for 20 years and has been a canine handler for 4 years. Ken’s assigned partner is a 5-year-old German Short Hair Pointer named Don. Danny F. Caraway is a Supervisory Training Specialist for the Transportation Security Administration at the Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) Mission Support/Training Department. His primary responsibilities are Field Evaluation Testing Coordinator supporting the live environment testing, analysis, and training of TSA Officers, Training Department Management and Supervision at RSW, and oversight for the Punta Gorda Airport Training Department. RSW TSA Education Coordinator and primary signature authority for RSW SIDA Badging for all TSA and support contractors and vendors. Danny has been with TSA since October of 2002, entering as a Transportation Security [...]

Featured Speaker for June 12th Meeting: Gary A. Goforth, M.D.Club Membership Assembly - Incoming President Current Position: Medical Director, Shell Point Retirement Community in Fort Myers, Florida (effective 7/1/2018). Prior Position: Founding Program Director of the Florida State University College of Medicine Family Medicine Residency Program at Lee Health (Fort Myers) from May 2012 to June 2018. Education: B.A. (Physics), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (1976). M.D., Vanderbilt School of Medicine (1980). Residency in Family Medicine, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI (1980-83). Fellowship in Tropical Medicine (earned Masters in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene), Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland (1990). Experience: U.S. Army: Active duty 1980-1993. South Carolina Army National Guard (1994-2002); Retired as Colonel (2002). Awarded Bronze Star during first Gulf War. Medical Director: Founding Medical Director of the Greater Greenwood United Ministry Free Medical Clinic (1997-2012). Clinica Gratis Free Clinic (2009), and Abbeville County Free Clinic (2011). Volunteers in Medical Missions: [...]