Featured Speaker: Peggy Mouracade
2025-03-05 07:30 - 08:30 (America/New_York) | Doubletree at Bell Tower Shops, 13051 Bell Tower Drive, Fort Myers, 33907, United States
Featured Speaker for March 5th Meeting:Peggy Mouracade
Global Health Trends
Dr. Peggy Mouracade has been a part of the medical community of Fort Myers, Florida since 1997. It was no surprise that she chose medicine as a profession in that she was immersed in this world growing up in West Virginia. Her beloved father, her mentor, was a vascular surgeon and through him she witnessed the joy and fulfillment of being a physician.
Peggy’s undergraduate studies were done at Wake Forest University and culminated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology. She graduated with Magna Cum Laude with Honors and elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She was awarded an Upperclassmen Carswell Scholarship at the end of her freshman year. As part of the scholarship, she spent the summer of her junior year in the Philippines studying healthcare delivery. Cementing an early interest in medicine, she remained in Winston-Salem, NC and attended The Bowman Gray School of Medicine. She was part of the second class to enroll in the Alternate Pathway-problem based curriculum. She was introduced to a way of learning of which centered the patient as the focus of care and that has remained with her throughout her professional career. After identifying a strong interest in the field of Internal Medicine, she went on to the University of Florida where she completed a residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Nephrology. She holds Board Certifications in both specialties. She is also recognized as a Fellow in the American College of Physicians and the American Society of Nephrology.
She moved to Fort Myers, Florida in 1997 and joined Associates in Nephrology where she continues to practice. Active in the medical community, she has served as a preceptor for medical students and allied health professional students.
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Featured Speaker: Earl Quenzel
2025-03-12 07:30 - 08:30
Featured Speaker for March 12th Meeting:Earl Quenzel
6 Important Lessons Small Businesses Can Learn from Super Bowl Advertisers
Join us this week for an engaging Rotary meeting as marketing expert Earl Quenzel takes us on a journey through the history of Super Bowl advertising. From iconic classics to memorable campaigns, Earl will break down what makes these ads unforgettable and reveal the best Super Bowl commercials of all time. Don’t miss this insightful and entertaining look at advertising on the world’s biggest stage!
Earl has served as a past president of the Sunrise – Rotary Club of Fort Myers, president of the McGregor Woods Homeowners Association for 3 years, and currently serves as chairman of the Players Circle Theater board. In addition to his active community involvement, Earl is a partner at Quenzel Marketing Agency with his wife, Colleen.
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13051 Bell Tower Drive, FL, 33907
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Featured Speaker: Tony Power
2025-03-19 07:30 - 08:30
Featured Speaker for March 19th Meeting:Tony Power
Burmese Python Project
Tony grew up back in Brisbane Australia, graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Queensland, and then qualified as an Associate Chartered Accountant. His corporate life quickly led him to be relocated to Bahrain with DHL for 2 years, living some of that time in Riyadh Saudi Arabia as well. He was relocated after 2 years for a 4-month stint at the Global Headquarters of DHL in London and then moved once again to Rio De Janeiro as Controller for Latin America for DHL. The then Regional Office was relocated to Fort Lauderdale.
After 10 years with DHL Tony moved over to Burger King initially as Latin America Finance Director and completed an MBA at University of Miami, after which he was relocated back to Sydney as Director of Business Development for the South Pacific area. After another 10 years with Burger King, Tony relocated to Florida again and joined York International Corporation initially for 2 years as Finance Director for Latin America/Caribbean before being relocated to London as VP Finance for EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa). After the merger of York with Johnson Controls and a stint working as VP of the Global SAP Deployment team based in Amsterdam, Tony was relocated to Dubai as VP of Operations & Administration for the Middle East Region for 6 years.
After another short 2-year stint in Brazil again, Tony retired from Corporate Life moving back to Florida. While researching business opportunities and alternatives, Tony became interested in the financial services industry. He secured his Life and Health license in 2018 and evolved his focus on Retirement Planning. This was an important moment of reflection for Tony, contemplating what he did and did not learn from Corporate Life, plus the 2008/9 impact on his 401k.
During all this movement Tony managed to get married and have two amazing kids (twins) who have successfully completed College and now live full time here in the US and who have two beautiful grandchildren. Tony is also a Rotarian since 2016 and has served as Club President two times and Area Governor for his District, as well as being engaged directly in Disaster Recovery efforts (e.g. post Hurricane Ian) and leadership of environmental projects such as the Burmese Python Issue in SWFL.
For more details, visit Tony’s LinkedIn page at www.linkedin.com/in/tonyppower.
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Featured Speakers: Richard Hall & Don Thomas
2025-03-26 07:30 - 08:30
Featured Speakers for March 26th Meeting:Richard Hall & Don Thomas
Gift of Life
Richard Hall has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1982 and the owner of Richard S. Hall, CPA, PA since 1991. He has been a member of Rotary International since 2003, starting with the Cape Coral Sunset Club and joining the Fort Myers Sunrise Club in 2009. He has served as a board member and officer for both clubs and was President of the Fort Myers Sunrise club from 2017-2018. He is also a Past President of Rotary Gift of Life Florida, Inc., where he now serves as a board member. Richard is also the Treasurer for Rotary District 6960. Richard has been married to Patricia Hall since 1991 and is the proud father of two sons, one daughter, and grandfather to eight grandchildren.
Don Thomas was born in Rochester, NY. He has been a resident of Cape Coral, Florida since 1981. Both Don and his wife Sue are major donors to the Rotary Foundation, sustaining members, and benefactors. Don is a Charter Member of the Rotary Club of Cape Coral Goldcoast, was the Charter Secretary, and is a Past President of his club. Don was District Governor of 6960 in 2010-2011. He is an alumnus of the Rotary Foundation and was our delegate to the Council on Legislation in 2016-2020.
Don was President of Gift of Life of Florida from 2016-2018. Both Don and Sue are on the Board of Directors. He is a Charter member of the Rotary Leadership Institute Sunshine Division, a Discussion Leader, and a Director of Training Development. He was honored to receive the District 6960 “Service Above Self Award” and was twice named “Rotarian of the Year” by his club. Don considers the most rewarding aspects of his many years in Rotary to have the opportunity to participate in the distribution of wheelchairs in Trinidad and Tobago, Humanitarian trips to the Caribbean, and his medical missions with Gift of Life, including his mission in Romania and a keynote speaker at Zone Institute, Zones 19 & 20B. Don is District 6960 Chairman and Ambassador for HANWASH Inc. in Cavaillon Haiti, and serves as our District Membership Chair for 2023-2026.
In partnership with Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation, Gift of Life has developed sustainable pediatric heart surgery programs in several countries and continues to do this work around the globe. The purpose of the mission was to provide life-saving pediatric heart surgery to children with congenital heart defects from developing countries by bringing one child at a time to the U.S. to obtain the surgeries. Since that time, the Gift of Life mission has grown tremendously, and it has now saved the lives of over 40,000 children in developing countries who would otherwise likely have perished. Gift of Life is working to change the outlook for these children and give each child, no matter where they are born, a level playing field and a fighting chance.
WEEKLY SUNRISE MEETING
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13051 Bell Tower Drive, FL, 33907
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