Luncheon Speakers

           2026 

•  January:   Barbara Arriaga - Luther Burbank Center for the Arts.

•   February:
• March:
• April:
• May:
• June: Annual Picnic - No Speaker
• July:
• August:
• September:
• October:
• November:
• December: Holiday Party - No Speaker

           2025

• January:  Mickey Remy - Santa Rosa Recreation and Parks Department Website
• February: Mike Pereira, TV NFL rules analyst for Fox Sports. Video
• March:  Vincent Valenzuela, American Red Cross. Slides  Video
• April: Keven Brown, Santa Rosa Symphony and proprietor of Corrick's Stationery and Gifts. Video
• May:  Heidi A. Porch, Author, Ditching the Sky.  Memoir of triumph against all odds.  "Every pilot's worst nightmare." Slides Video
• June: Annual Picnic - No Speaker
• July: Chris Smith, Stories from The Press Democrat. Slides  Video
• August: Gene Girimonte, Alzheimer's Association. Slides
• September: Alexandria Ortiz, Children’s Museum of Sonoma County. Slides
• October: Kevin McKinnie, Vets in Vettes
• November: Stew Lauterbach, Electric Vehicles. Slides
• December:  Holiday Luncheon  - Merrie Olde Christmas Carolers. Website

          2024​

• December 2024:  Holiday Luncheon - No Speaker
• November 2024: Veteran's Program - John Weaver (USMC, WWII) Video and Wayne Brigden (USN, Korean War) Video
• October 2024: Hanna Aymar, Enterprise Fraud Manager, Redwood Credit Union,  Avoiding Fraud and Scams. Slides
• September 2024: Karissa Kruse. President and CEO, Sonoma County Wine Growers. Slides
• August 2024: Julie Johnson, Adult Services Librarian, Sonoma County Library, Free Services Available from the Library SCL Website
• July 2024: Mark Stapp, Vice Mayor, City of Santa Rosa. Video
• June 2024: Annual Picnic - No Speaker
• May 2024:  Kate Remsen    Trail Camera Project Coordinator, Living with Lions  Website
• April 2024: Rod Sverko, Policing Santa Rosa in the 1960s
• March 2024: Ed Davis, Sonoma County Author Website
• February 2024: Gary Greenough - History of the Sonoma County Airport and the Pacific Coast Air Museum  Website
• January 2024: Andrew Carruthers, The Redwood Violin and Violinabox Projects.  

          2023

• December 2023:  Holiday Luncheon - No Speaker.
• November 2023: Ted Scapeccia - Bay Area Honor Flight #29.  Video  Slides
• October 2023: Santa Rosa Police Chief John Cregan. Video 
• September 2023:  Anita Migliore - Recology Waste Zero. Video  Slides
• August 2023: Bob Sonnenberg – Earl Baum Center of the Blind. Video
• July 2023: Dr. Stewart Lauterbach – My Life as an Emergency Doctor.  Video
• June 2023: Annual Picnic - No Speaker
• May 2023: Frank Allocco – Stories of Sports and Motivation. Video
• April 2023 - Margie Pettibone - Homelessness Solutions. Video   Slides
• March 2023 - Dr. David Card, Nobel Laureate - Impact of Increasing Minimum Wages on Employment.  Video
• February 2023 - Melissa King - CIRM California Stem Cell Agency.  Video   Slides
• January 2023 -  Fred McMane - A Sports Writer's Life.  Slides