Rotary Club of Milwaukee Tuesday Speaker Series

At Tuesday's breakfast, we welcomed David Reeves, an entrepreneur and former President of Open Gov. After growing up in Milwaukee, David started an amazing career helping build successful companies including an IPO company in Silicon Valley. David shared his journey from his move back to Milwaukee in 2020, his excitement about building a tech ecosystem in MKE and why it's important to the future of our City.

Several weeks ago, Rotarian Dave Haynes, Editor of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Ideas Lab, asked Rotarians and people throughout the region to name the issues that should be a priority for the next Mayor. Using information from those responses, Dave will interview Acting Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson, followed by Q&A from the audience. Dave is also joined by Alison Dirr, City and County Government reporter for the Journal Sentinel.

Several weeks ago, Rotarian Dave Haynes, Editor of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Ideas Lab, asked Rotarians and people throughout the region to name the issues that should be a priority for the next Mayor. Using information from those responses, Dave interviews Mayoral Candidate Bob Donovan, followed by Q&A from the Rotary audience. Dave is also joined by Alison Dirr, City and County Government reporter for the Journal Sentinel.

The presentation also touches on possible solutions, including strategies used by peer park systems that may merit consideration by Milwaukee County and state leaders.

The Marcus Performing Arts Center recently announced Donald Driver as the first Cultural Ambassador in organization history. The four-year partnership with Donald Driver as a Cultural Ambassador will promote the power of the arts, culture and community engagement by making the performing arts more accessible to underserved youth, families and communities of color throughout Southeastern Wisconsin.

Through the partnership, Driver will work with the Marcus Performing Arts Center to create intersections between the performing arts and the community through educational content developed with artists during the Marcus Center Presents season.

Hear about accomplishments from the 2010 Downtown Area plan, how we got here and how you can get involved in shaping the City of Milwaukee Downtown Area Plan looking forward to 2040. Our speakers include: Tanya Fonseca, Long Range Planning Manager, City of Milwaukee Department of City Development Beth Weirick, CEO, Milwaukee Downtown, BID 21

Natraj Shanker is a Shorewood resident, Rotarian and a board member of ADRAG. As part of ADRAG he helped form ADRAG-India and initiated the partnership with Dementia-Friendly America.

Sue Kelley is a Shorewood resident and serves as the volunteer Chairperson of the Shorewood Connects Dementia Awareness Work Group. Throughout her career as a planning consultant, Sue has worked to develop programs for underserved older adults to ensure that they have the opportunity to remain connected to and involved in their communities.

Mary Louise Schumacher, the 2017 Arts & Culture Nieman Fellow, is an independent journalist and critic. She was the art and architecture critic at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel until February 2019, where she covered culture for the Midwestern newspaper for more than 18 years. On February 8th she addresses what is featured at the Art Preserve of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan.