Events

The status of small business, SBA's distribution of $16 billion in economic recovery funds to Iowa small businesses and non-profits, and SBA programs for small businesses. Jane Armstrong is a 33-year Rotarian, currently in the Des Moines AM Rotary Club.

https://youtu.be/mmQluDHMRaA

https://youtu.be/HMQ0i6bB3RE

SILT's new Circle Our Cities Campaign https://silt.org/silt-launches-circle-our-cities-campaign/ will surround 10 Iowa cities, including Ames with 10 permanent, sustainable table food farms in 10 years for 100 farms protected total. The campaign will:

•            Reach 100 landowners willing and able to donate land or conservation easements surrounding 10 cities.

•             Protect clean water and clean air with sustainable farming. Iowa is the No. 1 contributor to the Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico.

•             Protect 4,000 acres of productive farmland to improve access to healthy food in communities.

•             Help 400 beginning farmers get or stay on the land, supporting inclusivity.

•             Sequester 10,000 tons/year of carbon to protect our environment.

•             Feed 800,000 Iowans to ensure equitable access to healthy food.

https://youtu.be/Cx-Svj9tEIQ

https://youtu.be/xoXtD-7ZUB4

Rotarian Kimambi Kajuri, Rotary Club of Same, TZ will talk about the global grant projects impacts on the local villages.

https://youtu.be/x_LF_5n85DA

Paul Harris Fellow recognitions,  Community Gratn awards and Kelsey hands off the Club Gavel to Kent Frankenfeld

https://youtu.be/vcgohAw1mHA

https://youtu.be/YnMIDFxZeLo

Executive Director, Iowa State Center

Koolbeck comes to the Iowa State Center after having served VenuWorks in the corporate office for the last 10 years, most recently as Chief Marketing Officer/Senior Vice President. Prior to joining the VenuWorks corporate staff, she served as Assistant Executive Director of Marketing and Programming for the U.S. Cellular Center Arena/Paramount Theatre and General Manager of the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena. She started in the public assembly management field in 1995 as the Director of Marketing for the Five Seasons Center and Paramount Theatre. Koolbeck’s past work experience includes hotel management, convention and visitor bureau sales and professional sports.

https://youtu.be/Pt09ilLO63I

Adam Schwartz became Director of Ames Laboratory in 2014. He is also a professor of Materials Science and Engineering in the College of Engineering at Iowa State University.

Prior to joining Ames Laboratory in 2014, Schwartz had nearly 23 years of materials science research and management experience at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, CA that spanned physical metallurgy to condensed matter physics with a particular focus on phase transformations, phase stability, and electronic structure of actinides and lanthanides. He held leadership positions for Plutonium Aging, Dynamic Properties of Materials, and Physics and Engineering Models programs.

He led the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory team during the development of the Critical Materials Energy Innovation Hub and then continued on as the Developing Substitutes Focus Area Leader. In this role, he leveraged his expertise in metallurgy, condensed matter physics, and technical management to drive the innovation of substitute materials. The Energy Innovation Hub, known as the Critical Materials Institute, is led by Ames Laboratory.

https://youtu.be/LU4msMEGacw

https://youtu.be/h1pzY4zYDu0

https://youtu.be/CEMJbXpdYq8

Judge, law professor, and writer residing in Little Rock, Arkansas. Fleming has written two books of legal humor, including Real Lawyers Do Change Their Briefs; His crossword puzzles have appeared in the New York Times and many other newspapers; several magazines, including Games Magazine, The Rotarian, and The American Lawyer; and several books, including the Simon & Schuster Mega Crossword series and Random House Casual Crosswords; and in other venues. He appeared in the 2006 documentary Wordplay, which also featured a song that he wrote.^[8] The New York Times crossword puzzle published on Friday, May 12, 2017, was collaboratively constructed by Fleming and former president Bill Clinton.^[9]

https://youtu.be/f2cpO6SMnRE

Sharon Perry Fantini from Tiffin University, Ohio, has been named the next vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion following a national search. Perry Fantini, who serves as vice provost for equity, access and opportunity and Title IX coordinator at Tiffin University, will begin at Iowa State on Jan. 18, 2022.

Perry Fantini has been in her current position at Tiffin University since 2009 and also serves as an associate professor of management. She is a member of the Association of Title IX Administrators advisory board; the external advisory board for diversity and inclusion for Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York; and the Society for Human Resource Management.

Perry Fantini holds bachelor's degrees in organizational management and human resources management and an MBA from Tiffin University and a Ph.D. in human resources and organization management from Minneapolis-based Capella University.

Members and guests are encouraged to attend the club picnic.  

https://youtu.be/mTzcpiEhm_U

https://youtu.be/xoPQ_9gSW4Q

https://youtu.be/eAkAqNKb_es

https://youtu.be/VFf-evsE030

https://youtu.be/GvsYmntPOEM

Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering
Gary and Donna Hoover Chair in Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Director, Bioeconomy Institute