January 4: Billy Procida, Founder Procida Advisors LLC

Billy Procida, Founder Procida Advisors LLC, Award-winning developer and nationally-ranked general contractor. Billy will provide insight on future construction projects like the WTC, Downtown Brooklyn, Hudson Rail Yards and the NYC Metro Real Estate Market. Wednesday, January 4 Time: 5:45pm registration starts, 6:00pm meeting starts Place: The Downtown Association, 60 Pine Street Cost: $25 per Read more about January 4: Billy Procida, Founder Procida Advisors LLC[…]

December 7: William Cohan Author of “Money and Power How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World”

William Cohan Author of “Money and Power How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World” William D. Cohan is a contributing editor at Fortune, and award-winning former investigative newspaper reporter who worked on Wall Street for seventeen years. He is the author of 3 books.”The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co.,”, Read more about December 7: William Cohan Author of “Money and Power How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World”[…]

November 30: Dr. Thomas Kraehenbuehl

Dr. Thomas Kraehenbuehl and he will be talking about “Repairing Broken Hearts”. Dr. Kraehenbuehl was a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar. Rotary had helped by enabling his PhD and Postdoctoral project at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology through a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship. Thomas and his team developed human heart-like tissue from scratch – fully Read more about November 30: Dr. Thomas Kraehenbuehl[…]

Special presentations this week about the Rotary Foundation

Join us this week for three short presentations about Rotary International & the Rotary Foundation. Fredlee Kaplan – Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is Rotary’s leadership training program for young people. RYLA emphasizes leadership, citizenship, and personal growth, and aims to: Provide an effective training experience for selected youth and potential leaders Encourage leadership of Read more about Special presentations this week about the Rotary Foundation[…]

October 26 – Nancy Ploeger (Manhattan Chamber of Commerce)

Nancy Ploeger is the President of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce. Since joining the Chamber in 1994 as the Executive Director, Nancy has developed MCC’s membership from 250+ to over 1400 and established the Chamber’s relationships with officials at all levels of government. In order to develop MCC’s international presence, Nancy created the MCC Chamber Read more about October 26 – Nancy Ploeger (Manhattan Chamber of Commerce)[…]

October 19 – Tom Klitgaard (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

Mr. Klitgaard is the Head of the International Research Function. He studies cross-border financial flows and coordinates the Bank’s global outlook. Mr. Klitgaard received B.A. degrees in both mathematics and economics from the University of California, Berkeley and a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University. Time: 5:45pm registration starts, 6:00pm meeting starts Place: The Downtown Read more about October 19 – Tom Klitgaard (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)[…]

Save the Date – November 20 – Dr. Thomas Kraehenbuehl

Dr. Thomas Kraehenbuehl will be talking about “Repairing Broken Hearts”. Rotary had helped by enabling his PhD and Postdoctoral project at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology through a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship. Thomas and his team developed human heart-like tissue from scratch – fully outside of a human body – using human embryonic Read more about Save the Date – November 20 – Dr. Thomas Kraehenbuehl[…]

October 12 – Tsidii Le Loka (The Lion King)

Tsidii Le Loka is an actress, vocalist, and composer originally from the Kingdom of Lesotho in southern Africa. She is best known for her role as Rafiki in the original Broadway production of Disney’s musical The Lion King. For her performance, she was received the Drama Desk Award, Drama League Award, and Outer Critics Circle Read more about October 12 – Tsidii Le Loka (The Lion King)[…]