Past Speakers
Selected Speakers and Presentations of more than 500 Since 2011.... History Dave Newhall: Nat'l Cemetery Lee Radik: "Rock Light House Keeper" Mark Stageberg: “The World’s Largest Sawmill”. Carl Baer: Robert E. Lee James Eli Shiffer: "The King of Skid Row". Ray Wilson: The Telling Project on PBS - My Life in Viet Nam Health Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer at HCMC 7500 York, Senior Housing Preparing for a Future Move Les Sharpe, MD: Keeping your Immune System Healthy Bre Moulder, Education & Outreach Manager, Planned Parenthood Transcendental Meditation NAMI Minnesota, Topic: Gray Matters, Understanding Depression in Older Adults Education Eric Kaler, President, U of M: “Why our education system is backasswards” Julie Bunn: Minnesota Council on Economic Education Lakeville Police Deputy: “Police in the School?”. Mike McFaddeen: Charter School experience at Christo Rey and Tesfa International High Schools. Law Andrew Markquart, Attorney, Law School Teacher, Author, & Litigator with the Great North Innocence Project. Attorney James Dickey, the crime and police situation in Minneapolis and our case against police defunding. E. Sherayzen: From Russia with Law" . Marshall Tanick, Lawyer: Election Result David Porter, Lawyer: Will contests and How to Avoid Them Mark Stageberg, Lawyer: Medical Malpractice Mark Stageberg: Experience as a trial lawyer. David Lillehaug, MN Supreme Court Justice. Lori S Gildea, MN Supreme Ct Chief Justice. Paul Anderson, MN Supreme Court Justice. Alan Page, MN Supreme Court Justice. J. Ferris, MN Hwy. Patrol: The Denny Hecker Case, Chief Justice John Tunheim, Federal District Court: "A View From the Bench" Government Dave Durenberger, Former US Senator,"US Constitution, "What were founders thinking?" Marty Seifert, Former State Legislator. R. Stanek, Hennepin Cty. Sheriff: "Guns & Mental Illness". Tom Gillaspy, former MN State Demographer. Joe Mahon: Director Regional Outreach Federal Reserve Forecast Linea Palmisano: Minneapolis City Council, Ward 13: Police Reform/Rebuilding Minneapolis Joe Mahon: Director Regional Outreach Federal Reserve Forecast Linea Palmisano: Minneapolis City Council, Ward 13: Police Reform/Rebuilding Minneapolis M Pearlstein, Pres., Center of American Experiment Commissioner Mike Rothman, MN Commerce. Jim Hovland, Edina Mayor: "Land use in Edina". Edina Police Lieutenant Brian Tholen: Current issues in Edina Policing, including pursuits, gradient of force application, and dealing with mental illness. Brian Rycks, Chairman of MSP Metro Airports Commission: "Connecting You to Your World". Congressman Tom Emmer: "News from the Capitol". John Hoffman, MN State Senator and Minority Whip: "Governance in MN". International Issues Rudy Boschwitz: “Magnificent America” Peter Vodenka: "Journey For Freedom" behind the Iron Curtain www.journeyforfreedom.com Capt.J. Meszaros, Intel. Officer, Afghanistan. David Paxon: "Overpopulation is Solvable", John Radsan, President Nat'l Security Forum: IRAN. Jarret Brachman: "Future of Global Terrorism". Cliff VanLeuven, Transportation Safety Admin. Ed Cunnington: “Cuba, what has changed?” J Brachman: “Between Iraq & a Hard Place”. Military Political Interference Damaging National Defense. Mark Kortepetor, MD, MPH (Colonel, US Army--retired) Inside the Hot Zone Ray Witter, Retired Rear Admiral: Competition and Conflict with China: How do we avoid war? Richard Wisland, President Ham & Eggs Club: My Experience in Vietnam Rear Admiral Ray Witter, “Future of Naval Warfare”. The US Marine Corps Birthday, Bob Lewis. Dec 7, 1941 ”A Day That Will Live In Infamy”. Searching lost WWII Aircraft in New Guinea. Maj. Gen. R. Shadley: "Leadership in Crisis” Joel J. Phillippi: "Run Silent, Run Deep?" Denny Schulstad: "Honoring our Veterans” Racial Equity Rodolfo Guotierrez: HACER, an organization promoting equitable treatment of the Hispanic community Politics Tom Horner: “Where Partisan Politics Block Bipartisan Action”. Kendall Qualls: Candidate: US House of Representatives Justin Terrell: Executive Director: Minnesota Justice Research Center: Justice Reform Steve Cramer: CEO of Downtown Council; Member of MAC: The Future of Minneapolis Jeanne Massey: Executive Director: Fair Vote Minnesota: Merits of Ranked Choice Voting Issac Orr: Energy Supply Erik Paulsen, US Congressman. Tom Horner, Ind. party gubernatorial candidate. Amy Klobuchar, US Senator, Minnesota. Kurt Zellers, Rep. gubernatorial candidate. Todd Rapp, Political Analyst for MPR. David Hann, Minnesota Minority Leader. Tom Horner will discuss the political problems associated with the Senate filibuster Julianne Ortman, MN Senator. Tom Emmer, “US Congressman, MN 6th District. Mike McFadden, Candidate for U. S. Senate. David Schultz: "Understanding the 2016 Election". Melisa Franzen, MN State Senator: "Update on MN Politics and the State Senate Session". Terri Bonoff, Democratic candidate for US Congress. Peter Wattson, former Head legal counsel to the MN Senate "Voter Redistricting" Rodolfo Gutierrez will discuss HACER Rep. Dean Phillips (MN-03) Business The Rise of Control Data: How It Inspired an Era of Innovation & Investment Entrepreneurship with honor, Barry Krelitz. Senior Advisor from TESLA: TESLA Business Plan Donald Hall: Generation of Wealth SCORE, Helping Small Businesses Succeed. John Cherry, CEO, PolyMet Mining. Unlocking Equity in Closely Held Business . Bill Lentsch, VP President, MN Op Delta Air: "God, Family, Country and the Corporation". Computer Age Sean Lanterman, Director of Incident Response at Computer Forensics Service "Cyber Crime, Ransomware, & Attacks on U.S. Infrastructure" Bryce Austin: Cyber Security, Expert on Cyber Hacking & Internet Neutrality Thomas Fisher, former Dean of MN College of Design: "The On-Demand City". Investing Phil Dow, Director of Research at RBC. Nancy Bender-Kelner, Atty: Estate Planning Herb Schechter " Market Impact of the COVID-19 Stimulus and $1.9 Trillion to Fund it". Herb Schechter, CPA; Market Impact of COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Medicine Dr. Frederick Strobl: Inventor, eng, neurologist. Dr. John Najarian, Transplant Surgeon. Eric Evenson, Colonial, US Army Medical Corp (Retired): From the Farm to the Autopsy Table Jim Donadio, MD: From Mayo to Vietnam Christopher Logue, MD: Use of the Hyper Baric Chamber Planning for Transitions: Health Care Crisis. Deepa McGriff: "Medical Cannabis in Minnesota". Karina A. Forrest-Perkins: Addiction and Mental Health Trends in Minnesota. Jeffrey Remakel DDS: "Sleep Apnea and Snoring - How a Quiet Night's Sleep can Save Your Life". Jon Pryor MD, U of MN Professor, Urology Department Chairman, and CEO of HCMC. Dr. Leslie Sharpe "Immunotherapy and Vaccines in COVID-19, Cancer, AIDS and Other Viral Diseases. Environment Enbridge, MN. Pipeline Expansion Will Steger: Polar Explorer: Climate Change Peder Sandhei: Urban and rural MN Solutions for Solid Waste Landfills Peter Kissinger: XCEL Energy: The Future of Nuclear Power and the Power Grid Susceptibility Alan Anderson: Climate Change "A carbon fee and dividend, explained" Alan Anderson ...from Citizens Climate Lobby Anthropogenic Global Warming, R. Svendsen Center of the American Experiment "The Future of Energy" Xcel Eneregy "the future of nuclear power" MPCA...Urban and rural MN solutions for solid waste landfills Mark Seeley, MPR, Evidence for Climate Change. Community Concern Chris Coleman: President and CEO: Habitat for Humanity Former mayor of St. Paul Bre Moulder, Education & Outreach Manager, Planned Parenthood Northern States R.T. Rybak: President and CEO Minneapolis Foundation Jamie Almanza: CEO of Bay Area Community Services: How to Solve the Housing Crisis Arts and Culture Masha Zanialova, Curator, Russian Museum of Art Janet Beihoffer, “American Culture DNA”. Tony Ross, Principal Cellist, Minn Orchestra. Nathan Soland, Dir Hennepin Theater Trust. “Christmas and Folk Traditions in Norway”. Hennepin Theater Trust Season Preview, and Vocal Artist Performance. Sam Bergman, MSO Violist: "A Walk With a Renaissance Man of Music". General Interest David Nimmer, formerly with WCCO. Soaring Society of America, Brian Utley past President Steve Sandberg: Restoration of Trains Caleb Smith: CEO of Peacebunny Island "From Mayo Clinic to Vietnam, Memoirs of a Physician Serving in the War" Honorable Mary Pawlenty: "America, What if Family Fragmentation Continues?" Tony Palumbo, Anoka Co. Atty. “Elder Abuse”. Cindy Brucato, former KSTP News Anchor. Randy Young. Director, Union Gospel Mission. Julie Nelson, KARE 11 Newswoman: "News and Journalism". Sports Chad Greenway, Minnesota Vikings linebacker, "Football and Beyond". Tubby Smith, U of M Basketball Coach. Patrick Reusse, Sports Personality. Mike Veeck, Owner Saint Paul Saints. Bud Grant, former Minnesota Vikings coach. Denny Schulstad: "George Mikan - The Original Mister Basketball". John Anderson, Head Baseball Coach, Univ. of MN. Andrea Mokros: "The Bold North - Minnesota Super Bowl LII". Mark Coyle, Athletic Director, Univ. of MN. Mark Dienart, Ph.D, former U of MN Athletic Director Powered by MyEvent.com |
Past Speakers
Selected Speakers and Presentations of more than 500 Since 2011.... History Dave Newhall: Nat'l Cemetery Lee Radik: "Rock Light House Keeper" Mark Stageberg: “The World’s Largest Sawmill”. Carl Baer: Robert E. Lee James Eli Shiffer: "The King of Skid Row". Ray Wilson: The Telling Project on PBS - My Life in Viet Nam Health Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer at HCMC Les Sharpe, MD: Keeping your Immune System Healthy Bre Moulder, Education & Outreach Manager, Planned Parenthood Transcendental Meditation Education Eric Kaler, President, U of M: “Why our education system is backasswards” Julie Bunn: Minnesota Council on Economic Education Lakeville Police Deputy: “Police in the School?”. Mike McFaddeen: Charter School experience at Christo Rey and Tesfa International High Schools. Law Andrew Markquart, Attorney, Law School Teacher, Author, & Litigator with the Great North Innocence Project. Attorney James Dickey, the crime and police situation in Minneapolis and our case against police defunding. E. Sherayzen: From Russia with Law" . Marshall Tanick, Lawyer: Election Result David Porter, Lawyer: Will contests and How to Avoid Them Mark Stageberg, Lawyer: Medical Malpractice Mark Stageberg: Experience as a trial lawyer. David Lillehaug, MN Supreme Court Justice. Lori S Gildea, MN Supreme Ct Chief Justice. Paul Anderson, MN Supreme Court Justice. Alan Page, MN Supreme Court Justice. J. Ferris, MN Hwy. Patrol: The Denny Hecker Case, Chief Justice John Tunheim, Federal District Court: "A View From the Bench" Government Dave Durenberger, Former US Senator,"US Constitution, "What were founders thinking?" Marty Seifert, Former State Legislator. R. Stanek, Hennepin Cty. Sheriff: "Guns & Mental Illness". Tom Gillaspy, former MN State Demographer. Joe Mahon: Director Regional Outreach Federal Reserve Forecast Linea Palmisano: Minneapolis City Council, Ward 13: Police Reform/Rebuilding Minneapolis Joe Mahon: Director Regional Outreach Federal Reserve Forecast Linea Palmisano: Minneapolis City Council, Ward 13: Police Reform/Rebuilding Minneapolis M Pearlstein, Pres., Center of American Experiment Commissioner Mike Rothman, MN Commerce. Jim Hovland, Edina Mayor: "Land use in Edina". Edina Police Lieutenant Brian Tholen: Current issues in Edina Policing, including pursuits, gradient of force application, and dealing with mental illness. Brian Rycks, Chairman of MSP Metro Airports Commission: "Connecting You to Your World". Congressman Tom Emmer: "News from the Capitol". John Hoffman, MN State Senator and Minority Whip: "Governance in MN". International Issues Rudy Boschwitz: “Magnificent America” Peter Vodenka: "Journey For Freedom" behind the Iron Curtain www.journeyforfreedom.com Capt.J. Meszaros, Intel. Officer, Afghanistan. David Paxon: "Overpopulation is Solvable", John Radsan, President Nat'l Security Forum: IRAN. Jarret Brachman: "Future of Global Terrorism". Cliff VanLeuven, Transportation Safety Admin. Ed Cunnington: “Cuba, what has changed?” J Brachman: “Between Iraq & a Hard Place”. Military Political Interference Damaging National Defense. Mark Kortepetor, MD, MPH (Colonel, US Army--retired) Inside the Hot Zone Ray Witter, Retired Rear Admiral: Competition and Conflict with China: How do we avoid war? Richard Wisland, President Ham & Eggs Club: My Experience in Vietnam Rear Admiral Ray Witter, “Future of Naval Warfare”. The US Marine Corps Birthday, Bob Lewis. Dec 7, 1941 ”A Day That Will Live In Infamy”. Searching lost WWII Aircraft in New Guinea. Maj. Gen. R. Shadley: "Leadership in Crisis” Joel J. Phillippi: "Run Silent, Run Deep?" Denny Schulstad: "Honoring our Veterans” Racial Equity Rodolfo Guotierrez: HACER, an organization promoting equitable treatment of the Hispanic community Politics Tom Horner: “Where Partisan Politics Block Bipartisan Action”. Kendall Qualls: Candidate: US House of Representatives Justin Terrell: Executive Director: Minnesota Justice Research Center: Justice Reform Steve Cramer: CEO of Downtown Council; Member of MAC: The Future of Minneapolis Jeanne Massey: Executive Director: Fair Vote Minnesota: Merits of Ranked Choice Voting Issac Orr: Energy Supply Erik Paulsen, US Congressman. Tom Horner, Ind. party gubernatorial candidate. Amy Klobuchar, US Senator, Minnesota. Kurt Zellers, Rep. gubernatorial candidate. Todd Rapp, Political Analyst for MPR. David Hann, Minnesota Minority Leader. Tom Horner will discuss the political problems associated with the Senate filibuster Julianne Ortman, MN Senator. Tom Emmer, “US Congressman, MN 6th District. Mike McFadden, Candidate for U. S. Senate. David Schultz: "Understanding the 2016 Election". Melisa Franzen, MN State Senator: "Update on MN Politics and the State Senate Session". Terri Bonoff, Democratic candidate for US Congress. Peter Wattson, former Head legal counsel to the MN Senate "Voter Redistricting" Rodolfo Gutierrez will discuss HACER Rep. Dean Phillips (MN-03) Business The Rise of Control Data: How It Inspired an Era of Innovation & Investment Entrepreneurship with honor, Barry Krelitz. Senior Advisor from TESLA: TESLA Business Plan Donald Hall: Generation of Wealth SCORE, Helping Small Businesses Succeed. John Cherry, CEO, PolyMet Mining. Unlocking Equity in Closely Held Business . Bill Lentsch, VP President, MN Op Delta Air: "God, Family, Country and the Corporation". Computer Age Sean Lanterman, Director of Incident Response at Computer Forensics Service "Cyber Crime, Ransomware, & Attacks on U.S. Infrastructure" Bryce Austin: Cyber Security, Expert on Cyber Hacking & Internet Neutrality Thomas Fisher, former Dean of MN College of Design: "The On-Demand City". Investing Phil Dow, Director of Research at RBC. Nancy Bender-Kelner, Atty: Estate Planning Herb Schechter " Market Impact of the COVID-19 Stimulus and $1.9 Trillion to Fund it". Herb Schechter, CPA; Market Impact of COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Medicine Dr. Frederick Strobl: Inventor, eng, neurologist. Dr. John Najarian, Transplant Surgeon. Eric Evenson, Colonial, US Army Medical Corp (Retired): From the Farm to the Autopsy Table Jim Donadio, MD: From Mayo to Vietnam Christopher Logue, MD: Use of the Hyper Baric Chamber Planning for Transitions: Health Care Crisis. Deepa McGriff: "Medical Cannabis in Minnesota". Karina A. Forrest-Perkins: Addiction and Mental Health Trends in Minnesota. Jeffrey Remakel DDS: "Sleep Apnea and Snoring - How a Quiet Night's Sleep can Save Your Life". Jon Pryor MD, U of MN Professor, Urology Department Chairman, and CEO of HCMC. Dr. Leslie Sharpe "Immunotherapy and Vaccines in COVID-19, Cancer, AIDS and Other Viral Diseases. Environment Enbridge, MN. Pipeline Expansion Will Steger: Polar Explorer: Climate Change Peder Sandhei: Urban and rural MN Solutions for Solid Waste Landfills Peter Kissinger: XCEL Energy: The Future of Nuclear Power and the Power Grid Susceptibility Alan Anderson: Climate Change "A carbon fee and dividend, explained" Alan Anderson ...from Citizens Climate Lobby Anthropogenic Global Warming, R. Svendsen Center of the American Experiment "The Future of Energy" Xcel Eneregy "the future of nuclear power" MPCA...Urban and rural MN solutions for solid waste landfills Mark Seeley, MPR, Evidence for Climate Change. Community Concern Chris Coleman: President and CEO: Habitat for Humanity Former mayor of St. Paul Bre Moulder, Education & Outreach Manager, Planned Parenthood Northern States R.T. Rybak: President and CEO Minneapolis Foundation Jamie Almanza: CEO of Bay Area Community Services: How to Solve the Housing Crisis Arts and Culture Masha Zanialova, Curator, Russian Museum of Art Janet Beihoffer, “American Culture DNA”. Tony Ross, Principal Cellist, Minn Orchestra. Nathan Soland, Dir Hennepin Theater Trust. “Christmas and Folk Traditions in Norway”. Hennepin Theater Trust Season Preview, and Vocal Artist Performance. Sam Bergman, MSO Violist: "A Walk With a Renaissance Man of Music". General Interest David Nimmer, formerly with WCCO. Soaring Society of America, Brian Utley past President Steve Sandberg: Restoration of Trains Caleb Smith: CEO of Peacebunny Island "From Mayo Clinic to Vietnam, Memoirs of a Physician Serving in the War" Honorable Mary Pawlenty: "America, What if Family Fragmentation Continues?" Tony Palumbo, Anoka Co. Atty. “Elder Abuse”. Cindy Brucato, former KSTP News Anchor. Randy Young. Director, Union Gospel Mission. Julie Nelson, KARE 11 Newswoman: "News and Journalism". Sports Chad Greenway, Minnesota Vikings linebacker, "Football and Beyond". Tubby Smith, U of M Basketball Coach. Patrick Reusse, Sports Personality. Mike Veeck, Owner Saint Paul Saints. Bud Grant, former Minnesota Vikings coach. Denny Schulstad: "George Mikan - The Original Mister Basketball". John Anderson, Head Baseball Coach, Univ. of MN. Andrea Mokros: "The Bold North - Minnesota Super Bowl LII". Mark Coyle, Athletic Director, Univ. of MN. Mark Dienart, Ph.D, former U of MN Athletic Director Powered by MyEvent.com |