Speakers

Speaker Date Topic
Town of Eastchester Supervisor Anthony S. Colavita Sep 18, 2019 12:15 PM
Update on Town of Eastchester Government
Ms. Petra Nelson, Grameen America Sep 25, 2019 12:15 PM
Poverty Alleviation through Microlending
Ms. Nelson is the Development Manager for Grameen America, a nonprofit microfinance organization that provides small loans, training, and support to low-income women to help them build businesses, achieve higher family incomes, and revitalize their communities.
 
She will be discussing the success of Grameen's microlending model, and how it alleviates poverty while stimulating economic development.  She will also be discussing the resources that Grameen provides to its target population - women who live below the federal poverty line.
 
Click here to learn more about Grameen:  http://www.grameenamerica.org.
 
 
Ms. Tina Forte Ziccardi Oct 02, 2019 12:15 PM
Eastchester resident Tina Ziccardi discusses winning The Great American Baking Show Season 4

Click here to learn more about Ms. Ziccardi:  http://tinazaccardi.com.
Chief Brian Tween, Eastchester Fire Department Oct 09, 2019 12:15 PM
National Fire Prevention Week

Click here to learn more about National Fire Prevention Week:  http://www.nfpa.org/Public-Education/Staying-safe/Preparedness/Fire-Prevention-Week.
Westchester County Executive George Latimer Oct 16, 2019 12:15 PM
Update on Westchester County Government

Click here to learn more about Mr. Latimer:  http://www3.westchestergov.com/meet-county-executive.
Ms. Joan Mallory Oct 23, 2019 6:15 PM
Rotary Opera Night @ Ciao Restaurant
Ms. Joan Mallory will presenting an opera (TBD) and guiding the audience as they listen.
 
 

 
Rotary District 7230 Governor Mahbub Ahmad Nov 13, 2019 12:15 PM
Update on District 7230 and Q&A
Update on District 7230 and Q&A

Mahbub Ahmad is the District Governor for the Rotary Year 2019-20.  For 2017-19, he was the District's Technology Director, tasked with assessing and improving the level and usage of technology among the Clubs and the District.  He was the President of the Rotary Club of Yonkers-East Yonkers for 2016-17 and under his Presidency, the Club achieved the highest Rotary Honor - the Presidential Citation for 2016-17 - an honor shared with only 2 of the 43 Clubs in the District.  He has been the Club and District's Webmaster, and co-chaired the 2018 District Conference Committee. He has facilitated a number of technology-related seminars in the District.

Mahbub was an International Civil Servant at UN Headquarters in New York for 30 years, retiring as Chief, UN Web Services in 2012. He is credited with many innovations at the UN, the foremost being creation of the multilingual UN Website in 1995.  He began his UN career as a broadcaster and has prepared and produced many programs for UN Radio and TV, including multi-part Radio series on Human Rights, Children and the Environment, and TV episodes on UN topics broadcast on CNN.  He has widely traveled to attend UN Conferences on the Middle-East, Population, Development, Information Technology, among others, and was Spokesperson for the UN General Assembly President. He received the prestigious "UN21" Award for exceptional service from 2 UN Secretaries-General - Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-Moon.

He is a member of the Paul Harris Society and along with his wife, fellow Rotarian Bina Ahmad are Major Donors to the RI Foundation.  After 18 years raising their 2 sons in Scarsdale they now are residents of Yonkers.

Mahbub graduated with distinction with a Master's Degree in International Law & Organization from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, in 1978.  

 

Click here to learn more about District Governor Ahmad and his professional and Rotary service: http://rotary7230.org/Page/biography-dg-mahbub-ahmad.

 

Click here for details and to RSVP for this event: http://portal.clubrunner.ca/7411/Event/disrict-governor-mahbub-amhad-official-visit.
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