2011-2012 ROTARY DISTRICT 7300 LIST OF POSSIBLE PROGRAM SPEAKERS FREE PROGRAMS 1). Leah Vallone: Pittsburgh Action Against Rape. 412-431-5665 Ext. 135 2). Rob Oliver: Motivational Speaker. Book: “Still Walking”. 412-450-0433 rob@yourmotivationalspeaker.com 3). Camp AIM: Nicole Zahn: 412-735-5744 & Kerry O’Connor 412-334-8356 Camp Aim is a South Hills YMCA affiliated six week summer camp held at Carlynton High School for mentally and physically handicapped children ages 3 to 21. Our club has donated to Camp Aim for 25+ years. 4). Craig Esterly: Water Project For Haiti. Craig is a member of the Greentree Rotary Club. 412-628-0836. 5). Canine Companions For Independence: Carolyn Hrach. carolyn.hrach@gmail.com They are the oldest and largest assistance dog provider in the U.S. Canine Companions gives highly trained assistance dogs to people with disabilities. 6). Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board: Greg Fajt: Chairman 717-346-8321 Doug Harbach or Richard McGarvey. Topic: PA Casinos. Contact: Doreen Apple. (A new Chairman will be named soon). 7). Blind & Vision Rehabilitation Services Of Pittsburgh: Erika Arbogast, President 412-368-4400 1800 West St. Homestead, PA 15120 8). A Child’s Place At Mercy: Joan Mills, Program Manager. 412-232-7200 jmills@mercy.pmhs.org 9). The Pittsburgh Promise: Saleem Ghubril, Executive Director. 412-281-7605 saleem@pittsburghpromise.org 10). Pat DiCesare: Ex-Owner of DiCesare-Engler Productions. Pittsburgh’s Top Music Concert Promoter of the 60’s-90’s. Great Stories. Nice Man. pat@pittsburghconcerthistory.com 11). Steve Sokol: Director: Pittsburgh World Affairs Council. 412-281-7970 sokol@worldaffairspittsburgh.org 12). Pittsburgh Botanical Gardens: Collier Twp. 412-444-4464 13). Joseph Maloy: U.S. Airways Airbus/Boeing Aircraft Acquisitions. 412-472-7130 Joe is a purchasing agent of jet planes for U.S. Airways. FREE PROGRAMS: CONTINUED 14). Duquesne Light: Joe Valerian & Pat Conti. 412-281-9262 15). Pennsylvania Bureau Of Mines: Mine Subsidence. Jim Welsh: Speaker. Peter’s Twp. 16). Riverlife: Stephan Bontrager. Director of Community Relations. 412-606-2187 cell 17). Variety Pittsburgh: Marilyn Kaye. 412-747-2680. Children’s organization. marilyn@varietypittsburgh.org 18). Kennywood Park: Andy Quinn, Speaker. 412-461-0500 Ext. 1243 19). Joe Zgurzynski: Master Beekeeper from the North Hills/Gibsonia area. 412-963-7526 20). Pennsylvania American Water Co: Gary Lobaugh/Tony Emanuele, 724-743-3103 Contact: Josephine Posti, External Affairs Specialist. 21). Matt Aleisio: College Football Referee. (Spending more time in Florida now.) 412-287-4926 22). Michael & Pat Kavic: Michael Stephen Kavic Winery in Carnegie. 412-279-9463 23). Baby Boomers & Beyond Realty: Ron Cehelsky, Speaker. 412-952-8897 24). American Liver Foundation: Suzanna Masartis, Executive Director. 412-434-7044 25). Jim Roddey: Past Allegheny County Executive. 814-444-0583 26). Pittsburgh Technology Council: Melissa Unger, 412-687-2700. 27). Pittsburgh Zoo: Tracy Gray. 412-298-5259 (They’re tough to get a hold of) 28). “The First Tee”: Marc Field, Speaker. Executive Director, 412-682-2403 29). Allegheny County Parks Dept: Clarence Hopson, Deputy Director. 412-350-7275 30). David Olson: “Playing The Bagpipes”. 724-929-4041 olsmithdo@msn.com 31). Pyrotechnico Fireworks of New Castle, PA: Vic Laurenza 1-800-854-4705 32). Linda Barnicott: Famous Local Artist From Greentree known for her Kennywood & Kaufmann Clock & Christmas paintings. 888-748-8278 33). Circle “C” Youth & Family Services: Scott Jones. 412-937-1605, ext. 224 FREE PROGRAMS: (Continued) 34). Car Windshield Safety: Ryan’s Auto Glass. Jeff:owner or Fran Boyle. 1-800-232-7926 35). The American Civil War: Gary Augustine. (Phone: 412-741-9205) 36). Boy Scouts Of America: Flag Plaza, Pgh. 412-471-2927 37). Western Pennsylvania Conservancy: Gavin Deming. 412-288-2777 38). Don Brainerd: “The Magic of the Great Braindini” 412-741-3086 39). Rick Miller: Abe Lincoln Presenter With Stories About Abe. 724-321-7085 40). Eleanor Schano: “Her Life As A Pioneer In Women’s TV Broadcasting”. Contact: Debbie Casini 412-731-1084 (There was a $100 Fee) 41). Providence Point Senior Housing: Eileen Moore/Tammy Rile 412-276-4500 42). Carol Foster: ASA Certified Appraiser of dolls, antiques, quilts, etc. from Butler, PA. 724-287-4868 43). Pittsburgh Film Office: Jessica Conner, Assist. Director. 412-261-2744 44). Port Authority of Pittsburgh: 412-255-1350 45). National Cemetery Of The Alleghenies (Washington County): 724-746-4363 46). Identity Fraud/Theft: Local Pittsburgh Secret Service Office. 412-395-6484 47). U.S. Citizenship & Immigration: Debra Zamberry. (Try 412-390-1130) 48). Allegheny Land Trust: Roy Kraynak, dir. 412-741-2750 49). Allegheny Conference: Bill Flanagan. 412-281-1890 50). Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Pittsburgh Branch: 412-261-7800 51). Instructors From Fitness Centers/Jazzacise, Etc. 52). Washington County Trolley Museum: Scott Becker. 724-228-9256 53). Kevin Colbert: V.P. Player Development, Pittsburgh Steelers. 412-432-7871 54). Operation Troop Appreciation: Monica Orluk, VP. 412-759-0696 55). Mark Davis: Owner of Pittsburgh Bottleshop & a Pittsburgh Brewmaster. 412-279-8170 ADDITIONAL FREE PROGRAMS 57). Sandy Harris: Author of a book about Carnegie. 58). Pittsburgh Botanic Garden: Greg Nace, President. 412-444-4464 Ext. 25 This new garden is being planned near Settler’s Cabin Park in Collier/Robinson Twp. 59). R. John Brewer: Career Paramedic with 30+ years experience. John teaches individuals and offices about CPR and basic life support. He will talk about Sudden Cardiac Arrest as well as, Automated Electronic Defibrillators (AED’s). Phone: 412-292-2978 Email: brewercpr@hotmail.com 60). Matt Shipley: Author of “Good House, Bad House” which teaches people how to make their homes comfortable, healthy, safe, durable and energy efficient. 412-635-9972 mattshipley@comcast.net 61). Ginny Starr: Carnegie Museum’s Women’s Committee. “Carnegie Treasures” (There may be a fee.) 412-622-3325 62). Steve Blass/Bob Walk/ Kent Tekulve: Contact Marc Garda 412-860-9471 63). Manjri Gupta: Director of Chyten Learning Center. Her company helps tutor high school students and prepares them for their future. ROTARY PROGRAMS THAT WILL COST SOME MONEY (I pay for these programs out of my pocket, then I deduct them from my taxes. I look at it as a charitable donation to my Rotary club and my CPA agrees). 1). Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Speakers: $25 Each. Call Barbara Bogucki, Office of the President, 412-263-1100. 412-263-3048. All Excellent & Worth The Money. Speakers Include: Brian O’Neill: Book: “Pittsburgh, The Paris Of Appalachia”. Gretchen McKay: Cooking, Culinary Travel, Homes, Etc. Don Hammonds: Business Writer Specializing in Automotive Industry. Gene Collier: Sports Columnist. David Shribman: Executive Editor. Mike White: High School Sports. 412-779-5850 Ruth Ann Dailey: (Freelance Columnist) ruthannDailey@hotmail.com 2). Dr. Cyril Wecht: I made a $200 donation to the Duquesne Forensic/Law Dept. Excellent discussion about Kennedy Assassinations, Elvis, Marilyn, Jon Bonet Ramsey, O.J. Simpson, etc. Worth every penny. 412-281-9090 You may have to go through Mrs. Wecht to schedule Dr. Wecht for your club. chwecht@fyi.net 3). Michelle Dresbold: One of the foremost handwriting experts in the world. We’ve had Michelle speak three times over the past 8 years. First time: $100. 2nd and third times, Michelle did a book signing. Her book, “Sex, Lies & Handwriting”. mdresbold@comcast.net Excellent. 4). Speakers From The Western Pennsylvania Heinz History Center: Variety of topics. 412-454-6000 Sandra Baker. 5). Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation: Contact: Mary Lu Denny 412-471-5808, ext. 527 Cost: $50 “A Tourist View Of Pittsburgh”. Also, ask for Louise Sturges: “Memorable Places & Changes”. Cost: $150 Louise is an encyclopedia of knowledge when it comes to Pittsburgh architecture. Extremely well worth it. 6). 7). 8). Dr. Knowledge A.K.A. Charles Reichblum: Contact KDKA Radio 1020. $50.00 Fee. Stan Savran: $250 fee in July of 2009. Pittsburgh Root Sports. Pete Hewlett & Scott Anderson: $500 charge for a club special event. Pete has sung with Billy Joel, Paul McCartney,etc. Scott was the musical director at WQED & for the Vouges. Dave Crawley: KDKA-TV. Doo-Wop Groups of the 50’s. Spoke to our club twice. Jack Bogut: WWSW-Radio. $500-$1,000 normally. Keith Metheny: A mentalist from Huntington, WV. In Sept. 2005, I paid $1,400 for him to perform for our club during a 3 hour new membership drive. He really awed 9). 10). 11). the crowd that night with his performance. ROTARY PROGRAMS THAT WILL COST SOME MONEY 12). Dr. Deane Root: Curator, Stephen Foster Memorial. Univ. of Pittsburgh. 412-624-4100 $100 Fee in March 2007. Topic: “The Life and Music of Stephen Foster”. Dr. Root has appeared on PBS’ “The American Experience”. 13). Kooks With Ukes: Three member trio that plays ukes, kazoos, etc. Contact: Dave Morris, 412-389-3561 or Jim Thurner: 412-260-0778. They play 1930’s & 1940’s Tin Pan Alley Songs. Cost: ??? 14). Magician T. J. Hill: tj@magicmantjhill.com Standing O Entertainment 412-381-1914. Cost: ???