Kent Country Club

Join us for our annual President's Message luncheon where new 2024-2025 Club President Eunice Lopez-Martin will share her club goals and plans for the year!  

On June 27th, the Rotary Club of Grand Rapids will hold its annual “Passing of the Tiller” luncheon during which outgoing 2023-2024 Rotary President Shaun Shira will pass the presidential tiller to incoming 2024-2025 Rotary Club of Grand Rapids President Eunice Lopez-Martin. We will also unveil the new Rotary International theme "The Magic of Rotary",…

Keith Elder - President & CEO, Grand Rapids Symphony Speaker Topic: Updates Coming Soon! Bio: Keith C. Elder is the President & CEO of the Grand Rapids Symphony. Elder was most recently executive director and CEO of the Tulsa Symphony in Oklahoma. Before his position in Tulsa, he held various roles at institutions including the…

This meeting will also be our Annual Membership Meeting to elect Club directors (via ballot vote) and conduct other club business. Jen Schottke - President, West Michigan Construction Institute Speaker Topic: Updates Coming Soon! Bio: Jen Schottke is president of the West Michigan Construction Institute (WMCI), a leading commercial construction trade school located in the…

Aaron Nilsson - CIO & CDO, Jets Pizza Speaker Topic: Digital Transformation & Use of A.I. in Labor Shortage and Operations BIO: Aaron Nilsson is the CIO of Jets Pizza. Nilsson joined the team in early 2019 to use his skill set to build Jet’s Pizza’s digital presence and improve online experiences for both customers…

Join us for our annual STRIVE (Students Taking Renewed Interest in the Value of Education) student mentorship luncheon. We will celebrate and highlight all the progress and wonderful things the student mentees and mentors have been up to! ABOUT STRIVE: Strive is a motivational mentoring program that targets high school junior and senior students who…

Vonnie Woodrick - Founder, i understand Speaker Topic: Mental Illness and helping those who are enduring the same grief that she and her family have experienced, her story is powerful as she will share how we all can overcome the attitudes and stigmas surrounding the topic. BIO: After the loss of her husband, Rob, in…

Each year our Interact students coordinate a luncheon and choose the speaker who will present at a luncheon. This year they have chosen the CEO of Butterball Farms Mark Peters!           BIO Mark Peters is the Chief Executive Officer of Butterball Farms, Inc., which was nationally recognized as one of The…

Alejandro Quiroga, M.D., MBA - President, Corewell Health West. Presentation Topic: Dr. Quiroga will explain how is guides a complex organization that impacts all of us. BIO: Ale leads strategy, operations, clinical oversight and financial performance for 10 hospitals, 120 outpatient locations, telehealth, a large continuing and home care enterprise, and a medical group with…

Dr. Mark Hamilton - President, Versa Culture LLC Presentation Topic: Remote work and its impact on organizational culture BIO: Dr. Mark A. Hamilton is President of Versa Culture LLC, a management consulting firm that helps Michigan businesses to solve people-related challenges in the workplace. Dr. Hamilton has spent the past 15 years managing and advising…