2024
Month Speaker Topics
Jan. 8 Nan Sui Chinese business strategies (Rich) Helen Billings
Feb 12 David Bushell (Br. 8) International efforts to harness wave and tide energy.
March 11 Loella Haskew Mayor of Walnut Creek
April 8 Ray de Witt
May 13 Jerry Meyers past president of Chevron Research jameyer@comcast.net
925-408-8754
June 10 Ladies Day Luncheon
July 8 Debbie Toth Choice in Aging dtoth@choiceinaging.org (Tony de Losada)
Secretary: Grace Cunningham
(925) 682-6330
Aug. 12 Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano
Dawn Manley dmanley@foodbankccs.org
Elise Veliz eveliz@foodbankccs.org
Sep. 9 Marie Li Wisdom and humanity of ancient marie.li@asianartfoundation.org Chinese
Oct. 14 Janet Hoy League of Women Voters
Nov. 11 Buddy May & other membership veterans.
Dec. 9 Christmas Lunch
Other potential speakers:
Gary Peterson – retired newspaper columnist
Dan Bornstein EBT columnist
Someone from the John Muir Land Trust / Save Mount Diablo
James Flores – Sunrise Clinical Research j- dementia
Candace Anderson – CC Bd of Supervisors
Wayne Freedman – retired KGO reporter
Susan Lucas – Medicare
Elder Abuse Speaker
Dee Rosario – East Bay Regional Parks Director
Dieter Kurtenbach – sportswriter for EBT/Mercury News
A Park Ranger – Mount Diablo
Peggy White – Lesher Theater
Tracy Dietlein – Broadway Plaza
Police Chief – Walnut Creek & Concord
Sears Point speaker
Lawrence Livermore Lab speakerChabot Observatory / DVC – Astronomy speaker
2023 Speakers
Month Speaker Topics
Jan. 9 Julie Clemens Shelter, Inc.
Feb. 13 Neil Zarchin CC/Solano Food Bank
Mar. 13 Bill English Meadow View Winery
Apr. 10 Budd MacKenzie Afghanistan Today – The Challenge of Working Within
May 8 Dr. Al Tobias Prostrate cancer
Jun. 12 Ladies’ Day Luncheon
Jul. 10 Mark Marymee Photo Saving
Aug. 14 Tom Parish Berkeley Rep. Theatre
Sep. 11 Timothy Haile C. C. Transportation Authority
Oct. 9 Janet Hoy League of Women Voters
Nov. 13 Chuck Myers/docent Docent at the USS Hornet
Dec. 11 Christmas Lunch
updated 03/18/2024 SM.
