Capital Rotary Club

Our speaker on Wednesday morning January 28th was Dr. Carolyn Donelan, Lead Flight Director of the Challenger Learning Center.  Carolyn is a graduate of Sumter High School and an alumna of the University of South Carolina, where she earned an Associate Degree in computer science, a Bachelor of Science in biology with a cognate in chemistry, a Master of Arts in Teaching biology, and a Doctor of Philosophy in science education. She has been a certified educator for over 23 years and currently works full-time for Richland County School District One as the Lead Flight Director of the Challenger Learning Center and part-time as an adjunct faculty member of the College of Education at the University of South Carolina.

Carolyn is currently a member of the Palmetto State Teachers Association, the South Carolina Association of School Administrators, EAA Chapter 242, and the S.C. Historic Aviation Foundation.  She serves on the Board of Directors of the S.C. Aviation Association.

Our speaker on Wednesday morning was Mr. Dan D’Alberto and he provided unique insight on Economics & Entrepreneurism in South Carolina.

By way of background, Dan is the founder of the D’Alberto Law Firm and is a managing director of Southland Capital Partners. Over the past years, Dan served as a staff attorney with Nelson Mullins and as development officer for both Johns Hopkins University and the University of South Carolina. Dan earned his Bachelors of Arts degree from U.S.C., his Master’s degree from Florida State University, and his law degree from the U.S.C. School of Law.

Craig Lemrow (center) is welcomed into Columbia’s Capital Rotary Club by president Mark Bokesch (right) and sponsor Bryan Goodyear. Lemrow, a former member and past president of the Lexington, SC Rotary Club, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and earned an MBA in Finance at the University of North Florida.

He is a senior business systems analyst in information technology for the Aflac Group in Columbia with experience in customer service, training, technical writing, installation services, technical assistance, marketing, product management, marketing communications and contract administration. He’s also been a real estate agent/broker, a military aviator and is a retired officer in the Naval Reserve.

Our speaker on Wednesday morning was Mr. Timothy Koch who currently serves as the President of the Graduate School of Banking in Colorado and Professor of Finance & Banking at the University of South Carolina.  Mr. Koch earned his Bachelors of Arts degree in Math & Economics from Wartburg College and both his Master’s and Doctoral degree in Economics from Purdue University.

Mr. Koch is an, “Experienced researcher, author and presenter on topics of bank-performance analysis, risk management, the pricing of fixed-income securities, equities and financial futures and public finance. Co-author of Bank Management, a leading college textbook in its seventh edition, and Community Banking: From Crisis to Prosperity, a guide for bank directors and senior bank managers to thrive in the coming years. Frequent speaker to banking audiences around the country.”

Our speaker on Wednesday morning was Chief Skip Holbrook of the City of Columbia Police Department. Holbrook, along with his wife of 26 years and two of his three children — the third is a student at Marshall University — came to Columbia back in April from Huntington, W. Va., where he has served as police chief since 2007.  Lots more on Chief Holbrook in this week’s Free Times @ http://www.free-times.com/pdf/091014/#p=20

Photo courtesy of The State