Capital Rotary Club

Capital Rotary 2014-2015 president Mark Bokesch thanks club member Jimmy Gibbs (right) for two years of service as an assistant governor for Rotary District 7770. In this capacity, Gibbs worked not only with his home club, but also with five others in the area including Columbia, Columbia East, Five Points, Vista Nights and the Main Street club. This earned him Capital Rotary’s Leadership Award for the past year. Gibbs is a past president of the Capital Club and was named its Rotarian of the Year in 2000.

Our speaker on Wednesday morning, June 24th was Mr. Steve Wilmot, Tournament Director of the RBC Heritage golf event in Hilton Head, South Carolina.  Steve just conducted his 18^th event as Tournament Director this year. Steve comes by his interest in sports and marketing naturally. He was an multi-sport athlete at Moorestown, NJ High School and Guilford College in Greensboro, NC. He holds a degree in Sports Management from Guilford College as well as a Master’s Degree from St. Thomas University in Miami, FL.

Besides serving as Tournament Director, Steve sat on the Board of Directors of the PGA Tour Tournament Advisory Committee for 12 years.   Steve is married to Dene and has two children, Charlie and Ashley.

Our speaker on Wednesday morning, June 3^rd  was Dr. Lemuel Watson, the Dean of the College of Education at the University of South Carolina and Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies.

Dr. Watson is the former Executive Director of the Center for P-20 Engagement and Dean of the College of Education at Northern Illinois University. He is also the former Dean for the division of Academic Support at Heartland College.  Dr. Watson is an alumni of the Darla Moore School of Business at USC.

He completed his master’s degree at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana and a doctorate degree in higher education and policy from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.

Our speaker on Wednesday morning, May 20th was Dr. Molly Spearman, South Carolina’s Superintendent of Education.  Molly grew up in Saluda County, graduated from Lander University, earned her Master’s Degree in Education from George Washington University, and her Education Specialist Degree from the University of South Carolina.

Source: https://ed.sc.gov/agency/superintendent

Our speakers on Wednesday morning, May 13th were Mr. Rob Perry, Richland County Transportation Director and Mr. David Beaty, PE, who oversees the ICA Engineering and Richland County’s $750,000,000 roads improvement program.