Speakers

I am pleased to serve with a District Governor lineup consisting of Past District Governor Julie McCoy, DG Elect Don Gladhart, DG Nominee and fellow Club 13 member David McCaughey and DG Nominee Designate Kent Shelman. 

In 2016, The Sewing Labs®, was officially formed as a 501(c)3, with the mission:  “To inspire hope in populations of women marginalized by generational poverty, addiction, incarceration, immigration or other life-challenges, through job skills training in the creative sewing arts, and networking.” 

Originally from Chicago, Eileen came to Kansas City to direct an area in the Creative Division at Hallmark. After successfully leading her team through growth and innovation, Eileen entered the nonprofit sector serving greater Kansas City. The past several years has seen Eileen working as a Brand Services Director with the YMCA of Greater Kansas City, working with the prisoner re-entry “Turn Around” program at Catholic Charities of KC-St. Joseph, and as the Director of Development and Communications with Camp Fire National Headquarters. Most recently, Eileen was the Area Director for Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska with the Pinky Swear Foundation.

Mark Daniel Maloney, of the Rotary Club of Decatur, Alabama, USA, is the President of Rotary International for 2019-20.

Maloney is a principal in the law firm of Blackburn, Maloney, and Schuppert LLC, with a focus on taxation, estate planning, and agricultural law. He represents large farming operations in the Southeastern and Midwestern United States, and has chaired the American Bar Association’s Committee on Agriculture in the section of taxation.

 

Emily Detwiler is a business and marketing professional with over 15 years of experience in strategy development, branding, integrated marketing planning, partnership development, agency leadership, operating plan and budget development. Her experience has been developed across Brands such as Smithfield, Hostess, Borden, Plugra and Retailers including Walmart, Sam’s Club, Ahold Delhaize, Meijer, Hy-Vee, etc.  She has developed partnerships with leading brands such as Weber, Kingsford, E.J. Gallo, Twisted Tea, and Tabasco. Emily holds dual Bachelor’s degrees in Marketing and Management from Drake University, as well as a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Missouri; where she has served on the MBA Advisory Board for +10 years.

Misty Honnold is the President and Founder of the international organization Mountain of Myrrh Ministry (M.O.M.). She has been the Visionary Leader of the local expression of M.O.M., The Single MOM KC. As a single mother of four, her greatest life work has been loving and leading her family well. Because of her parenting experience and community engagement, churches, organizations, and other single mothers have consistently sought Misty out for discipleship, advice, and inspiration.

Dan Margolies is editor in charge of health and education news at KCUR 89.3, Kansas City’s NPR affiliate. He has worked as a reporter for the Kansas City Business Journal, The Kansas City Star and Reuters. In a previous life, he was a lawyer.

Joseph Dandurand, a former judge on appellate and circuit courts and a former deputy attorney general, will head the Kansas City office of Legal Aid of Western Missouri.

As executive director, Dandurand will lead more than 50 attorneys and 100 total employees in the office, which provides legal assistance to people with low income.

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During his more than 25 years with Populous, Jeff has become a design specialist in professional sports stadium architecture and collegiate athletic facilities. His responsibilities have included programming, master planning, conceptual and schematic design, design development, contract documents and construction administration.

Butch Rigby has developed real estate in and around the Kansas City area for over 30 years. He redeveloped his first property in 1980 during the time that he was a full time student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies, and a Juris Doctor from the UMKC School of Law.

 

Butch founded the Screenland Movie Theatre Circuit, and as a part of that venture, he restored the Historic Granada Movie Theatre Building located at 1015 Minnesota Avenue in downtown Kansas City Kansas. He then renovated the historic Armour Theatre Building in downtown North Kansas City, Mo.