Luncheon Speakers

We were delighted to have Patricia Cimino as a guest speaker.   Patricia Cimino is a Certified Coach specializing in empowerment. Whether she is speaking to a group of twenty or hundreds, Patricia utilizes her unique approach steeped in neuroscience, positive psychology, and eastern philosophies to create game-changing results. Audiences appreciate how Patricia radiates high-energy and infuses possibility and optimism into her presentations and her interactions with everyone she meets. This talk shares her story of servant leadership and offers three simple yet powerfully effective strategies to navigate life.  Especially helpful during this unusual [...]

We were delighted to have Noel Guillama as our guest speaker. Noel is a member of Wellington Rotary and is a nationally recognized expert and lecturer on healthcare management/operations and the use of technology in healthcare.  Since 1984, Mr. Guillama has been Chairman of Guillama, Inc., a strategic operations consulting and management company in healthcare, technology, construction and real estate. Noel has served as past Chairman of Quantum Group, Inc. (Quantum) (Formerly NYSE Amex QGP) of Wellington, FL. Quantum is a healthcare information technology company and former CEO of Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc. [...]

  Speaker Paul Lopez We were pleased to have attorney, Paul Lopez, join us as our guest speaker this week. He was introduced by Club member Adam Palmer. Paul Lopez is the managing partner of the 50-lawyer law firm of Tripp Scott, P.A. and has been practicing law for over 27 years.  He has a national and statewide trial practice in the area of employment law and commercial litigation and serves as Chair of the law firm's Litigation Department. He has been AV rated for over 20 years (highest attainable) and is consistently recognized as [...]

We were pleased to have Rhys Williams and Jessica Beaver of the FAU Tech Runway be our guest speakers.  Jessica gave the presentation, and both Jessica and Rhys answered questions.    The FAU Tech Runway® is a South Florida public-private partnership that serves as a hub to accelerate technology development and incubate startup companies. Our 28,000-square-foot collaborative working space provides entrepreneurs with a complete ecosystem in which to office, train, mentor, fund, and scale their companies from ideation through to early revenue stage. There are three major program areas in FAU Tech Runway: 1) Venture, [...]

Bryn has been a Rotarian since 1986 when he joined the Rotary Club of Barrie Huronia in Barrie, Ontario. He was Club President in 1995-96; served as District Governor.  District Conference Chair in 1999 and was a GSE Team Leader to Australia in April 2000. Bryn was District Governor during the Rotary Centennial year of 2004-05. He has served Rotary as chair of numerous committees and as RI President Representative to numerous District Conferences. His passions for Rotary includes a membership and OUR Rotary Foundation. He was D7010 District Foundation Chair from 2007-10 and was the Regional Rotary [...]

MikeMayo spent more than 30 years at the South Florida Sun Sentinel in a variety of roles before his retirement from daily journalism in early 2020. He spent his final four years as the newspaper’s dining critic and food writer on “The Eat Beat.” “It was my dream job, because the only thing I love more than writing is eating,” says Mayo, who joined the newspaper in 1989. He picked up his critic's fork after 14 years as the paper's local news columnist. He also spent 13 years as a sports reporter and columnist. Through the decades, Mayo [...]

We were pleased to have Dr. Donna Holland speak to our Rotary Club on the topic, “How to be a Good Mentor.” Dr. Holland graduated medical school in 1978 and after completing her residency in psychiatry and fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry, she began her medical practice in our community in 1983.  In addition to her private practice, she has served in leadership roles in local and national hospital and day treatment programs and was active in pharmaceutical treatment research. Since 2012 has been Affiliate Assistant Professor at the Charles E. Schmidt [...]