Speakers
One benefit of being part of Classic City Rotary is our great speakers and presentations at weekly club meetings. These programs, which usually are the final half-hour of each meeting, feature informative and entertaining presentations on a range of local and international topics – usually in person, but sometimes national and international speakers will join by Zoom.
Whether it’s getting updates on the issues from our local elected and appointed officials; hearing from UGA faculty experts on topics from kaolin to “murder hornets” to Georgia politics; growing our awareness of local businesses and non-profits; hosting K-12 essay contest winners; learning to make origami hats; deepening understanding of Rotary’s international humanitarian work; or having a string quartet or local songwriter perform just for us–our meetings help “Make Mondays Matter.”
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Upcoming Speakers
6910 District Governor, Bobby Hildreth, will be speaking on Rotary District 6910 and what's ahead for 2025.
Hildreth joined the Morgan County Rotary Club in 2018 after transferring from the 75-member Rotary Club of Thomson. He served as 2015-2016 president of the Thomson club where his accomplishments include: achieved 100% Paul Harris Club, achieved district Gold Level club award, and was awarded the District 6910 R.L. Panyik Leadership Award for Large Clubs. At the district level, Hildreth served as Area IX Assistant Governor from 2016 through 2018. As Assistant Governor he was awarded the 2016-2107 District Governor’s Excellence Award for Assistant Governors by District Governor Kim Waters. Prior to joining the District Governor team, Hildreth served as Area VIII Assistant Governor where he coordinated an inaugural Area VIII club collaborative project through the Farm to Family food distribution initiative. The Morgan, Greene-Putnam, and Washington Rotary clubs hosted six food distributions delivering thousands of meals to underserved citizens in their respective communities.
Hildreth’s district leadership experience also includes two years as district membership co-chairproviding leadership in club member growth and retention. Also, at the district level Hildreth served on the district conference leadership teams in 2015-2016, 2020-2021, and 2022-2023. In his home club Hildreth is the club foundation chair including foundation grant project planning, administration, and coordination. Hildreth restarted the club’s sponsorship of the Rotary YouthLeadership Award (RYLA) program including the student interview process. Through RYLA participationthe club’s first four student alumni created the inaugural Interact club at Morgan County High School. Hildreth was also awarded the Morgan County Rotary Club “Rotarian of the Year Award” in 2019-2020, and 2021-2022.
Hildreth is a graduate of the Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) including discussion leader. He is a Paul Harris Fellow and a member of the Paul Harris Society. He is also a GRSP Will Watt Fellow. Hildreth retired after forty-one years of service with Georgia Power Company, serving in various leadership positions in transmission system operations, customer service, and Area distribution and business office operations management. He previously served as board chairman of the Thomson-McDuffie County (GA) Chamber of Commerce and the Macon County (GA) Chamber of Commerce. Hildreth also served on the city council in the City of Montezuma, Georgia, including one year as Mayor Pro Tempore.
To see other speakers from recent weekly meetings, view the Weekly Bulletins.
