Events

Join us for a relaxed Rotary social at Smokehouse BBQ! It’s a great chance to catch up, connect, and enjoy some good food together outside of our regular meetings.

No program—just good conversation and fellowship.

Hope to see you there!

Amanda Cunigan is the Director of Community Engagement at Madam President Camp, an organization dedicated to empowering girls to discover their voice, build leadership skills, and see themselves as future leaders in their communities and beyond.

Through Madam President Camp, Amanda has created programs that encourage young women to develop confidence, practice civic engagement, and learn the power of collaboration and service. The camp introduces girls to leadership through hands-on activities, mentorship, and experiences that help them imagine themselves in roles of influence—from community leadership to public service.

Amanda is passionate about helping the next generation of girls understand that their ideas, voices, and leadership matter. Her work focuses on building confidence, encouraging civic awareness, and creating opportunities for young women to step into leadership roles early in life.

Today, Amanda will share more about the mission of Madam President Camp and how the program is helping shape confident, capable leaders for the future.

Link to website - https://www.madampresidentcamp.org/

Rebecca Jacobsen Graham spent more than 25 years serving the United States Federal Government in the
Directorate of Operations for the Central Intelligence Agency and as a foreign service officer in the U.S.
Department of State. Her diplomatic assignments spanned Latin America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Today, as the owner of Belinder Oaks, a Kansas City-based consultancy, Rebecca applies her experience as
an executive leadership coach to develop both private-industry and public-service leaders to make a broad,
meaningful impact for themselves, their teams, their organizations, and their communities.

In addition to degrees from Missouri State University and Purdue University and an International Rotary
Scholarship at the National University of Singapore, Rebecca holds a certificate in leadership coaching from
Georgetown University and is certified (ACC) by the International Coaching Federation. She is a native of
Parkville, Missouri.

Ted Place (Chief Development Officer)  has worked in fundraising and community development for more than
20 years; his experience includes time in both community service organizations
and educational institutions, most recently he spent 7 years as Senior Vice
President and Chief Development Officer at Kansas City PBS. Ted is an alumnus of
the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Centurions program and Northwest
Missouri State University. He has served on the boards of the Community
Foundation of Northwest Missouri, Catholic Charities of Kansas City/St. Joseph
and is President of the Northwest Missouri State University Foundation.

Joe Prenger is a real estate investor & developer, & managing partner of CL Management Group, a private equity investor specializing in acquiring, managing, holding & selling real estate through privately raised capital.  Joe is a lifelong Kansas Citian who is well-versed in real estate development, particularly in the Kansas City northland.

Memorial Day, which is observed on the last Monday of May, commemorates the men and women who died while in the military service.

THE MUFFLED drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo; No more on Life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On Fame's eternal camping-ground 5 Their silent tents are spread, And Glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.