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How would you like to fulfill Rotary’s mission while having a positive impact on the life of an international or Rotaract university student in the Lincoln area?  Following the International Student Event (Picnic) in September, we saw a huge demand for mentorship with Rotarians.  We’re looking for Rotarians that are interested in meeting with a student at least 1X per month during the school year with a focus on providing guidance & coaching on career and helping each student build a successful future.  Outside of that, where you take each mentorship will depend on individual goals and aspirations and how you mutually decide to work together.  We often hear that mentors get just as much out of a mentoring relationship as the mentee. 

I’m sure all of us can recount someone that has helped us along the way as we navigated our careers & life.  Now it’s your turn - hop on board for this valuable experience & help Rotary prepare our future generation!

The expected start date is October 2020 – more information to come.

Ben Martens
Chair, International Picnic
Rotary Club of Lincoln

Commercial Banking Relationship Manager
p. 402-434-1012 | c. 402-580-2482  | benjamin.martens@usbank.com

Chuck Hagel was the 24th Secretary of Defense, serving from February 2013 to
February 2015. He is the only Vietnam veteran and the first enlisted combat veteran to
serve as Secretary of Defense.

Some of Hagel’s current commitments include service on the Board of Trustees of
RAND; Advisory Board of Corsair Capital; Senior Advisor to GALLUP and to the McCarthy
Group; Centennial Scholar, Georgetown Walsh School of Foreign Service; Distinguished
Scholar, University of Nebraska at Omaha; Distinguished Statesman at the Atlantic Council;
Board of Directors of Public Broadcasting Service (PBS); Director and Founding Member of
the American Security Project; and Advisory Board Chairman of the HillVets Veterans
Organization.

Hagel served two terms in the United States Senate (1997-2009) representing the
state of Nebraska. Hagel was a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations; Banking,
Housing and Urban Affairs; and Intelligence Committees. He Chaired the Foreign Relations
International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion Subcommittee; and the
Banking Committee’s International Trade and Finance, and Securities Subcommittees.
Hagel also served as the Chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China
and the Senate Climate Change Observer Group.

Previously, Secretary Hagel was a Distinguished Professor at Georgetown
University, Co- Chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, Chairman of the
Atlantic Council. He served as a member of the Secretary of Defense’s Policy Board,
Secretary of Energy’s Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future of Nuclear Power, Systemic
Risk Council Board of Directors; and as a member of the Board of Directors of Chevron.
Prior to his election to the U.S. Senate, Hagel was president of McCarthy & Company,
an investment banking firm in Omaha, Nebraska. In the mid-1980’s, Hagel co-founded
VANGUARD Cellular Systems, Inc., a publicly traded corporation. He was President and CEO
of the World USO, Private Sector Council (PSC), and Chief Operating Officer of the 1990
Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations (G-7 Summit). Hagel also served as Deputy
Administrator of the Veterans Administration under President Ronald Reagan and Deputy
Commissioner General of the 1982 World’s Fair.

He is the author of the book, America: Our Next Chapter and was the subject of a
2018 book by General Daniel Bolger entitled, Our Year of War, and a 2006 book by Charlyne
Berens entitled, Chuck Hagel: Moving Forward. He is a graduate of the University of
Nebraska at Omaha. Hagel and his wife, Lilibet, have a daughter (Allyn) and son (Ziller).

Secure your seat at the international picnic and register now. More details to follow. Questions, please contact Chair Ben Martens. Zoom details below:

Topic: Rotary 14 Virtual International Picnic
Time: Feb 28, 2021 04:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting ID: 830 4748 4893
Passcode: 730030

Ben Martens
Commercial Banking Relationship Manager
p. 402-434-1012 | c. 402-580-2482  | benjamin.martens@usbank.com

U.S. Bank
Lincoln Tower
233 S 13th St, Lincoln, NE 68508 | OM-NE-LT9 | usbank.com

March 9 Rotary Meeting will be hybrid. For in-person attendees, please register. Lunch price to follow.

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Bob Inglis launched the Energy and Enterprise Initiative (E&EI) at George Mason University in July 2012 and serves as Executive Director, where he promotes free enterprise action on climate change.

For his work on climate change Inglis was given the 2015 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. He appears in the film Merchants of Doubt and in the Showtime series YEARS of Living Dangerously, and he’s spoken at TEDxBeacon Street and at TEDxJacksonville.

Inglis was a Resident Fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics in 2011, a Visiting Energy Fellow at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment in 2012, and a Resident Fellow at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics in 2014.

Inglis was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1992, having never run for office before. He represented Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina, from 1993-1998. In 2004, he was reelected to Congress and served until losing reelection in the South Carolina Republican primary of 2010.

Inglis grew up in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, went to Duke University for college, met and married his college sweetheart, graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law and practiced commercial real estate law in Greenville, SC, before and between his years in Congress.

Bob and Mary Anne Inglis have five adult children and live on a small farm in northern Greenville County, South Carolina.

Business Networking Day encourages members to register to attend a business overview luncheon held at a fellow Rotarian business. The 2021 Business Networking Day, Spring Edition, will be held virtually. You are encouraged to sign up at this link: http://bit.ly/3pYIQTs, or click here.

2021 participating businesses with Rotarian hosts are as follows:

• • Mueller Robak – Gail McNair
  • Clark & Enersen – Bob Everitt
  • University of Nebraska College of Journalism – Randy Hawthorne
  • Bryan Health – Valerie Hunt
  • Kana Systems – Mailani Veney
  • Garner Industries – Jim Griesen
  • Allo – Margaret Berry
  • Nelnet – Randy Bretz 
  • Quantified Ag – Lisa Lee
  • UBT (TBD)

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Doug Hemmig has been at C-SPAN for over 21 years and is currently a member of its community relations team. He spends his time representing C-SPAN to a wide variety of communities all over the country and sharing how C-SPAN’s resources and content can be a valuable way to follow what is going on in Washington. He loves his job because of the important mission of the network and the dedicated colleagues he works with every day.

Doug began his time at C-SPAN working on the affiliate relations team. He represented C-SPAN to the cable industry at various events. He also advocated for the carriage of C-SPAN on cable systems all over the country. He also set up community events and promoted educational content to teachers all over the country. Earlier in his career, he was a Community Relations Manager for the American Red Cross. There he coordinated with hospitals to provide an adequate supply of blood to local communities in case of an emergency.

Doug grew up in the DC area and is often referred to as Boiler around the C-SPAN offices for his love of all things Purdue University related. In his spare time, he is a Rotarian in Rockville, coaches youth basketball, baseball, soccer, and lacrosse, and has coached for over 20 years. He is married for over 25 years and has four wonderful children.

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