Speakers

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)

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.