Speakers

NOTE: This special joint meeting with the Rotary Club of Eagan will take place from 7:30am - 9am at the Lost Spur Golf and Event Center, 2750 Sibley Memorial Hwy, Eagan, MN 55121.
It will include a catered breakfast at no cost for all Eagan and Eagan Kick Start Rotarians.

Jennifer Jones has managed to break through the glass ceiling in Rotary, and is one of only 10 women to reach the level of RI Director.

One of Rotary International's most recognized communicators, Jennifer has presented keynote addresses and training workshops at more than 100 conferences across North America and most recently in St Petersburg - Russia, Panama City, Bangkok, Lisbon, Finland, India, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Australia and Germany. 

Jennifer joined Rotary in 1997 when she was only 27. She owned a television production company and the general manager of a cable company invited her to attend a Rotary meeting. “I had covered Rotary as a young reporter when it was still an ‘old men’s club.’ So I wasn’t really sure what to expect.” But she went and “when I arrived I felt like I had arrived home!” She joined RC Windsor-­Roseland in Canada

In 2001 she became the club president, and loved it. Her club then had 65 members and around 60 per cent were female. In 2007-08 she became Governor.

As champions of The Rotary Foundation, both her and her husband [also a Rotarian] are members of the Arch C. Klumph Society, the Paul Harris Society and are charter members of the Bequest Society.

Hear first-hand how our work directly affects the lives of children and adults living with mental illnesses and their families. Learn about our education and support programs and what we are doing to advocate for good mental health policies. A few mental health basics, volunteer opportunities and resources will be included.
Kay King is a Community Educator and Older Adults Program Coordinator at NAMI Minnesota (the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Minnesota).
 
Kay is the former Executive Director of a retirement community in the Twin Cities that offers both independent and assisted living services. She also managed a home health care agency. She was a hotel and resort manager with over 25 years of hospitality industry experience nationally and internationally including this hotel!
 
King is a family member whose grandmother, mother, sister and niece (four generations) lived/lives with a mental illness.

Jennifer Radke is an international speaker, author, and strategic business leader with over 15 years of experience in sales and recruitment leadership. The real-world solutions she brings to the business stem from her experience coaching, developing and training employees and have made her a highly sought-after speaker and trainer for businesses of all sizes. Before purchasing the National Institute for Social Media (NISM) in 2016, “the social CEO” was the owner and chief strategist at Socially Inspired, a social media training and consulting company that is still serving small and medium-sized businesses today. She has previously served on the board for Women Entrepreneurs of Minnesota (WeMN) and currently volunteers her time speaking about the professional uses of social media for those in job transition. She also keeps her social media skills fresh by acting as the Social Media Strategist for the Feed My Starving Children South Metro MobilePack in her hometown in southern Minnesota.