RICHMOND FIRST CLUB PROGRAMS:
SEPTEMBER 2024 THROUGH JUNE 2025
SEPTEMBER 11:
"9-11: First Responders from the Endangered Financial Sector"
Speaker: Rhett DuPont, former Head of Securities, New York Stock Exchange
OCTOBER 9:
"Addressing America's Civics Crisis"
Speaker: Joni Albrecht, Executive Director, John Marshall Center
NOVEMBER 13:
"NOVEMBER 13: (Note: Meeting will be held in the River Dining Room on this date)
"Reforming the Problematic Richmond School Board"
Speaker: Shannon Heady, Richmonders for Effective Governance of Schools (REGS)
DECEMBER 11:
"Election Postmortem and General Assembly Preview"
Speaker: Jeff Schapiro
JANUARY 15:
Award Ceremony: 2024 Good Government and Leadership Award
"The Evolution of the Richmond Times-Dispatch and the Newspaper Industry 2005-2025"
Speakers: Howard Owen, former TD editor and newsroom executive
Kelly Till, President and Publisher of the Times-Dispatch
FEBRUARY 12:
"The New Mayor's Vision for Richmond"
Speaker: Richmond's newly elected Mayor
MARCH 12:
"Actions to Address Metro Richmond's Housing Crisis"
Speaker: Marion Cake, Vice President of Affordable Housing, Project Homes
APRIL 9:
"Venture Richmond: Keeping the Capital City a 'Capital' Place to Live and Visit"
Speaker: Lucy Meade, Director of Economic Development and Community Relations
MAY 14:
"Metro Richmond's Growing Hispanic Community-Where They Live and Work, and Their Aspirations."
Speaker: Tanya Gonzalez, Executive Director of the Sacred Heart Center
JUNE 11:
"Richmond's Beautiful Gem: Exciting Expansion Plans for Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden"
Speaker: Brian Trader, Lewis Ginter CEO
Venue: The Robbins Room at Lewis Ginter with lunch and a tour of the gardens