| Meeting Date | Meeting Type/Time | Meeting Location | Speaker/Presentation |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 10th, 2026 | Lunch Meeting | InterContinental Hotel Saint Paul | The Star of the North: Explore Minnesota is Shining a Light on Minnesota |
| March 17th, 2026 | 5:01 Meeting | Pool & Yacht Club | Pollinators, People, and Partnerships: Building a Resilient Future Together |
| March 24th, 2026 | Lunch Meeting | InterContinental Hotel Saint Paul | Thinking Like a Hacker in the Age of AI |
| March 31st, 2026 | Lunch Meeting | InterContinental Hotel Saint Paul | Club Assembly |
| April 7th, 2026 | 5:01 Meeting | Pool & Yacht Club | Pete Grayson on Camp Enterprise and Camp RYLA |
| April 14th, 2026 | Lunch Meeting | InterContinental Hotel Saint Paul | Steve Young and Tara Marshall |
| April 21st, 2026 | 5:01 Meeting | Pool & Yacht Club | How Medical Science Works |
| April 28th, 2026 | Lunch Meeting | InterContinental Hotel Saint Paul | Camp RYLA |
| May 5th, 2026 | 5:01 Meeting | Pool & Yacht Club | Karmit Bulman of the East Side Learning Center |
| May 12th, 2026 | Lunch Meeting | InterContinental Hotel Saint Paul | Alison Rempel Brown of the MN Science Museum |
| May 19th, 2026 | 5:01 Meeting | Pool & Yacht Club | Tom Baltutis on Rotary Water Projects in Uganda |
| May 26th, 2026 | Lunch Meeting | InterContinental Hotel Saint Paul | Kent Whitworth from the MN Historical Society |
TUESDAYS ARE FOR ST. PAUL ROTARY
JOIN US FOR LUNCH, AT 5:01 PM OR ONLINE!
Lunch Meetings: Noon at the InterContinental St. Paul Riverfront, 11 E Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55101 (2nd, 4th and 5th Tuesdays of the month)
Parking: $3 Vouchers for 2-hour parking at the Victory Ramp near the hotel
5:01 Meetings: 5:01 PM at the Pool and Yacht Club, 1600 Lilydale Rd. Lilydale, MN 55118 (1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month). Free parking across the street, valet is free as well with suggested gratuity.
Online: all St. Paul Rotary events are hybrid with a Zoom option
We have a new mailing address! Please mail all correspondence to PO Box 4482 Saint Paul, MN 55104
Please join us at the InterContinental Hotel for lunch on March 10th to hear how Explore Minnesota, the state's promotional office, is marketing Minnesota to more people in more places than ever before. We will be hearing from Chelsea Fey and Frances Fyten, Metro Industry Relations Representative and Senior Marketing Strategist of Explore Minnesota respectively.
Chelsea Fey has spent her life working in hospitality and nearly a decade in travel and tourism. Prior to her Industry Relations role at Explore Minnesota, she led the marketing and partnership efforts at Visit Saint Paul. She brings curiosity, intention and connection to everything she does and is driven by growth, meaningful collaboration and making a positive impact through her skills for Minnesotans.
Frances Fyten is a Senior Marketing Strategist for Economic Development at Explore Minnesota. Since 2024, she’s been in what she calls her dream job — helping shine a light on why Minnesota is one of the best places in the country to live, work, and do business. Her work focuses on elevating Minnesota’s brand in a way that attracts talent, supports businesses and fuels economic growth.
Prior to her current role, Frances spent nearly a decade at Reputation Partners, a full-service public relations firm based in Chicago. There, she led communications strategies for major clients across hospitality, supply chain and logistics, financial services, education, manufacturing and more. She has worked with startups to global brands, including McDonald's, Lyft, Total Wine & More, Simon Property Group, and Associated Bank, as well as advised organizations on crisis and labor communications, cybersecurity issues, and organizational change.
Frances is a proud Minnesota and St. Paul “boomerang,” and a graduate of Marquette University. She lives in St. Paul’s West 7th neighborhood, where she enjoys being part of the community and contributing to the vitality and growth of the city she calls home.
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5:01 Meeting March 17th: Pollinators, People, and Partnerships: Building a Resilient Future Together
5:01 Meeting March 17th: Pollinators, People, and Partnerships: Building a Resilient Future Together
Please join us at the Pool & Yacht Club on March 17th as we hear from Dustin Vanasse, Founder and CEO of Bare Honey LLC and Executive Director of the Pollinator Friendly Alliance.
Pollinators play an essential role in food systems and biodiversity, and Minnesota has been a leader in protecting pollinators and their habitat. But did you know that the efforts involve collaboration between farmers, renewable energy companies, local governments, and businesses? Pollinator-friendly habitats not only support broader wildlife conservation but also strengthen ecosystems and benefit both people and wildlife. Come learn more about the science-based initiatives to ensure healthy habitats for all species, as well as practical ways you can support pollinator health, habitat restoration, and biodiversity preservation.
Dustin Vanasse, Executive Director of Pollinator Friendly Alliance, is best known as the Founder of Bare Honey, a Minnesota brand that connects consumers to conservation—most notably through solar-based beekeeping, which integrates native plantings and apiaries into pollinator-friendly solar projects. A former chef turned food entrepreneur, Dustin built his culinary career around menus that highlighted small-scale, sustainable agriculture—working directly with farmers and producers to feature seasonal, locally grown ingredients. His approach helped diners connect the food on their plates to the landscapes where it was grown, building awareness of how sustainable agriculture supports both communities and ecosystems. In addition to leading a mission-driven company, Dustin has served in public-sector and nonprofit spheres as an Agricultural Marketing Specialist with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. Dustin’s conservation work has appeared in features and media—ranging from profiles of pollinator-friendly solar sites and solar-grown honey to podcast interviews about building values-driven food brands.
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Please join us at the InterContinental Hotel for lunch on March 24th as we hear from Richard Thieme of Thiemeworks.
The accelerating evolution of technology, specifically AI, has created a "meta-system" so complex and intertwined with all domains of knowledge and human life that it effectively operates on a meta-level, shaping our reality and exceeding our control. The meta-system requires collaboration among all of its parts for effect management. We need to think on a meta-level because the meta-system is thinking about us in its own unique terms. We must adopt a "hacker" mindset – thinking critically, creatively, collaboratively, and systematically – to navigate this new reality.
Richard Thieme is an author and professional speaker, a pioneer and a prophet with a long reach. In the 1980s-and-90s he illuminated how society, identity, and intelligence and security work would change as new information and communication technologies reshaped the substance of relationships - and would change us, from individuals up to geopolitical structures. While some thought his projections were "crazy," now he is called “a prophet who saw it all from the beginning.”
As a result of speaking at global conferences - he has keynoted security conferences in 15 countries - and reaching more on YouTube and through 13 books, he has built a reputation for far-seeing insights, a powerful articulate speaking ability, and documented acclaim from audiences that range from NSA, the Secret Service and the FBI to Bank of America, Microsoft, GE, and Medtronic and 26 straight years at Def Con where he was designated an "uber contributor" in 2022. A lifetime of speaking experience - as an instructor in English literature and writing at the U of Illinois, an Episcopal clergyman for sixteen years, and an author and speaker for 30 years - plus an ability to cross-reference salient ideas from diverse fields - make for fascinating presentations on diverse subjects.
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Please join us at the InterContinental Hotel for lunch on March 31st for a Club Assembly! More details to come.
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