Past Speakers - 2012
FEB 04 Open Mic
What Was Your Favorite Childhood Memory?

MAY 05 Kim R. Martiny
Business Owner and Communications Marketing Executive,
 
Kim’s extensive Communications Marketing career, mainly in Cincinnati, Ohio, included the following positions: Senior Development Officer, Mercy Health Partners Foundation, a growing hospital chain, (2002-2008) Vice-President-Marketing,  Advanced Wireless  & Telecom Corporation, where he secured all startup funding and served on the Board of Directors for this high tech technology company (2000-2002) Central Regional Director, Legatus International, a Catholic Business Executives organization (1998-2000) Owner, President and CEO, Martiny and Company, a full service marketing communications company with billings of $20 million in 1998 (1981 -1998) President (1978 -1980) and  Vice-President (1975 - 1977) Baer, Kemble and Spicer, Inc., which he purchased in 1981. National Accounts responsibility in the Marketing Dept. of Container Corporation of America  (1966-1975). He served in the United States Navy in Morocco doing both intelligence work and handling special services responsibilities and volunteered for duty in Vietnam where he  was responsible for building, staffing and directing all food service and residence activities for eight Saigon facilities and retired with the rank of Lieutenant. Kim has served as President and was on the Board of several professional associations for advertising executives. He received a B.S. Degree in Business Administration from Carroll University, Waukesha, Wisconsin. Kim’s charitable and community related activities include joining the Board of Trustees of Lanier Technical College Foundation in 2009, and he has served on boards and fundraising committees with St. Brendan's Parish, St. Peter in Chains Cathedral, Bethany House Services, Jesuit Spiritual Center at Milford, Freestore Fundraising Agency, St. Anthony Parish, Mercy Health Partners Foundation, the Heart Association of Southwestern Ohio, and The Arthritis Foundation of America in Cincinnati.

AUG 04 Bobby Corbin
Retired from the Scientific Instrument Feld and US Air Force Veteran.
 
Bobby worked for twenty-five years with Beckman Instruments, where he held various titles including: Field Service Engineer, Chromatography Specialist, Technical Instructor, Technical Operations Manager, Strategic Marketing Manager, Senior Strategic Planning Manager, and Site Quality Assurance Manager. Bobby spent most of his career at the Palo Alto California Product Development Center, where he was a member of the New Product Development Management Team while holding the different titles and positions listed. Prior to joining Beckman Instruments he spent six years in the U.S. Air Force (1974-1980) working with scientific instruments and laboratory systems. Bobby holds the following degrees: Associate in Applied Sciences in Electronics from the Air University (USAF); Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from City University of Seattle, Washington; and Master of Business Administration from Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California. He is also a certified Technical Instructor through University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. Bobby has been married to his wife Carrilynn for over thirty years and currently spends his time being “Mr. Mom” to their nine year old daughter, Miranda, who is their only child. Bobby graduated from Stone Mountain High School in Stone Mountain, Georgia, in 1973 and returned home to Georgia in 2005 after retiring from Beckman Instruments.

NOV 03 Charlie Brusco
Rock Artists Manager and Concert Promoter
 
Charlie's early love of rock and roll music has led to one of the industry's most successful careers in artist management. In the early 70's, Charlie discovered and managed The Outlaws, and his success with this multi-platinum southern rock giant paved the way for his relationship with classic rock radio legend, Lynyrd Skynyrd. His successful revival of Skynyrd's career brought other classic rock acts to his door such as Bad Company, Peter Frampton, Survivor, Tesla, John Waite, Thin Lizzie and Styx. He began to promote concerts including the benefit Amnesty International Concert at the Omni in 1986 with Bill Graham and Alex Cooley ( U2, The Police and Bryan Adams appeared). Ten years after the tragic 1977 plane crash, Charlie reunited the survivors of Lynyrd Skynyrd  who continue to successfully tour today. In 1996 he also reunited the members of Styx and they appeared at the Super Bowl twice in recent years.  Styx is currently on tour with Foreigner and Kansas. Charlie was involved in founding “Volunteers for America” which organized two benefit concerts in Atlanta and in Dallas in 2001 in only three weeks to help the families of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, netting $550,000 given to the Port Authority Police World Trade Survivor Fund. Appearing at the concerts were Styx, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bad Company, Journey, REO Speedwagon, Kansas, Peter Frampton, Eddie Money, John Waite, Survivor, Mark Farner, and they were MC'd by Drew Carey. In 2002 two more 9/11 benefit concerts were held at the Meadowlands in New Jersey and in Cleveland. In 2005 Charlie received the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS) prestigious Hero's Award and in 2010 he was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. He sits on the Board of TJ Martell Cancer Organization and NARAS, has been active in Grammys in the Schools, and  sat on the Board of Directors  of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland. On January 01, 2012, Charlie joined the prestigious Red Light Management, which manages artists such as The Dave Matthew Band, Phish, Alicia Keyes, Tim McGraw and many more. Charlie was born in Pittsburgh, moved to Tampa after graduating from Ashland University, then to Macon, and then to Atlanta in 1976.



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