Events

Jill Scigliano is the CEO at The Samaritan Inn in McKinney, Texas. Joining the team in 2021, Jill was excited to move back to the local McKinney area, having formerly been a resident of McKinney. Jill’s passion for nonprofit service and leadership, coupled with a desire to enable fellow neighbors build a more stable life made for a perfect match.

Jill was formerly the Executive Director of the Residential program at My Possibilities, serving those with intellectual and developmental disabilities find permanent housing solutions. She also formerly worked with Wise Resource Development as an independent consultant for nonprofits and startups. Previous to that, Jill was the Chief Operating Officer for The Dallas Entrepreneur Center (The DEC), a nonprofit created to help entrepreneurs create, build and grow their businesses.

Come and hear Jill at our December First Thursday meeting. We will meet at Kelly's at The Village in Allen at 5:30 PM. See you there.
 

Anthony Goodson, a Hospice Consultant, has been working in the Hospice care industry since 2016, 5 years with Hospice Plus. Anthony started his career after college in the broadcasting industry working for ABC Radio and the Tom Joyner morning show for 6 years. But soon after that, he learned that healthcare was his calling. Soon thereafter, Anthony started working as a Pharmaceutical Representative for Astra Zeneca as the leading sales representative in the country. In the middle of this, Anthony learned of fame Broadcaster Stewart Scott’s cancer diagnosis, and felt moved after Stewart Scott gave a speech at the Espy when he said, "When you have Cancer you fight and fight until you can’t fight anymore, and when you can’t fight anymore, you let someone else fight for you.” Anthony soon realized that Hospice was the fight he was talking about.

Our guest speaker for our First Thursday meeting in March will be Ken Carley, Director, McKinney National Airport. Come and hear Director Ken give us an update on the airport and it's future plan. We meet each First Thursday at Hampton Inn & Suites McKinney,  2008 N Central Expy, McKinney, TX 75069, at 5:30 PM. Visiting Rotarians and guests are always welcome.

The Rotary Peace Fellowship is designed for leaders with work experience in peace and development. Rotary fellows are committed to community and international service and the pursuit of peace. Each year, The Rotary Foundation awards up to 50 fellowships for master’s degrees and up to 40 for certificate studies at premier universities. Come hear Past District Governor Linda Elliott talk about the fellowship and the process for applications.

Hope you will join us at Shiloh Place's new office for our service project.

We will be helping them get their staff offices ready for move in.  The day will stsrt with a tour and introduction to their growth plan.  All supplies including masks will be provided and teens are welcome to join with their parents.  

Ms. Gibbs is a Professor of Environmental Science and Geology at Collin College. Prior to her academic career, Ms. Gibbs was a hydrologist with the United States Geology Survey. Ms. Gibbs completed a Bachelor of Science in Biology at Northern Arizona University and was awarded the Hooper Undergraduate Research Award for her research on endocrine disruption. She completed a graduate degree in Earth Science and Environmental Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington. Her graduate research was in paleoclimatology and involved geochemical analysis of speleothems to understand past climate change events. Ms. Gibbs has a passion for teaching others about nature and volunteering in her community.