Events

Chris Hollins has shown what local government can achieve when new ideas and accountable leadership are met with real purpose.

Chris led the 2020 elections effort in Harris County as County Clerk and gained national acclaim for protecting and expanding voting rights for 2.5 million Houston-area voters during the most important election in our lifetime. His innovations – which included drive-thru voting, 24-hour voting, online mail ballot tracking, and tripling the number of early voting centers–led to eye-popping record voter turnout despite the ongoing global pandemic.

Chris developed a commitment to public service through the selfless example of his parents and their devotion for improving the lives of others. His father, George, served for 34 years in the Houston Police Department, and his mother, Christie, managed a career as an administrative assistant while raising Chris, his two sisters, and more than 20 young foster children. Chris has served as a mentor to youth for over 20 years and has been a Big Brother for over a decade.

Today, Chris serves as a volunteer member of the METRO Board of Directors, where he is helping to oversee METRO's $1.3 billion budget, shaping its $7 billion expansion plan, and leading its full transition to renewable fuels by 2030.

He is active in his church and civic club, and he serves on the boards of Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston and the East Downtown TIRZ (Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone).

Chris has worked at some of the world’s most distinguished professional service firms. As a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, he pioneered strategies for large government agencies–in public safety, defense, and security – and assisted multinational companies in improving results for the people they serve.

 
Chris holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with Phi Beta Kappa honors from Morehouse College. Chris also completed a joint program with Yale Law School and Harvard Business School, earning both his Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration degrees.
Chris is admitted to the State Bar of Texas and Federal Courts for the Southern District of Texas. He is currently in private practice as the Principal Attorney at Hollins Law Group PLLC.

Chris and his wife Morgan live in Houston’s Third Ward with their daughter Vivian and their son George. The Hollins family attends Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church.

Bucky Ribbeck is a board certified pediatrician currently training as a fellow in sports medicine at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital.  Bucky's introduction to the medical field was as a patient in 2009 when he was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma (a rare type of bone cancer).  He was treated with chemotherapy at Texas Children's and with a surgery to remove the tumor at MD Anderson.  While he was a patient, Bucky was invited to be a Front Line Kid at the Rotary Lombardi Award, and he was further honored to have presented the award and spoken at following events.  He is a living and breathing example of the benefits of cancer research, and he hopes to be an example for how people can make the best out of any poor situation with which they are faced.  That is what has kept Bucky involved with volunteer organizations such as The Periwinkle Foundation, The Snowdrop Foundation, and The Rotary Club: all of which provide a great deal of hope and charity for those affected by cancer.

The Rotary Club of Houston

Cordially invites you to the 

The 112th Installation of the 2022-2023

Officers & Directors

June 23, 2022
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Tony’s Restaurant
3755 Richmond Avenue
Houston, TX 77046

Officers

Ken Mattox, President

Robert Eckels, President-Elect

Karen Sotallaro, Treasurer

Elizabeth Jackson, Treasurer-Elect

Lisa Dobey, Secretary

Nathan Allen, Sergeant-At-Arms

Richard Meek, Past President

Directors 2022-2025

Hussain Ali

Brandon Cofield

Lisa Dobey

Sherry Menger

Bob Seekely

At Large 2022-23

David Ahlquist

Master of Ceremonies - Richard Meek

Installation by– Michelle Bohreer, District Governor 2021-22

*FMV for lunch is $28.00. All additional funds raised will be donated to The Rotary Club of Houston Foundation (501C3) for RCH Community Service projects. Additional donations are accepted with our thanks. 

While Rotarians are committed to improving the lives of humans both globally and locally, some of our clubs in the U.S. are not growing in membership. Maintaining the status quo means future business leaders are missing an opportunity to serve their local communities through Rotary.

In our next meeting, sales trainer and author, Catherine Brown, will be sharing a strategy for communicating the value of Rotary membership to the next generation of Rotarians.

About our speaker:

Catherine Brown is a veteran of 25+ years of B2B (business-to-business) selling and recruiting. She runs the sales training firm, ExtraBold Sales, where she coaches others to sell with confidence. Her sales system includes psychology research that gets at the heart of why people don’t sell effectively. In her new book, How Good Humans Sell: The Proven Path to B2B Sales Success, she combines best sales practices with social psychology principles. The training can be used in combination with other programs to help people overcome the hesitation that keeps them from recruiting members, fundraising, and closing new business. You can learn more about Catherine on LinkedIn Here. 

William E. Cohn, MD

Dr. Cohn is a Vice President at Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies (JJMDC) and the
Executive Director for the Johnson & Johnson Center for Device Innovation at the Texas Medical Center.
He is also a professor of surgery at Baylor College of Medicine and an adjunct professor of
Bioengineering at Rice University, the University of Houston and Texas A&M. Prior to joining JJMC, he
served as Director of the Center for Technology and Innovation and Director of the renowned Cullen
Cardiovascular Research Laboratory at the Texas Heart Institute.

Dr. Cohn has been deeply involved in developing the continuous-flow, totally implantable, artificial
heart. In 2011, Dr. Cohn and Dr. O. H. Frazier successfully implanted the first pulseless total heart
replacement device in a human patient.

Dr. Cohn has been granted more than 90 US patents or patents pending. Since 2012, Dr. Cohn has
served as the Chief Medical Officer and on the Board of Directors for BiVACOR and CSI Inc.

Collaborative Rotary meeting with District Governor Mindi Snyder of District 5890. 
Join The Rotary Club of Houston and The Rotary Club of Galleria River Oaks
as we learn about this year and 

IMAGINE

all we can do.