Program Calendar

We have an exciting group of speakers who will join us for our weekly meetings in the coming months. Check here regularly for updates to our program calendar. If you have a suggestion or know someone who would be willing to come in and address our club with a useful topic of interest, please contact our Program Director, Patricia Joyce. She can be reached at 518-798-5653 or at paj529@roadrunner.com.

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	Program Date Program Information September 9, 2010 James E. Sheehan, NYS Medicaid Inspector General James Sheehan has focused on health care fraud since 1987, having personally handled or directly supervised over 500 health care fraud matters for the federal offices in NYS and Pennsylvania. From 1999 to 2006, he led the Federal Government’s investigation and case against Medco Health Solutions, which resulted in recovery of over $155 million, as well as substantial business changes to protect patients and pharmacists. He was appointed as NYS Medicaid Inspector General in April 2007, and in 2009-10, OMIG had recoveries and new cost avoidances of over $ 1 billion. Mr. Sheehan will tell us how his office, the second largest state Medicaid program integrity agency in the United States, protects and preserves this very important federal program for our citizens who need it. Where: Queensbury Hotel When: 12:15 PM September 16, 2010 Neil Akins- Wrightstage Productions and Mark Twain Tonite! We’ve all known GF native, Neil Akins from his coordination of the GF City Centennial activities, and from his theater productions since 2006 at the CR Wood Theater in Glens Falls. We will hear about Neil’s own interesting career as an actor and how—and why-- it has led him to his own theatrical enterprise, Wrightstage Productions here in Glens Falls. His one-man show, Mark Twain Tonight! debuts September 17 and 18 at The Wood prior to a 2 week three-state southern tour taking him to Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. Where: Queensbury Hotel When: 12:15 PM September 23, 2010 Habitat for Humanity- Priscilla Petta The local chapter of HFH has served Northern Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties since 1991, building affordable houses for families who otherwise would not have had access to home ownership. We will hear how this nonprofit, non-denominational Christian organization does this with the with the support of local communities, church groups, corporations, small businesses and professional organizations, affiliate volunteers, and with a local family who will soon become homeowners. Where: Queensbury Hotel When: 12:15 PM September 30, 2010 Crutches 4 Africa- David Talbot We will meet Colorado Rotarian, David Talbot, with whom our club has partnered over the past month in collecting used mobility devices- crutches, canes, walkers and wheelchairs- to send to Africa and other countries where the need is so desperate. A polio victim himself, David will tell us why and how he began this nonprofit organization, which was highlighted in the August 2010 Rotarian magazine. He will show us the compelling images of the people and places he has visited as a professional photographer, and explain to us how our efforts will directly impact so many lives in far-away lands. Don’t miss this charismatic man and his story! Where: Queensbury Hotel When: 12:15 PM