IMPACT Speaker Series

Our guest in this episode is John Nanni, a polio survivor who is a member of the Polio Eradication Advocacy Task Force for the US Congress and the Rotary Club of Middletown-Odessa-Townsend. John’s journey with polio began in 1953, just 6 months before Jonas Salk’s vaccine was widely tested. He was only 10 months old when he came down with polio and was paralyzed from the neck down for 6 months. Jo...

In this episode, our guest is Professor Mark Hannaford. Having led or been part of expeditions to all of the world's continents but the chance encounter with a Nile Crocodile on the Namibian/Angolan border set him off on a journey that has led him to create a medical sub-discipline in extreme medicine. In 2002, he founded  World Extreme Medicine , a global network delivering world-leading medi...

Our guest is Captain Alex Cornelissen, the CEO of Sea Shepherd Global . This international, non-profit marine conservation organization provides the use of a civilian offshore patrol vessel (COPV), along with an operating crew and bunkers for operations, to support law enforcement agents in enforcing national legislation combatting illegal fishing and other related fisheries crimes, including frau...

In this episode, our guest is Cristina Zenato , a professional diver since 1994. She's an active shark behaviorist, underwater cave explorer, a champion for ocean conservation, photographer, speaker, and writer. Cristina works with sharks in the wild and has explored and surveyed numerous new cave systems. Her work can be summarized in three words: Exploration, Education, and Conservation . A...

In this episode, we're joined by Sharee Sheets, immediate past president of the Rotary Club of Peoria North and current Volunteer & Partnership Manager for ShelterBox USA , an international charity whose mission is to provide emergency shelter to families who have lost their homes in a disaster. Learn how ShelterBox became the largest Rotary Club project in the world and what sets them apa...

Our guest in this episode is Dr. Emilio Nuzzolese, Ph. D., Professor of Forensic Medicine at the University of Turin and participating odontologist in the INTERPOL DVI Forensic Odontology Sub-Working Group since 2010. Emilio explains the forensic use of dentistry and dental data in the identification of human remains of victims, highlighting that every human being has an identity in life. As empat...