PREVIOUS EVENTS & SPEAKERS




Our more than 120 different  speakers demonstrate the great diversity in talent, experience and knowledge that exists in the area. Their willingness to share their experiences with us  - and our often "sold out" response to them - demonstrates what an interesting and engaged community we live in. Our speakers have included serial entrepreneurs, NY Times best selling authors, Miss America, Grammy nominated entertainers, WWII and Viet Nam heroes, politicians, educators, baseball players, scientists, first responders, extreme hikers (from 3 different continents), and many other interesting people.

Our hats are off to all of the encorepreneurs who have shared their stories with us.

ENTREPRENEURS

  • Maggie Will  Will2Golf.com
  • Jamie Christen - Outdoor Access
  • Gary LeClair - LeClairRyan
  • Michael Bor - CarLotz
  • Dennis Bickmeirer - Richmond Raceway
  • Matt Donlon - USURV
  • Nate  Marcus - Occasion Genius
  • Andrew Rose - Compare.com
  • Gail Johston - Rainbow Station
  • Stan Joynes - Valley Road Vineyards
  • Todd Nuchols - Lighthouse Labs
  • Kim Mahan - Maxx Potential
  • Linda Nash - PartnerMD
  • Jim Edge - Scott's Edge
  • Bryan Bostic - Serial Entrepreneur
  • Sean Boyer - DieHappy App
  • David Gee - GetLoaded.com
  • Parney Parnell - Flying Squirrels
  • Debbie Johnson - Careadvantage
  • Marion Bartels and Lynn Ellen Queen
  • David Robbins - NYTimes best selling Author
  • David Shuford - Lawyer and Painter
  • Jim Ducibella - Author on J. Smith Ferebee
  • Mike Bisceglia - Staurer Watch and Jewelry Company
  • Michelle Davenport - Three Crosses Disitilling
  • Ted Chandler - New Richmond Ventures
  • BK Fulton - Soulidify Proiductions
  • Stan Maupin - Stan Maupin Photography
  • Jenni Kirby - Crossroads Arts Center
  • Greg Werkheiser - ARtGlass
  • Kristen Cavallo - The Martin Agency
  • Dr. Garret Westlake - da Vinci Center For Innovation
  • Kelly O'Keefe - Brand Federation
  • James Murphy - MetaLawMan

NON PROFITS

  • Peter McCourt - Cristo Rey High School
  • David Poole - VA Public Access Proj.
  • Janine Bell - Elegba Folklore
  • Susan Rickman - World Pediatric Proj.
  • Lisa Schaffner - UNOS
  • Karen Stanley - CARITAS
  • Jane Henderson - Banking For a Cause
  • TJ Daly and Michael Pirron - B Corps
  • Sarah Scarbrough - Jail to Home Program 
  • Ed Grier - Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Dr. Paula Pando - J. Sargeant Reynolds Commmunity College
  • Doug Pick - FeedMORE
  • Bill Martin - The Valentine
  • Roben Farzad - Full Disclosure Radio
  • Alex Nyerges - Va. Museum of Fine Arts
  • Lance Sharp - Team River Runners
  • Heather Crislip - The Richmond Forum
  • Built RVA
  • Will WIllis - AI Ready RVA
  • Built, RVA
ENTERTAINERS 
  • Desiree Roots - Vocalist/Dancer/Actor
  • Eva Devirgilis - Actor, Director, Writer
  • Dr. Suzänne Zeta - 2-Time  "Naked and Afraid" Contestant
  • James "Saxmo" Gates - Grammy Nominatedf Saxophonist
  • Camille Schrier - Miss America 2020

ADVENTURERS

  • Ted Chandler - Annual Trip of a Lifetime
  • Mike Farley - Across Kenya for Kids
  • Bruce Matson - "On the Road To Find Out"
  • Mike Mulvihill - A Pakistani Party
  • Bruce Matson - Thru-Hiking The Appalachian Trail
  • Will Turner  - "World's Craziest Man"


GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

  • Hon. Daniel Cary - VA. Sec. Of Health * Human Resources 
  • Hon. Abigail Spanberger - U.S. House of Representatives
  • Capt. Harvey Powers - Richmond PD
  • Hon. Mike Herring - Richmond Commonwealth's Attorney
  • Bill Leighty - Governor's Chief of Staff

AMERICAN HEROS

  • Nancy Robertson - America's Code Girls of WWII
  • Joan Trumpauer Mulholland - Freedom Rider
  • Joe Boling - Viet Nam War veteran
  • Dr. Bruce Heilman - Decorated WWII veteran
  • Paul Galanti - Decorated Viet Nam war veteran and former POW
  • Secretariat - via Kate Tweedy 
  • Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, et al, from 1775 (renenactors).



SPECIAL ISSUES

  • Lakshmie Challa - Immigration
  • Dr. Neal Carl - Health
  • Dr. Peter Aiken - Data
  • George Barbee - Creativity
  • Jeff Schapiro - Politics
  • Hon. Brian Moran - Sec Public Safety
  • Mike Herring - RIchmond Commonwealth's Attorney
  • Sec. Brian Moran - Homeland Security
  • Claire Herring - Exercising Your Brain
  • Malik Khan - Myths of Islam
  • Wyatt Durrette - Redistricting
  • Leonard Sandridge - Ancestry Research
  • Henry Leidhiser - Exercise to Health
  • Dr. Madge Zacharias - Healthy Lifestyle
  • Robby Demeria - Millennials and X'ers
  • Bobby Thalhimer - Philantrophy
  • Buford Scott - Making A Difference
  • Chip Cottrell - Internationl Cyber Security
  • Dr. Shawn Brixey - Art and Medicine
  • Barry Parkhill - Basketball 
  • Dr. Frank Gupton - Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
  • Dr. Bob Holsworth - Covid-19 Impact
  • Rojai Fentress & Deirdre Enright - Innocence Project Success Story
  • Bill Cutlip - Rocket Scientist
  • Mike Mason - FBI & Bus Driver
  • Richard & Kathy Verlander - Baseball
  • Frances Gary Powers, Jr. - U@ Spy Incident
  • Dr. Daniel Wooley _ Robotic Surgery
  • Dr. John Metersky - Robotic Surgery
  • James Murphy - BitCoin

Details of Our Most Recent Events

29 Apr 2025 "BROKEN LINKS"- Robert Newman
25 Mar 2025 CAPITOL SECRETS - Bill Leighty
18 Feb 2025 GLOBAL & LOCAL LEADERSHIP - Kristen Cavallo
28 Jan 2025 DISCOVER THE JAMES - A Fisherman With A Fine Arts Degree
17 Dec 2024 Bitcoin - Ready Or Not, It's Here!
29 Oct 2024 BUILD, RVA - Science, Tech, Math, Art, and Invention
24 Sep 2024 Are We Ready for AI? - Will Willis of AI READY RVA
25 Jun 2024 "THE U-2 INCIDENT" - Francis Gary Powers, Jr.
27 Feb 2024 "The James River In Richmond" - February 27
23 Jan 2024 "ROCKS ACROSS THE POND" - Kathy & Richard Verlander
28 Nov 2023 COUNTRY OVER PARTY - NEAL SIMON - November 28
26 Sep 2023 EXERCISING YOUR BRAIN - DR. KELLY LAMBERT
25 Apr 2023 Patrick Henry - "Give me liberty......" - St. John's Church
28 Mar 2023 "Health, Healing & Purpose on the Water" - March 28
21 Feb 2023 SECRETARIAT - RACING INTO HISTORY
25 Jan 2023 A FRONT ROW SEAT TO RICHMOND'S BUSINESS - Greg Gilligan
20 Dec 2022 ADJUSTING YOUR FOCUS - Stan Maupin
27 Sep 2022 BK Fulton - Entrepreneur, Writer & Filmmaker
16 Aug 2022 Michael Mason - From Top of the FBI to Head of the BUS
26 Jul 2022 ED McLAUGHLIN - VCU Athletic Director
24 May 2022 IT'S YOUR ART, VIRGINIA! - ALEX NYERGES - CEO of VMFA
26 Apr 2022 MICAH WHITE "COMEDY IS A WAY TO FIND COMMON GROUND"
22 Mar 2022 ROBEN FARZAD - Host of NPR's Business Podcast "Full Disclosure"
03 Mar 2022 BRACE FOR IMPACT! THE INTERSECTION OF ART, SCIENCE & TECHNNOLOGY - Shawn Brixey
25 Jan 2022 INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP & ACADEMICS - Dr. Garret Westlake of the VCU daVinci Center
28 Oct 2021 ENCOREPRENEUR'S 100th MEETING!
28 Sep 2021 THE SILVER TSUNAMI - Paige Wilson
27 Jul 2021 "WINNING WITH SCIENCE" - MISS AMERICA, 2020 - CAMILLE SCHRIER
29 Jun 2021 THE FUTURE OF TRAVEL - Who, When, Where, & How
25 May 2021 THE FUTURE OF HISTORY - Greg Werkheiser - ARtGlass
27 Apr 2021 Bill Martin - A New Tour of Old Richmond
23 Mar 2021 "It IS Rocket Science" - Encorepreneur Breakfast -March 23
09 Feb 2021 CAPITOL REFLECTIONS - Rep. Abigail Spanberger
26 Jan 2021 ART AT A CROSSROADS - JENNI KIRBY
22 Dec 2020 Reimagining Live Music - Desiree Roots and Saxsmo Gates
24 Nov 2020 COVID-19 - Udate & Lessons Learned - Hon. Daniel Carey MD, MHCM Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources
27 Oct 2020 EVA DeVIRGILIS - Finding Connection Through Creativity - Tuesday, October 27 - 8-9:00am on ZOOM
22 Sep 2020 "AN ORDINARY HERO" - JOAN TRUMPAUER MULHOLLAND
25 Aug 2020 FEED MORE - A VERY ESSENTIAL BUSINESS!
28 Jul 2020 "24 YEARS To FREEDOM" - Rojai Fentress's Fight For Justice
01 Jul 2020 CREATING A NEW NORMAL - "WHAT'S NEXT" FOR ENCOREPRENEUR!
21 May 2020 THE LOCAL IMPACT OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC - Robert Holsworth
28 Apr 2020 Dr. Frank Gupton - Ensuring Access to Medicine In A Post-Pandemic World
25 Feb 2020 THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICA'S WOMEN CODE BREAKERS
28 Jan 2020 "VOTERS SHOULD CHOOSE - NOT POLITICIANS" - Wyatt Durrette
17 Dec 2019 WHAT'S GOOD, BAD, & REALLY SCARY ABOUT 5G TECHNOLOGIES
19 Nov 2019 Mike Bisceglia & Jayme Swain - "Stories Have The Power To Transform"
22 Oct 2019 DriveShack - It's Not Your Daddy's Driving Range!
08 Oct 2019 WellComeMD and VCUarts Present "I Had No Idea!"
24 Sep 2019 "Whiskey Business" - Michelle Davenport - Three Crosses Distilling
27 Aug 2019 BARRY PARKHILL - The Long Road To A Championship
23 Jul 2019 "NAKED & AFRAID" SURVIVOR, MOM & BIOSCIENCES EXEC - SUZANNE ZETA
26 Jun 2019 J.SMITH FEREBEE - RVA's Legendary Encorepreneur
21 May 2019 Robin Traywick Williams - "The Country Seinfeld"
24 Apr 2019 "Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail" - Bruce Matson
26 Mar 2019 "Is College Ready For Its Students" - Dr. Paula Pando
26 Feb 2019 Fighting Bots, Big Data & Fake News" - James "Chip" Cottrell
22 Jan 2019 Rep. Abigail Spanberger - "Can I Still Sell Thin Mints?" January 22
18 Dec 2018 David Shuford - Discovering Your Hidden Talents
27 Nov 2018 Eva DiVirgilis - "In My Chair" Actor, Artist and Activist
24 Oct 2018 Dr. Bruce Heilman on WWII Vets - "Why They Never Talk About It"
25 Sep 2018 World's Craziest Man - Will Turner shares lessons learned from running 60 triathlons in a year
21 Aug 2018 Immigration Policy - Who Knew It Would be Complicated! Laksmi Challa
24 Jul 2018 The Lawyer's Guild - Does it still serve America's Best Interests" - Gary LeClair Speaks at St. Joseph's Villa
26 Jun 2018 Cristo Rey - A College & Career Preparatory School" Peter McCourt
22 May 2018 "From The Links to LinkedIn" - LPGA Pro Maggie Will at The Richmond Ballet
24 Apr 2018 "Precision Medicine" - Next Generation Healthcare - Dr. Neal Carl
27 Mar 2018 Airbnb BY THE ACRE - OUTDOORACCESS.COM
27 Feb 2018 "MILO" Use of Force Simulator
27 Feb 2018 "DATA - MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOU THINK"
23 Jan 2018 David Poole - All You Need to Know About Virgina Politics, But Didn't Know Where To Ask!
19 Dec 2017 Janine Bell of The Elegba Folklore Society - At LeClairRyan
28 Nov 2017 Michael Bor - Co-founder of CarLotz at Virginia Repertory Theatre
31 Oct 2017 Susan Rickman - World Pediatric Project - New Community School
26 Sep 2017 Dennis Bickmeier - President, Richmond Raceway - "Richmond Raceway Reimagined"
23 Aug 2017 Lisa Schaffner - United Network For Organ Sharing - "UNOS - A Vital Link"
21 Aug 2017 ROAD TRIP TO THE GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE - August 21, 2017
25 Jul 2017 Hon. Brian Moran - Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security
27 Jun 2017 Ted Chandler - Co-Founder NRV - "Home Grown Capital"
23 May 2017 Karen Stanley - CEO of CARITASVA - "Building An Entrepreneurial Non-Profit"
25 Apr 2017 Matt Donlon of UZURV at The Library of Virginia "Bring the Car Around"
28 Mar 2017 Nate Marcus - Planning A Special Occasion? You Need an "OccasionGenius""
28 Feb 2017 Mike Herring, Richmond's Commonwealth's Attorney to Speak at Glen Allen Cultural Center
31 Jan 2017 George Barbee to Speak on Our Creative and Innovative Genius At New Entrepreneur Center
15 Dec 2016 THURSDAY, Dec. 15th - Joe Boling on "From 'The Bush' To The Boardroom" at LeClairRyan
22 Nov 2016 CEO of compare.com on "Navigating The Future In Driverless Cars" - St. Joseph's Villa - Nov. 22
25 Oct 2016 October 25th - Gail Johnson "Exporting Education to China"
27 Sep 2016 September 27 - Jeff Schapiro On "Virginia - Red, Blue or Purple?"
23 Aug 2016 August 23- Virginia's "Grape Rush" - Stan Joynes & Paul Kreckman At VCU School of Business
26 Jul 2016 Leonard Sandridge "Uncovering Our Personal Past" - St. Christopher's School
28 Jun 2016 June 28 - "Exercise For Your Brain" - Blue Ocean Brain at Viginia War Memorial
24 May 2016 May 24 - "A Lifetime of Ventures" - David Gee at The Virginia Cliffe Inn
26 Apr 2016 April 26 - Wyatt Durrette & Jim Ukrop "Why People Think Politics Is Rigged"
22 Mar 2016 March 22 - "MILO" Use of Force Simulator
22 Mar 2016 March 22 - Sarah Scarbrough at the Richmond Police Training Academy
23 Feb 2016 Bryan Bostic - Taking Another Swing At It
02 Feb 2016 Myths and Misconceptions About Islam and Muslims
22 Dec 2015 Tom Yeager - Commissioner of the Colonial Athletic Assn
24 Nov 2015 Launch of the "DieHappy" App
27 Oct 2015 Todd Nuckols - Lighthouse Labs
15 Sep 2015 Kim Mahan - Maxx-imizing Potential
25 Aug 2015 Linda Nash - Serial Entrepreneur!
23 Jul 2015 "Richmond's Entrepreneurial Ecosystem" Bob Mooney - VCU
15 Jun 2015 "Banking For A Cause" Jane Henderson of Virginia Community Capital
19 May 2015 Jim Edge - Breakfast by The "Edge" of the Pool
28 Apr 2015 Bruce Matson of LeClairRyan - "On The Road To Find Out"

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