2025 Winter Speaker Series
We welcomed these speakers during the 2025 Winter Speaker Series.
We already are planning next year’s roster.
Watch this space.
If there is anyone you would like to suggest as a future speaker, we would like to hear from you.
An Incredible Woman Shares Her Stories
Thursday, January 16, 2025 - Cynthia Keegan
Cindy Keegan is the first woman to build an F5 Cobra at Factory Five Racing. She earned her pilot’s license at age 20 and later added her mechanic’s license to work on planes. She is involved in car clubs and shows her car at small and large car shows. Special bonus: Cindy has offered to bring her car to the Historic Apollo School on the night of her speech. In her career with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), she investigated several major aviation accidents.
William S. Barstow’s Philanthropic Footprint
on Hobe Sound and Martin County
Thursday, February 20, 2025 - Jackie Williams
A jack of all trades and a master of all of them, Jackie worked at the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) and was an assistant golf professional, then head pro, at Martin County Golf Club (now Sailfish Sands). She has been a freelance writer, a book author, a television host, and a film producer. William S. Barstow’s career of philanthropy is almost as varied. His largesse is evidenced in, among others, the building of Martin Memorial Hospital (now Cleveland Clinic North Campus), Christ Memorial Chapel on Jupiter Island, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Stuart, and the Banner Lake Club in Hobe Sound.
Clewiston in the 1920s
with a parallel to Hobe Sound
Thursday, March 13, 2025 - Donnie Drake
A relative newcomer to Hobe Sound but not to Florida, Donnie grew up in Clewiston and graduated from Clewiston High School, as did his parents and his siblings before him. He has a great love for Clewiston, its amazing history, and how it came into being. He maintains an active Facebook collection of old photos and articles about the town. Since coming to Hobe
Sound, his interest and passion have expanded to include his new hometown.
Prehistoric Snowbirds
Thursday, April 10, 2025 - Sara Ayers-Rigsby
An archaeologist and Florida Atlantic University professor of Anthropology, Ms. Ayers-Rigsby is the director of the Southeast and Southwest regions for the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN). She will present an overview of the history of humans in Florida until the Spanish arrived in the 1500s. Learn about the first “snowbirds” in this program, which will include a PowerPoint presentation and artifacts.
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