TUESDAY, September 8th - NO MEETING
Edina Country Club will be closed for Labor Day Observance.
TUESDAY, September 15th: OFF SITE MEETIN at Edina Chamber of Commerce
Steve and Liisa Schmitt will be our speakers
NEW MEMBER PROSPECT BEN SWANSON
Ben Swanson, with is a Manager on the Advisory team with Abdo, working out of the Edina office. Ben works with businesses and their owners to solve problems that may arise around staffing changes in the finance department by providing outsourced accounting and controllership services. Ben has working knowledge in QuickBooks, can assist with financial statement preparation and putting together report packages.
Ben Swanson's sponsor is Paul Nelson.
For information about Rotary membership, contact EMRC Membership Director Nate Park.
NEW MEMBER PROSPECT STEPHANIE SCHMIDT
Stephanie Schmidt is newly retired and is excited to include Rotary service in her life. Stephanie spent her career in technology, digital transformation led her using Agile project management as a guide. thoughout her career, Stephanie has been trusted to lead organizations' most complex, high-visibility technology initiatives. She has partnered with executive leadership to transform strategy into execution, bringing structure to ambiguous situations and delivering business-critical programs with minimal oversight. Her key experiences include enterprise AI initiatives, digital transformation, Workday implementations, cloud migrations, M&A integrations, Agile transformation, and PMO leadership. She is a skilled collaborator.
Stephanie's sponsor is Michael Birdman.
For information about Rotary membership, please contact EMRC Membership Director Naton Park.
Rotary Happy Hours are the first Monday or Wednesday of the month.
Join us at "The Mezz" on Wednesday, September 9th, 2026 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
Lunds & Byerlys is located at 7171 France Ave, Edina
This gathering is a casual, vocational and business network opportunity centered on featuring an Edina Noon or Edina Morningside Rotary member's career story. Guests are welcome. Personal food and beverage choices are available to order and purchase.
EDINA EDUCATION FUND: Band Together
Friday, Sept 4th, 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at Nolan Mains Plaza, 50th & France
