Speakers

All are encouraged to attend this initial kickoff meeting for our 2026 Rotary Grants ccycle.  This will be followed by two more meetings on Nov. 10 and Dec. 1 as we evaluate grant proposals from 25+ nonprofit organizations in Lakewood and Rocky River with a goal to approve grants totaling $70,000.

Explores how simple moments of welcome can strengthen connection, customer experience, and business results.

Expertise regarding the City of Lakewood Department of Human Services and the work being done at the Cove Community Center.

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY, STEVE FINE

Steve Fine, founder and president of the Melanoma Education Foundation, attended
colleges in the Boston area, receiving a doctorate in chemistry from Northeastern
University. He then moved to Pennsylvania, completing a year of postdoctoral research
at Lehigh University. After 5 years as Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry at
Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, he moved back to New England where he served in
technical and management positions in high tech chemical companies.
Shortly after his son, Dan, died of melanoma in 1998 at the age of 26, he founded the
non-profit Melanoma Education Foundation and, since 2000, has devoted full time to
the Foundation.
The primary activity of the Foundation has been educating high school and middle
school wellness teachers about melanoma and providing them with free online lessons
to educate their students about self-detecting melanoma while it is curable. Prior to the
pandemic over 1700 schools in all 50 U.S. states and Canada were using the lessons,
resulting in saved lives of students, teachers and their loved ones. In mid-2022
outreach was expanded to U.S. and Canadian Rotary clubs. Since then over 600 virtual
sessions on early self-detection and prevention of melanoma have been conducted.
Steve is Director of Rotarian Health at the Rotary Club of Peabody, Massachusetts.

Award-winning speaker, certified mental health coach, and LIONH3ARTED founder Tuwan Spencer empowers youth, communities, and professionals through emotional regulation, resilience, and self-leadership training.