September 17 | Candacy Taylor, Award Winning Author, including a New York Times notable book of the year, Photographer, Cultural Documentarian
The Overground Railroad, The Green Book and the roots of Black travel in America |
October 1 | Geoffrey Tabin MD, Expert Mountain Climber and Humanitarian, Co-Founder Himalayan Cataract Project, Professor of Ophthalmology and Global Medicine, Stanford University
The Himalayan Cataract Project: Eradicating Preventable Blindness in the Developing World |
October 15 | Carol Porter, Museum docent and art talks presenter, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Mary Cassatt, American Impressionist Painter – Painting a Woman’s Perspective |
November 5 | Nicolas Garcia, Performer, now General Director, Pocket Opera, the Bay Area’s premiere chamber opera company
A Bay Area Opera Experience: Discover the Magic of Opera (in English) |
November 19 | Raj Mathai, Emmy award winning News Anchorman, Journalist and Sportscaster, NBC Bay Area KNTV
Life in TV News: The Good, Bad and Ugly |
December 3 | Jonna Mendez, Former CIA Intelligence Officer, undercover spy, Chief of Disguise for the CIA, a real life “Q”(gadget master in James Bond films), and author.
The Master of Disguise |
January 7, 2025 | Ian Hodder, Distinguished British Archaeologist, directed excavation of Çatalhöyük, Turkey. Former Director, Stanford Archaeology Center.
Çatalhöyük: Contributions to European Civilization |
January 21, 2025 | John King, Pulitzer Prize finalist and long-time Urban Design Critic for the San Francisco Chronicle
Ten Significant San Francisco Buildings |