Speakers
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| Norfolk's Commonwealth Attorney, Ramin Fatehi | Jul 15, 2025 |
Reelection and Vision for the City
The Honorable Ramin Fatehi, has been Norfolk's Commonwealth's Attorney since 2022. A prosecutor since 2006, Fatehi has tried 45 jury trials for cases including murder, home invasion, rape, armed robbery, burglary, drug distribution and embezzlement as well as hundreds of bench trials. Fatehi was born in Suffolk, Virginia, and moved to Tehran, Iran, as an infant. His family moved back to Hampton Roads when he was 7. He graduated from Norfolk Academy, earned his bachelor’s degree in history at Yale University, and earned his law degree at Columbia Law School. After law school, Mr. Fatehi served as a law clerk to the Hon. Elizabeth B. Lacy, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Virginia, then worked in corporate law in Washington, D.C., before choosing to become a Public Defender in Richmond. Mr. Fatehi lives in Colonial Place with his wife, Mary Beth, a Senior Lecturer at Old Dominion University, and their sons Thomas and James. |
| Ross Wood - RI Global Scholar | Aug 05, 2025 |
UPDATE on studies at Oxford University as a Global Grant Recipient
Rotary scholarships provide an opportunity for Rotarians to invest in future leaders and philanthropists. And for the recipient the opportunity to impact the lives of others to promote peace and goodwill across the globe. Ross Wood is one of those future leaders. Ross is a former Peace Scholar supported by the district and the Rotary Club of Norfolk having studied at Bradford University in England approximately ten years ago. Much of his career work thereafter was in South Sudan and Ethiopia in important humanitarian positions serving those populations in need of food and vital supplies. This past year with the financial support of the Rotary Foundation, Rotary District 7600, the Rotary Club of Norfolk, the Blackwell Rotary Club and the Rotary Club of Richmond Ross was awarded a prestigious Rotary Global Grant Scholarship for his Phd studies at Oxford University. Below he provides an update of his past year there and how this investment in his education -develops scholars dedicated to service.
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| Ryan Banas | Aug 12, 2025 |
HRBT Expansion Update
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| Michelle Nettles | Aug 19, 2025 |
Tiel Exchange
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