This Week's Speaker
Sonal Chandler, Founder and CEO, Minerva Consulting
Join us this Friday at Maggiano's to welcome Sonal Chandler, a cybersecurity strategist and virtual CISO with over two decades of experience helping organizations build security programs, manage risk and navigate emerging technologies like AI. As Founder and CEO of Minerva Consulting, a woman-owned advisory firm, she works directly with leadership teams to bring structure to governance and enable informed, confident decision-making.
Sonal designs and leads workshops that equip teams with practical frameworks for navigating AI adoption and implementation, serves as an organizing leader for the Atlanta chapter of the AI Collective, and hosts the Minerva Meets podcast, where she makes complex cyber and AI topics accessible for business leaders.
And in whiskey news…
Spirited Dunwoody is Here!
We are in bottle collection mode! Please consider donating a bottle of whiskey for our event on November 19.
The Best Thing to do: Go to our partner at Dunwoody Beverage (located in Dunwoody Village) and buy off the list. The owner, Bob Patel, will donate 10% of all items purchased at that location to our Rotary club. He has the list at his store and will be happy to guide you. There’s a variety of prices from $40 to $300.
The Easiest Thing to do: If you prefer to make a cash donation and make the Whiskey Committee do the shopping, that can also be done! Just let Neal MacDonald or Juan Lago know.
The Show-Off thing to do: If you have something else you’d like to donate from somewhere else that you think is awesome, also great! We’ll take it all.
We’ll be looking to close out our selection of whiskey by October 4. Don’t wait!
Lastly, the Spirited Dunwoody website is live! If people want to buy tickets early (we will sell out!) that option is now available at this link: Whiskey Tasting.
Getting to Know You
Jackie Cuthbert: Communicator, GRSP Host Mom and Anchor Place Volunteer
Jackie Cuthbert’s Rotary journey began in the 1980s in the Bay Area of California, where she met her husband, Scott, on a blind date. Scott was an active Rotarian, and together they attended the 1991 Rotary International Convention in Mexico City where they celebrated their first wedding anniversary.
After that convention, Jackie knew she wanted to join Rotary herself but it took a move to Atlanta in 1994 to get there. While attending a district conference where Scott organized the House of Friendship, she spoke about her aspirations with Milton Baker, one of our club's original members, who strongly encouraged her to join the Rotary Club of Dunwoody. Jackie was inducted in March 1998 and went on to serve as Club President during the 2005–2006 Rotary year. [read more]
Dunwoody Diners
Still Time to Join Us for Les Miserables - September 26!
Join the Dunwoody Diners for our next "dinner and a show" event - as we plan to attend a performance of “Les Miserables” at the Byers Theater in the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center on September 26, 2026. As always, YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PURCHASING YOUR OWN TICKETS and we suggest purchasing as soon as possible if you'd like to join us, as this is one of the world's most popular musicals. The most efficient way to purchase tickets is to call the box office at 404-477-4365. The box office is open M - F from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. The address of the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center is 1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs, GA 30328.
The Diners will be meeting ahead of the theater at Aldo’s Italian Restaurant (6690 Roswell Road, Sandy Springs, GA 30328) at 5:30 pm. Please get in touch with Sherry Levy if further information is needed at sherrylevy13@hotmail.com. Also, please RSVP to Sherry Levy at sherrylevy13@hotmail.com before September 10, 2026. Thank you very much.
