Programs

​Sonoma County Forum offers an exciting array of speakers including leaders in business, education, health care, the arts, and local government. Our speakers provide an excellent way to gain knowledge of the community and learn about its vast resources. Meetings are held on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month at 8am at the Epicenter, off of Piner Road, west of Coffey Lane in Santa Rosa.

Scroll below for information about upcoming 2025 speakers.
For biographies of past speakers, by year, click here.

Upcoming Speakers

May 15, 2025

One Person, One Vote: Eliminating the Electoral College
Donna Roper and Robyn Bramhall, League of Women Voters Sonoma County

The League of Women Voters of Sonoma County began in 1953 as the League of Women Voters Santa Rosa.  Join us as League President Donna Roper and Vice President Robyn Bramhall discuss the League’s One Person, One Vote campaign to eliminate the Electoral College and elect the President and Vice President by popular vote. In keeping with the League’s commitment to nonpartisanship, this campaign addresses problems that have impacted both major parties and treats all voters as equals.
The League of Women Voters encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government. It influences public policy through education and advocacy. It neither supports or opposes any political party or candidate. Since its inception, the League has helped millions of women and men become informed participants in government.
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2025 Program Schedule

	Speaker
Jan. 2	Kelly Lister, Educational Services Consultant with CORE​ Equity and Science of Reading​​
Jan. 16	John Guariglia, Santa Rosa Police Department, "Avoiding Frauds and Scams"
Feb. 6	Book Exchange (members only)
Feb. 20	Allison Goodwin, CEO, Redwood Empire Food Bank
March 6	Kevin Marx and Callie Charleton, Engineers Without Borders
March 20	Kent Porter, Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographer
April 3	Sasha Ponomareva Sonoma County Water Agency
April 17	Karen Wise, Executive Director of the Museum of Sonoma County
May 1	Alan Butler, The Petaluma River- A Sketch Journal and Brief Historical Overview
May 15	League of Women Voters: Future of the Electoral College
June 5	Dr. Anish Shaw, Compassionate Solutions for Mental Health Care
June 19	David Laurice, Bird Rescue
July 3	Meridith Wiseman, Go Local
July 17	Drew Rose, Positive Images
August 7	Inga Aksamit, author of Between Worlds: An Expat's Quest for Belonging
August 21	Alethea Larsen, The Living Room
Sept. 4	TBA
Sept. 18	TBA
Oct. 2	TBA
Oct. 16	TBA
Nov. 6	TBA
Nov. 20	TBA
Dec. 4	TBA
Dec. 18	Holiday Party (members only)