Set an agenda. Give each officer a set time and number of minutes for her report. Adjust as needed - for example, if recruitment is coming up, give the recruitment chair a few extra minutes.
Then, stick to it. Give people 1-minute and 30-second warnings. If someone is going on at length, make a motion to move the agenda (I believe that is the term). Once the motion passes, the officer has a few seconds to wrap up, and then the next officer begins her report.
I'm not sure if that's an official Robert's Rules of Order thing, though.
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