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Chris Etienne
Rotary 101
PDG 6290
Petoskey, MI
Chris Etienne joined the Rotary Club of Petoskey in 1991 and served as president in 1997-98. Chris has served Rotary District 6290 as assistant governor, membership chair, district trainer, nominating committee chair and finance chair. She was district governor in 2007-2008. Chris has also served on a number of other district committees including Ambassadorial Scholar and Group Study Exchange and served on the Multi-District PETS Committee for several years. Chris was a trainer at the Zone 28-29 Institute in 2008, 2009 and 2010. She was also assistant training coordinator for the Zone Institute in 2010 and will be the lead training coordinator at the Zone Institute in 2011. She served Rotary International as a training leader at the International Assembly in San Diego in 2009 and 2010.
Chris is Community Relations Director for Bay Harbor, a resort development located on the shores of Lake Michigan. She is also an associate broker for Harbor Sotheby's International Realty. She has served her community as a board member and volunteer for several organizations including Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce, Petoskey Rotary Club Charities Inc., Bay Harbor Foundation, Hospice of Little Traverse Bay, Northwest Michigan Industrial Association and Women's Resource Center. Chris received the Athena Award in 2007.
Chris has been married to Dennis Lindeman since 1995. They are Major Donors of The Rotary Foundation and members of the Bequest Society. They participated in an NID for polio eradication in Uttar Pradesh, India in 2004. They have hosted eight Group Study Exchange Team members.
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Bruce Goldsen
PDG 6400
Adrian Morning Rotary Club
Bruce Goldsen is co-owner, with his wife Sue, of Jackson Radio Works, where he serves as President. The Goldsen's purchased WKHM-AM/FM and WIBM (Jackson, Michigan) in 1998; they are also past-owners of WCFX-FM in Mt. Pleasant, MI.
He is active in his community and has served as President and campaign co-chair for both the Jackson and Lenawee United Ways. Bruce and Sue are active Rotarians; Bruce served as Rotary District 6400 Governor in 2008-2009, is currently Treasurer of the Adrian Morning Rotary Club, Vice-Chair of Great Lakes Rotary PETS and Central States Rotary Youth Exchange Summer Conference Chair.
Mr. Goldsen served as President of the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Board of Directors in 1998. He is a past-chairman of the MAB Foundation, and served six years on the National Association of Broadcasters Radio Board. Bruce and Sue live in Adrian and have one son, David, a Michigan State grad who recently married his middle-school sweetheart, Nicole.
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Sue Goldsen
District 6400
Adrian Morning Rotary Club
Sue is Vice-President and owner of Jackson Radio Works and Goldsen Broadcasting which operates WKHM AM/FM, WIBM AM and a consulting firm.
She is on the board of directors of: Junior Achievement. Sue is a past chairman of the Michigan Association of Broadcasters, and sits on the RAB's Small Market Advisory Committee.
Sue is a past recipient of the Athena Award--1994 and the recipient of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce: Small Business Person of the Year award in 2002.
Sue and her husband Bruce are very active in Rotary. They have traveled abroad to do volunteer work and work with the Rotary Youth Exchange program. Sue is a Country Correspondent for Central States Rotary Youth Exchange and is very a very active Rotarian in District 6400. Sue will host a special Partners/Spouses Program Friday afternoon.
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Jim Ives
PDG District 6400
Dearborn Rotary Club
Dearborn, MI
Jim Ives is a member of the Dearborn Rotary Club, Dearborn, MI, having joined the club in 1991. He has served the club in many capacities, was Club President 1997-98, and currently serves as their web master.
Jim has also served District 6400 in a number of ways. He has worked on 18 District Conference Committees in a variety of roles, and served among many other duties as the Centennial District Governor of District 6400. He has also served as Trainer of District Trainers at Zone Institute, International Trainer in San Diego twice, and GETS trainer for Zones 27-28 for two years. Currently, Jim is serving as an Assistant Rotary Coordinator for Zone 29, District 6400 Visioning Chairman, District 6400 Membership Chair, Sergeant-at-Arms at the 2011 International Assembly, Deputy Sergeant-At-Arms at the RI convention in New Orleans, and Program Chair for the District 6400 conference in Chicago. He and Diane will also be serving as President's Representatives at the D-7300 District Conference in June.
Jim traveled to Nigeria in 2001 to participate in their National Immunization Days, and also traveled to South Africa to attend the African Presidential Conference addressing the needs of African Rotarians. Jim and Diane have attended 9 Rotary International conventions together, and have served as President's Representatives at three district conferences.
Jim is Executive Vice President/co-owner of Rose Pest Solutions and served as President of the Michigan Pest Control Association for two years. He is currently the Chairman of The Copesan University Steering Council; an online learning portal for an 85 member national affiliation of pest management providers. He and Diane have been married for 29 1/2 years and have two sons and a Granddaughter. Their youngest son traveled as a Rotary Youth Exchange student to Finland, and the older son traveled to Kenya to work on a Rotary project. The Ives are all Paul Harris Fellows and Jim and Diane are Major Donors and Benefactors to the Foundation.
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Rick King
President, Rotary International, 2001-2002
Trustee, The Rotary Foundation, 1996-2000
Director, Rotary International, 1989-91
Chr. Executive Committee, Rotary International, 1990-91
Rotary Club of Niles, Fremont, CA
Richard D. King is a past world president of Rotary International, and the senior partner in the California law firm King, King & King. He earned undergraduate and law degrees from the University of California at Berkeley where he is a member of the California Club and the Order of the Golden Bear. He taught law at Brigham Young University. He is a distinguished military graduate of the University of California and served as captain in the U.S. Military Intelligence. He received an Honorary Doctorate in Law from Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
A trial lawyer, Mr. King belongs to several legal associations including the American Association of Trial Lawyers. He is admitted to practice in both Utah and California and before the Supreme Court of the U.S. He served on the board of directors of the Eden Hospital Foundation, the Woodminster Performing Arts, and Oakland Ballet. He is a trustee of the City of Hope, and received the City of Hope "Spirit of Life" Award. He has been knighted by the Republic of Italy and is a holder of the Great Official Order of Merit. He is a recipient of the State of Rio de Janeiro's highest award, the "Medalha Tiradentes." He belongs to the Commonwealth Club and Actor's Equity. He is an elder and officer of the Mormon Church and an active fund-raiser for the Boy Scouts of America. He holds the Chevalier Degree, the Legion of Honor and is a member of the Hall of Fame of the Order of DeMolay. He is a recipient of the Distinguished Citizen Award from the United Portuguese of California and is a recipient of the Distinguished Public Service Award from the Brigham Young University Management Society. He has been honored by some 50 associations, by the President of the U.S., and by many countries across the globe for his community and charitable service. He served as the Executive Director of The Wheelchair Foundation.
A Rotarian since 1968, he is a member of the Rotary Club of Niles-Fremont, California USA. He has served as a trustee of The Rotary Foundation, director and as chairman of the executive committee of Rotary International's board of directors. He has also served Rotary as a club president, district governor, an international assembly instructor and an official representative of the president of R.I. He has chaired and served on many Rotary International committees, task forces and special assignments. Mr. King has received the Rotary Citation for Meritorious Service and the Distinguished Service Award for his support of humanitarian and educational programs of the Rotary Foundation. He is a recipient of the PolioPlus Pioneer Award.
One of Rotary's most popular speakers, Mr. King has addressed Rotary International Conventions, Assemblies, Institutes, Seminars, Conferences and Rotary Clubs in every state in the USA and some 100 countries. As President, he led Rotary International to its greatest one-year growth record in its 100-year history, with 75,000 New Members Net, a global membership of 1,243,431 and 1,158 New Rotary Clubs in 2001-2002, more than one new club every 8 hours. In the same year, Rotarians contributed the highest amount of money ever raised for the Annual Fund of the Rotary Foundation.
Mr. King is married to Cherie Kay King. They have two grown sons and reside in the Mission San Jose area of the San Francisco, California Bay Area.
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Neil McBeth
Past District Governor 2009-2010
Windsor, Ontario
Neil is a third generation farmer who operates a century-old family farm business in addition he retired in 2007 after 33 years as a secondary school educator with the Greater Essex County District School Board in Windsor, Ontario.
A member of the Rotary Club of Essex since 1985, Neil served as Club President in RIP Hugh Archer's "Enjoy Rotary" year in 1989. He served Super District 6400 as Governor in 2009-10 and is currently the District Rotary Foundation Chair, leading District 6400's Foundation team through the three years of the Future Vision Pilot. He is currently a trainer for the Rotary Foundation Future Vision Plan in Zone 29.
Neil was a GSE Team Leader to Finland District 1410 in 1995. Neil and his wife Cheryl have done Rotary volunteer service work in Ghana through RELAY and India (Rotoplast) and Neil has been part of the Zone 28-29 Volunteer Service Team to Nigeria twice. Currently he is spear heading grant projects in Kano Nigeria that includes over a dozen water wells and distribution systems, pit-latrines and two six block school classroom buildings.
Neil and Cheryl are Major Donors to the Rotary Foundation and charter members of both the Paul Harris Society and Bequest Society in their District.
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Renée Merchant
PDG District 6360
Renée is a professional speaker, published author, and teambuilding expert. She founded DELTA SYSTEMS in 1982. Renée uses her passion for auto racing as a metaphor to inspire teams to work together effectively and efficiently.
Renée joined the Rotary Club of Jackson (Noon) in 1989, where she served on the board twice, and on numerous committees. In December 2000, she served as Team Leader to the GSE Team to India. They participated in a Polio NID. She has served as GSE District Chairman since 2001, and sends each GSE team off to a good start with her Fast Start™ Teambuilding training. In 2003, Renée transferred to Michigan Center-JCE Rotary Club and served as Centennial President. She served as District Governor 2008-2009. Currently, Renée serves as PETS Lead Trainer and Chairman of The Rotary Leadership Institute Great Lakes Division.
Renée and Dick Merchant are both Paul Harris Fellows and RI Foundation Permanent Fund benefactors. They have established the S. Richard and Renée M. Merchant Endowed Rotary Peace Fellow Scholarship.
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PDG Fred Sorrell, District 6400
Rotary Club of Windsor
Fred Sorrell's work career includes Ford Motor Company in Accessory Sales and Chrysler Canada in advertising. He spent many years in the broadcast industry with both public and private radio and television as Canadian sales manager for RKO/general, New York and sales manager for CBC Radio in Windsor and CJSP Radio (now CHYR) in Leamington.
For several years, Fred was President and General Manager of CKLW Radio. During that time, he brought Junior A hockey to Windsor as president and part-owner of the Windsor Spitfires. He was also involved in the ownership of Wheels Roller Rink in Windsor and London for 18 years. Fred has served as Vice President of Advancement at St. Clair College in Windsor for the past 11 years.
Fred's community involvement is extensive, serving on numerous boards and as master of ceremonies for many charitable events. In 2003, Fred received the Queen's Jubilee Medal in recognition of his outstanding volunteer service.
PDG Fred Sorrell joined the Rotary Club of Windsor in 1980. He has served as a Zone Trainer, Council on Legislation Representative (New Delhi, India), National Advisor to the Permanent Fund, and Zone 22 Coordinator on Family of Rotary, and numerous other Rotary committees. He served as District 6400 Governor in 1994-95. He served as RI President's Representative for four district conferences, most recently in Iceland. Fred is a Paul Harris Fellow and Foundation Benefactor.
Fred and Donna Jean have been married 55 years and have two sons and two grandchildren.
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Sakuji Tanaka - Yashio, Saitama, Japan
President, Rotary International, 2012-13
Trustee, The Rotary Foundation, 2006-10
Director, Rotary International, 2003-05
District Governor, 1994-95
Sakuji Tanaka was chair of the Daika Company and president of the National Household Papers Distribution Association of Japan. He also has been vice president of the Yashio City Chamber of Commerce.
A member of the Rotary Club of Yashio since its charter in 1975, he has served RI as a director; Rotary Foundation trustee; committee member and chair, including chair of the 2009 Birmingham Convention Committee; regional Rotary Foundation coordinator; district governor; and training leader. Working with his district, he has helped to construct a school building in Bangladesh.
Sakuji has received the RI Service Above Self Award and the Foundation's Citation for Meritorious Service and Distinguished Service Award. He and his wife, Kyoko, are Paul Harris Fellows, Benefactors of the Permanent Fund, Major Donors, and members of the Arch C. Klumph Society. In addition, Sakuji has established an endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship.
Sakuji and Kyoko have been married since 1963. They live in Yashio and have three children and six grandchildren.
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Larry Wright
PDG District 6400
Rotary Club of Taylor
Brownstown, MI
Member of the Rotary Club of Taylor since 1983, Larry served as Club President 1991-92 and District Governor from 1995-96. District positions include District Conference Chair (4x), New Generations Chair, District Webmaster and 10 years on the District Youth Exchange committee as General Chair and General Administrator. He and Sarah, his wife, have hosted eight exchange students.
Larry was a RI Training Leader, Zone GETS Training Leader 2001 and 2002 and Zone Institute Chair 2004. Wright served as Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator (RRFC) 2002-04 for Zone 28 and twice as Chairman on the Nominating Committee for Director. He was the Zones Promotions chair for the R.I. Chicago Convention 2005 and is currently the Rotary Coordinator (RC) for Zone 29.
Larry holds a BS degree from Eastern Michigan University. He and Sarah have run their landscape-contracting firm for 34 years.
Married to Sarah since 1976, Larry has two daughters, Rachelle and Andrea, and four grandchildren. Sarah and Larry are Paul Harris Fellows, Charter members of the Paul Harris Society, The Rotary Foundation Bequest Society and Major Donors. Larry is a recipient of Rotary's 'Service Above Self' recognition and The Rotary Foundation's 'Citation for Meritorious Service.'
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