Priscilla Henkelmann recently was recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow Plus 4. Priscilla is a long-time member of Club 14 and holds the distinction of being the first woman introduced into regular membership in Club 14. She has served on the Club 14 Board twice, including currently, and has also served on the Club 14 Foundation Board, including many years as Foundation Board Treasurer. Additionally, she has chaired and served on many different committees over the years. These include the Rotary International Committee, Youth Exchange, Global Engagement, and the Auction Committees.Professionally, she held a number of positions in the mental health and human services field, including fifteen years as Director of Community Mental Health Services for the State of Nebraska. Rotary’s international focus was a major reason Priscilla joined Rotary, so she considers it a privilege to continue supporting the Foundation and its many programs around the globe.
She enjoys travel, reading, history, and film. Her love of travel has taken her to more than 40 countries and 49/50 states. She was invited to participate in a USA-Japan Mental Health Exchange funded by the US Japan Foundation while working for the State. She traveled with Rotary 14 club members to the Dominican Republic as part of the club’s first global grant for a health clinic there.
She and her husband, Sandy Grossbart, who she met through Rotary, have two grown daughters, two grandchildren, and a fifteen-year-old son. They also have a 42-year-old Rotary Youth Exchange “son” from France who has visited Club 14 many times and who lived with them from 1998-to 1999.
