Check-in/Cashier: Lisa Froehlich & Kate Holman Program: President John Gessert Inaugural Meeting
John Gessert has been a Rotarian for 13 years. John is a dedicated Rotarian having served as Treasurer, Director, and as chair of several committees. John is Paul Harris Fellow and maintained perfect Rotary attendance for eight years. John Gessert is a Vice President for Concerto Family Office (Orchestrated by UBT) and Union Bank and Trust, where he serves the wealth management needs of high-net-worth individuals and their families. John offers over 29 years of experience to the families that he serves, in providing needs-based, advice-driven solutions to a wide range of financial and estate planning issues.
June 28, 2022, Rotary 14 Yearend Awards. Recently, President Christina Usher awarded the most coveted award at Rotary, the Rotarian of the Year Award, to Steve Glenn. Steve has been a Rotarian for 35 years and he has served as President at Rotary 14. Steve is the Chairman of the Board and Founder of Executive Travel. Steve is a 1979 graduate of the University of Nebraska- Lincoln and played football as an offensive tackle under Coach Tom Osborne. During the recent Ukraine crisis, Steve maximized his business contacts in Europe by providing hotel accommodation to Ukrainian refugees in Poland, most are women and children. Steve thanked all Rotarians who contributed to helping the refugees in Poland. Congratulations, Steve!
Rotarian of the Year Steve Glenn receives his award plaque from President Christina Usher, witnessed by Rotarians, President-Elect John Gessert, and IPP Eric Drumheller
June 28, 2022, Rotary 14 Yearend Awards. Recently, President Christina Usher presented the highest honor bestowed to a new Rotarian, the Rookie of the Year Award, to Diane Mendenhall. Diane served as co-chair of the Program Committee which is tasked to identify and vet weekly speakers at Rotary. The weekly speaker is an essential part of our weekly meetings handled by the Program Committee. Coming out of the pandemic, it was important for members to have a conversation with community and business leaders. Diane played a critical role in ensuring we had the best speakers every week.
Diane Mendenhall works at the Lincoln Community Foundation in May of 2020 as Vice President for Gift Planning. In this role, Diane assists donors in developing a meaningful and strategic approach to help meet their present and future philanthropic goals, and in turn, help build a great city. Congratulations, Diane!
Rookie of the Year Diane Mendenhall receives her award plaque from President Christina Usher
Last week at Rotary was our last meeting of the year, and it was designated as Yearend Awards. President Christina Usher presented the Rotarian of the Year to Steve Glenn and Rookie of the Year to Diane Mendenhall. President Christina also recognized members with perfect attendance led by Past President Darold Karmazin at 42 years. In-Club Celebrations Chair Krista Carlson presented President Christina with a huge thank you cake.
In appreciation of their service to Rotary, Allen Beermann presented President Christina Usher and Administrator Yolanda Hoffman each with a pendant globe and a special pen similar to the pen used by Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace
President Christina Usher presented incoming President John Gessert with the Rotary President diamond pin
Past President Mark Stephens led Rotarians to a toast for President Christina's successful leadership of the club coming out of the pandemic and in exceeding both our goals for Rotary International and service projects locally. Congratulations and thank you, President Christina!
Club 14 Rotarians just acknowledged and celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Club 14 Foundation. So, too, we acknowledge and celebrate the 246th birthday of our country. Whether we commemorate as Rotarians or citizens, or a combination, we appreciate that our Club, our country, and each of us is rich beyond measure because we choose to do good things, great things, on behalf of others. Read the words of Condoleezza Rice. "The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity, or nationality, or religion. It is an idea - and what an idea it is: that you can come from humble circumstances and do great things. That is doesn't matter where you came from. It matters where you are going."
The Rotary Club of Lincoln is meeting in a hybrid format. Join us at the Talon Room or on Zoom using the following information:
To join the meeting virtually, use this link: https://bit.ly/358ioxK
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John Gessert has been a Rotarian for 13 years. John is a dedicated Rotarian having served as Treasurer, Director, and as chair of several committees. John is Paul Harris Fellow and maintained perfect Rotary attendance for eight years. John Gessert is a Vice President for Concerto Family Office (Orchestrated by UBT) and Union Bank and Trust, where he serves the wealth management needs of high-net-worth individuals and their families. John offers over 29 years of experience to the families that he serves, in providing needs-based, advice-driven solutions to a wide range of financial and estate planning issues.
June 28, 2022, Rotary 14 Yearend Awards. Recently, President Christina Usher awarded the most coveted award at Rotary, the Rotarian of the Year Award, to Steve Glenn. Steve has been a Rotarian for 35 years and he has served as President at Rotary 14. Steve is the Chairman of the Board and Founder of Executive Travel. Steve is a 1979 graduate of the University of Nebraska- Lincoln and played football as an offensive tackle under Coach Tom Osborne. During the recent Ukraine crisis, Steve maximized his business contacts in Europe by providing hotel accommodation to Ukrainian refugees in Poland, most are women and children. Steve thanked all Rotarians who contributed to helping the refugees in Poland. Congratulations, Steve!
June 28, 2022, Rotary 14 Yearend Awards. Recently, President Christina Usher presented the highest honor bestowed to a new Rotarian, the Rookie of the Year Award, to Diane Mendenhall. Diane served as co-chair of the Program Committee which is tasked to identify and vet weekly speakers at Rotary. The weekly speaker is an essential part of our weekly meetings handled by the Program Committee. Coming out of the pandemic, it was important for members to have a conversation with community and business leaders. Diane played a critical role in ensuring we had the best speakers every week.
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