Eugene Kowel joined the FBI as a special agent in 2005 and was assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force in the New York Field Office, where he led criminal and counterterrorism investigations. Mr. Kowel completed deployments to Iraq in 2008 and Afghanistan in 2009 in support of the FBI’s counterterrorism mission.
He graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in political and social thought and earned his law degree from the New York University School of Law. Mr. Kowel served as an assistant district attorney in New York City before joining the FBI. Read More
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Karen has lived in Lincoln all her life and has spent her career working at the Nebraska Department of Revenue. She recently celebrated 47 years with the Department. She is married to Tom Barrett, has one son, Nate Michel, and two grandsons, Owen and Noah. She enjoys watching her grandson’s sporting activities, gardening, swimming, helping care for her 90-year 'young' mother, who still lives in her own home, and being involved in activities at her church and around Lincoln. Thank you, Christie Weston, for sponsoring Karen to Rotary! Welcome, Karen!
Karen Barrett with President Eric Drumheller, husband Tom Barrett, and Rotary sponsor Christie Weston
Lincoln Rotary Club #14 would like to congratulate Club members Barb Bartle and Randy Bretz on their recent District 5650 appointments. Both former Club presidents, Barb and Randy will bring a plethora of Rotary knowledge along with a heart for service into their new roles. Barb has been elected to serve as District Governor for the 2022-2023 Rotary year, and Randy Bretz has been elected to serve as an At-Large Director on the Board for the 2021-2022 Rotary year. Congratulations and THANK YOU for your service!
Last week at Rotary Raffy Garcia, a former Rotary International Board of Director member, joined our meeting to share Rotary's global impact. We also had the honor to have John Germ, former Rotary International President, join our meeting. We welcomed new Rotarian, Karen Barrett, Tax Specialist, Nebraska Department of Revenue (Sponsor: Christie Weston). Reminder to complete your Committee Interest Indicator by June 7. This will help make sure you are on committees that interest you. Register for Rotary's blood drive on June 15. We are still short on our Rotary International Goal ($1,390), however, our average gift to RI is $104 per member, which exceeds our goal of $85 per member! Thank you to everyone who contributed to the Annual Fund or PolioPlus! Thank you to everyone who donated the $110 in honor of our $110th anniversary. We raised $8,502. This, in combination with fines, members who donated their lunch money and attended Business Networking Day – $12,880 was raised for the Annual Club Projects Fund.
Birthday celebrant Leslie Huerta, representing 21 June birthday celebrants, was accompanied by Art Knox, Jim Mastera, and Allen Beermann at the birthday table
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1040 P Street
Lincoln, NE 68508 United States of America
The Rotary Club of Lincoln is meeting in a hybrid format. Join us at Embassy Suites or on Zoom using the following information:
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Lincoln Rotary Club #14 would like to congratulate Club members Barb Bartle and Randy Bretz on their recent District 5650 appointments. Both former Club presidents, Barb and Randy will bring a plethora of Rotary knowledge along with a heart for service into their new roles. Barb has been elected to serve as District Governor for the 2022-2023 Rotary year, and Randy Bretz has been elected to serve as an At-Large Director on the Board for the 2021-2022 Rotary year. Congratulations and THANK YOU for your service!
