Meet Our Members

Ashish Sarkar, a Past President and Member of Rotary Club of Ann Arbor since 2003, has been elected to serve a three year term on the International Board of Directors for Rotary Action Group for Peace. The Rotary Action Group for Peace serves as resource to Rotarians, Rotary Clubs and Rotary Districts by supporting the […]

Our own Lauren Heinonen, Director, Harpoon Editor, and co-founder of the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor Satellite Club, is featured in the August 2020 edition of The Rotarian magazine.  The feature addresses Lauren’s scientific orientation, her inspiration by the Rotary Four-Way Test, and her active involvement in so many parts of our Club’s activities.  See page […]

See below an email to District 6380 Rotary Clubs about Meghan Gupta, daughter of our member Toni Gupta, speaking at an upcoming Troy Rotary Club Zoom meeting on July 29th at 11:45 am. Meghan has been greatly involved in work in our club, and all are welcome to see her talk on the 29th. Dear District […]

Rotarian in the News – Yolanda Whiten: Yolanda joined our club in 2014 but has been very busy as President and CEO of the Ann Arbor Community Center and as a Pastor of the St. James AME Church in Brighton. In the latter role, she has become involved with WHMI, a local radio station, in […]

Phil Klintworth was born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois.  Aspiring to be an engineer, he was accepted at Purdue University.  However, to please his mother (who had been born in Detroit), he visited Ann Arbor to look at Michigan.  That was all it took.  He came to Michigan, graduating in 1962 with a degree […]

The July issue of The Rotarian is traditionally the one with a big feature spread on the new RI President. This one is no exception and you can read all about Holger Knaack. What you might not see right away is an article starting on page 55 that recounts how the Rotary Club of Aspen […]

Our member, Bob Hyzy, was quoted in Bridge Magazine’s recent article “For now, Michigan is a success story in flattening the pandemic curve.” Dr. Hyzy is a pulmonary and critical care specialist at the University of Michigan. You can read the full article here.  

Junior Rotarian Meghanlata Gupta (and daughter of Rotarian Toni Gupta) will be speaking on NPR Detroit’s WDET with Stephen Henderson on Tuesday morning, May 12th, at 9am. She will be speaking about contemporary issues and media representation concerning Native American communities in Michigan and beyond. She will also be sharing information about Indigenizing the News, […]

Read below short bios of the members of our fantastic New Member Class of March 11, 2020.   Andrew Brenner Professional Organization: Quantum Spatial Sponsors: Mary Avrakotos and Ashish Sarkar Andrew is interested in health and environmental issues both in the US and globally. Currently his specific focus is providing solar power to clinics in […]

Our member Steve Schram was elected President (2020-21) of the Michigan Association of Public Broadcasters at their March 3 Board meeting.  Congratulations to our accomplished, mellow toned member. Read more here: https://michmab.com/mapb-board-of-directors-elects-officers-michigan-radios-steve-schram-as-president/