Welcome 2025-26: Meet & Celebrate Our Leaders

The start of a new Rotary years bring changes in leadership at all levels of Rotary and new opportunities for every member to get involved. Let's review who is part of our leadership team, see where we could use some more volunteers, and make a plan to register to attend CNY Rotary Inauguration to celebrate all of our leaders!

As we move into the second year of CNY Rotary, we continue to evolve and grow. In an effort to avoid having too much turnover at one time we set up several roles to be filled for shorter terms in year one, which means we have some changes to share. We also have been working with Area Reps to modify the areas to better disperse clubs across that team, with one role still to be filled. There are changes to several areas, so please check the list below in case your club is in a different area or may have a new rep starting this year.

 

To mark this time of transition, we're holding our CNY Rotary Inauguration at the Syracuse zoo on August 16th. All are invited to register now to join us for lunch, cake, some presentations and recognition, a passing of the gavel ceremony, and time to visit the zoo. Click here to get more details and register by 8/3.

 

This is also a great time to consider getting involved. Committees will be posting their meeting zoom links in our events calendar and members are welcome to attend at any time to check them out. All committees are welcoming volunteers right now, with opportunities for every experience level or passion you have in Rotary. Click here for more information about getting involved.

 

We want to thank several retiring leaders for their service and commitment. The following have completed their term as of June 2025:

PDG Elise Hereth, VVS Community Rotary, Past President at Large
PDG Doug Larison, Cortland Rotary, Finance Chair

PDG Melissa Rathbun, Galway Rotary, Public Image Chair

Tara Renner, Onondaga North Rotary, Treasurer Chair

Charlie Smith, Marcellus Rotary, Area Rep

Jim Cook, New Hartford Rotary, Area Rep

Don Tuttle, Unadilla Rotary, Area Rep

Jim Eklund, Canastota Rotary, Area Rep

Andrew Roth, Amsterdam Rotary, Area Rep

 

See the outlines below for who will be on our teams in 2025-26 and click the link at the bottom to go to the org chart for their contact information.

Hamilton, New Hartford, Oriskany Falls, Sauquoit, Greater Utica Sunrise, North Utica-Whitestown, and Utica

Baldwinsville, Cato, Fulton, Fulton Sunrise, Oswego and Oswego Sunrise

DeWitt, Eastwood, Onondaga North, Syracuse, Syracuse Inner City and Syracuse Sunrise

🆕 Area 7: Colleen Weibel

Auburn, Marcellus, Moravia, Skaneateles, Skaneateles Sunrise, and Camillus-Solvay-Geddes

Binghamton Breakfast, Binghamton Noon, Colesville-Harpursville, Greene, Endwell and Hillcrest-Nimmonsburg

Delhi, Deposit, Hancock, Hobart, Margaretville, Stamford, Sidney & Franklin

Richfield Springs, Cooperstown, Edmeston, Schenevus-Worcester, Sherburne, New Berlin, Norwich, Oxford and Milford

Morris, Oneonta, Unadilla and Bainbridge

Dryden, Groton, Ithaca, Ithaca Sunrise and Trumansburg

Endicott, Johnson City, Owego, Vestal, and Waverly

Ballston Spa, Malta Sunrise, and Saratoga Springs

🆕 Area 17: Conrad Janke

Cortland, Cortland Breakfast, Tully and Whitney Point

 

Chestertown, North Creek, Lake George, Fort Ann, Glens Falls, Granville, Salem and Hudson Falls
    
Area 19: Guillermo Trujillo

Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake, E-Club, Galway Satellite, Shenendehowa and Twin Bridges

Niskayuna, Heartbeat Satellite, Rotterdam Sunrise, Schenectady, Schenectady East, Glenville and Scotia

Area 21: Rep Position Open - Click here to express interest in helping out!

Amsterdam, Cobleskill, Glove Cities, Middleburgh, Northville and Sharon Springs

Albany, Cohoes, Colonie-Guilderland, Southern Rensselaer and Delmar

 

 

Secretary Dana Jerrard, Utica Rotary

🆕 Treasurer Chair George Schwarztrauber, Vestal Rotary

Foundation Chair Don Reese, Utica Rotary

Membership Chair Kimmy Talbot, Scotia Rotary

🆕 Public Image Chair Joe Abraham, Utica Rotary

DEI Chair Pam Baxter, Albany Rotary

Learning Chair Deb Glisson, Onondaga North Rotary

Service Chair - Position Open - Click here to get involved

Youth Exchange Chair Zoren Bullock, Trumansburg Rotary

Youth Services Chair - Position Open - Click here to get involved

Rotaract Chair - Position Open - Click here to get involved

 

Foundation Giving Chair Jim High, New Hartford Rotary

Foundation Grants Chair Dave Hennel, Glenville Rotary

Foundation Global Grants Chair Lana Rouff, Binghamton Noon Rotary

🆕 Foundation Peace Committee Chair Nancy Potter, Ithaca Rotary

Events Chair Cindy Rosenthal, Delmar Rotary

 

Click here for the org chart with contact information for our leadership team.

Click here for the list of clubs and Club Presidents.

Click here to express interest in getting involved in CNY Rotary leadership or committees.