Wakefield Rotary Installs Officers and Directors for 2026-27

The Wakefield Rotary Club recently installed its new officers and directors during a luncheon at Brightview Wakefield. In accordance with its by-laws, the service club elects new leadership annually to take office July 1^st of each year.

2025-26 Club President Kathy Boyle concluded her Rotary year by thanking Wakefield members for their support, as she “passed the gavel” to incoming Club President Paul Adams.

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The club also installed its incoming Board of Directors including President-Elect Wendy Maguire, Margie Daniels, Euwan Godfrey, Amy Luckiewicz, and Michael Sullivan. Boyle will serve on the Board as Immediate Past-President. Suzanne Bowering will serve as Club Secretary, Barbara Worley as Club Treasurer and Frank Fiorentino will serve as Sergeant-at-Arms. The new leadership team will serve until June 30, 2027.

The Rotary International theme for 2026-27 is Create Lasting Impact, under Rotary International President Olayinka Hakeem Babalola of Nigeria, noting the importance of working together and making connections to create lasting benefits to our local and global communities. At the international level, the president of Rotary International serves a one-year term, presiding over the larger organization’s governance and providing inspirational leadership for the organization.

About Rotary International & Wakefield Rotary Club
Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. There are 1.2 million Rotarians in 160 countries worldwide. The first Rotary Club was founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1905 by an attorney named Paul Harris and several of his colleagues. The name “Rotary” was derived from the early practice of rotating meetings among each of the members’ offices. The Rotary motto is “Service above self”. The Wakefield Rotary Club meets each Tuesday at 12:15pm at Brightview Wakefield on Crescent Street.

For more information on the club's initiatives or to join the Wakefield Rotary Club, visit www.wakefieldrotaryclub.org or email wakefieldrotaryclub@yahoo.com.