District Governor Gary Chenoweth and his wife Mary
Holiday Newsletter 2021
Season Greetings D6290 Rotarians.
December is a month to count your blessings, reflect on 2021 accomplishments and start to plan for 2022. Regarding my D6290 blessings, I attended all live U.S. club visits where wonderful new Rotarian friendships were made. Note: Covid concerns kept Canadian Club visits from occurring. Key D6290 accomplishments, Clubs were able to get back to some degree of normalcy, i.e., live and/or hybrid club meetings; service projects reinstated, and fund-raising activities increased. Other major 2021 accomplishments: Lakeshore United Community Rotaract Club started; D6290 becoming Champion for HANWASH (Haiti National Clean Water Sanitation & Hygiene) initiative; Petoskey Noon Club celebrated a Centennial year and Traverse City Noon Club celebrated Centennial+1 years of service!
Key 2022 Action Plans:
Visit Canadian Clubs.
Support development of “The 6290 Network” platform for educational, training and communication purposes.
Encourage all Club PEs to participate in live GLPETS conference in Kalamazoo. March 10-12, 2022
Assist Elk Rapids Club in hosting live District Conference in ER and GTR&S. May 12-14, 2022.
Encourage D6290 Clubs to again sponsor high school students to attend live Life Leadership Conference being held at Ferris State University. June 15-18, 2022.
Promote and participate in D6290 “Jump for Polio” in Grand Haven, MI. June 25, 2022.
A lot for District 6290 to accomplish during first the 6 months of 2022!
Thanks again for being Rotarians…. The world and our communities need Rotarians now more than ever! May God Bless all of you, your families, and your Rotary Clubs during this Holiday Season!
INTRODUCING OUR 2024-2025 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT GOVERNOR
Brianna Scott District Governor 2024-2025
Rotary Club of Muskegon
Brianna T. Scott was born and raised in Muskegon, Michigan. Brianna attended Michigan State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Art’s degree in Marketing. Among the honors she received were the COGIC Center Aspiring Law Student Scholarship, winner of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc essay contest and making the Dean’s list in 1996. Ms. Scott was chapter president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Executive Board member of Wonders Black Caucus and a member in both the MSU Prelaw and Marketing Associations as an undergraduate student.
Ms. Scott attended Wayne State University Law School where she received her Juris Doctorate in May, 2000. She was active in variety of law school activities and she attained a final year grade point average of 3.57/4.0. She successfully competed in various law school competitions including, but not limited to Moot Court evidence competitions, acting as Article Editor of The Journal of Law in Society, Executive Board member of Moot Court (Director of Outside Competitions), working on the academic committee of the Black Law Student Association, and being an active student member of the Wolverine Bar Association. In addition, Ms. Scott received many scholarships and awards throughout her law school career.
Ms. Scott became an attorney in November 2000, and was immediately recruited and hired as the FIRST African American Assistant Prosecutor in the Muskegon County Prosecutor’s office where her initial responsibility was handling district court cases, which included misdemeanors, ordinance violations and other hearings within the district court. However, after much success and proving herself a great trial attorney, she was promptly promoted to Circuit Court, where she handled many cases advocating for victims until she left the Prosecutor’s office in 2003.
Following her tenure at the Muskegon County Prosecutor’s office, Ms. Scott was hired by the law firm of Williams Hughes Corwin & Sininger, PC (k/n/a Williams Hughes, PLLC), where she embarked on the journey of a different practice of law; namely the handling of cases for municipalities, civil cases for the county, family law, corporate law, real estate and social security disability matters. As part of her practice at Williams Hughes Corwin & Sininger, PC, she was also awarded a public defender contract handling one of the abuse and neglect dockets in Muskegon County. Ms. Scott remained an associate at Williams Hughes Corwin & Sininger, PC, until 2005.
In 2005 she decided that after five years of significant experience handling all types of cases, that she wanted to become an entrepreneur and start her own law practice. Becoming a business owner, in fact the first minority (African American and female) law firm in Muskegon County was exciting, challenging, and very rewarding. Her law firm has grown significantly over the years and she now employs a full time staff of five (5).
In 2018, Ms. Scott was elected to an 8 year term on the Michigan State University Board of Trustees. A testament to the high regard placed on Ms. Scott for her professional accomplishments, ethical standards and peer recognition, Ms. Scott was recently named a 2019 AthenaoftheLakeshoreAwardRecipient and 2021 Greater Muskegon Woman’s Club Woman of Accomplishment. In 2014, she became the FIRST person of color to serve
as President of the prestigious Muskegon Rotary Club. Currently, Ms. Scott serves as President of the Muskegon Heights Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. As well, she serves on the Boards for Access Health, Boys & Girl’s Club of the Muskegon Lakeshore, Panel One of the Michigan Attorney Disciplinary Commission (County of Muskegon); and is also a member of the Muskegon Rescue Mission’s Personnel Committee. Ms. Scott is also the Chair of the Muskegon Rotary Club’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee, Retention Committee and serves as the Co-Chair for the Life Leadership Committee and the Community Service Council. In the past she has served on the following boards: United Way of the Lakeshore, Muskegon Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce and Family Services Center Workforce Development Center. Additionally, she serves as LegalCounselforthe International Churches of God In Christ, which is the largest African American church in the world. She is also one of the only attorneys in West Michigan to be dually licensed to practice law in the state of New York. However, her proudest accomplishment is being the parent of her son.
Incoming Rotary International President Jennifer Jones will be the key-note speaker on Thursday, March 22 LIVE AND IN PERSON at Great Lakes Rotary PETS! You won't want to miss out on this amazing opportunity to be in the presence of this amazing Rotary leader!
As the first woman to be elected president, Jones understands how important it is to follow through on Rotary’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Statement. “I believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion … begins at the top and for us to realize growth in female membership and members under the age of forty — these demographics need to see their own reflection in leadership,” Jones said. “I will champion double-digit growth in both categories while never losing sight of our entire family.”
Jones has been a Rotary member since 1997 and has served Rotary as RI vice president, director, training leader, committee chair, moderator, and district governor. She played a lead role in Rotary’s rebranding effort by serving as chair of the Strengthening Rotary Advisory Group. She is the co-chair of the End Polio Now Countdown to History Campaign Committee, which aims to raise $150 million for polio eradication efforts. She also led the successful #RotaryResponds telethon in 2020, which raised critical funds for COVID-19 relief and was viewed by more than 65,000 people. Jones has also received Rotary International’s Service Above Self Award and The Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service. She and her husband, Nick Krayacich, are members of The Rotary Foundation’s Arch Klumph Society, Paul Harris Society, and the Bequest Society.
The green line shows the growth pattern your district would need to achieve in order to end the year having grown .5%. You can see how much your membership needs to grow to accommodate the decline that occurs every January and July.
The yellow line shows your district’s 4-year historic average. In other words, this is what you would expect to see if the year unfolds as it usually does.
The red line shows your actual growth this year to the end of November.
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