Congratulations to Michael Suntag, this year's Norm Parsell awardee. Michael has been a member of the Rotary Club for 6 years. During that time, he has been Secretary of the club for four years and has been active in many of the service projects and programs his club has developed. He has chaired the vocational-technical scholarship committee, which gives annual scholarships to two high school seniors who are interested in Trade careers. He has used the District Managed Grants to fund many community service projects, from supporting veterans to feeding homeless families.
Michael has been honored with the Service Above Self Award and RI’s Paul Harris Fellow Recognition. Before his retirement, his career spanned fifty years in public education as a teacher. Administrator, State Department of Education, and co-founder of Breakthrough Education Strategies. His current community activities include being Chair of (CARE) Citizens Addressing Racial Equality, a Member of the Board of Education’s five-year planning committee and Plant Planning Committee, on the editorial board of the online news source Stratford Crier, and co-developer of Stratford Volunteer Corps. Michael is a child and Family Fellow with the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Michael just celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary with his wife Elaine. He is a father to two sons and a grandfather to two grandchildren.
