DG and DGE profiles
Posted by Tim J. Bradley
Mike Forney
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was selected as 2009 Rotarian of the Year for D5440 by DG Stu Palmer,
the year Mike was President of RC of Steamboat Springs. He is retired
and currently serves as PR Chairman for D5440, is a District Visioning
Facilitator and Rotary Leadership Institute Instructor. Mike served the
District as Group Study Exchange team leader to Australia in 2010.
Mike was born and raised in Livingston, MT, working in the local radio
station after high school. He went on to form a nationwide mortgage
company that he sold to a large holding company before moving to
Steamboat Springs in early 2000s. Mike is a pilot and volunteers with
the Angel Flight Organization. He serves on several boards in the
Steamboat Springs community. Mike's wife Janet is a librarian and
raises horses in her spare time.
Julie Phares
is
D5440 Trainer and serves on the District Executive Committee. Julie is
a past president of the RC of Estes Park and organized the newly
chartered (2010) RC of Long's Peak where she serves as interim
president. Julie's district training has her coordinating all aspects
of Rotary education within D5440. She is a facilitator with Club
Visioning and an instructor with Rotary Leadership Institute. Julie and
her Rotarian husband, Charles, organized the successful community
fundraiser, Estes Park Sings. Julie
was named Rotarian of the Year in 2006 by then DG John Patton of
Sheridan, WY. Julie is a property and liability insurance agent in the
Estes Park community and grew up in rural Nebraska.