Meeting Speaker for March 21, 2011

John T. Blount is a dentist, in private practice for the past thirty-two years in Sebastopol, California. He and his wife of thirty-five years, Patti, are both members of the Rotary Club of Sebastopol, CA and are major donors and bequest society members of The Rotary Foundation. 

John has served on several organizational committees that deal with Rotary International's future, including "New Models of Rotary Clubs", "Rotary Action Groups", three RI President nominating committees, and Vice Chair of the 2008 International Institute. He has been a membership coordinator and a member of several RI task forces on public relations, new generations, and membership.

John is a thirty-two year member and past president of the Sebastopol Rotary Club. He was Governor of District 513 in 1990-1991. He has the distinction of being the youngest to hold that office in District 5130's history. As Governor, John motivated clubs to center local as well as international projects around the theme of improving the education and literacy of youth, through the "4 R's"- Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic, and Rotary.

He has served District 5130 on various Rotary Foundation committees; administrative committees, and the membership development committee. He developed, and for many years chaired the district's high school "Communication Contest". He represented District 5130 as a delegate to the Council on Legislation in India in 1998. Dr. Blount has truly been a part of his community since arriving in Sebastopol in 1976. Among other activities he has chaired a 33,000 square foot church building project, served as a trustee on the Sonoma County Community Foundation, been a six-term director for the Redwood Empire Dental Society, and served multiple years as a board member of the Sebastopol Chamber of Commerce.