Joe Klein Takes the Helm
From top to bottom, Rotary changes many of its officers and directors on July 1 of each year. Joe presided over his first meeting as president on July 7.
Arlington Rotary President Joe Klein
Joe grew up in Lake Stevens. He is the owner of Klein Insurance in Smokey Point. Joe started out in the insurance business in 1993 and became a partner in an agency. Because of changes in the agency, Joe left the agency in 2011 to try selling real estate. He didn't like it and very soon that same year went to work for an independent insurance agency as a floater and eventually became a district manager.
Joe stumbled upon of an ad that had not been taken down when Erik Granroth took his agency off the market to find someone different to list his Smokey Point Farmers Insurance Agency. Joe connected with Erik before the business was re-listed and they struck a deal. He joined our club in January of 2019.
District 5050 District Governor Srinivasan ’Raj’ Rajagopal
Raj was born in the south of India. He has a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree and Masters in Hydraulic Engineering (India) and a Masters in Mechanics and Hydraulics (USA). He came to Canada in 1973 and now lives in White Rock where he has retired but still provides worldwide assistance in subjects of his expertise.
Raj joined the Rotary of Club of White Rock in 2014 under the classification of International Water Resources Development and Management and was Club President in 2016-17. He has chaired and was a member of several club committees and currently, chairs the club’s International Services and Special Projects Fundraising Committee. He has served the District as the Chair of International Services Project Committee. For more bio, click HERE
Rotary International President Jennifer E Jones
Jennifer E. Jones, a member of the Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland, Ontario, Canada, is Rotary International’s president for 2022-23. It is a groundbreaking selection that has made her the first woman to hold that office in the organization’s 115-year history.
Jones is founder and president of Media Street Productions Inc., an award-winning media company in Windsor. She was chair of the board of governors of the University of Windsor and chair of the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce. She has been recognized for her service with the YMCA Peace Medallion, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, and Wayne State University’s Peacemaker of the Year Award, a first for a Canadian. Jones holds a Doctor of Laws (LL.D.).