Meet District Governor Jack McClenahan!

Jack McClenahan joined the Rotary Club of Santa Paula in 1978.  He has since been a member of the Rotary Clubs of Ojai, Moraga, and finally Ojai-West. Before Jack and Jane and family moved to southern California, he was a high school teacher and coach in Berkeley for 12 years.  After leaving the classroom, Jack worked in educational fund development for 32 years, mainly at his Alma Mater Saint Mary’s College in Moraga.  He is now retired.

He was Rotary Club of Ojai Club Secretary for five years and Rotarian of the Year in 1987-88.  He was the club’s voting delegate to international conventions in Munich 1987 and Philadelphia 1988.  With Jane, he has attended twelve Rotary conventions, often serving as District promotions chair or co-chair.  After joining the Rotary Club of Ojai-West, he was fundraising chair for the club’s Rotary Centennial project, Rotary Community Park.  He served as Club President in 2005-06. He has been a participant and/or presenter at ten President-Elect Retreats, eleven President-Elect Training Seminars (known as PETS), numerous District Mid-Terms, Assemblies, Membership Seminars, and Foundation Seminars. 

Jack served as Chief Operating Officer for DG 2012-13 Frank Ortiz until being selected as District Governor Nominee. On the multi-district level, he was a Director of The Rotary Rose Parade Float Committee Inc from 2007 to 2013; and he was a 2012-13 Director of Southern California and Nevada PETS Inc.