RI President's Representative BJ Metz
B.J. Metz, Jr.
District 7430 Governor
2003-2004
B.J. was born in Bangor, Pa. On April 19, 1960 and moved with his family to Easton in 1962. He is a graduate of the Easton Area Public School System, graduating in 1978, and earned a B.A. in Economics from Ursinus College (Collegeville, Pa.) in 1982.
B.J. has been employed by Metz, Inc. since 1976. The company was founded by his parents and has been serving the heating and cooling needs of the Lehigh Valley since 1960. He became President of the firm in 1988 after having served the company in many capacities.
B.J. accepted an invitation to join the Rotary Club of Easton in 1988. Club positions B.J. has held include Director (1990 – 2000), President 1991/1992, Easton Rotary Service Foundation Board of Directors (1990 – 1993), Bulletin Editor (1993 – present), and Secretary (1994 – 2000). To date he has produced over 1,000 weekly newsletters for the Club.
In 1998 B.J. accepted an invitation to become one of eight original Assistant Governors for District 7430. He served as Governor of District 7430 in 2003-04 and has been active on the Faculty of the Rotary Leadership Institute. He and his wife Kristie are Rotaplast veterans having participated in a mission to Venezuela.
BJ serves as Publications Chair for Rotary Zones 24 & 32, producing the annual Directory for the two-Zone area.
B.J. married Kristie Hoeflein in October 1992. Kristie is employed as a surgical nurse in the open-heart surgery unit of Lehigh Valley Hospital. They live in Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania and have no children but are happily raising a Bo-Chi puppy named Fuzzy Zoeller.