Please help me welcome and congratulate Mike Ferris as the 2022-2023 District Governor Designate for D5010. Michael Ferris was inducted into Rotary in 2003 and is a member of the Anchorage South Rotary Club, where he served as Club President in 2015-2016. Mike has completed the D5010 Leadership Academy and has served in a variety of Club committees, including most recently as Membership, Foundation and Dictionary Project Co-Chair. Beyond the club, Mike has served on several D5010 committees as Membership Committee Co-Chair, Public Image Committee and as Grants Co-Chair. Mike continues to serve his community as a coach for 20 years and an official for Pop Warner Youth Football (ages 7-9) and High School Wrestling. He has been involved in The Resource Development Council, the Alaska Support Industrial Alliance, the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce and The Alaska State Chamber. Mike has also served as President of a local Toastmasters club. Mike has been a leader as early as High School, in both his personal and professional life. He has served as a deck boss at age 18 on his family’s commercial crab boat, the F/V SEABROOKE, fishing in the Bering Sea. Later he captained the same vessel, generating some of the largest crab quotas in the fleet. From 2000-2002 Mike led a team of Lithuanians at a refinery, moving product through ports in Lithuania and Latvia. Mike will strive to keep Rotary fresh, while preserving the true Fellowship behind Rotary, “Service Above Self”. Sincerely, Andre' Layral D5010 Governor. 2019-2020 |