New Rotary Year, New Leadership, Lasting Impact!
New Rotary year… who dis? 👀
The Downtown Rotary Club of Palestine is officially kicking off the 2026–2027 Rotary year, and we’re excited to welcome Greg Gunnels as our new Club President!
Greg takes the reins alongside a fantastic group of Rotarians who will help lead our club through another year of service, friendship, community involvement—and, knowing our crew, plenty of fun along the way.
Meet Our 2026–2027 Leadership Team
President: Greg Gunnels
- Past President: Lisa Priest
- Vice President: Debbie Wacha
- Secretary: Gina Shook
- Treasurer: Sloan Shuffler
- Rotary Foundation: Christophe Trahan & Brenda Johnston
- Public Image Chair: Heather Giles
- Sergeant at Arms: Mike Abrahamson
- Membership Chair: Kathy Ray
- Service Projects Chair: Jacque Johnston & Raul Perez
- Youth Programs: Kristin Steely
Club Directors
This year's Rotary theme is Create Lasting Impact, and it feels like the perfect next chapter for our club.
Last year, we United for Good by strengthening friendships, building partnerships and bringing people together around a shared desire to make our community better.
Now it's time to put those connections to work.
Create Lasting Impact challenges Rotarians to turn connection into action and good ideas into meaningful, sustainable change, both here in Palestine and beyond.
We're looking forward to seeing what Greg and this leadership team have up their sleeves for the year ahead. New projects? New ideas? A little Rotary mischief? We're here for all of it. 😉
Here's to a new Rotary year, a great new leadership team, and another year of being People of Action.
Let's make it count. 💙💛