Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton Installs New President & Officers One Week After Being Named ‘Club of the Year’ By Rotary International District 6930 Leadership
Jon Kaye, chief operating officer of Kaye Communications Marketing & Public Relations was inducted as the new President of the Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton at the appropriately themed ‘Mad Men’ installation dinner held Friday, June 26 at Broken Sound Club. Outgoing President Frank Feiler, who was honored at the event, provided a 1959 Cadillac convertible, adding to the vintage ambiance of the evening. “I look forward to an exciting year as we add the Inaugural Mayor’s Ball in October to the Club’s list of activities,” said Jon Kaye. Mayor Susan Haynie joined the festivities and presented a City proclamation to the Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton.
Other 2015-2016 Board Members and Officers installed include: President Elect Lewis Fogel, Past President Frank Feiler, Secretary Penny Morey, Treasurer Deborah Freudenberg, Bill Cappeller, Jesse Flowers, Ingrid Fulmer, Bob Hildreth, Rick Howard, Alan Kaye, Brian Long, Robin Trompeter, and
Michael Walstrom.
The Installation Dinner, held one week after Rotary International’s annual District 6930 Conference, celebrated both the induction of new officers and a record number of awards won by the any Club in the district. Jon Kaye, Frank Feiler and 13 members of the Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton took part in the District 6930 Conference with 46 clubs and more than 200 Rotarians, held at PGA National Resort June 19-21.
“It was very exciting for our club to be selected as the club of the year and we were thrilled to be recognized for so many accomplishments,” said Frank Feiler, 2014-2015 president. Among the honors we won was a Vocational Service Award for the Club’s 2015 Honor Your Doctor Luncheon and a Presidential Citation Light Up Rotary Award. “The final award and the highlight of the conference was for the “Club of the Year” in the District, presented to our club, “ said Feiler noting that this is the first time a Club has won this award in Boca Raton.
For a complete list of 2015-2016 Officers and Board Members and District Conference awards, please visit: rotarydowntownbocaraton.org.