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Dov Wilker
Regional Director
American Jewish Committee
Dov Wilker has been Regional Director of the American Jewish Committee Atlanta since 2011 and AJC's National Director for Black Jewish Relations since 2018. After earning his International M.B.A. from Tel Aviv University, Dov worked for an Israeli software start-up. Dov began his career with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the southeastern United States and previously served as AJC Atlanta’s assistant director. Dov is currently a Wexner Field Fellow, a board member of the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, and an advisory board member for the Atlanta Ballet.
Weekly luncheon meetings begin at 12:15 pm
on Fridays unless otherwise noted.
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FRIDAY
JANUARY 31
SPEAKER: TBA
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THURSDAY
FEBRUARY 6
Past Presidents Reception at Benchwarmers
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FRIDAY
FEBRUARY 7
PROGRAM: STAR StudentS
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FRIDAY
FEBRUARY 14
SPEAKERS: Shaakira Silvera
& Michelle Kuperman The Global Village Project
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FRIDAY
FEBRUARY 21
SPEAKER: Gretchen Hiley CISO Data Security
Randstad
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FRIDAY
FEBRUARY 28
SPEAKERS: Frances Holt & Dr. Duane Sprull Be The Voice Implementation
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Decatur Rotary’s MLK Service Project
Thanks to everyone who braved the cold to replace roof shingles, clean gutters, scrape paint, and more! We had a great turnout. Special shoutout to Doug Robinson for serving as our MLK project leader this year, and for keeping us all on track. It was great to have District Governor Gordon Owens join us, too! Scroll down to check out more photos from the weekend.
Our club will host an exchange student for the 2025-2026 school year, and we need to identify Decatur host families by January 31. Three families within the City of Decatur School district are needed to host – the student spends about three months at each home and will attend Decatur High. Let John Bennett, Kelly Caudle, or Doug Park know if you or a friend are interested.
David Ewing, 29 years
Doug Robinson, 12 years
Bryan Markowitz, 10 years
January Birthdays
Brian Deutsch, 6 years
Charles Lutin, 3 years
James Herndon, 1 year
Pete Pfeiffer, Jan. 1
Bill Mealor, Jan. 4
Alan Dishman, Jan. 19
Lawrence Sharp, Jan. 23
Doug Robinson, Jan. 27
FRIDAY | MARCH 21, 2025
Speaker Sarah Woodard (left) and Herb McCoy
Rick Garnitz gave the invocation. Dudley Larus introduced our speaker, Sarah Junkin Woodard, of Jubilee House Community. She spoke about the work Jubilee House is doing for the poor in Nicaragua. They pursue projects community members want, and look for sustainable approaches. Rotary Global Grants and Rotary clubs in Nicaragua support Jubilee House projects.
Visitors included Isabelle Cogburn, guest of Selma Doganson; Linda Curry, guest of Maria Alvarez; Gwendolyn Milner, guest (and mom!) of TES Stewart.
Scenes from our March 21 lunch meeting.
Eric Lucas, Dudley Larus, and Maria Alvarez at March board meeting
Kelly Caudle and Selma Doganson
Congrats to Stacey Stevens, winner of this week’s whiskey raffle!
TES Stewart and her mom, Gwendolyn Milner
. . . . . Scenes from the Be THE Voice event at Decatur High School on March 17. The first crew talked to students during lunch, and the second crew served pizza to students at the girls lacrosse game.
Jennifer Topple, Lawrence Sharp, Elizabeth Sullivan, and Cynthia Edwards
Doug Tozzi, lunch speaker Dr. David Wright, and Dan DeWoskin
Snapshots: MLK Service Project Weekend
MLK service project home
Big round of applause for Doug Robinson (center) as our team leader this year
Doug, Chris, Pete, and TES with homeowner
Jason Conn spots John Bennett on a ladder, cleaning gutters
Tim, Alison, John with daughter Sidra
Bob Ettensohn, Jennifer Topple, Luis Abularach’s daughter
Our club will host an exchange student for the 2025-2026 school year, and we need to identify Decatur host families by January 31. Three families within the City of Decatur School district are needed to host – the student spends about three months at each home and will attend Decatur High. Let John Bennett, Kelly Caudle, or Doug Park know if you or a friend are interested.
Speaker Sarah Woodard (left) and Herb McCoy
Jennifer Topple, Lawrence Sharp, Elizabeth Sullivan, and Cynthia Edwards
Doug Tozzi, lunch speaker Dr. David Wright, and Dan DeWoskin
MLK service project home
Big round of applause for Doug Robinson (center) as our team leader this year
Doug, Chris, Pete, and TES with homeowner
Jason Conn spots John Bennett on a ladder, cleaning gutters
Tim, Alison, John with daughter Sidra
Bob Ettensohn, Jennifer Topple, Luis Abularach’s daughter
Jason, DG Gordon, Luis, TES, Doug, and Dudley
Maria and Gloria
Charlie with friend Roz
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