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We are People of Action

Bellevue Rotary is where neighbors, friends, and problem solvers share ideas, join leaders, and take action to create lasting change.

Service Projects

See our club’s active service projects.

Community Grants

See the local organizations we support

World Service

See the international projects that we support

About Bellevue Rotary

Founded in 1961, the Bellevue Rotary Club is an organization of local community and business leaders who make a difference by serving the citizens of our city and the world. Our primary avenues of service are Community Service, International Service, Vocational Service, and Youth Service.

This Week’s Speaker

Dr. Kari Schuh, Skill Center Director, Washington Network for Innovative Careers (WANIC) May 20th

Dr. Kari Schuh is the Director of WANIC Skill Center, with more than 25 years of experience in public education, Dr. Schuh is known for her unwavering commitment to student success and her passion for creating engaging, real-world learning opportunities that prepare students for postsecondary careers and college. Kari earned her Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Washington State University in 2025. Her dissertation explores how early exposure, supportive environments, and community cultural wealth influence [...]

About Rotary

Rotary is where neighbors, friends, and problem-solvers share ideas, join leaders, and take action to create lasting change.

Rotary unites more than 1.2 million people in 35,000 clubs worldwide. We think globally and act locally—and we act globally too.

Rotary fights disease, provides clean water, saves mothers and children, supports education, grows local economies, and promotes peace. The primary qualification for membership is belief in the Rotary motto of service above self.

Bellevue Rotary Officers and Directors, July 2023–June 2024

Tom Knollmann
Tom KnollmannPresident
Jemal Idris
Jemal IdrisImmediate Past President
Michael Nassirian
Michael NassirianPresident Elect
Katherine Thompson
Katherine ThompsonVice President
Kathleen Steele
Kathleen SteeleSecretary
Christine Chi
Christine ChiTreasurer
David Kading
David KadingSergeant At Arms
Garrett Hyman
Garrett HymanCommunity Service
Chen Yi
Chen YiMembership
Paul Lwali
Paul LwaliInternational Service
Regina Glenn
Regina GlennFellowship
Jerimy Kirschner
Jerimy KirschnerFundraising
Jeffrey van Gogh
Jeffrey van GoghClub Services

Bellevue Rotary’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The Bellevue Rotary Club unequivocally embraces Rotary’s intolerance for racism. We believe in promoting respect, celebrating diversity, demanding ethical leadership, and working tirelessly to advance peace as central tenets of our work. We recognize we have more work to do to create a more just, open and welcoming club for all people. We acknowledge and support Black humanity and its value. We acknowledge the sadness, anger, mental and emotional exhaustion, and trauma that our African American members and other people of color continue to experience. The Bellevue Rotary Club understands its responsibility towards truth, equity, and social justice, and will work with our members to dismantle any and all forms of systemic racism within our Club. To do this, we will carefully look at our Club’s culture, policies, partners, and the work we do in our community as we work to improve ourselves first. The Bellevue Rotary Club will also work towards being an anti-racist club in alignment with our long history and value of serving humanity.

Get in touch and discover the joy of Service Above Self.

You can also send mail to: PO Box 523, Bellevue, WA 98009

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