Events

Annually Rotary Clubs change their club president for the new Rotary year commencing on July 1.  Incoming club president, Jerry Chapman, will lead a discusion of the club budget, goals, challenges for the next year. 

Cedar Park-Leander Rotary sponsored two Leander ISD students in 2025.  Listen to these gifted students as they share the impact of the RYLA experience.

RYLA is a signature Rotary program designed to develop the leadership potential of young people. Born from a vision to empower young leaders, RYLA has grown into a globally recognized leadership development bootcamp. Its inception dates back to 1959 when Rotarians in Queensland, Australia, organized an event to celebrate the centennial of statehood. The response was overwhelmingly positive, and the initiative spread like wildfire, evolving into the structured, impactful program we know today.

Guerry Harris is a CFP® professional. He has over 30 years’ experience in wealth management and served in the U.S. Navy. He earned a degree in Finance from the University of Central Florida and a certificate in Financial Planning from Northwestern University. He is registered as an investment advisor and a member of the Financial Planning Association (FPA).

Guerry joined the Rotary Club of Northwest Austin in April of 2022 and is their current President. He is also the founding member and current President of the Rotary Means Business – Austin Metro Chapter.

He has been married to his wife Michelle for 25 years and they have two adult daughters, and a Great Pyrenees/Lab mix rescue dog named Phoebe.

Carrie Vanston helps executives, business owners, and professionals to connect with their passion, power up their mindset, and supercharge their impact so they can meet and exceed their goals with joy and fulfillment.

Carrie co-authored the award-winning book MiniTrends and her articles have appeared in such publications as Texas CEO Magazine and Austin Business Journal.

She is a popular keynote speaker on being a more energized, visionary leader and has made presentations to Fortune 500 companies, associations, government agencies, human resource groups, and universities. She also speaks on how intentional travel can transform your business and life.

Carrie previously led the popular MiniTrends Conference Series at Technology Futures, Inc (TFI). She is presently a TFI Board Member and an Advisor with its non-profit Art 84.

She is a National Speakers Association (NSA) Austin Board Member and 2024 Austin Business JournalWomen in Business Honoree. She directed the Association of Corporate Growth's Austin C-Suite Roundtable for 2 years and was a National Adviser and Austin Board Member of Cultures in Action.

Carrie is an Certified Leadership Coach, Certified Travel Coach, Accredited ICF Coach (PCC), Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner (ELI-MP), and a Professional Speaker with NSA.

On the personal side, she loves to dance, travel, and spend time with her two sons.

At this Club Assembly, we will begin our new Rotary year with a Strategic Planning session. Club member Abe Martinez will facilitate the session, focusing us especially on increasing membership. 

District Governor Todd Smith is a member of the Rotary Club of Georgetown, TX. DG Todd was introduced to Rotary in 2007 when he was invited to join the Rotary Club of Austin (later serving as its President). He “became a passionate Rotarian” during a 2014 trip to India where he administered Polio drops to underprivileged children. Following a move to Coastal California in 2015, DG Todd joined and later served as President of the Rotary Club of Montecito, CA, subsequently becoming an Assistant Governor in District 5240. Professionally, after having worked as a freelance Producer in the motion picture industry, DG Todd works – in his “Rotary Spare Time” -- as a residential real estate broker and mobile notary. He lives in Georgetown, has two grown and married sons, one grandchild and last-but-not-least two adorable, adopted pups, Buster and Pumpkin.

Trudy Marshall was a teacher in Pflugerville for eighteen years and a librarian in a Round Rock school for ten years. After traveling to thirty-nine countries, someone suggested she go to Uganda. There she found schools with no books. The first school library was provided in 2005. At present in Uganda, Libraries of Love has provided forty-six school libraries and three in prisons. Seven school libraries have also been provided in Kenya. 

In their sponsorship program, there are now twenty-five college graduates and fifty-four sponsored students with fourteen of those in college. 

Libraries of Love also meets endless humanitarian needs. 

Trudy lives in small villages with the people she serves in both Uganda and Kenya six to seven months a year. She is a Rotarian in Rotary Club of Pflugerville.

     Scott was born in Coshocton, Ohio, but has lived his entire life in Northern Virginia prior to moving to Georgetown, Texas in June 2023.  He has been affiliated with The Salvation Army his whole life attending church in Alexandria, Virginia.  It was there in 1987 that Scott met Sandra Smith who, being raised as a Salvation Army Officer’s child, grew up on the ministry field that led her to Alexandria, Virginia where she met Scott.  Scott and Sandy were married in March 1996.

     Scott graduated from George Mason University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History.  Following university studies, Scott began his professional career with The Salvation Army National Headquarters in 1995 in the Archives Department.  It was during this time that he obtained his Masters in Applied History degree in 2007.   In 2011, Scott became the National Headquarters Resource Center Director and continued in that position until June of 2023.

     Scott’s hobbies include playing the B flat tuba, watching Star Wars with his son Ben, and reading presidential biographies.  He is a loyal follower of all Washington, DC professional sports teams and everything Ohio (Go Buckeyes)!

     The greatest accomplishment that Scott and Sandra have took place in 2007 when God blessed them with their son, Benjamin Luke Bedio!  Scott, Sandy, and Ben reside in Round Rock and have fallen in love with serving in Williamson County!

Carla Young, Executive Director, has been with DASNW for over 20 years, first as a volunteer driver from 2004-2007, and in the director role from 2008 to present.  A graduate of Texas A&M, Carla and her family moved to Cedar Park in 2002.  With 3 kids and 2 grandkids (and many grandcats and a granddog) living very far away (Japan, Canada, and Minnesota) Carla and husband Steve have no plans to move, just travel when they can to visit everyone! 

Drive a Senior Northwest is a non-profit serving seniors in Cedar Park, Leander, and northwest Austin with free transportation and support services to help those seniors age in place, live independently longer and stay connected to their community.  With just 150 volunteer drivers, DASNW serves over 500 seniors with over 7000 rides a year, funded completely from the community we serve (no federal, state, or insurance support).  Save the date! October 3, 2026 will be the 40th anniversary of this vital non-profit, and we hope you can join us for the big celebration!

Bilingual Librarian, Reed Elementary, Leander ISD

Carolyn taught dual language 1st grade in Round Rock ISD and has spent the past 7 years in the Reed Elementary Library as the K-5 Bilingual Librarian. She is passionate about education and literacy, as well as running a modern library where students are interacting, building, experimenting, and learning from both the librarian/teacher and each other. This will be her 15th year in education.