–presented by Jason Ilstrup on December 13, 2023
Our Member Recruitment Team continues to encourage all of us to think about individuals in our circle of friends, work colleagues and family members who would make good additions to our Rotary Club.
The committee created an award in 2014 to recognize a member who is excelling at sponsoring new members into our club. The award is named after Rotarian Mitch Javid (jah-VEED) Award as a way to honor him for holding the club’s record for sponsoring the highest number of new members. We annually recognize the member who has served as the primary sponsor to the most new members for the past 3 years–and who are still in our club.
Here’s a little background on Mitch Javid. He was a member our club from 1968 until his death in 2021. Mitch sponsored 56 members and co-sponsored another 10 members. This distinguished and very busy member who was chairman of the UW Department of Neurosurgery said, “I love Rotary. It is very dear to me. I believe in it and so I want to share it with other good people.”
This year’s recipient, for a third year in a row, is Ron Luskin, who joined our club in 2014.
Since joining, Ron has been active on the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and is a past co-chair. He has been involved in planning our Ethics Symposium, Program, Rotaract, Rotary Scholar Mentoring, Vocational Opportunities and Swarsensky Award Committees. Ron is a past Member Recruitment Officer for our club as well.
Ron has served as the primary sponsor to 12 new members since 2020. They are:
Kalvin Barrett, Jason Beloungy, Shawn Carney, Bill Connors, Baltazar De Anda Santana, Kai Gardner Mishlove, Jason Fields, Peter Gray, Alan Klugman, Kyle Nondorf, Jara Rios-Rodriguez and Jeremiah Robinson.
Let’s congratulate Ron, on receiving the Mitch Javid again this year!
Rotary Club of Madison, Wisconsin 