Our two newest members!

At our last business meeting, we inducted Justin Powell and Jim Schott. As the majority of our members are women, it is nice to have men joining the club :-)

Here is a little about both:

Justin Powell is the Director of the Real Life, teen refugee mentoring program associated with Youthlinc. a Utah based youth service nonprofit. He has been a Team Leader on 9 Youthlinc international service trips, including a multi-time team leader, to Cambodia, Vietnam, Peru, and Kenya.  He has lived abroad for several years, including Australia, South Korea, Egypt, and Vietnam.

Locally, he has volunteered with refugee and under-served youth and adults and formed a civic engagement club in the Salt Lake City School District.  Justin was a high school teacher in English, history, and business.  He taught at the Salt Lake Center for Science Education and at West High School.  He has an International Business degree from Westminster College, an English degree from the University of Utah, and a Master’s of Teaching degree from Westminster College.

Justin and his wife Britnie are quite a service team. Their son Atticus is the youngest Youthlincer on record. He’ll go on his fourth trip this summer at the ripe age of 3.

Here's Justin in Madagascar. He is engaged in writing a Rotary International Global Grant for a water project there.

Jim Schott is the proud husband of wife Jan and father of daughter Stephanie, age 22. Born and raised in Wisconsin, he takes equal pride in his Cheesehead pedigree, having worked summers in a brewery and cheese factory and owning stock in the Green Bay Packers.

Jim began his business career in his parents' retail store at age 8. He went on to earn a Bachelor's in marketing from the University of Wisconsin and an Executive MBA from the University of Washington. Today he applies his leadership skills as Utah division manager of Western Oilfield Supplies Co./Rain For Rent, a leading provider of industrial liquid handling solutions.

During rare moments of downtime, Jim golfs, skis, snowshoes, mountain bikes, cooks, agonizes over his beloved Packers, and enjoys meeting friends at the Rotary Club of Millcreek.

Here is Jim snowshoeing with his wife and daughter.