Mt. Prospect Sunrise Rotary elects Tony Canonaco president
The Mount Prospect Sunrise Rotary Club has elected Tony Canonaco, a Mount Prospect certified public accountant specializing in tax accounting, as president for the 2009-2010 Rotary Year.
James Helm, senior structural engineer with Bowman Barrett & Associates, Chicago, was installed Sunrise Rotary's new President-elect. Helm will also continue as the Club's International Service Chair.
Marcin Bos, manager of MB Financial Bank's Mount Prospect branch, was elected vice president.
Michael Verri, an Internet advertising professional with Trinity Group Enterprises in Mount Prospect, was elected club treasurer. Immediate Past President Jere Teed, the retired business manager and controller of CEDA Northwest, was elected club Secretary.
Other members of the Sunrise Rotary Board include:
• Marilyn Genther, executive director, Mount Prospect Public Library, was named community service/club service/vocational service committee chair.
• Brian Gilligan, executive director of the O'Hare Noise Compatibility Commission was named Foundation Committee chair and End Polio coordinator.
• The Fundraising Chairwoman is Susan Dozier, American Chartered Bank.
• The Membership Committee chair is Michael Putz, chief financial officer of Harnetech LLC, Arlington Heights.
• Richard Bragaw, president of Bragaw Public Relations Services, Palatine, was named Public Relations Committee chair.
During Canonaco's installation, Immediate Past District Governor Pam Kerr honored the club for achieving 100 percent Paul Harris status, meaning that every club member has become a Paul Harris Fellow, an honorary designation named for Rotary International's founder.
To qualify for Paul Harris fellowship, the recipient must be responsible for contributions totaling $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation.
The Mount Prospect Sunrise Rotary Club is part of a global network of volunteers that comprises about 32,000 clubs in more than 200 countries.
Its mission is to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace throughout the world. Rotary's vocational service program is based on the principle of recognizing the worthiness of all useful occupations and the dignifying of one's occupation as an opportunity to service society.