Ruritan March 2024 Newsletter

Ruritan National Staff

Sarah Kelly Executive Director - Voice Mail 305 sarah.kelly@ruritan.org

Sarah is the chief operating officer of Ruritan National and Ruritan National Foundation. She serves as advising member of all national standing committees and has management and program implementation responsibilities that include strategic planning, financial management, budgeting and investments, membership services, membership growth and training, and event planning. Overall responsibility for employee

supervision, office management, corporate legal actions, and facilities maintenance and operations. Represents Ruritan in relationships with partnership organizations, government entities, and media. Editor of the RURITAN magazine, Ruritan newsletter, and other Ruritan publications.

Craig Whitt Membership/Member Services - Voice Mail 312 craig.whitt@ruritan.org All questions and concerns are initially handled through Craig. He distributes general information and answers questions about using the Member Management System. Craig enters new club information, new member information and makes changes to membership records (address, telephone, etc.) that aren’t made by members directly or club officers. Craig prepares new club charter kits and new member kits. He is responsible for Blue Ribbon, Outstanding Club President and Outstanding Club Secretary research. He is also responsible for

preparing Community Service awards and club anniversary certificates. He processes quarterly reports, district officer reports, national officer reports, President’s Golden Key, WANTED contest entries, and maintains the central filing system and current National candidate lists.

Bessie McCormick Foundation - Voice Mail 302 foundation@ruritan.org

Bessie works with the Ruritan National Foundation both in receiving donations and dispensing grants and scholarships. She maintains records for the Build Your Dollars (BY$) program and endowed funds (contract funds). She is also responsible for processing Tom Downing awards. Bessie maintains the Foundation information on the website.

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