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viewed across the Rotary world. Butler is
“Taking care of vulnerable people has
members and has helped form numer-
also known for his khaki pants covered
ous new clubs, including clubs to serve
with Rotary logos, which spark conversa-
that every individual is important,” she
tions about Rotary wherever he goes.
says. “If people are given a chance, they
veterans and seek an end to human
trafficking. He united five clubs to form a
An avid endurance athlete, Butler has
can flourish and become strong contrib-
Rotary Community Corps to serve hun-
utors to society.”
completed 18 marathons and numerous always been my focus because I believe “Together, we.” He has brought in many
triathlons, including Ironman. He has In 2011, Gísladóttir was invited by dreds of refugees, led one of the clubs in
nearly finished a project to run all the the UK’s then-Prime Minister David his district to achieve 100 percent Paul
streets in Jacksonville, covering thou- Cameron to speak about the award- Harris Fellow Club status, and brought
sands of streets and thousands of miles. winning Social Return model at the together multiple districts to secure the
The effort has given him insight into Nordic Baltic Summit in London. bid for Minneapolis to host the 2028
community needs and Rotary’s role in She joined Rotary in 2012 and has Rotary International Convention.
ࣛdঐᜫவࡈή˙ᜊ੻ˢҢԸ ٙҧቃٟdሰᚃ࢕ૄٙ؂ਕ μႭj ˜ᗫᕿࢮැ໊᜗ɓ
serving them. served in numerous leadership roles, Gump serves as the co-chair of the
ٙࣛࡉһλf™ қุf ٜ݊ҢᗫءٙೊᓃdΪމҢ Host Organization Committee for the
Butler has received The Rotary Foun-
including district governor, assistant
Rotary membership coordinator, RI
ЪމɓΤБቖਖ਼ุɛ dation Citation for Meritorious Service. ޴ڦӊࡈɛேЇᗫࠠࠅfν 2028 convention. He previously served
He and his wife, Karen, support the president’s representative, and learn- as aide to the RI president, an Inter-
ɻdˋतਔ࿁ҧቃٙʮ΍Җ൥ Foundation as Major Donors and mem- ؈ഗʚɛࡁዚึd˼ࡁఱঐ national Assembly learning facilitator,
ing facilitator. Through Rotary, she has
吉斯拉多蒂爾
volunteered on projects that support
׬ܵഹ฽ɽٙᆠઋf˼Ⴍj bers of the Bequest Society, Paul Harris ϓڗdԨϓމٟึٙ੶ɢ্ and a president’s representative. He
Soffía Gísladóttir
Society, and PolioPlus Society. They have immigrant and refugee integration in has chaired RI’s Membership Growth
˜Ңࡁცࠅމҧቃ݂ٙԫᄣ two grown daughters, Emily and Maggie. ᘠ٫f™ Committee and the MDP Alliance, a
2026-28 年理事
Iceland and with her club is currently
2011 ϋdΛ౶זε໛ဧ
૴һεڥᓃfҢࡁٙପۜڢ Emily recently joined her father’s club, developing the Skúlagata walking trail, consortium of multidistrict presidents-
冰島
which will link historic sites across the
Húsavík Nordurthing 扶輪社
੬ಏf™ continuing the family’s legacy of service. աࣛ΂ߵ਷࠯޴ɽሊ‧̔௥ඤ elect learning events.
country’s northeast. Gump is committed to The Rotary
މə՘піˏϋჀૄ໊ (David Cameron) ʘᒗۃֻࡐ Foundation, his club’s foundation, and
In 2022, Gísladóttir chaired the
Rotary institute in Reykjavík, welcom-
Soffía Gísladóttir
Ԩᜫ˼ࡁᐝ༆ਞၾҧቃהঐᐏ ॰ിԭ‧Λ ౱dί̏ᆄˋဧ฀ࢤึɪ೯ڌ the service projects they fund. He has
ing 500 Rotarians for a summit that
worked on or led more than 20 district
Director 2026-28
੻ٙዚึdˋतਔ༶͜ɛʈ౽ ౶זε໛ဧ வධ࿂ᐏࣿ࿲ٙ˜ٟึΫᓥ™ and club grants totaling more than US$4
included a keynote address by the
Rotary Club
president of Iceland and paired learning
of Húsavík
ᅆʿՉ˼ᅰЗʈՈႡЪəᅰ˕ வࡈΤοٙ ᅼόf million. He is also committed to Rotary’s
Nordurthing,
પᄿᅂ˪dՉʕ̍ўɓ˕ίҧ จܠ݊˜Λ with service projects across Rotary’s fight to eradicate polio. After meeting
μ׵ 2012 ϋ̋ɝҧቃd
frontline polio workers in Pakistan, he
Iceland
areas of focus. Beyond Rotary, she has
ቃ˰ޢଉաᛇڎٙᄔ۞ࠪᆀᅂ ౶זٙɾՅ Ԩዄ΂ཀεධჯኬᔖਕdܼ̍ding as says, “It’s not an if; it’s when.”
served on multiple boards, inclu
chair of the Akureyri Theater Company
Gump and his wife have provided
Soffía Gísladót-
˪fϤ̮dˋतਔɰ˸Չ̺တ ॰ിԭ™d ήਜᐼ္eпଣҧቃٟࡰ೯࢝ for an endowment gift through their
during its merger with a new cultural
tir, whose name
μ݊Ώࢥ௶ʈ҅ٙ௶ਗ̹ఙਖ਼
ҧቃᅺႦٙ̔ՉፇၲΤdೌሞ means Soffía, daughter of Gísla, is a labor ՘ሜɛe਷ყҧቃٟڗ˾ڌd estate that will establish the Thomas
center, as a member of the Húsavík
࢕dࠋபމΆุ࢕eอ௴ʮ̡
town council, and as a board member of
˼ԐՑࡳ༁dவૢፇɿᐼঐϓ market specialist at Iceland’s Directorate ˸ʿኪ୦ˏኬɛfீཀҧቃd and Catherine Gump Family Peace Fund.
Vatnajökull National Park, a UNESCO
ၾΏࢥʿΌᆄݲٙᆑίӋᔖ٫
̌ˏ೯ᗫ׵ҧቃٙ༑ᕚf of Labour, where she connects entre- μಀ˸қʈԒʱਞၾ༟пΏࢥ They support The Rotary Foundation as
World Heritage Site.
Major Donors, Bequest Society members,
preneurs and startups with potential
ආБదΥfμಀዄ΂ཀ਷ึٙpe.
ԒމɓΤӮᆠٙߗɢ༶ employees across Iceland and Euro ୅͏ʿᗭ͏ፄɝٟึٙਖ਼ࣩd multiple Paul Harris Fellows, Benefac-
A runner, Gísladóttir has completed a
She previously served as a deputy mem- 160-kilometer (99-mile) ultramarathon tors, Sustaining Members, and PolioPlus
ࡉ໾ᙄࡰf
ਗࡰdˋतਔʊҁϓ 18 ఙ ber of Parliament. ͦۃ͍ၾμה᙮ٙҧቃٟ΍ Society members.
across Iceland’s rugged terrain of glaciers
Λ౶זε໛ဧԸІߡᔜ
৵זؒ˸ʿ̍ў൴ॴ᚛ɛ Gísladóttir is from Húsavík, a north- Νක೯౶ࢫזˑ෫ (Skúlagata) The Gump family has hosted seven
and volcanoes. She and her husband,
Gudmundur Baldvin Gudmundsson, are
ၪд (Húsavík)dவ݊ɓࢭЗ
(Ironman) ίʫٙመεɧ᚛ᒄ eastern coastal town and the site of an ਄БӉ༸d༈Ӊ༸ਗ਼Еᑌৎ؇ long-term Rotary Youth Exchange
early Viking settlement. She holds a Major Donors to The Rotary Foundation. students. Outside Rotary, Gump is ac-
׵؇̏௅ٙضऎʃᕄdɰ݊Ϙ
ԫf˼ͦۃɰуਗ਼ҁϓɓධѯ master’s degree in education from the ̏௅εஈዝ̦፲ѧf tive in his church, has served as Edina
ಂၪԯɛ֛֢ٙᓃʘɓfμኹ
ᑘ ―― ൺཁ௫дჅၪဧٙה University of Akureyri. 2022 ϋdΛ౶זε໛ Community Foundation president, and
She spent a decade as director of
Thomas Anthony
ϞڛࢫཤԢɽኪ (University of
Ϟ൑༸dଢ଼ጐ଄ႊəᅰɷૢ൑ social services in northeastern Iceland, ဧዄ΂ί࠯ேཤдඩၪд has carried the Olympic torch in two
Olympic Games.
Gump
Akureyri)ٙ઺ԃኪ၂ɻኪЗf
༸ၾᅰɷߵԢٙ༩೻fவධр focusing on child welfare and disabil- (Reykjavík) ᑘ፬ʘҧቃ޼୦ึ Gump received RI’s Service Above
Director 2026-28
Rotary Club of
μಀዄ΂Ώࢥ؇̏௅ٟ
ɢᜫ˼ଉՍݸ࿀ٟਜٙྼყც ity services. She established a center ٙ˴։dڎԸ 500 Зҧቃٟࡰ Self Award and is a Gold Member of its
in northern Iceland using the Social
Edina/Morningside,
Membership Society for New Member
ึ؂ਕ҅҅ڗڗ༺ 10 ϋdഹ
Ӌd˸ʿҧቃί؂ਕவԬცӋ Return model, a holistic rehabilitation ̈ࢩdᙄ೻ܼ̍Ώࢥᐼ୕೯ڌ Sponsors. The Rotary Foundation has
Minnesota
ࠠՅഁ၅лʿԒːღᖟ؂ਕf
ʕהҲစٙԉЍf and vocational model that promotes ٙ˴ᕚစᑺdԨਗ਼ኪ୦ሙ೻ၾ awarded Gump its Citation for Meritori-
equal opportunities for disadvantaged Tom Gump says ous Service and Regional Service Award
μίΏࢥ̏௅༶͜˜ٟึΫ
ˋतਔಀ࿲ᐏҧቃਿږ people. She later held several national ଄ႊ΢ҧቃೊᓃჯਹٙ؂ਕਖ਼ for a Polio-Free World.
the best part of
ᓥ™ᅼόܔͭəɓࡈʕːdவ
Rotary is the friends you make. He has
ึٙϞ̌؂ਕᆤf˼ၾֈɿ௱ government roles, including project ࣩ޴ഐΥfίҧቃʘ̮dμಀ Since 2013, Gump has been the owner
management with the Ministry of Social traveled the Rotary world, becoming an and managing broker of A-1 Asset Man-
ࡐ (Karen) ޫމਿږึ̶ٙᕘ ݊ɓ၇Ό˙Зూ਄ʿᔖุ੃৅ ΂ᔖ׵εࡈ໨ԫึdܼ̍ίڛ
Affairs and Housing, helping establish honorary member in numerous clubs. agement, a commercial real estate firm in
ᅼόdϙίމࢮැ໊᜗ڮආ̻
ਿږ࣏ᘠɛdԨ˲݊፲ᗍึe rehabilitation and vocational centers ࢫཤԢᄌྠ (Akureyri Theater Minneapolis. He is an attorney licensed
Gump strives to embody the first
two words of Rotary’s vision statement:
ഃٙዚึfμᎇܝίʕִ̯݁
ڭᖯ‧۞Ԣ౶ึdʿ࣬ৰʃՅ nationwide for people with disabilities. Company) ၾɓࡈอ˖ʷʕː in four states.
௦ຌഃशषࠇ೥ึٙϓࡰf˼ ዄ΂ᅰࡈᔖਕdܼ̍ίٟึԫ ΥԻಂගዄ΂˴ࢩeߡᔜၪд
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