President’s Letter : Ken Selvaggi, President 2025-2026
Surround yourself with giving people and you will have mostly good days!
Since attending my first Rotary meeting as a guest 30 years ago, I’ve appreciated so many Rotarians who personify giving.
You live your lives serving others.
You make the lives of the many people you impact better.
It is an honor to serve you as our club President and a privilege every day to work with you focused on service above self.
You are amazing – mentoring, inspiring, innovating.
You see needs and work to help heal them.
You uplift our members by opening your homes and workplaces to us for social celebrations.
You encourage others to join us, enabling us to serve people all over the world with one of the largest Rotary clubs in the world.
With your continued good works helping attract new members, we can surpass 375 fully engaged members and amplify our public image.
We can grow our engagement with each other through our committee and service project involvement.
We can interface more with other local and regional Rotary clubs and grow our social media presence.
We can help our new members become more knowledgeable about us and what we can accomplish together.
Our core values of service, fellowship, integrity, and diversity enable us to live our vision to be Louisville’s premier fellowship of business, professional and civic leaders dedicated to selfless humanitarian and civic service and improving lives.
Developing a strong, growing, and active membership makes it all possible and will be at the heart of my service to you.
You are very talented people and your hearts for our community are the driver for our club.
Let’s lift each other up and soar to new heights in our collective lives!
With much appreciation to all of you,
Ken Selvaggi
2025-2026 President
Rotary Club of Louisville, Inc.
ABOUT OUR CLUB
With over 350 members, the Rotary Club of Louisville is the 13th largest of Rotary International’s 46,000+ clubs around the world. Our Club has been serving others in this community and worldwide since 1912.
We welcome guests and visiting Rotarians from all over the world at our weekly Thursday luncheon meetings. Our programs involve prominent leaders in every field, and our membership represents the business and civic leaders of our community and our state.
We are connected with each other, our community and with other Rotarians worldwide.
ORGANIZATION
THE ROTARY CLUB OF LOUISVILLE, INC.
and
THE ROTARY FUND OF LOUISVILLE, INC.
The Rotary Club of Louisville is governed by a Board of Directors and its committees are organized into five functional areas –
- Membership Experience
- Service
- Communication
- Philanthropy
- Management
Our service projects are funded through the Rotary Fund of Louisville, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization which receives contributions from Rotarians and other benefactors in the community.
Rotary Club of Louisville, Inc. Form 990
Rotary Fund of Louisville, Inc. Form 990
OUR VISION:
To be Louisville’s premier fellowship of business, professional and civic leaders dedicated to selfless humanitarian and civic service, improving lives in our ever-changing community and the world.
OUR MISSION:
To provide a fellowship of inspired business, professional and civic leaders with exceptional opportunities for humanitarian and civic service, while promoting integrity, understanding and goodwill on a local, national and worldwide basis. We achieve our mission by:
- Developing a strong, growing and active membership that reflects the diversity of vocations and people in our community.
- Strengthening finances to support the club and to carry out the civic, vocational and international service projects that meet the needs of the community and the world.
- Building a dedicated, well-trained and energized leadership team to guide the club and to support the District and Rotary International.
CORE VALUES & GUIDING PRINCIPLES
These core values are reflected in the Object of Rotary and The Four Way Test which we use in our daily lives.
SERVICE
We believe that our service activities and programs improve lives and communities and bring about greater understanding and peace. Through the plans and actions of our Club, we create a culture of service that not only benefits the recipients but also provides unparalleled satisfaction for those who serve.
FELLOWSHIP
Fellowship leads to tolerance and transcends racial, national and other limiting boundaries. This broadens our lives and perspectives and strengthens our ability to serve.
DIVERSITY
We believe Rotary unifies all people behind the ideal of service. We encourage diversity of vocations within our membership and in our activities and service work. Our membership reflects our business and professional community and is a key to our Club’s success.
INTEGRITY
We are committed to and expect accountability from our leaders and fellow members, both in the results of our efforts and in the processes we use to accomplish our goals. We adhere to high ethical and professional standards in our work and personal relationships. We are fair and respectful in our interactions, and we conscientiously steward the resources entrusted to us.
LEADERSHIP
We are a fellowship of leaders and believe in offering our members lifelong opportunities to develop their leadership capabilities in service to others. As Rotarians, we are leaders in implementing our core values.