Scott Reading is a Relationship Manager with EagleBank working in their commercial and industrial banking group.  As a Rotarian, he has served as President for two clubs and currently serves as Treasurer of the B-CC Rotary Foundation.  He is a proud husband with a full family of four kids and will be welcoming his first grandchild in mid-October. 

The B-CC Rotary Club Foundation awards grants to non-profit organizations to help people in the local community and beyond.  Among the organizations given grants in the current year:

• Feed Bethesda 
• Women Who Care Ministries 
• Disaster Aid USA
• Nourish Now 
• B-CC Rotary Children’s Shopping Spree 
• Montgomery College – ACES
• Bethesda-Chevy Chase YMCA 
• Potsdam Rotary Club -Water filters for Ukraine 
• Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad 
• Story Tapestries
• Cornerstone Montgomery 
• Oasis Intergenerational Tutoring 
• Marlow Guitar International
• Glen Echo Park Partnership for the Arts & Culture

Allison Stearns, CEO of CaringMatters, has dedicated her career to the health and welfare of people across the lifespan. She has more than 30 years of experience in community and behavioral health and nonprofit leadership.  Since 2014 when she joined CaringMatters (formerly Hospice Caring) as Executive Director, Allison has grown the organization’s visibility and created effective community partnerships and strategic alliances within the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. During her tenure, the agency’s hospice support and bereavement programs have expanded significantly, and CaringMatters has become a recognized leader for community education on topics related to serious illness, end-of-life, loss and grief, and advance care planning.