This week: April 10, 2026 - Bita Golshan Lotfi - Attorney, Private Practice
The current and new boards met Wednesday morning to plan for the upcoming Rotary year. Projects, fundraisers and ongoing commitments for the board members and club objectives for membership and internal mentoring and “fireside chats” for new members were discussed. More details will be shared at the Club Assembly on July 20. Please add your thoughts about how we can continue to grow and prosper and say “YES” when you are invited to help with our clubs ongoing work and mission.
Incoming Officers 2018-2019
President: Ron Sigelman
President-Elect- Carmela Carr
Vice President- Joseph DiPietro
Secretary- Linda Berg-Cross
Treasurer- Steve Vaccarezza
Club Service- Rob Follit
Community Service- Joseph Kravitz
Vocational Service- John Waterston
International Service- Bob Sonawane
Sergeant-at-Arms: Rotating Monthly, coordinated by Jim Manley
Dr. Anilkumar Latey has been a member of the Rotary Club of Poona Downtown for last 36 years and he also served as President of RCPD in 1997- 1998. Dr. Latey received his MS and Ph.D. degrees in Zoology from the University of Pune and Bombay, respectively. He served on the faculty as a lecturer and professor of zoology for 40 years at the University of Pune and retired in 2000. He taught several zoology courses to graduate and postgraduate level students and conducted research. He published five books and authored several research articles in zoological sciences and served as a mentor to MS and Ph.D. candidates. He was a visiting professor at the School of Life sciences, University of West Indies, Port of Spain in Trinidad under a Rotary Scholar Grant in 1999. Over the years as a rotary member, he has been involved in spearheading several projects and made several presentations to numerous clubs in India and many countries around the world. His wife ( Meena) is also a devoted member of the Rotary Club of Poona Downtown.
Richard focuses on estate planning, trusts and estate administration, and beneficiary and fiduciary representation. He is a member of the District of Columbia and Florida Bars, and a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Richard is a DC Super Lawyer®, has been named a Top Lawyer in Washingtonian’s biennial lists of 2015 and 2017, is ranked in the 2009-2017 ediƟons of The Best Lawyers® in America as a leading lawyer in the Trusts and Estates category, and rated AV® Preeminent™ by MarƟndale Hubbell. Richard will be speaking on the psychology of estate planning.
