Stephanie A. Urchick, Rotary International president 2024-2025

Stephanie A. Urchick has held prominent positions within Rotary International, including RI director and Rotary Foundation trustee. Her extensive service record includes roles as a training leader, regional Rotary Foundation coordinator, and RI president’s representative. Additionally, she has contributed as a representative and member-at-large at three sessions of the Council on Legislation.

Urchick has chaired the Strategic Planning Committee and The Rotary Foundation’s Centennial Celebration Committee and has been involved in various Rotary committees, such as the Election Review Committee and Operational Review Committee.

A dedicated Rotary member since 1991, Urchick has participated in numerous international service projects. She has been involved in National Immunization Days in India and Nigeria, collaborated with clubs in Vietnam to build a primary school, and traveled to the Dominican Republic to install water filters. Fluent in several Slavic languages, she has mentored new Rotary members in Ukraine and coordinated a Rotary Foundation grant for mammography equipment and a biopsy unit for a hospital in Poland. The Rotary Club of Krakow, Poland, recognized her as a key figure in the rebirth of Rotary in post-Communist Poland. Urchick has also facilitated partnerships between clubs and districts in the U.S. and Rotary clubs in Albania, Kosovo, and Ukraine for humanitarian and educational projects.

Professionally, Urchick has a background in higher education, consulting, and the entertainment industry. She earned her doctorate in Leadership Studies from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and has been honored by The Rotary Foundation and numerous community and international organizations.