The Westport Rotary Club Board of Directors meets the last Tuesday of each month.

A Westport resident, Michael Gordon is founder & CEO of Group Gordon, a strategic communications firm based in New York.  Recognized three times as one of North America’s best places to work, the firm serves clients in corporate and financial communications, public interest, and crisis management. Michael earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Pennsylvania and both a Juris Doctor and MBA from Columbia University. He began his career as an attorney at Skadden, Arps, before serving in the Clinton administration as an education policy special assistant and spokesperson for Attorney General Janet Reno. He has served on the Westport Board of Education, including as chair, as well as leadership roles with nonprofit organizations such as the Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition and the Center for Arts Education.  Michael and his wife Linda, avid tennis players, have also received the ADL’s Distinguished Community Leadership Award.

A 2001 graduate of Staples High School Mike Carey  was part of the Wreckers FCIAC championship soccer team which was ranked #3 in the U.S.  He earned his BA at Union College, majoring in English with an Anthropology minor – and, of course, serving as captain of the Men’s Varsity Soccer team. After a 7-year stint as a senior litigation paralegal at a law firm in Philadelphia he joined NBC Sports and worked his way up to his current position at NBC as Senior Producer for soccer’s Premier League. Soccer is in his blood. He is an Emmy-winning producer with a decade plus of experience in live production, post-production features, long-form documentaries, podcasts, and creative script writing.   He  may have proposed to his wife Lapde in a mountainous rain forest in Central America, but they live in Westport with their three children.

As the new Executive Director of the Pequot Library in Southport Peter continues his commitment to transforming arts and cultural organizations through innovation, strategic vision, and community-centric leadership.  A native of South Africa and a 16-year resident of Westport, Peter has previously served as the Executive Director of the Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University as well as the The Westport Arts Center. He focuses on creating spaces as vibrant cultural hubs, implementing innovative marketing and resource management strategies, and developing partnerships that elevate brand visibility and revenue. Upon joining the Pequot Library this past February, he offered library staffers a challenge: “If people aren’t going out to dinner and talking about what’s happening at the Pequot, we aren’t doing our job.”

The Westport Rotary Club Board of Directors meets the last Tuesday of each month.