His term began Saturday (July 1).

ST. PETERSBURG – The Rotary Club of St. Petersburg has elected H. Roy Adams president.

Adams will serve for the 2017-18 fiscal year, which began Saturday (July 1).

Adams joined the club in 2004. He has chaired numerous committees and has been a member of the club’s board of directors since 2007. He received the club’s distinguished Rotarian of the Year Award in 2015.

He joins a group of distinguished community, civic and business leaders who have led the organization since it was founded in 1920.

Other club officers elected to serve for the new fiscal year include Troy Willingham, president-elect; Lee F. Romig, secretary; Jill Van Middlesworth-Banks, treasurer; and Melissa Rutland, sergeant-at-arms.

The Rotary Club of St. Petersburg meets every Friday at 12:15 p.m. at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club, 11 Central Ave.

Rotary Club International was founded in Chicago on Feb. 23, 1905, so professionals with diverse backgrounds could exchange ideas, form meaningful, lifelong friendships, and give back to their communities. Rotary’s name came from the group’s early practice of rotating meetings among the offices of its members.

Today, the organization has more than 35,000 clubs across the world that work to promote peace, fight disease, provide clean water, and support education, among other goals.

For information about the Rotary Club of St. Petersburg, go to facebook.com.

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