Rotary District 7510 is a group of clubs associated with Rotary International in central New Jersey. Our purpose is to help our individual clubs advance the Object of Rotary.
We work to promote club effectiveness within our region, specifically:
• Sustain and increase clubs' membership base
• Help clubs implement successful projects that address the needs of their communities and communities in other countries
• Support The Rotary Foundation through both program participation and financial contributions
• Develop club leaders capable of serving in Rotary beyond the club level
We invite you to explore the various activities and programs of Rotary District 7510. For more information on how you can get involved with Rotary on the district level, click here.
Location
Rotary International District 7510, located about halfway between New York City and Philadelphia, contains 42 clubs, covering a five county area in Central New Jersey, USA. The Central New Jersey region, comprised of Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset and Union Counties, is a diverse area ranging from densely populated cities to sparsely populated rural farmland. The varied economy includes heavy industry such as auto manufacturing, petroleum, pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing, biotechnology and electronics research and development, agriculture and major service industries including market research, educational testing and state government. The District is home to Trenton, the State Capital, and several internationally renowned institutions of higher learning including Princeton University, Princeton Theological Seminary, Thomas Edison State College, The College of New Jersey, Rider University which includes Westminster Choir College, Institute For Advanced Study and Rutgers University.
Leadership
Megan Jones-Holt, District Governor
Megan was inducted into Clinton Sunrise with her grandfather’s Rotary pin in 1995. In ‘96 she was elected Treasurer and remains so today. Serving consecutively as Vocational Chair she started the club’s scholarship program, was one of the original members of Bridging the Gap, serving on the district committee since 1999 and as chair since 2006, and brought Early Act to Clinton Public School. She is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow and Benefactor as well as a graduate of the Leadership Institute.
The New Orleans native is no stranger to community service. In addition to Rotary she has served on her town’s planning board, created fundraising events for the Clinton Museum including the infamous Haunted Mill. Currently, a Trustee on the board for Hunterdon Prevention Resources, The Wellness Community, The Holt Charitable Foundation,an Advisor for the Hunterdon County Land Trust, and is an elected member of the County Republican Committee as well as a member of the 200 Club.
As a Theatre Design graduate of the University of Texas she worked as a scenic and lighting designer. She then became an Entrepreneur and moved into commercial arts, photography and back to theatre under a tent when she and her husband, Matt Holt started their event rental company in 1992 until 2007 when they sold it. During the 15 years, she became certified by the American Rental Association as an Event Rental Professional(CERP) through the University of Illinois. Over the years their company earned the recognition as one of the top 25 companies in NJ as well as a top 25 in event rental nation wide. Megan was honored by several organizations, local and national for her work and dedication to the industry and business community.
Now an Independent Representative for World Ventures, a marketing company for it’s internet based travel agency, Rovia, Megan spends her time sharing with others the joys and affordability of travel through the employment benefit package, the leisure travel wholesale club and her travel web site guaranteeing lowest available rates.
Megan & Matt are a product of their work as their goal is to see the world which has taken them to 5 continents and over 25 countries to date. Justin, their son shares Megan’s passion for photography as a Director of Video and Photography in PA. Megan holds a black belt in Kempo, enjoys vegetable gardening, endurance and adventure sports completing her first marathon in April of 2009.
Dwight Leeper - District Governor Elect
Dwight has been a Rotarian with the Fanwood-Scotch Plains Club since 2002. His philosophy, borrowed from the Boy Scouts, is “we’re here to leave the world a better place than we found it.” In service to that, Dwight served two terms as Rotary Club President, two terms as Membership Chair, served as Deputy Governor and Assistant Governor. He is a graduate of the Leadership Institute, a Paul Harris Fellow, and most recently a facilitator at Multi-District PETS.
While Rotary has been Dwight’s primary service focus, he has been a long time parishioner at All Saints’ Episcopal Church where he served as Warden for two years and ten years as Stewardship chair. He has also been active as an advisor to the Boy Scouts.
Dwight was born in New York City, living his “Wonder Bread” years in Stuyvesant Town on 16th Street. Following a car accident his first day of high school, Dwight attended Williston Academy in Massachusetts. Upon graduation, he travelled to Allegheny College in Pennsylvania “on the five year program”. Dwight took a year’s sabbatical and hiked the 2,000 Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. Returning to Allegheny, he continued his major studies in philosophy, adding radio and TV for a practical future. Graduating with a B.A. in Philosophy, He returned to his roots in New York and to what became a 24 year career in advertising, twenty of which were with Grey Global Group. Choosing “an act of great courage and incredible foolishness”, Dwight left the advertising business in 2001 to join Merrill Lynch as financial advisor to pursue a life long passion for personal finance. Since September 2001, he has built his business from the Westfield office of Merrill Lynch, to be joined recently by his oldest daughter Elizabeth. "Clients like her better," he says.
Robert, Dwight’s son, is following his footsteps at Allegheny as a junior, majoring in music, and Kathleen, a rising senior at the Academy for Information Technology, is a Union County track star.
In addition to hiking the Appalachian Trail, Dwight bicycled the 2,000 mile Alaska Highway, and canoed the 1,800 mile Yukon River from Whitehorse in the Yukon Territories to Russian Mission, near the Bering Sea. He’s an instrument rated private pilot and flies his Cherokee Six to his future retirement home in Camden, Maine. When not on his bicycle around town, he makes do with a Harley for fun. Dwight loves to travel and most recently has visited Jordan, Turkey, Sicily and Egypt.
Tulsi R. Maharjan - District Governor-Nominee
Tulsi joined Branchburg Rotary Club as a charter member in 1988. Since that time, he has served as international service director, membership chair, and as the club President for three times. He has been district International service director five times and Assistant Governor twice. He is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow and recipient of Rotary’s highest service award “Service Above Self”. He had also received numerous Rotary International’s matching grants for various International projects and district simplified grants for special projects.
His community service involvement includes past chairperson of the NJ Council for International Global Education, America-Nepal Society, Leadership Somerset, Tri County Red Cross, and Friends of Nepal NJ. He is also the founding member of the Somerset County Interfaith Program, and founder of the Somerset County Cultural Diversity Coalition. He is a graduate of Leadership New Jersey program and serves on the New Jersey Human Relations Council and NJ Ethnic Advisory Council, New Jersey Governor’s appointed position.
Tulsi has received recognition and awards from numerous state, national and international organizations for his dedicated service, including YMCA’s Diversity Award, America Nepal Friendship Society’s Leadership Award, Chapter of Four Chaplain’s Humanitarian Award, Boy Scouts of America’s Asian American Spirit of Scouting Service Award, Cliff Dochterman Scouting Award and Nepalese Government’s special distinction Educational Award.
Born and raised in Patan, Nepal, Tulsi arrived in the United States as a student in 1972. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Skidmore College in New York and later received a Master's and Doctoral degrees from the American University in Washington DC.
Tulsi and Ellen are proud parents of two children, a daughter Tara, who is a graduate student at the Simmons College in Boston and a son Anil, who is an undergraduate student at Babson College in Boston. Tulsi’s hobbies include gardening, traveling and cooking.
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