Bristol Sundown Rotary Club has a committee that looks after the day to day business of being a Rotary club, but we are a very inclusive club and like everyone to get stuck in and lend a hand.
The committee members below are the ones who have an official title - this basically means they didn't move fast enough when the jobs were being given out!
President - Rachel Hulme
Rachel is a Chartered Engineer and works for the Civil Service. She is also currently studying for a MSc in Systems Engineering. Rachel is a keen advocate of engineering and has worked with the Royal Academy of Engineering and local schools to encourage more people into the field, especially women. In her spare time Rachel likes to socialise with friends, cycle, walk (although not up hills that are too big) and jog. She has run the Bristol 10km for Bristol Sundown's fundraising in past years. Rachel also works with the British Heart Foundation to teach members of the public basic resuscitation skills and raise awareness of heart health.
Vice-president and Speaker Secretary - Suzannah Varma
Suzannah is a corporate events manager and runs a company called Top Banana Events and Conferences. She joined Bristol Sundown Rotary Club in August 2009 and shortly after took on the role of speaker secretary. When she is not managing events, Suzannah enjoys salsa dancing, trapeze, and in the summer, scuba diving.
Secretary - Jo Westlake
Jo is our secretary. She is so busy writing our meeting minutes and running the Accor hotel empire that she hasn't written her profile yet!
Treasurer - Fabien Le Dem
Fabien is our treasurer and the European representative in the club. We don't hold it against him that he supports France in the rugby...
Membership Officer - Sara Destruel
Sara is new in post so we are waiting for her picture and profile.
Service and Charity Officer - Marius Jennings
Marius is an Independent Advocate for Age UK Bristol and runs a project for older people who have care issues. Since living in the UK for the past five years he has worked with older people in a care setting; past offenders in the Probation Service; assisting individuals with health issues to attain work and stay in employment; supporting refugees and asylum seekers as well as volunteering for HIV/AIDS charities.
In his spare time Marius enjoys Pilates, travelling as well as writing about his imaginary Squirrel, Frank
Social Officer - Roger Dickinsen
Roger is a man of very few words and we are awaiting his wise prose, but basically this is the man that runs the social side of Bristol Sundown. Ask him about fancy dress and his jam making secrets next time you see him!
Committee member - Tom Scoffham
Tom is a solicitor with Wards Solicitors and based at the firms central Bristol Office. Tom specialises in Wills, Tax planning, estate administration and Court of Protection work. Tom is on the clubs membership committee. He is so busy being a high flying solicitor that he doesn't have a specific job but we let him on the committee anyway as he has a few good ideas every now and then...
