RI District 6170 Governor to Visit Arkadelphia Rotary Club, Sept. 12

The Arkadelphia Rotary Club is proud to announce that 2014-2015 RI District Governor Ernest J. "Ernie" Enchelmayer will be joining us at our meeting on August 22. We look forward to hearing about DG Enchelmayer's plans for the year ahead! To learn more about your new district leadership, please read the biography below:

Ernest J. "Ernie" Enchelmayer is originally from Jonesboro, AR, and graduated from Jonesboro High School in 1989. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) and a Master’s Degree from Arkansas State University and a Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He currently is an Associate Professor in the English Department at Arkansas Tech University in Russellville.

Ernie is married to Valerie (formerly Valerie Jones of Forrest City, AR) and they have two children, a son, Jaedon, and a daughter, Karis.

Rotary is in Ernie’s family. His father continues to be active in the Rotary Club of Jonesboro. Ernie’s earliest involvement in Rotary comes from helping his father with Rotary projects in Jonesboro such as planting trees along Highway 63 and building the fish tank for the Rotary Sports Show in the late 80s. In 1991, Ernie was a short-term Rotary Youth Exchange participant to Austria. Ernie’s Rotary Club involvement began in the Rotary Club of Jonesboro (District 6150) in January of 1997 at the invitation of his father. He continued to be an active Rotarian in the Rotary Club of Carbondale (District 6510 in Illinois) and in the Rotary Club of Troy (District 6880 in Alabama) and regularly attended the Rotary Club of Baton Rouge - Sunrise (District 6200 in Louisiana) while working at LSU before moving back ‘home’ to Arkansas in 2005. He has had many years of perfect attendance. He also helped start Rotaract Clubs at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and Troy University.

Currently, Ernie is a member of the Rotary Club of Russellville. He served as acting President for most of the 2007-2008 Rotary Year and as President for the 2008-2009 Rotary Year. He and his wife are both Paul Harris Fellows and Ernie and is a graduate of the inaugural class of the Jeff Farris Leadership Academy (JFLA) in District 6170. He has served on the JFLA Board of Directors during 2008-2010. Ernie’s family helped host a Rotary Youth Exchange student in 2012-2013. From 2009-2012 he served as Assistant Governor and is the 2014-2015 District Governor.