Tom Gump
The Internationality of Rotary
Tom Gump serves as Presidential Advisor to Rotary International’s 2025 Calgary International Convention Committee and the 2025 Presidential Peace Conference - Istanbul. He serves on the Boards of Directors for the Past District Governors & Friends Fellowship, EClub Fellowship, and Multi-District PETS Alliance, which he will Chair in 2025-26. He is currently working with Rotarians around the world to form The Rotary Fellowship of Artificial Intelligence. Tom has served as an International Assembly Learning Facilitator, General Chair of the 2021 Rotary Zones 25B and 29 Institute and Co-Chair of the 2020 Virtual Institute and as a President’s Representative to multiple districts.Tom is an accomplished Rotarian with a long-standing commitment to growing Rotary membership, raising funds and participating in projects for The Rotary Foundation (TRF), promoting Rotary and inspiring leadership. Tom will Chair the 2025-26 Rotary International Membership Growth Committee. He is a former Regional Leader/Rotary Coordinator for Zones 25B & 29. He founded, helped form and/or inspired more than a dozen new and creative clubs around the world, including the first club in the world to serve veterans and the first club in the world focused on ending human trafficking. He also formed a Rotary Community Corps for Refugees, which serves hundreds of refugees in Minnesota, USA. He was named to The Gold Level of The Membership Society for New Member Sponsors for bringing in more than 50 members into his club. Zones 28 and 32 awarded him with its “Individual Membership Innovation Award.” As a speaker and writer, Tom now inspires others to grow Rotary membership, regularly speaking on the topic of membership at all levels of Rotary. His tips for attracting and retaining members and forming new clubs have been featured in various Rotary publications.