Cornelius resident Chris Jones has been named Rotary District Governor for the 2012-13 year. A member of the Lake Norman-Huntersville Rotary Club, Mr. Jones was nominated for the position by a committee of past district governors and rotary club presidents, and will begin serving this July.

“I’m very excited, honored and privileged to serve as district governor for next year,” Mr. Jones said.

As district governor, he will work with clubs in Mecklenburg County and 14 surrounding counties, including 57 different Rotary clubs in the Charlotte metro area alone. The district includes more than 3,100 rotarians, and is on track to charter five more clubs in the coming year, Mr. Jones said.

“Rotary is a bottom-up organization,” Mr. Jones said, and clubs are very autonomous. As district governor, he will work to support the different clubs in growing their membership, organizing and motivating their volunteers, and reaching their fundraising goals.

Mr. Jones will serve as district governor from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013. The next district governors will be Luther Moore, of Charlotte, who will serve in 2013-14, and North Mecklenburg Rotary Club’s Ken Dresser, of Cornelius, who will serve in 2014-15.