MEET DAN GUST, 2019-2020 DISTRICT GOVERNOR
It is my pleasure and honor as District Governor to announce the selection of our District Governor 2019-2020. After careful consideration our District Nominating Committee has selected Rotarian Dan Gust, a 25 year member of the Rotary Club of Longmont to be our District Governor 2019-2020. Dan Joined the Longmont Club in 1992 and served as Club President in 2013-14. Dan's Rotary classification is Hardware – Retail. After a career in high tech, Dan and his wife Karen started Gust Family Enterprises, Inc. which has owned and operated several Ace Hardware and other retail operations.
From 1997 until 2007 Dan served as a Director and Board Member of Ace Hardware Corporation serving at various times as Chair of the Retail, Nominating & Governance and Finance Committees. He has been very active in the Longmont community serving on many boards and committees including: Longmont United Hospital board member and board chair; Longmont Area Chamber of Commerce board member and board chair; Longmont YMCA board member; Longmont Economic Development Partnership board member and board secretary and many other organizations. In 2011 Gust was inducted into the Boulder County Business Hall of Fame.
As well as being President of Longmont Rotary Dan served many years as a Board Member and President of the Longmont Rotary Charity Fund, one of the club's vehicles to finance worthy causes in the local area. He is currently a member of the club's Foundation Committee which is re-energizing the longstanding dedication of Longmont Rotary to The Rotary Foundation. He has been involved in many activities of the club including park cleanup, the Winter Warmth Coat Drive, and many other projects, and was instrumental in getting Longmont Rotary up and running on ClubRunner. Dan has been involved for the last several years with the 4-Way Test in School program which guides high school freshmen through a series of scenarios using the Rotary 4-Way Test as a guide to making some of life's hardest decisions. He is currently the Assistant Governor for Area 14.
Longmont Rotary President, Ryan Mason, said: “Dan has all of the qualifications to make a great District Governor. Longmont Rotary enthusiastically supports Dan as the 4th District Governor to come from the club and we are excited to have the District Governor from our club in our centennial year of 2019-20!”