2023-24年度 國際扶輪社長 麥金納利 (R. Gordon R. McInally)

麥金納利是國際扶輪的社長。他在愛丁堡的皇家高中和鄧迪(Dundee)大學接受教育,在那裡他取得了牙科手術的研究所學位。他在愛丁堡經營自己的牙科診所到2016年。麥金納利是英國兒童牙科學會蘇格蘭東部分會的會長,並擔任過各種學術職位。他還曾擔任長老會長老,昆斯費里教區會眾委員會主委和蘇格蘭教會大會專員。

麥金納利於1984年26歲時加入扶輪。他是南昆斯費里扶輪社的社員,曾擔任英愛國際扶輪(RIBI)的社長及副社長。他還曾擔任國際扶輪的理事和多個委員會的委員,包括2022年休士頓國際年會委員會的顧問和運營檢討委員會主委。

麥金納利說,他期待與社員們合作建立新的扶輪社和團體。「我的願景是,無論在什麼地方,扶輪的風格應該適合所有渴望成為我們一分子並幫助我們在世界上做好事的人,」他說。

麥金納利是英國非營利組織兒童希望之家(Hope and Homes for Children)的贊助人,並領導該組織與英愛國際扶輪之間的合作夥伴關係,以支援在盧安達種族滅絕中成為孤兒的兒童。他是英國格蘭瑟姆‧凱斯特文(Grantham Kesteven)扶輪社發起的「貿易援助」(Trade-Aid)的贊助人,該行動為發展中國家的個人、家庭和企業提供可持續的人道援助。他也是英國躁鬱症組織(Bipolar UK)的大使,這是一個全國性的心理健康組織。閒暇時,麥金納利喜歡橄欖球、美食和美酒,以及手杖裝飾,後者是製作手杖的傳統蘇格蘭手工藝。

麥金納利將扶輪基金會描述為「提供能量以進行扶輪服務的燃料」。他和他的配偶希瑟(Heather,也是扶輪社員)都是保羅‧哈里斯之友、巨額捐獻人、和扶輪基金會的永久基金捐獻人。他們也是遺贈會的會員。

麥金納利希望在他的社長任期致力於讓世界成為一個更美好的地方,能讓他的孫女艾葳(Ivy)和佛羅倫斯(Florence)在這樣的環境下生活和成長。

  1. Gordon R. McInally is president-elect of Rotary International. He was educated at the Royal High School in Edinburgh and at the University of Dundee, where he earned his graduate degree in dental surgery. He operated his own dental practice in Edinburgh until 2016. Gordon was chair of the East of Scotland branch of the British Paedodontic Society and has held various academic positions. He has also served as a presbytery elder, chair of the Queensferry parish congregational board, and commissioner to the general assembly of the Church of Scotland.

Gordon joined Rotary in 1984 at age 26. A member of the Rotary Club of South Queensferry, he has served as president and vice president of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI). He has also served RI as a director and on several committees, including as an adviser to the 2022 Houston Convention Committee and chair of the Operations Review Committee.

Gordon says he looks forward to working with members to build new Rotary clubs and groups. “My vision is that Rotary should exist everywhere in a style to suit everyone who has the desire to be part of us and to help us do good in the world,” he says.

Gordon is a patron of the UK-based nonprofit Hope and Homes for Children and led a partnership between that organization and RIBI to support children in Rwanda who had been orphaned in the genocide there. He is a patron of Trade-Aid, an initiative of the Rotary Club of Grantham Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, that provides sustainable humanitarian aid to individuals, families, and businesses in the developing world. He is also an ambassador for Bipolar UK, a national mental health organization.

In his free time, Gordon enjoys rugby, good food and wine, and stick dressing, the traditional Scottish craft of making walking sticks.

Gordon describes The Rotary Foundation as “the fuel that provides the energy to do Rotary service.” He and his spouse, Heather, also a Rotarian, are Paul Harris Fellows, Major Donors, and Benefactors of The Rotary Foundation. They are also members of the Bequest Society.

Gordon wishes to dedicate his presidency to making the world a better place for his granddaughters, Ivy and Florence, to live and thrive.