Get to Know RI Director Pat Merryweather-Arges

 

Pat Merryweather-Arges is a Rotarian from the Rotary Club of Naperville. She has a long list of service in her club, district, zone, and RI globally. She served as the Club President and received her Club’s Rotarian of the Year and Four Avenues of Service Awards.   She has served the District as District Grants Chair and Diversity Chair and as District Governor of District 6450 (Northern Illinois) in 2012-2013.  She has served as the Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator, Zone 28-29 2016 Chair and Chair of the Presidents International Peace Conference held in Chicago.  The list goes on and on...   

 

As a Rotarian Pat has traveled to about a dozen countries working on Rotary projects and has attended Rotary Day at the United Nations and a Rotary Middle East Peace Conference in Turkey. Her projects include solar ovens, water wells, and medical equipment and missions. Pat has received the Rotary Foundation Meritorious Service Award and the Rotary International Service Above Self Award.

Professionally, Pat is Executive Director of Project Patient Care where she works with patients, families, and caregivers to have their voice heard in health and healthcare through advocacy, public health policy, and collaboration with providers. She is a strong business development professional skilled in Nonprofit Organizations and has lead quality health improvement initiatives with the federal government and served in executive leadership roles in a hospital membership association.

 

Pat is married to George, a Rotarian, and they have four sons, three daughters-in-law, and 7 grandchildren!

 

Pat and George are Major Donors, Paul Harris Society and Polio Plus Society members, and Benefactors to the Rotary Foundation.