The Otto and Fran Walter Foundation has pledged $15.5 million to The Rotary Foundation to start a Rotary Peace Center in the Middle East or North Africa.
Louise has been a Rotarian for over 25 years. She has taken on many roles in Rotary including President of her Rotary Club in 2002. She is currently a member of District 7080 Rotary Training committee and is President 2020-2021 of the Rotary Club of Kitchener.
After 40 years in the retail travel industry as executive leader of Carlson Wagonlit Travel’s North American Leisure Division, Louise retired on January 1, 2019. She is currently Vice President of The Agency Solution. She also continues to serve as Treasurer on the Association of Canadian Travel Agencies (ACTA) Board of Directors.
In her retirement, Louise is pleased to take on the part time professor position teaching travel at Conestoga College Doon Campus in Kitchener inspiring her students to follow in the same career path as she did.
During her career, she was honoured with the CWT Outstanding Associate Branch of the Year and the KW Better Business Bureau Integrity Award and was nominated as Kitchener Waterloo Woman of the Year for her philanthropic Rotary service.
