Parker A. Suddeth (left) has been inducted as the new president of the Rotary Club of Lakewood and Rocky River. He was sworn in by Adam Sonnhalter, assistant governor. With Suddeth is last year's club president Steve Clark (center).

Sworn in as directors (2023-2025) were George Koussa, Ken Haber and David Drickhammer. They join directors Leslie Favre-Krogman, Gina Gavlak, and Harlan Radford (2021-2024), and George Hwang, George Frank, and Chris Arnold (2020-2023).

Suddeth's classification is Human Resources. He grew up in Oberlin and is a graduate of Hiram College with a BA in sociology. He resides in Lakewood.

This year's Rotary’s theme is “Imagine Rotary.”