President-Elect Thomas Jackson will become the 105th president of the Rotary Club of Redlands starting on July 1, 2024. Thomas has been in Rotary since 2018 and has served in a number of capacities, from helping at events or on committees, and serving on the Club’s board of directors for the past few years leading up to president-elect.
Professionally, Thomas is a real estate agent and broker with the team at Keller Williams here in Redlands and has been in real estate for more than ten years. Thomas recalls a professor who was a real estate broker and says, “it was fun hearing him talk about finance, which interested me. In the process he would include a lot of information about real estate. I took all the real estate classes and got my license. After that, I worked with him on a handful of transactions until 2008.” Thomas earned his bachelor’s degrees in finance, marketing, and real estate from CSU San Bernardino. He also holds MBAs in entrepreneurship and finance.
Outside of work (and Rotary), Thomas is a budding photographer and part of the Redlands Camera Club, a member and board member of the Redlands Area Historical Society, and a family man, spending time with his wife Karyn, and six children: Isabella, Mady, Aiden, Lauren, Elizabeth, and Benjamin.
Thomas’ proposed board of officers for the 24-25 year who will join him in leading the Club and its local efforts are Lynn Whitmer- president-elect, Chris Alvarez- past-president, Cal Boothby-treasurer, Bryce Bunnell- Secretary, Club Administration- Bob Tincher, Membership- Wolfgang Hall, Community Service- Roger Uminski, International Service- Dave Byers, Youth Service- Theresa Vasquez.