Paul Lawler, a former Wilmington city councilman and retired accountant, will lead the Wilmington Rotary Club as its president for the 2024-2025 year.

He took office at the club's annual presidential installation dinner June 25, according to a news release.

President-Elect Debby Gomulka, Secretary Elliot O'Neal Jr. and Treasurer Larry Sackett are the club’s other officers for the coming year, the release stated. Outgoing Rotary District Governor Allen Quigley presided over the induction ceremony, hosted by the Cameron Art Museum.

Also taking office were five new members of the club’s Board of Directors, who will serve through 2027. They are: Stacy Ankrum, past club president (2011-12), a banker with First Citizens; Ramona Farrell, a forensic accountant with Farrell Insights; Bob Kitchen, a retired engineer with Duke/Progress Energy; Peter Maloff, a retired lawyer; and Taft Martin, employed by Baker Roofing of Wilmington. They join ten other board members, whose terms expire in 2025 and 2026.

Rotarians also honored the outgoing president for 2023-24, Nancy Bullock, and retiring board members, the release stated.

The Wilmington Rotary Club, founded in 1915, meets for lunch on Tuesdays in the Tileston Building of St. Mary Catholic School, 412 Ann St.