About this Event
The Rotary Club of Evanston, Evanston Lighthouse Rotary Club and Evanston Nouveau Rotary Club invite you to join us for a special meeting with 2025-26 Rotary International President Francesco Arezzo!
Where: 3rd Floor Auditorium, One Rotary Center, 1560 Sherman Ave, Evanston, IL
When: 12:00pm
The program will be followed by a catered lunch in the Atrium outside of the Auditorium. Tickets for lunch are $20.
* Note: This meeting will be in-person only.
About 2025-26 RI President Francesco:
Francesco Arezzo is an orthodontist in private practice and owns an agricultural enterprise that produces extra virgin olive oil in Sicily.
Arezzo is a graduate of the University of Padua and a member of the Italian, European, and American orthodontics associations, as well as the Italian and European lingual orthodontics associations. He is a dentistry graduate of the University of Cagliari, where he also received a master’s in lingual orthodontics.
He has served as vice president of the National Association of Italian Dentists for the province of Ragusa and was the founder and head for seven years of the Ragusa delegation to the National Trust for Italy.
Arezzo is also the owner of an agricultural enterprise and producer of extra virgin olive oil in the Monti Iblei region of Sicily. He has been vice president of the administrative council of the consortium controlling and regulating quality production of oil in that region. He owns two boutique hotel settlements there. He enjoys modern art and opera.
A Rotary member for 36 years, Arezzo has served as vice chair of the Joint Strategic Planning Committee and as RI director, chair of the 2023 Melbourne Convention Committee, learning facilitator, and district conference presidential representative, among other roles.
Arezzo's partner is Anna Maria Criscione, an entrepreneur in the tourism field. They have two daughters and two grandchildren. His daughter Raffaela spent a year in Florida as part of a Rotary Youth Exchange. Francesco and Anna Maria are Benefactors and Major Donors to The Rotary Foundation.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Rotary International, 1560 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 20.00
