The 2025-26 RI President Nominating Committee has unanimously nominated Larry Lunsford to serve as RI President in the 2027-28 year. Larry has been a member of the Rotary Club of Kansas City-Plaza, Missouri since 1991, and in 2013-2015 served as RI Director for Zones 30/31. From 2021-2025 he served as a Trustee of The Rotary Foundation. Barring a challenge, he will officially become the president-nominee on September 15. His first experience with Rotary was in 1981 when he received a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship to spend the 1981-82 academic year at the University of Newcastle in Australia.

Larry has been awarded The Rotary Foundation Distinguished Service Award, The Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service, and the RI Service Above Self Award. He and his wife, Jill, have two children and one grandchild. They are Major Donors, Bequest Society members, multiple Paul Harris Fellows, Benefactors of The Rotary Foundation, and Sustaining Members.