During the April 12, 2019 meeting, Rotarian Raquel Raderchak introduced the newest member of the Rotary Club of Canton, Alex Dowell. Alex's sponsor is Stephanie Werren. Raquel provided this information regarding Alex to the members:Alex grew up in Canton, OH as an only child. She attended Plain Local School District from first grade through graduation. During her high school career, she took college credit classes and obtained her cosmetology license, which she still uses today.
She continued on to college at Kent State University, working towards her Communications and Public Relations Degree. Alex worked part time as a teller at First Merit Bank, while attending classes full time. She completed a Marketing Internship with First Merit and graduated in 2016 with her bachelors degree.
Alex decided to continue her career in banking for the next three years, working at two different banking institutions. Throughout her time at KeyBank, she quickly advance through the ranks and was placed at one of the highest producing branches in Northeastern Ohio. She was recognized as New Comer of the Year and also completed the Leadership Stark County Spotlight Program.
Her career has recently taken a 180, as she is now working for the Stark Federal Credit Union as the business development liaison. She is an active member of the Canton, Alliance and Canal Fulton Chambers of Commerce, serves on the board for Ystark!, and is applying to be on several other committees.
She has huge aspirations for her future and is very excited to become part of the Canton Rotary. Alex can’t wait to see where these new found Rotary relationships will take her.