John Barrett Townsend II currently serves as the Manager of Public and Government Relations for AAA Mid-Atlantic in its Washington office. His professional background encompasses varied careers in broadcast journalism, local government, the high tech industry, and Capitol Hill. Prior to joining AAA Mid-Atlantic he served as a Communications Director and Legislative Assistant for U.S. Representative Scotty Baesler for the Sixth District of Kentucky. For nearly a decade he was the Press Secretary for the Mayor of Lexington. All told, he has served three members of Congress as a speech writer or Communications Director. He is also a veteran of political campaigns on the local, statewide, and national levels. He left the Hill to serve as an appointee to the U.S. Department of Energy. He was a public affairs officer and a special occasion speech writer for Energy Secretary Bill Richardson. He went on to serve as the Director of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs for Avaya Inc., one of America’s leading telecommunications providers. He is a former broadcast journalist, reporting the news at radio stations and television stations in Huntsville, Alabama (WEUP Radio – co-host of “Inner City News, Views and Interviews,” WAAY Radio – host “Rapping with WAAY” and “Dialogue” and WAAY-TV – Host “Dialogue with John Barrett Townsend”), Baton Rouge, Louisiana (WBRZ-TV- general assignment reporter ) and Lexington, Kentucky (WLEX TV – broadcast journalist, news producer and news assignment editor, WKYT TV – host of “Directions with John Townsend”). John Townsend holds a BA in English and Political Science from Alabama A&M University, a master’s in International Relations from the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky and another master’s, this one in writing, from Johns Hopkins University.
Tom and Barbara Allen gave a mini-forum on "Opioid Awareness" at the Rotary Club meeting on January 11, 2018. Their nonprofit James’ Place Inc. provides education, advocacy and scholarships for recovery housing.
[L-R] Tom and Barbara Allen with Rotary District Governor Greg Wims
Rotarians, family members and guests gathered for the annual Holiday Party held at Bretton Woods Recreation Center on December 21, 2017. There is no meeting scheduled for December 28, 2017. Happy New Year!
John McCarthy, States Attorney, Montgomery County, spoke about Opioid Addiction at the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club Meeting on December 14, 2017. Pictured [L-R] are John McCarthy, P-B President Todd Nitkin and Rotary District Governor Greg Wims.
John Barrett Townsend II currently serves as the Manager of Public and Government Relations for AAA Mid-Atlantic in its Washington office. His professional background encompasses varied careers in broadcast journalism, local government, the high tech industry, and Capitol Hill. Prior to joining AAA Mid-Atlantic he served as a Communications Director and Legislative Assistant for U.S. Representative Scotty Baesler for the Sixth District of Kentucky. For nearly a decade he was the Press Secretary for the Mayor of Lexington. All told, he has served three members of Congress as a speech writer or Communications Director. He is also a veteran of political campaigns on the local, statewide, and national levels.
Tom and Barbara Allen gave a mini-forum on "Opioid Awareness" at the Rotary Club meeting on January 11, 2018. Their nonprofit James’ Place Inc. provides education, advocacy and scholarships for recovery housing. 
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John McCarthy, States Attorney, Montgomery County, spoke about Opioid Addiction at the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club Meeting on December 14, 2017. Pictured [L-R] are John McCarthy, P-B President Todd Nitkin and Rotary District Governor Greg Wims.
