The District 6440 Governor Nominating Committee has selected Kevin Stevens as District Governor Nominee Designate for the 2021-22 Rotary year.
Kevin Stevens is a member of the Rotary Club of North Chicago where he has served as President, Foundation Chair, Membership Chair and coordinator for The Rotary Humanitarian Patriot Awards and The Rotary Road Trip to Miller Park military veterans events. He is currently the club’s Charter Organization Representative for Cub Scout Pack 621 in North Chicago. Beyond his club engagement Kevin serves as Assistant Governor Coordinator, Assistant Governor and Veteran Affairs Liaison for District 6440. Kevin also serves on the Midwest PETS council and is a member of the District 6440 Club Visioning team.
As a US Navy Veteran Kevin continues to serve as an advocate for veterans and their families; specifically supporting causes addressing Post Traumatic Stress, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Moral Injury. Kevin served for ten years with the US Navy Seabees, deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2006. For the past two years he has served on the steering committee and strategic planning committee for Roll Call Chicagoland, an emerging regional career networking consortium for our military veterans, and is a member of the Museum Advisory Council for the National Museum of the American Sailor.
Through his community engagement Kevin is an advocate for childhood literacy and education, and serves on the steering committee for CONNECT - the North Chicago “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative. He is recognized for implementing bridges of opportunity for improving civic involvement through his membership in Rotary and The Exchange Club of North Chicago, as well as involvement with other action oriented community organizations.
Kevin is President of Real Capital Partners and earned his BA in Economics from Beloit College. For the past decade Kevin has served as a judge for the Wisconsin DECA State Career Development Conference, and serves on the Boards for the Lake County Chamber of Commerce, Exchange Club of North Chicago and the Navy League of the United States Lake County Council. He also serves on the Board of Directors for A Safe Place, the sole full service provider of services exclusively addressing domestic violence in Lake County, Illinois and Furthering the Lives of Youth, an advocacy organization providing targeted opportunities for promising youth. Kevin serves as Assistant Scout Master for Boy Scout Troop 675 in Wadsworth, and is a life member of Veterans of Foreign War Post 4551 in Antioch, Illinois.
Kevin lives in Antioch with his wife Alisa and their children Christian and Victoria.