Stew is a member of the Rotary Club of Seaside, Oregon, in District 5100. He is a former industrial engineer and long-time business lawyer, retired in 2006. A 30 year Rotarian, Stew led a Group Study Exchange (GSE) team to Indonesia in 2005. He returned to Indonesia many times to help plan and implement water, sanitation, and hygiene (WS&H) projects in underserved communities. Stew also helped develop WS&H projects in 14 villages in Tanzania. Stew has been an active member of the WS&H Rotary Action Group (WASH-RAG) and served on the TRF Cadre of Technical Advisors for over a decade. He helped write guidelines for Global Grants in the WS&H Area of Focus. He also co-led the team interviewing over 100 Rotarians in many countries to establish Rotary’s WaSH strategies and Indicators in coming years. Stew can assist Districts with their Grant Management Seminars and other grant training, advise on performing Community Assessments for potential Global Grants, and offer guidance on strategic planning for TRF funded projects and scaling them in the future.