Tom Acosta – Rotary District 6200 Governor

Tom Acosta – District Governor

Rotary District 6200 Governor, Tom Acosta, made his official visit to the Thibodaux Rotary Club on September 17, 2013.

As part of his term as Rotary District Governor, Acosta will visit the 49 Rotary Clubs throughout Southeast Louisiana from Grand Isle to Lake Charles.

Acosta noted that the roughly 2,400 members of District 6200 are part of 537 Rotary Districts across the globe with 1.2 million Rotarians worldwide.  Rotary is an organization primarily devoted to service of others, and Acosta said that members are called upon to not only be Rotarians but to do something with their membership.  Acosta thanked members of the Thibodaux Rotary Club for their commitment to Rotary.  Thibodaux’s commitment is displayed with involvement in Earlyact, Youthact, Interact, Rotaract clubs, as well as the Thibodaux Thesaurus Project.  The Thibodaux Rotary Club embraces the spirit of the 2013-2014 Rotary theme, “Engage Rotary, Change Lives”

Tom has been a member of the Port Allen Rotary Club since September, 1988. A multiple Paul Harris Fellow, Tom served as Club President, was Rotarian of the Year and Assistant District Governor.

Tom Acosta is a native of West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.  Tom earned his BA in History at Rice University and was commissioned through Army ROTC.  After earning his law degree from LSU, Tom served on active duty in Germany before returning home to practice law.  He joined the Louisiana Army National Guard, and has been an attorney in Port Allen since 1986.