John Brkic and Abraham Pannikottu are not new to Rotary but they are new to the Akron Club!
Both were inducted on Tuesday, May 2, 2023.
John was sponsored by Tom Knauer and Abraham was sponsored by Stew Buchanan.
L-R: John Brkic, Tom Knauer, Abraham Pannikottu and Stew Buchanan, PDG
About John Brkic
He is an active alumni volunteer for Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity.
He previously served in the Ashtabula Rotary and was a member while working for Scouting and serving Ashtabula County. John then transferred to Boardman when he started serving the Youngstown area. He left the Boardman club when he moved to Akron and started working for JOANN Stores and was traveling 40 weeks of the year.
John is a graduate of Leadership Lake County’s Signature Program and Leadership Mahoning Valley’s Adult Program, and a 25 under 35 Honoree by the Mahoning Valley Young Professionals Club in February of 2020.
In addition to his work with Volunteers of America, he is a photographer that specializes in weddings.
About Abraham Pannikottu
Abraham was a founding member of the Green, Ohio Rotary Club.
He is an engineer and owner of American Engineering Group (AEG).
AEG is working with US Army on Run-flat tires. Their tire is called Pressure Zero Tire.
He is from Green, Ohio and originally from India.
Abraham's wife, Mini, is a Clinical ICU Dietitian and his son is a cardiology fellow in Garden City Hospital in Detroit.
He has a daughter who is an Infectious Disease Fellow in Case Western University, Cleveland.
They also have a small Indian Orthodox Church in Macedonia, Ohio.
