Editor's Note: This week we kick off our weekly Member Spotlight. This will be an opportunity for members to learn more about their fellow Rotarians. That can be learning about the member’s family, business or passions. It is through better stronger relationships that we grow a stronger club.

Our first member in the spotlight is Carter Stout - a member of the Rotary Club of Dunwoody since 2011.George Stewart was his sponsor. Carter served on the Board for several years and held the position of Sergeant-at-Arms. He was also operations manager for RunDunwoody for a couple of years. He is currently chair of the Trustees of the Dunwoody Rotary Charitable Fund. He was named Rotarian of the Year for 2015-16.

Why Rotary? Carter said, "Rotary provides me with an opportunity to make an impact not only in the local community but nationally and internationally."

Carter has been married to Marycarol for almost 25 years. She is a pre-K teacher for the early learning center at Marist. They have two children. Carolann is a senior at OK City University and Anthony is a freshman at Birmingham Southern.

Carter formed Stout Kaiser 12 years ago. The firm practice areas include commercial real estate, corporate matters and litigation. Carter’s main focus is commercial real estate which includes representing buyers, sellers or lenders. Carter and Dunwoody Rotarian Andrew Kaiser also have an affiliate company, Precision Title & Escrow, which provides title insurance for their inhouse transactions but also for other attorneys that don’t have that capability. Good referral sources for Carter are commercial lenders and commercial real estate brokers.