Official Governor's Club Visit

Chuck Watson is a Retired Financial Advisor and Branch Manager of the Morgan Stanley office in Sea Girt, NJ. He also coached scores of new Financial Advisors throughout Monmouth County.

As a pro bono consultant, he has helped to organize, create, and sustain over 20 non-profit endowments or foundations. He has also been on the Board of Directors of two separate foundations and the Monmouth Museum. His volunteer consulting to help over 500 job seekers find employment started by founding the Monmouth Job Search Network in 2004.

Currently his efforts are presenting Job Search Presentations to groups at two chapters of Neighbors helping Neighbors, and to the local state and county employment agencies. Before retirement, he gave annual presentations on Financial Literacy and the Stock Market to advanced middle school students.

Chuck has been married to his lovely wife Mary for 45 years. With their two daughters, they moved to New Jersey over 30 years ago. Since then, they have added two sons-in-law and four perfect grandchildren to the family. Also, Mary volunteers with Chuck to council engaged and newlywed couples.

Chuck and his family reside in Red Bank, NJ where he has been a Rotarian for 16 years. He has been their Past President and held many past chair and committee positions in both the Club and the District level. His Club awarded him Rotarian of the Year in 2006 and the Paul Harris Fellow in his year as President.  District 7500 awarded him the PDG William Skidmore Club Service Award in 2016 and the Vocational Service Award in 2018.  In 2018-19 Chuck was the first Director of Training for the newly created District 7505 and is their District Governor for 2021-22. Chuck is on the faculty of the Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) and has facilitated at the Mid Atlantic PETS since 2011. He loves to be involved in the state-of-the-art evolution of positive change – whether it is an individual, team, club, or district.

Chuck earned a B.S. from Indiana University and has a USPTA Certification as a teaching tennis pro. He has competed locally and nationally in the USTA and WTT. Chuck also enjoys playing soccer and mediocre golf.