The Conference Committee is pleased to welcome the Rotary International Presidential Representative, Carolyn Johnson, as a speaker for the Saturday night Gala.
Carolyn Johnson is a member of Yarmouth Rotary and served as District Governor for D7780 in 2013-14. She is Vice-Chair of TRF Cadre of Technical Advisors, Chair Emeritus of the Basic Education & Literacy Rotary Action Group (BELRAG), and District 7780 Global Grants Chair.
Carolyn is an educator with many years experience as a teacher, administrator and consultant. She was honored as a Maine Distinguished Educator. Carolyn is the founder of the The Culture of Reading Program (CORP), the early literacy component of the Guatemala Literacy Project (GLP). She serves on the Board of Safe Passage, an organization that provides education programs supporting children and their families living in the neighborhood of the Guatemala City Dump. Both organizations have strong partnerships with Rotary.
Carolyn served as an advisor to the Rotary Foundation’s Water Sanitation & Hygiene In Schools (WinS) Program Committee. She has been a reviewer for Rotary’s Grant Model Evaluation (GME) and with the Programs of Scale Award.
Carolyn was honored to receive Rotary’s Service Above Self Award. She and her husband, PDG Peter Johnson, live in Yarmouth, Maine, USA.