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Rotary's Second Batch of Women District Governors |
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| Zone 26, District 5170, Carolyn
Schuetz, Rotary Club of
Hayward
South, CA |
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Carolyn A. Schuetz
Carolyn A. Schuetz is a Past District
Governor from District 5170, California USA. She was a member of
Hayward South Rotary from 1987 to 2004 and served as President
in 1993-94. She is currently a member of Alameda Rotary Club.
She has held a number of District positions such as
International Service Chair, Foundation Annual Giving Chair,
Foundation Chair, Area Assistant Governor, District Trainer,
Dean of the District Leadership Academy, and Chair of the Club
Visioning Program. Her year as District Governor was 1996-97.
Among Carolyn's significant accomplishments in Rotary
are the following: She raised over $700,000 in each of her two
years as Foundation Annual Giving Chair. She served as District
Chair for The Rotary Foundation 2004-07 and will be Chair again
in 2010-2013 as District 5170 participates as a Pilot District
in the Future Vision plan. As District Trainer, she developed
and conducted Leadership 5170, a series of leadership training
seminars for current and potential District leaders. In addition
to serving at the Club and District levels to coordinate World
Community Service projects and activities, Carolyn has been
personally responsible for numerous Matching Grant projects in
Ghana, Mexico, Honduras, India, and Chile. She was chair of a
Rotary Foundation $400,000+ 3-H Grant to offer rehabilitative
services to burned children in South America, as well as to
conduct prevention campaigns and training of health
professionals. In connection with international projects, she
has traveled extensively to South America and Central America.
She also participated in the District 5170 National Immunization
Day in Ghana in 1998. In September of 2000 she traveled to India
as a Site Visitor for The Rotary Foundation to evaluate a 3-H
Grant application for a polio rehabilitation project. In 2001
she was part of a Rotary International team providing training
for The Rotary Foundation for Rotarians in Nigeria.
On
the Zone and International levels of Rotary, Carolyn served as
Zone Coordinator for President Devlyn's Task Force on Population
and Development. She also served on the Task Force for President
Lacy's Dream for the Future. In 2001-2003, she was a Membership
Zone Coordinator for Rotary International. She has been a
committee member, presenter, workshop leader, and trainer at a
number of Zone and International Institutes, two International
Assemblies, and two International Conventions. She represented
Rotary International President Frank Devlyn at the District 4970
Conference in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 2001; represented
President Rick King at District 4500 in Joao Pessao, Brazil, in
2002; President Bhichai Rattakul at District 5080 in Idaho USA
in 2003, President Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammar at District 6360 in
Michigan USA in 2006, President Bill Boyd at District 6380 in
Michigan USA in 2007, and President John Kenny in District 5390,
Montana USA in 2010. She is currently a member of Rotary
International’s Strategic Planning Committee and was a member of
The Rotary Foundation’s Committee for Rotary Centers for Peace
and Conflict Resolution from 2006-09..
Carolyn and her
husband Lloyd Baysdorfer are both retired educators. Both
Carolyn and Lloyd are Major Donors to The Rotary Foundation, as
well as Benefactors. Carolyn was the 1999 recipient of her
District 5170's Richard D. King Award for "the individual who
made the greatest personal commitment to the programs of The
Rotary Foundation." For the Rotary year 2002-2003 she was named
the Outstanding Rotarian in District 5170. She is also the
recipient of Rotary International’s Service Above Self Award,
The Rotary Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service, and
The Rotary Foundation’s Distinguished Service Award. Carleton
College gave her an alumni Distinguished Achievement Award in
2001. In 2008, District 5170 created the Carolyn Schuetz Award
for outstanding training and made her the first annual
recipient.
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