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Rotary's Second Batch of Women District Governors |
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| Zone 33, District 7690, Carol
Summerlin, Mayodan, NC |
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 Carol M. Summerlin
Rotary District 7690
Governor 1996-1997
Carol joined the Mayodan Rotary
Club in 1987 and in 1990 became the first female club president
in the state of North Carolina. In 1996 she became the first
woman to serve as a District Governor in North Carolina.
At the district level, she has chaired committees including
Interact, Public Relations, Rotary Foundation Scholarships and
Alumni. She is currently serving as co-chair of the Polio Plus
committee. She is the recipient of the District Service to Youth
Award and the District Service Award of the Rotary Foundation.
She has served many years as a discussion leader at the
Carolinas Multi-District PETS.
At the Zone level, Carol
has served on various committees for the Zone Institute. She has
also served on numerous panels and as Zone Institute training
leader for district governors. She was Co-Chair of the Southland
Breakfast during the International Convention in Calgary and
chair in Copenhagen.
In 1999 she served as a member of
the Community Service Committee of Rotary International and as a
panel member at the Rotary International convention in
Indianapolis. In 2004 she served on the Rotary International
Membership Development and Retention committee, and trained
Regional Membership Coordinators. In addition She conducted
workshops for officers of clubs with more that 200 members. She
served on the 2004 Council on Legislation. In Copenhagen, she
was a facilitator for membership discussion groups. In addition,
Carol and her Rotary Partner, Gerald, have previously served as
President’s Representatives to Pennsylvania and New Mexico
district conferences.
A native of Wilson, North
Carolina, Carol is a Magna cum Laude graduate of Barton College
and holds a Masters degree in Educational Administration from
UNC –Greensboro with further study at UNC-Chapel Hill. She was
principal of Dillard Primary School in Madison NC. She was three
times named Wachovia Principal of the Year and was President of
the Rockingham County Principal Association. She retired after
32 years in education and embarked upon her second career as a
travel agent. She returned to administration as part-time
principal of an alternative school and has recently retired
again.
Carol has been involved in various civic
activities. She has been a scout leader and children’s choir
director. She is past president of the Madison-Mayodan Junior
Service League. She has served as Vice-President of the United
Way campaign cabinet and member of the reallocation committee.
She served as a member of the Rockingham County Strategic
Planning Committee and as Board Chair of Communities In Schools
of Rockingham County and Board Chair of Rockingham County Smart
Start Partnership for Children .
Carol’s husband,
Gerald, is also a Rotarian and is past president of the Rotary
Club of Madison-Mayodan. Carol and Gerald are Paul Harris
Fellows, Benefactors, Sustaining Members and Charter members of
the Foundation Bequest Society. Carol and Gerald have two sons
and four grandchildren.
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