RYLA: Rotary Youth Leadership Awards

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards

BIOS

Mark Healy (USA)

Mark Healy
District Governor 2003-2004
District 5810-Texas

Mark Healy is a member of the Rotary Club of Dallas Market Center in Dallas, Texas U.S.A., Rotary District 5810. President of the Rotary Club of Pleasant Grove in 1994-1995.

Mark was an original member of District 5810's RYLA Committee, and has been active in the progress of this program since 1990, serving as Camp Director from 1992.
Mark was a contributor to the book "Rotarians Make a Difference", and has served on many district sub-committees. Mark served as District 5810 Vocational Service Chair from 1995-2002 and also served as an Assistant Governor from 1999-2002.

Mark is the recipient of District 5810's "New Generations Award" in 1999, and was District 5810's "Rotarian of the Year in 2000", and was a Staff Member at the first International RYLA in San Antonio, at the Rotary International Convention in 2001 and continues to be very active in both District 5810's RYLA as well as Chair of the 2004-2005 International RYLA Committee at Rotary International. He presented RYLA at many Zone Institutes, and inspires districts to form RYLA Committees and start RYLA Programs. He has been involved in three North American RYLA Workshops, and believes that a progressive district is involved in youth! A panelist for RYLA in Osaka, Japan at the 2004 International Convention.

Mark is a 2004 graduate of Rotary International Leadership Institute of the Rotary Clubs of
El Paso / Cuidad Juarez, Mexico. And has been active in forming a similar Leadership Institute in District 5810, Dallas, Texas.

Mark is the International RYLA Committee Chair 2004-2005, and will repeat this position in 2005-2006.

Mark and his wife Jennie are both Dallas natives, and together have four sons; Lance (deceased), Clay, Reide, and Vincent.....and an adopted daughter, Savanna.

Mark is a Lighting Consultant, and a memeber of the I.E.S. (Illuminating Engineering Society), since 1985. Mark and Jennie are Major Donors to the Rotary Foundation, and continue to support the Foundation via the Paul Harris Society.

Donald J. Schiller (USA)

Don Schiller
District Governor 2003-2004
Rotary International – District 5490

Don is a member of the Prescott Sunup Rotary Club. He has maintained perfect attendance during his 35 years of Rotary service. His activities include many facets of Rotary with an emphasis on youth. Don graduated from The University of Southern California in Telecommunications. His professional experience has been in Cable Television and Broadcasting. Currently he consults part-time in Cable TV and Internet related projects.

A graduate of “The Rotary College of Knowledge”, he has also served as a facilitator for PETS, been a Youth Exchange host and advisor, served as Assistant Governor and has chaired several district committees. Don is co-founder of a middle school version of the Rotary Interact program, which has been called “Rotary Life Club”.

Don led a Group Study Exchange Team to the Philippines in March 2000. This experience broadened his outlook on life and gave him a new insight into Rotary. He serves as the GSE Chair for 2004-05 and is coordinating 2 outbound and 1 inbound teams to Brazil & Mexico.

During his nine-year involvement in RYLA, he served as chair, treasurer and program chair. He was selected as Assistant Program Director for the inaugural 2001 RYLA International Convention. President Glen Estees, has honored Don by selecting him as Vice Chairman of the Rotary International RYLA Committee for 2004-05. Don is involved in planning and producing the Centennial International RYLA event at the 2005 Rortary International Convention

Don is married to Annette, a retired schoolteacher who now enjoys volunteering her teaching skills. Their son Brad is a lighting programmer and designer and living in Austin, TX with his wife Margaret and their son Matthew, age 6. Don enjoys traveling, scuba diving, railroading and photography. Annette also enjoys traveling and spends time gardening plus reading.

Both Don and Annette are very active in community affairs including: Chamber of Commerce, Ambassadors, Sister City and Big Brothers & Big Sisters. Recently, Annette was President of the local branch of American Association of University Women. She volunteers her teaching skills at the Highlands Center for Nature. In the year 2001 the Chamber of Commerce honored Annette as the “Ambassador of the Year”.

Don is a Centurion, a Benefactor to the Permanent Fund of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International and a Paul Harris Fellow. Annette, Brad and Matthew are Paul Harris Fellows.Margaret is a Paul Harris Sustaining member.

Awards received by Don include: “The Rotary Foundation District Service Award”, the “Tribute to Rotarians” Award, “Governors Award for Meritorious Service” and “Four Avenues of Service Citation for Individual Rotarians.”

Linda L. Gidlund (Australia)

Linda L. Gidlund

Herminio (Sonny) B. Coloma, Jr.
Herminio B. Coloma, Jr.

Allan T. Davies (South Africa)

Allan T. Davies

Martinho de Castro Pinheiro (Portugal)

Marinho de Castro Pinheiro

Jeffrey Thornton (USA)

Jeffrey Thornton

Theresa Papp (Canada)

Theresa Papp, BA, MDE, CDP, MPA, F/SPPA

Theresa Papp has been involved in Rotary for nine years and has offered support on the community level in various Director positions, fundraising initiatives and President of the Rotary Club of Swan River in 1998. On the District level Theresa has offered three years as Assistant District Governor. The International level has been served by being on the organizing committee of the first ever RYLA convention in San Antonio, TX followed by being a trainer at the Brisbane, Australia RYLA international event. Theresa has been invited to be part of the RYLA committee of 2004-2005 and has recently accepted the same position for 2005-2006.
Theresa Papp’s past training and experience brings together 30 years of diversity. She has been an entrepreneur since 1986 and enjoyed success in that arena by being nominated as Entrepreneur of the Year in Manitoba 1995. Educational training is in Career Development and Counseling, Social Work, Group Training and Facilitating, Special Needs, ESL, and Program/Curriculum Development. She is a Certified Trainer in specialized personality assessments. Her creativity extends into the field of photography where she is a Professional Photographer and Salon Judge achieving National and International recognition for images that have been displayed in such places as Epcot Centre, Orlando, FL. She is a five-time Kodak Gallery Award recipient.

Papp’s forte is in creatively providing boutique workshops and training that is customized to meet the needs of the client. Since 1998, Papp has taken a lead role in youth leadership-training programs by designing programs that meet the needs of the youth of today and focusing on social/psychological development and learning styles. This has gravitated into the adult learning and corporate world. The goal is always to custom create an interactive “edu-tainment” program to provide a superior learning experience for the target audience. Through extensive research, leadership programs have been developed for youth from ages 12 upward. Further research has confirmed that cognitive skills are developing and critical for youth in the 10 year-old range and new programs are in the early stages of development. Papp has presented to international audiences and facilitated workshops and training programs in Canada, USA, Australia, and Western Europe.

Newton Camargo Moraes (Brazil)

Newton Camargo Moraes

Newton Camargo Moraes, of Santos-S.Paulo/Brazil, is married to Jurema, a teacher. They have 3 children and 7 grandsons. He graduated in Civil and Electric Engineering and then worked for 36 years in the area of Generation and Distribution of electric power, serving in several leadership positions.He retired in 1995. Newton was a university teacher for 5 years at UNIVAP - São José of the Campos-SP.

Newton has been In Rotary since 1969. He was Governor of District 4600 in 1996-97.
He worked intensely for Rotary in the area of human development with Fundação Rotária, Participation in RYLA, included speaking at District Conferences, Zone Institutes, Workshops, and Seminars in several cities and regions in Brazil.

Moraes produced about 35 works in Power Point for Rotary, on the most varied themes. " The professional of the future ". Additionally he produced and published an orientation video/DVD for UNIVAP's students and professionals. Newton has presented at the Zone Institute in Lima -Peru in 2004. was a district instructor for 2 years, participated of the Council of Legislation of 2001 in Chicago, and was Chairman of District Rotary Foundation in 2003-04 and 2004-05.

Brian A. Andersen (USA)

Brian A. Anderson

G. Kenneth Morgan (USA) Advisor

G. Kenneth Morgan
Director 2004-2006
Rotary International

A native of Virginia, Ken has lived in Chapel Hill, North Carolina for the past 20 years. His first contact with Rotary was in 1978, when he was a GSE Team Member from D7600 in Virginia to D1440 in Denmark. He will serve a two-year term on the RI Board of Directors beginning in July 2004.

A member of the Rotary Club of Chapel Hill since 1983, Ken has served Rotary as chairman of the RI Leadership Development and Training Committee and the Multi-District PETS Committee, District Governor, President’s Representative, Anaheim Training Leader, Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator, Assistant Chief Sergeant at Arms for three International Conventions, and member of two Councils on Legislation. Ken is a recipient of the RI Service Above Self Award, and The Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service and Distinguished Service Award.

Ken has been involved in the leadership of the Carolinas’ Multi-district PETS since 1991, and for 10 years chaired an 11 district Outbound Scholar Training Seminar. In 1999, he was also involved in the founding of the Multi-district PETS Alliance.

With more than 30 years of experience in all aspects of non-profit management, Ken still continues his full time employment as Executive Director of the North Carolina Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors. He has been active with the American Society of Association Executives and served three terms on its national certification board. He is a graduate of the University of Richmond and obtained his M.Ed. from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Ken and his wife Winnie, a professional speaker and trainer, are very involved in their local community, serving as board members of many local organizations.