Rotary InternationalDistrict Governor Elect
Denise Hearn
The Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch
Although born in New Hampshire, Denise’s family relocated her to Michigan at a very early age. She was educated in Kalamazoo public schools and Western Michigan University. Denise joined the giant consumer products firm of Procter and Gamble in 1980 and retired from that firm twenty years later in 2000 as Sales Manager in charge of Operations throughout the State of Michigan.
Denise met and married Jerry, a retired Army Colonel, in 1998 and they relocated to Lakewood Ranch, Florida in 2000. Denise was introduced to Rotary as a Charter Member of the Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch in 2001 and has served as Club Sergeant-at-Arms, Board of Directors member and Club President. In 2007 she was selected as Club Rotarian of the Year. She has served Rotary District 6960 as Aide to the District Governor, a Facilitator for the Rotary Leadership Institute, Facilitator for Florida Multi-District Presidents-Elect Training Seminar, and a member of the Hurricane Relief Committee 2004. Denise is a member of the Board of Directors Rotary Gift of Life Florida. Denise and Jerry were hosts for the first Ambassadorial Scholar from the Peoples Republic of China in 2006. Other Rotary positions in which she has served are Assistant Governor for Area 10, board member of ShelterBox USA and Suncoast Winefestival Chair in 2007.
She has traveled extensively on Rotary business, having attended four Rotary International Conventions in Brisbane, Osaka, Chicago and Copenhagen and a Friendship Exchange to England in 2002.
Denise is a Paul Harris Fellow +8, a charter member of District 6960 Paul Harris Society, a member of The Rotary Foundation Bequest Society and a Major Donor to The Rotary Foundation.
Jerry and Denise have a combined family of six children and fourteen grandchildren.