Dean Rohrs

Rotary International Vice President 2017/2018, Rotary International

Humanitarian services, Advancement of women and girls, Education for women and girls, Women's equal rights, Schools in Africa

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Biography

Dean Rohrs is an owner and administrator at Rhide Technologies Inc., which supplies soil stabilization products for road construction. Earlier in her professional career, she was a nurse in Cape Town, South Africa, working as part of Dr. Christiaan Barnard’s heart transplant team.

From 1959 to 1990, she was active in the Red Cross in South Africa. She has also served on the board of the West End Seniors Network, and currently serves on the board of a girls’ school in Malawi.

Rohrs has been a Rotarian since 1989 and has served as Rotary coordinator, regional Rotary Foundation coordinator, and district governor.

She is a Rotary Foundation Benefactor, Major Donor, and Bequest Society member. She and her husband, Reinhold, are Paul Harris Fellows.

Expertise

  • Humanitarian services
  • Advancement of women and girls
  • Education for women and girls
  • Women's equal rights
  • Schools in Africa