For District Conference 2023, our distinguished speakers are:

Mary Beth Growney Selene

Ryan Rowe

Assistant Governor, The Reverend Wildaine Andre

Mary Beth Growney Selene


                        Mary Beth Growney Selene

 
Mary Beth Growney Selene has been a member of the Rotary Club of Madison West Middleton since 1987 and she served her club as President in 1993-1994. In District 6250 she served as Governor in 2000-2001 and subsequently as District Membership Chair and District Rotary Foundation Chair. 
 
Mary Beth served as a member of the Rotary International Board of Directors in 2013-2015 and as a Rotary Foundation Trustee in 2016-2019.  While a Trustee, she was a member of the Finance, Programs and, Stewardship Committees of The Rotary Foundation; the RI-USAID Partnership Steering Committee and; the US PolioPlus Advocacy Committee.  She continues to serve on the Rotary-USAID Partnership Steering Committee.  Mary Beth is currently a member of the Rotary Operations Review Committee.  She is also a member of the WASH Rotary Action Group (formerly WASRAG) Board of Directors.
 
Mary Beth and her husband Alan Selene are Major Donors and Bequest Society members to The Rotary Foundation’s Endowment Fund and they are both Paul Harris Society members to the Annual Fund. She is a recipient of the Rotary International Service Above Self award and The Rotary Foundation’s Meritorious Service and Distinguished Service Awards.
 
Mary Beth is committed to helping others understand the value of their personal contributions to The Rotary Foundation.  The unique model of OUR Rotary Foundation enables our donors to become actively involved in transforming lives through our District and Global Grant initiatives.
 

Ryan Rowe

                               Ryan Rowe
 
Ryan is the Executive Director of the Haiti National Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Initiative (HANWASH), a Rotary-inspired, Rotarian-led multi-stakeholder effort working in partnership with Haitian civil society groups to deliver safe, sustainable, and affordable water and sanitation for every household in Haiti. 

His previous professional experience includes advising the Governments of Haiti and Malawi on policies for safe drinking-water, directing a non-profit in the United Arab Emirates, leading the digital transformation of a philanthropic foundation, and establishing a US$630 million Middle East-focused infrastructure investment fund for the Macquarie Group.

Ryan speaks French, Spanish and Portuguese and is learning Haitian Creole. He has traveled to over 60 countries and has lived in Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, Kenya, Malawi, the Turks & Caicos Islands, and the United Arab Emirates.

Ryan holds a Master of Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business at York University in Canada and a Master of Public Health from the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the USA. His accomplishments in academia and non-profit work have won him awards and honours and he was named as a Rotary Peace Fellow in 2010. He speaks regularly at private and public engagements on his work in dealing with water and health issues.
 

Assistant Governor, The Reverend Wildaine Andre

          Assistant Governor Wildaine Andre
 
The Reverend Wildaine Andre is an Episcopal priest, who works now as Priest in charge of Parish St Aidan in the island of La Tortue, located in the northern part of Haiti. He has a diploma in accounting, a bachelor in law and a master in Theology.  He is a Rotarian since 2015. The Reverend Andre is a Past President (2019-2020) of the Rotary Club of Memorial des Gonaives. He is the Assistant Governor for the North I Region of Haiti (2021-2024). He is the HANWASH Ambassador for his club and the Foundation chair and a board member of Two Mules for Haiti, a non-profit organization based in North Carolina.
 
He loves soccer and going to the beach. His pastimes are Reading and Music!