Steven "Steve"
DiMuzio |
District
Governor Steven R. DiMuzio has been a Rotarian since 1986 first joining
a club in Glen Falls, New York. Since then he was a member in the
Yorktown Rotary Club in Yorktown, NY and in 1997 joined the Casa Grande,
AZ Rotary club. In Casa Grande he served as Club Service Director,
Vocational Director, and Foundation Director before becoming club
President in 2005. Under Governor Jim Aslin, he served as District 5500
Secretary and served as Assistant Governor in 2007-08. His district
service also included facilitating at several district assemblies and a
SETS and PETS facilitator in 2006 and 2007. He is a Paul Harris Fellow.
Trained as a teacher he later became an Assistant High School Principal, Principal and then Superintendent. He served three districts as Superintendent of Schools for over 18 years. He served on several educational advisory boards in New York State prior to coming to Arizona. He was named one of the Executive Educator's Top 100 School Administrators in 1988. He received his doctorate in educational administration from Teacher College, Columbia University in 1989. He retired in 2004 and currently provides consulting service to underperforming schools through the Arizona Department of Education and the Wallace Leadership foundation. Married for 33 years to his wife, Carolann, they have two children Stephanie and Matthew. Stephanie is a special education teacher and completing her Masters degree in mental health counseling. She is married and has a 3 year old son. Matthew graduated from DeVry University and employed by Oldcastle-Superlite Block. His local community service includes volunteer work at St. Vincent DePaul, a lector at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church and also in the Deacon Formation program for the Diocese of Tucson.. Dear
District 5500 Rotarians: Rotary is such a unique organization. We are the only organization that changes leadership at every level annually; and as such we grow leaders for our communities. The
Rotary theme announced by President Elect John Kenny for our year:
“The Future of Rotary is in Your Hands!”
is very appropriate for our times.
As we each face economic challenges individually or collectively
as a club, we acknowledge that the needs of the communities we serve:
local, regional, national and international are also growing. Never
before has Rotary been so relevant.
Never before have we seen the need for service to others and for
ethical and value driven leadership. As
a local leader you understand the need to grow your clubs by building
committed members. Committed members provide the hands and the resources
to change the circumstances of our times! Growing our clubs by building
committed members grows future leaders, contributes to the final
eradication of polio and promotes peace through health, water and
educational opportunities. The Future of Rotary is indeed in our hands. I am up for the challenge and invite you to join me this year in continuing District 5500’s fine traditions of service above self, a commitment to peace and the development of future leaders. Yours
in Rotary,
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