Ken Boyd
Rotary International Director (2011-2013)
Past District Governor, 1990-1991
Rotary Club of Kerman,
California
Ken
Boyd believes that one individual can have a meaningful impact
on the lives of many.
While at the University of Southern California ("Fight On"),
Ken Boyd helped write a student association's Constitution which
set into place the direction, foundation and focus for student
government. This has affected literally hundreds of thousands of
students throughout the world.
In 1975 as the Kerman Rotary Club President, he oversaw a
community service project that brought paramedics to his home
town and surrounding communities. They have reported over 19,000
calls.
As a Bishop for the local congregation of The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints, he implemented a program that
increased the Membership by 400% in a four year period of time.
As a District Governor, his District ranked first in the United
States for per capita giving to the Rotary Foundation for
Districts giving over $200,000. In the establishment of the
Benefactor program, his District ranked 2nd in the United States
and 7th in the world.
Rotary International has sent him to 38 countries to present the
ideas of Rotary. He has spoken at several Peace Conferences, one
immediately after 911 in Cairo, Egypt and more recently between
Turkey and Armenia. This was instrumental in breaking the
impasse between two countries that had stood for almost 100
years.
As Chairman of Rotary's World Membership and Retention effort,
he and his Committee conceived, developed and implemented a
program that resulted in the largest single year's growth in
Rotary's history; approximately 55,000 net new members and 1,158
new Clubs, but more importantly generated an estimated seven
million hours of humanitarian service over the first five years.
It also added approximately $25 million dollars to Rotary's
coffers.
In addition to his contributions to his community, nation, and
world, Ken Boyd and his wife Susan's greatest accomplishment is
the raising of their four children, Michelle, Cyndi, Joey and
Ashli, plus they enjoy their 12 beautiful grandchildren, and
there's one more on the way.
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