Leadership and service have been a cornerstone of Ed Smith’s life.– 1957 Montgomery Alabama, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Therese Maggioncalda of the Passport to Service Rotary Club is the District 6400 Governor-Elect (DG 2027-28).
Therese is celebrating her 10tth year in Rotary, joining in January 2015. She is the current Co-President of the Passport to Service Club. She served as the District 6400 Learning Leader for 2025-2026 Presidents-Elect. Therese has chaired or co-chaired district Peace and Service committees and was Program Chair for the District Conference in 2024. She is currently Co-Chair of the Taking Action for Peace committee, a Tri-District Rotary committee. Therese enjoys membership in Rotary Action Groups. She is very active in the Rotary Action Group for Peace and Operation Pollination a collaborator of the Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group.
Therese has a Master’s Degree in Social Work and has been a practicing Social Worker for over 40 years. For nearly 20 years, she was the owner/partner in a private ambulance company.
Therese has been married to Tim for 33 years; they share two adult daughters, Emily and Angela.
Linda has been a member of the Windsor-Roseland Rotary Club since 2011. Prior to even joining Rotary Linda traveled with PDG Aruna Koushik to India as part of a National Immunization Day campaign to provide polio vaccines. As she often says, “I went to India a curious traveller; I came back from India a Rotarian”. In addition to traveling to India, Linda has been to Guatemala twice as part of the Guatemala Literacy Project and was also a member of the Vocational Training Team that travelled to Ghana in 2019.
Linda served as Club President in 2014-15, District Trainer in both 2016-17 and 2021-22, and was Co-chair of the Vocational Training Team Committee in 2022-23. She has received several awards from her club including Rotarian of the Year, and was also awarded District 6400 Council of Governor’s (COG) Award. Linda has presented at several district events, co-led a workshop at the Rotary international Convention in Toronto, and also co-authored an article for Rotary magazine.
Linda has worked in education, process improvement, and change management for more than twenty-five years. She recently retired from her position as Director, Learning and Workplace Development, at Windsor Regional Hospital. She is also an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Windsor, and guest lecturer at St. Clair College and various organizations. She holds two Bachelor’s degrees, a Master’s degree in Communication Studies, and a PhD in instructional design and performance improvement from Wayne State University. She is a forever proud Mom to her son, Taylor.
Linda enjoys travel, music, and exploring the possibilities. A self-professed “learning geek”, she recently started taking guitar lessons, and in her next life she wants to be a rock star. Her lifelong commitment is to inspire and help people discover and develop their talents with a focus on service to others and building a better world.
For more information or questions, contact PDG Neil McBeth rmcbeth@gmail.com