District Directory
2023/2024
DISTRICT GOVERNOR 2023-2024
J. DAN McCARTHY
Rotary Club of Beckley, West Virginia, USA
A native of Auburn Hills, Michigan, Dan earned a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Oakland University and a Master’s in Business Management from the Naval Postgraduate School. He also holds a Presidential Honorary Degree from West Virginia University
Professionally Dan completed a 38-year career as a logistician in the United States Navy and retired from military service as the head of logistics for the U.S. Navy in the Pentagon. He went on to head a successful business and leadership consulting business during which he taught in the Executive Education programs of three major universities.
A lifelong Scout leader, Dan came to West Virginia in 2012 when he was asked to oversee the final construction and opening of the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve. Retiring from this position in 2017, Dan and his wife Carol have made West Virginia their home where he remains involved in Scouting, in support of economic development in the State,as a Board member of the West Virginia Humanities Council, and as an Advisory Council member in support of the business school of West Virginia University.
Dan first joined Rotary in 1992 in Athens, Georgia. He became a member of the Rotary Club of Beckley when he arrived in West Virginia and served as its President from 2019-2020. Dan is a member of the Fellowships of Motorcycling Rotarians and International Scouting Rotarians as well as the Rotary Action Group for Peace. He is a Paul Harris SocietyMember and a Polio Plus Society Member.
Dan and his wife, Carol, are Rotary Foundation Major Donors and Bequest Society Members. They have three sons, all Eagle Scouts, and one granddaughter, a Cub Scout.
Jeff Disibbio
Rotary Club of Princeton, West Virginia, USA
District Governor Nominee
(District Governor 2024-2025)
Born and raised in Bluefield, Jeff attended Bluefield High School and was awarded the Henry I. Rodgin scholarship, honoring a long time Bluefield Rotarian. He attended Bluefield College and Radford University, securing Bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Criminal
Justice/Pre-Law.
After graduation, Jeff went on to attend Appalachian Law School where he was the 1st student ever accepted there and served as President of the Student Bar Association. He later relocated to Virginia Beach where he received his Juris Doctorate degree from Regent University-Robertson School of Law.
After receiving his law degree, Jeff lived in Charlotte, NC for a year while securing his certification as a Contract Advisor from the National Football League Players Association. Jeff then moved back to Mercer County and assumed the role of Judicial Law Clerk for the West Virginia Supreme Court at the Mercer County Courthouse.
After working in various Trust Officer roles at both First Century and First Community Banks, Jeff assumed his current role as President and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of the Two Virginias. He also teaches courses at Bluefield University in the School of Criminal Justice.
Recipient of the District 7550 Rotarian of the Year Award and his club’s Rotarian of the Year and Volunteer of the Year Awards, Jeff has served in numerous roles in Districts 7545 and 7550 including as District Training Officer, District Rotary Foundation Chair, Assistant Governor, District Grants Chair, and District Major Gifts Officer.
A strong supporter of The Rotary Foundation, Jeff is a Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member, a Paul Harris Society Member and a Bequest Society Member. He and his wife Holly, a psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, enjoy traveling and water sports with their three adopted dogs: Chubby, Rocco and Zuma.
Richard J. Macak, Jr.
Rotary Club of Beckley, West Virginia, USA
District Governor Nominee Designate
(District Governor 2025-2026)
A native of Athens, Ohio, Rick earned a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology and Master’s degrees from the University of Southern California in Operations Research, the University of Kansas in U.S. Military and Diplomatic History and the School of Advanced Military Studies in Theater Operations.
As a professional military officer, Rick completed a 28-year career in the United States Marine Corps serving in a variety of leadership assignments throughout the U.S. and Asia. In addition, as a strategic planner, he refined military contingency plans in support of the deployment of U.S. military personnel and equipment in the Middle East and Asia.
Upon retirement from active duty, Rick served an additional 16 years with the Department of Defense at United States Southern Command providing modeling, simulation, and analysis functions in support of SOUTHCOM operations in Central America. South America and The Caribbean. In addition, he completed a year-long assignment in Afghanistan as a senior defense analyst.
In 2017, soon after relocating to West Virginia, Rick joined the Rotary Club of Beckley where he served as its President during the 2021-22 Rotary Year. Rick is a recipient of his Club’s Service Above Self award in 2018, an RU graduate and a trained RLI facilitator. He has served as a member of the District Strategic Planning Team, the District Membership Committee and the District Finance Committee.
Rick is a Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member and a Paul Harris Society Member. He and his wife Pat, also a Beckley Rotary Club Rotarian, have three adult children and seven grandchildren.
Julie Sawyer
Rotary Club of Fairmont, West Virginia, USA
District Governor Nominee Designate
(District Governor 2026-2027)
A native of Morgantown, WV, Julie now resides with her husband, Sean, in Preston County, WV. They have five grown children, three loyal pups, two independent cats, and an angry bird.
After earning her Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Science Education from West Virginia University in 1998, Julie first entered the education field as a middle school teacher in Monongalia County. She was then promoted to Administration at the central Board office as Child Nutrition Manager. After receiving her Master of Business Administration from Salem University in 2011, Julie served the Board as a Human Resources Manager, Payroll Coordinator, and Administrative Assistant to Personnel and Finance, until welcoming her retirement in January 2023.
Alongside her vocational journey, after several years of being involved with Rotary service projects in her community, Julie became an official member of Rotary International in 2018. Since such time, Julie has served her Club as its Attendance Secretary, Executive Secretary, and most recently and proudly, Satellite Club Chair. Julie is a past recipient of her Club’s ‘Revive and Thrive’ Award, is a Mid-Atlantic Rotary Leadership Institute (MARLI) graduate, and has gone on to become a certified MARLI facilitator. She has previously served District 7545 as its Conference Chair (2020-21) and Peace Fellow Chair (2021-22), participated on the Grants Committee (2020- 22) and now serves as its Communications Officer, MAP Ambassador, and as a member of the District Membership Committee. Julie has also had the privilege of serving at the Zone level on the Zones 33-34 Summit Arrangements Committee (2022, 2023) and the House of Friendship Sub-Committee (2021), along with being a member of the Zone Institute DGE Partner Training Team in Nassau (2023).
Julie’s belief in The Rotary Foundation and its efforts to enable all Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill and peace has led her and husband, Sean, to become Major Donors Level I, and members of the Bequest Society Level IV, Paul Harris Society, and Polio Plus Society. She also regularly supports the Marion County Disability Action Center, and currently serves as a Board member for Kicking It For Katy, a local non-profit suicide awareness and prevention organization.
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