Rotary District 5440 Assistant Governors

     John and his wife, Monica, moved from Delaware to Wyoming in 2011 with no job and no local friends to speak of. He did have computer skills and started his own IT services company, and that’s what put him in contact with a member of the Rotary Club of Lander. In 2012, John was invited to join which allowed him to make a slew of new friends and it also helped his business to become sustainable for his first three years in Lander. Eventually, John saw that one of the tribes on the Wind River Indian Reservation was looking to hire an Information Technology Director so he applied and was hired. John has been the IT director there for the last 6+ years and has enjoyed it very much.
     As president of the Rotary Club of Lander during the 2020-2021 Rotary Year, John’s focus was on food security and directed the Lander Club to raise funds to help secure funding to do its part to help feed the Lander community in uncertain times. The members of Rotary Club of Lander also volunteered many, many hours of time to take part in several service projects to also help address Lander’s food security.
     John is a third generation Rotarian. His mother, JoAnn Griffin, was a member of the Newark Rotary Club in Newark, Delaware, and his maternal grandfather, John B. Thomas, was a longtime member of the Rotary Club of Beaumont in Beaumont, Texas. John is extremely proud of his family’s tradition of service (even before Rotary was founded), and is very glad to be a member of the Rotary Club of Lander!

    Roxanne became a member of Gillette Rotary Club in 2014.  She served as Club President during 2018-2019 and is a Paul Harris Fellow.  Some of Roxanne’s favorite Rotary projects include distributing dictionaries to local 3^rd grade students, helping with the Rawhide Mercantile, and the Campbell County Hygiene Project. 
     Roxanne was born and raised in Wyoming.  She Graduated from the University of Wyoming in 2014 with a BS in Business Administration.   Over the course of eleven years Roxanne worked for both Stewart & Stevenson and HD Supply.  She decided to leave behind corporate America in 2013 to join the family business of operating the marina at Keyhole State Park.
     Roxanne and her husband Cody currently reside in Gillette, Wyoming with their two daughters, ages four and one.  Now she enjoys being a stay-at-home mom and is a dedicated Rotarian.  In her spare time, Roxanne enjoys baking, canning, reading, and working out. 

Kathy moved to Estes Park in 2014 from Topeka, KS, where she and her husband, Alan, lived at three different intervals for a total of thirty-two years.  She grew up on a dairy farm in Riverton, KS and after graduating from Riverton High School, attended Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS and received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Food Science. After working several years in various positions related to the food industry, she became a stay-at-home mother to raise three outstanding children, Eli, Darcy, and Raleigh, with her husband.  During those years at home, she learned grassroots fundraising by serving in several leadership positions with her kids’ schools, Junior League of Topeka, and United Way of Greater Topeka.  Kathy also worked as a trained Steven Covey “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” facilitator.  She returned to professional work as a Development Professional at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library and retiring in late 2013 after serving as the Executive Director of The Library Foundation.  Kathy is a member of P.E.O. and she and her are grandparents to seven grandchildren.  Kathy has a passion for fine cooking, flower gardening and exploring national parks.
Kathy transferred her Rotary membership from Topeka, KS to the Rotary Club of Estes Park in 2014.  She has held the board positions of Director of Fund Development, President-Elect, and President of her club in 2018-2019.  Kathy has served as the 2019 Big Duck for the famous Estes Park Rotary Duck Race Festival.  Currently, she serves on the Duck Race Committee, Community Service Committee and the Rotary of Estes Park Club Foundation.  Kathy is a Paul Harris Society member and serves as the Assistant District Governor for the three Estes Park Rotary Clubs. 

Robin Sims is a CPA, with extensive experience not only with accounting, auditing and consulting services but also recruiting, training and mentoring young professionals.  Robin joined the Rotary Club of Cheyenne in 2012, and has served six years on the Club’s board of directors, chaired multiple projects, and is a past president of the Club.  She served on the District 5440 audit committee from 2016-2019. She is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow and a contributor to the Club’s local foundation.   Robin’s other volunteer life has included teaching Sunday school, volunteering as a CASA, building with Habitat for Humanity, serving on non-profit boards and as chairperson of a $4.5 million building project.  Robin has been married for over three decades; she and her husband Barry have three adult children and two grandchildren.  While originally from Rapid City, SD, Robin and Barry have proudly claimed Cheyenne as their home for over 30 years.