Sandy Duckworth is retired as President of Duckworth & Associates, a fundraising, event and project management company.  She was born and raised in Columbia, SC.  She attended the University of Tennessee where she met husband Don.

Sandy has been a member of the Rotary Clubs of Honolulu, HI, Springfield, VA and Stafford, VA and has served in numerous club leadership positions including club president in 1995-97.  She was District Governor for 7610 in 2002-03.  She has maintained perfect attendance, is a Major Donor to the Rotary Foundation, a Charter Member of the Bequest Society, a Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member and a charter member of the Paul Harris Society of District 7610 which she established during her year as governor.  She currently chairs the District 7610 Foundation and Legislative Committees; is a Zone 33 Gift Advisor, and RI Open World Program Representative; the district’s representative to the 2007 Council on Legislation; and is a member of RI’s Extension Committee.  In 2002-03, Sandy served on the prestigious five-member Credentials Committee for the Barcelona RI Convention.

She has been active in many aspects of community, state and national affairs, and has served on and/or chaired numerous boards and commissions during her career.  She has received a U.S. Presidential appointment, two Virginia Gubernatorial appointments and a Hawaii Gubernatorial appointment.  She has received recognition in American Biographical Institute’s Notable Americans, World Who’s Who of Women, Who’s Who in American Politics and Who’s Who in Southern Politics and has been featured in numerous national publications.  Sandy and Don have three children and five grandchildren.  They live in Fredericksburg, Virginia.