Earline Byrd Orndorff is a semi-retired educator.  With a BS from Carson Newman College and a MS and Ed.D. from Virginia Tech, she has been working to improve educational opportunities for over 34 years.  A native of Mecklenburg County, VA, she served as an Extension Agent for Warren County, VA for 21 years, before the family relocated to Wisconsin for 10 years.  While there, she taught graduate level classes in “Organizational Communication”, “Volunteer Leadership and Management”, “Program Planning for Adults”, “Management”, and “Adult Teaching Strategies” for the UW system.  She also worked as an independent consultant in the areas of Leadership Development, Management, and Training for 10 years. 

Earline is currently a member of the Rotary Club of Roanoke Valley, VA.  She serves on the Board of Directors, as the club’s Foundation Committee Chair, and on the By-laws Committee.  Since returning to District 7570 in early 2008, she has been appointed to the District Foundation/Annual Giving Committee.

Earline’s Rotary background is varied.  She became a Rotarian when she joined the Rotary Club of Front Royal in 1989.  She was elected to the club board in 1994, and served for five years prior to relocation to Wisconsin.  She led a Group Study Exchange Team to the South Pacific in 1993 and served as District 7570 GSE Chair for four years.  She is so supportive of and grateful to GSE that the program was the basis of her doctoral dissertation.

In District 6250, she was an active member of the Rotary Club of Sun Prairie, where she served as President, Secretary, bylaws chair, and bulletin editor.  She also served as President of the club’s local Rotary Foundation.  She was actively involved in the club’s “Orphan Train” project in Bulgaria and “RICE” (Rotarians Involved in Children’s Education).   Earline has attended two international conventions.  She was District 6250 Membership Chair, a member of the District GSE Committee and was on the District Training team.  She served as a trainer at PETS, District Assemblies, and numerous other events. 

She and her husband, Bill (also a Rotarian), are both Paul Harris Fellows and Benefactors.  They have served several times as Youth Exchange Host Parents.   They have two sons (and daughters-in-law) and two granddaughters.

She has been active in community, civic, and church affairs.  Over the years (both in Virginia and Wisconsin), Earline has served on numerous community college, Chamber of Commerce, and hospital boards.  In her spare time, Earline likes to travel, play golf and do genealogical research.  She is also a musician, artist, and avid reader.