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Jessie Harman is Rotary International Director Elect.  She is a member of the Rotary Club of Wendouree Breakfast in Ballarat, Australia and a past Governor of District 9780.

Jessie’s special interest in Rotary is membership development.  She is the immediate past Chair of the Membership Committee for Rotary International and was previously a Rotary Co-ordinator for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.  Jessie was also a Training Leader and Seminar Trainer at Rotary’s International Assembly in San Diego.  She and her husband Andrew (also a Rotarian) are keen supporters of the Rotary Foundation. 

In her professional life, Jessie spent two decades in senior management roles in Higher Education, finishing as Pro Vice-Chancellor (International and Partnerships).  She is now a consultant and non-executive director on several boards, including as President of the Ballarat Symphony Orchestra. 

Jessie’s first experience of Rotary was as a participant of RYLA in 1988, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Kings Meadows in Tasmania.