Bo Porter is representing RI President John Kenny at the District 7750 Conference. Bo first became a Rotarian in 1984 in the Rotary Club of New Orleans. He has been a member of the Rotary Club of Shades Valley in Birmingham, Alabama since 1987, served as its President in 1992-93 and is a Paul Harris Fellow. He has served District 6860 in many capacities; including District Governor in 2002-2003.

He is currently Zone 30 Training Leader, General Chair of Mid-South PETS, and is District 6860 Rotary Foundation Committee Chair. He served as a training leader for the 2009 International Assembly in San Diego, CA and Lead Trainer for Zone 30-31 2009 Governor Nominee training.

Bo, along with his wife Barbara, for eighteen years owned and operated Minuteman Press, a full service printing company, located in Birmingham, AL. He was previously with South Central Bell and AT&T for 20 years.

A native of Birmingham, Bo is a 1967 graduate of Samford University with a BS in Business Administration, sold his printing business and is now retired. He and Barbara, also a Paul Harris Fellow, live in Hoover, AL and have one daughter, Betsy Motsinger (PHF), who lives in Decatur, AL with husband Steve (PHF), daughter Anna and son Evan, .

His community service extends beyond Rotary to many organizations and agencies, both in Birmingham and nationwide. He and Barbara are active members of Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church.

Dacre Stoker, a Canadian citizen and resident of the U.S., is the great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker. He is also the godson of H.G. Dacre Stoker, the commander of the AE2 submarine, whose tactics were instrumental in Gallipoli in Word War I.

Dacre, who now calls Aiken, South Carolina home, was a member of the Canadian Men's Modern Pentathlon Team, Senior World Championships in 1979 and coach of the Canadian Men's Modern Pentathlon Olympic Team, Seoul, South Korea in 1988. Dacre is married to Jenne Stoker and is the father of two children. He is the Executive Director of the Aiken Land Conservancy.

Dracula: The Un-Dead is Dacre's first novel.

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Gillaine Warne
Haiti Update

Gillaine Warne was born in Australia, went to an all girls boarding school and finished her studies in France, whereupon she returned to Australia to marry her husband Charles. They lived in the ‘Outback’ in western NSW where they raised sheep and cattle and farmed.

Moving to Sydney, then to Paris and then to New York, their family of four children was asked to adapt their languages, schools and life style at each step.
Gillaine continued her studies in New York, obtaining her degree in Horticulture and Landscape Design from the New York Botanical Gardens, and started her own company, "Inside Out", designing and installing gardens.

Upon moving to Greenville she became involved in music, gardening, and sports, serving as President of the Carolina Foothills Garden Club, volunteering for the Peace Center and creating a golf handicap.

Her greatest passion, however, came through Christ Church Missions and Outreach, and since her first trip to Haiti, now 11 years ago, she has been running an Agriculture program that started with a simple hillside garden and is now a thriving multi farm project, producing food and ingredients for a nutrition program which has served over 17,000 starving children. The program also extends to education and family assistance of farmers who grow in partnership with Zanmi Agrikol ("Partners in Agriculture" in Kreole) and is now working on an Agricultural/Vocation school to provide students leaving school with a profession and a future.

Gillaine is very optimistic about the future of Haiti and is working on an extended program to assist many more families in the crisis period after the earthquake of January 12.

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Billy Campbell
Ambassadorial Scholar Alumnus
Former President, Discovery Channel
Hudson River Flight Survivor

Billy Campbell was an Rotary International Scholar in 1984-85 and attended the Chinese University of Hong Kong.   During his year in Hong Kong, Campbell studied Chinese politics, culture, business and history and even studied Mandarin for a semester.   A native of Greenville, he attended Harvard College and then Harvard Business School.  

After business school he joined ABC Entertainment in Los Angeles and worked on television series MacGyver, Life Goes On, Dynasty and China Beach.   He then joined Warner Bros. Television as Head of Drama Development where he and his team developed ER and Superman, The New Adventures of Lois and Clark.   He then moved to CBS Entertainment (Everybody Loves Raymond) before being named President of Miramax TV (Project Greenlight and A Wrinkle In Time miniseries).  

In 2002 he was named President of Discovery Networks and moved to Washington, DC.    While there the network achieved record ratings with hit series: Deadliest Catch, Dirty Jobs, Mythbusters, Little People Big World, Man vs. Wild and The Real Estate Pros.   Campbell shepherded the network's highest rated documentary series PLANET EARTH and spent a week with Ted Koppel in Iran as the network won an Emmy for its documentary called IRAN: The World's Most Dangerous Nation.   While at Discovery Campbell recruited Lance Armstrong and started the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team (winning 3 Tours de France) and brought his college roommate Dr. Mehmet Oz to television.  

Currently, Campbell is advising Azamara Cruises (a division of Royal Caribbean), is on the Board of ePals, Inc. (an online K-12 educational platform) and on the Boards of Converse College, Clemson University Business School and The Jane Goodall Institute Foundation. 

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Bill became The CART Fund, Inc. Executive Director early in 2009. As the CART Executive Director, Bill reports to the Board of Directors and is responsible for the ongoing health and growth of the CART Fund.

Bill attended Startown Elementary and Fred T. Foard High school. After graduation, Bill went into the US Army, where he served for 22 years. His assignments included a tour of duty in Vietnam as a Warrant Officer aviator, flying almost 1,000 hours, both Combat and Combat Support Missions. Returning to Ft. Bragg, NC, Bill began to work on his undergraduate degree, completing it in 1979 with a Bachelors Degree from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. From there he completed a Masters Degree from Central Michigan in Personnel Management.

Upon completion of his bachelor’s degree Bill received a direct commission as First Lt. He served in an Armored Tank Company as Platoon Leader. Bill went on to serve in various Aviation units in Savannah, GA, and Seattle, WA. From there Bill was selected to teach at the United States Military Academy at West Point. In route to teaching at the Academy, Bill was selected to attend Harvard Business School’s MBA program.

After two years in Boston, Bill and his family moved to West Point, where he taught Economics, Finance and Accounting to United States Military Academy cadets for three years.

Bill retired from the US Army in 1992. He and his family returned home to NC. He took a position with Prodelin, an antenna manufacturing company. He served in various positions including the General Manager. The company employees over 300 full time manufacturing and engineering positions. The company designs, manufacturers, markets and sales antenna systems around the world.

More recently Bill joined with a partner to begin a start up company offering high speed internet access to a five counties around the Greater Hickory Area.

Bill is active in his community serving as District Governor for the 52 Rotary Clubs and 2, 800 Rotarians in western North Carolina. Bill and Diane are Paul Harris Fellows, and Benefactors.

Bill is a Rotary Foundation Alumnus serving on two Volunteer Service Grants, one to Guatemala and one to India. Bill participated in a sub-national immunization day in India in 2008. Bill currently serves RI District 7670 as the Rotary Friendship Exchange Committee Chairman and the Rotary Community Corps Chairman.

Bill is married to Rebecca “Diane” Rudisill Shillito of Vale, NC. They met in high school and have been life long sweethearts since. They have two sons, Casey, married with two children, and Ty, married with four children.