Elizabeth Betsy Demaray

Betsy Demaray has been a member of the Sault Ste. Marie, MI Rotary Club since 1988.

Betsy has served her local club as Club President twice, YEO, Treasurer, bulletin editor, chair of the Herb Taylor Memorial Committee and host parent to six exchange students. She serves as a mentor to young Rotarians in leadership positions in the club. At the District level, she served as District Governor 2000-01 and Foundation Chair, Family of Rotary Chair, finance committee, nominations committee, and RYLA committee.

She and Ken were part of a Discovery Grant mission to rural Jamaica in 1998, surveying the needs of the community for additional projects. During 2005 she visited rural Nicaragua twice, working on the Children of the Dump Project.

She served 2 years as the General Chair of Great Lakes Rotary Multi-district PETS. She has served on the World Affairs Committee for Rotary International, as Zone Coordinator for the Brisbane Convention and served two years on the Paperwork Review Committee for the Rotary Foundation. She served two years on the Family of Rotary Task Force. Betsy has been a trainer at Zone Institute for 4 years, with 2 years as lead trainer. She served 2 years as Training Leader at the International Assembly and Zone Program Chair. Betsy chaired of the Northland Breakfast in Chicago in June 2005, with nearly 1500 attendees. Currently Betsy Demaray is a member of the Leadership Training and Development Committee of RI. She and Ken are both multiple Paul Harris Fellows, benefactors and members of the Bequest Society.