Rotarian International Service

Carolyn Johnson is a member of the Yarmouth Rotary and in 2013-14 served as District
Governor for D7780. She is Chair of BELRAG (Basic Education & Literacy Rotary Action
Group) and past Coordinator for TRF Cadre of Technical Advisors for BEL. She serves as an
advisor to the Rotary Foundation’s WaSH In Schools Target Challenge, and as a member of the
TRF Grant Model Evaluation Team and the Programs of Scale Review Committee. Carolyn was
Rotary Coordinator for Zone 32 (2017-2020). She was Chair and has been a facilitator of
Northeast PETS. In 2008, Carolyn was honored to receive Rotary’s Service Above Self Award.

Carolyn is an educator with experience as a teacher, administrator and consultant. She was
selected as a Maine Distinguished Educator. Carolyn is Founder and past Director of the The
Culture of Reading Program (CORP), a component of the Guatemala Literacy Project. CORP
provides professional development and resources in literacy education for indigenous schools in
rural Guatemala. Beginning in 2007 with a single school, CORP now supports 90+ primary
schools, 900+ teachers and more than 24,000 students. Carolyn is Chair of the Board of Safe
Passage, an NGO that provides education for children living in the neighborhood of the
Guatemala City Dump. GLP and Safe Passage partner with Rotary in Guatemala and across
North America.

Carolyn and her husband, PDG Peter Johnson, live in Yarmouth, Maine, USA.