Our District Governor (DG) Dana Moldovan

Meet DG Dana Moldovan. She joined Rotary in 2002 and is currently a member of Rotary Club of Westlake Village. At the Rotary International Level, DG Dana is the Inter-Country Committee (ICC) National Coordinator for USA. She started the first ICC of USA with her country-of-origin Romania in 2003 and has traveled extensively for various Rotary projects including polio campaigns in Nigeria and India.
 
Dana became a Rotarian to work on projects to help people, especially children in need. She feels that children are the responsibility of all of us and we must make sure they have good conditions to bloom.
 
In the last several years she was a presenter, talking about Peace & Conflict Resolution, Prevention Projects and Initiatives at Rotary International Conventions, Zone Institutes and Peace Conferences.
 
Dana also serves on the Board of Directors for several organizations including Mediators Beyond Borders International, which is an approved Service Partner for Rotary International, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ventura County, and is on the advisory board of “Social Entrepreneurship & Change” Master Program of Pepperdine University. She is also a trained mediator and mediated hundreds of cases in the Los Angeles Courts.
 
Dana’s classification is Software Engineering. She has a Masters’ Degree in both Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications and in Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine University. She was a partner in a high-tech company that was acquired by a public company. After completing her contract with the buyer, she began working full time on humanitarian projects. She started a nonprofit organization: “Children Skills for Life” whose mission is to help children build their future through education.
 
Dana believes in The Rotary Foundation and its ability to transform lives. For this reason, she became a Major Donor, a Bequest Society member, a Benefactor and a Paul Harris Society Member. She is a strong supporter of the Annual Fund Program because this is what allows us to work on projects and continue to do good in the world.