Our Governors
District Governor 2024-25
Randolph Smith
Randy Smith is the Past President of Rehoboth Beach Sunrise Rotary Club, and presently in the District Leadership Chain as District Governor Nominee and District Governor for the year 2024-2025. He’s a retiree from P&G, and received his formal education, both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s Degree, from The University of Maryland. Randy’s background is that of logistics and communication.
Randy says that his experience insofar as becoming a Rotarian has been one of great enjoyment and excitement. Like many Rotarians, he has served and been President of several boards such as The Knights of Columbus and the Rehoboth Senior Center. He also received the 2020-2021 Rotary Citation Award for his year as President.
DGN Smith states, “My desire is to work within our communities to foster greater awareness of what Rotary is all about. I believe we have the capability to help achieve the desires of our communities and for the good of all humanity. My wishes and hopes are to be a trailer-blazer; to be the first in opening doors for others.”
He likes to be called Randy and is most active in his community of Rehoboth but is available to any other communities that would need his assistance!
District Governor 2025-26
Dale Kerns
Dale Kerns is a Past President of the Rotary Club of North East, a Past Youth Services Chairperson for the District and in 2021 – 2022 she served as the District 7630 District Trainer. Ms. Kerns is a faculty member for the Rotary Leadership Institute, a Sustaining Paul Harris Fellow and she and her husband are Benefactors and members of the Bequest Society. It’s no wonder that in December 2022 she was named at the District Governor Nominee Designate (2025 – 26)!
In other civic activities, she is a 20+ year 4 – H volunteer and instructor. Dale has served in all leadership roles of the Cecil County Classroom Teachers Association for 32 years. Additionally, she served for 10 years on the Cecil County Public Library Board of Trustees, and held various roles at Janes United Methodist Church in Rising Sun, MD.
Dale is a retired public School Counselor having worked 33 years in Cecil County, Maryland. In her bonus job she works for Youth Empowerment Source as an instructor in Social Emotional Learning with elementary age students.
Born in Washington, D.C., and growing up in Potomac, MD, she graduated from Towson State University with degrees in Elementary Education and Psychology. Her Master’s Degree from Loyola University of Maryland in School Counseling and she holds a graduate certificate from McDaniel College in Supervision and Administration.
Dale is married to Dr. Tim Kerns, an Epidemiologist, who is the Director of the Maryland Highway Safety Office. They have two adult children. Their daughter, Katy, a Fourth grade teacher in Cecil County is married to James Blessing. Their son, Alex, a Deputy Sheriff in Cecil County and married to his wife, Megan.
District Governor 2026-27
Ken Montville
was born in Washington, DC and eventually ended up over in Prince George’s County living in Greenbelt and Glenn Dale before he and his late wife, Jan, retired to Ocean Pines on Maryland’s beautiful Eastern Shore. Although Ken and Jan had no children they enjoyed living near the ocean until Jan succumbed to pancreatic cancer on New Year’s Eve in 2022.
His first exposure to Rotary came from business associates who encouraged him to join Rotary which he did in 2010 with the Rotary Club of Parole (Annapolis). It was there that Ken really started to dig into the Rotary experience. He participated in all three sections of the Rotary Leadership Institute and joined the RLI faculty. About the same time, he became involved in the Leadership of the Club and eventually became the President of the Club.
He joined the Rotary Club of College Park in 2016 and became President of that Club as well.
When Jan decided to retire from the US Department of Agriculture it came time to move to a place with a quieter more laidback lifestyle. So, Ken decided to let his real estate license expire after 20 years of selling residential real estate in the Prince George’s and Montgomery County area.
Ken joined the Rotary Club of Salisbury after meeting it’s then President-elect at Chesapeake PETS and hasn’t looked back. Even with the interference of the Covid lockdown in 2020 Ken stayed involved. He initiated one of the Club’s service projects (Operation Warm) with the help of a District grant and became the Club’s Rotary Foundation Chair.
Ken loves all things Rotary and has a soft spot in his heart for the Rotary Foundation in particular. He is a Level 2 Major Donor, Paul Harris Society member, Bequest Society member and a Foundation Benefactor.