Come to Segra Park, Home of the Columbia Fireflies, for our September 6th Rotary meeting to hear from our District Governor, Johnny Moore. Johnny Moore is a member of the Rotary Club of Chapin Sunrise.

He was born in Spartanburg, SC and graduated from Spartanburg High School in 1971. He enrolled at Clemson University in 1971 where he majored in Industrial Management and joined the Air Force ROTC program where he earned a four- year ROTC scholarship. He graduated in 1975 with a B.S. in Industrial Management and was a distinguished graduate of Air Force ROTC. He has worked in the garment manufacturing industry, the bottling industry, sold computers for four different companies and founded SouthMed, Inc., in December 1992 which he still owns.

Johnny joined the Rotary Club of St. Andrews-Columbia in September 2007 where he served as Club President for 2010-2011 and Foundation Chair for 2011-2012. He transferred to the Rotary Club of Chapin Sunrise effective July 1, 2012. He served as Assistant Governor for Area 3 of District 7770 for 2013-2016. Johnny became the District 7770 Membership Chair in July of 2016 and is slated to serve in that role through June 2019. He is a Paul Harris Fellow and a Bequest Society Member.

He is married to the former Susan Anne Saine of Irmo, his college sweetheart; and they have been married for over 40 years. Johnny and Susan have three daughters all married to Godly young men and seven wonderful grandchildren with two more on the way in 2017. He is a member, choir member, drama ministry member and Elder (not currently serving) at St, Andrews Presbyterian Church in Irmo. Johnny’s hobbies include fishing, woodworking and shooting sporting clays.