Wyn Spiller is a proud member of the Rotary Club of Grass Valley CA.  Since joining in 1994, she has served in a variety of club, district, zone and RI roles including District 5190 Governor 2008-09.  She is the immediate past District Rotary Foundation Committee Chair, immediate past Zone 27 Endowment/Major Gifts Adviser, past Zone 27 Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator and continues to serve on D5190’s Foundation Committee.   She also serves on the D5190 Community Fund Board and chairs District 5190’s Disaster Response and Visioning Committees. 

 

Wyn was honored to serve as the Rotary International 2022 Council on Legislation Trainer, the first Council to be presented both in-person and virtually.  With a long-standing interest in education and leadership development, she has served as an International Assembly learning facilitator, facilitator for Regional Leaders Global Institutes, and faculty for President-Elect Training (PETS) for a number of years. She assisted in bringing both Visioning and Rotary Leadership Institute to D5190 and has served at both at the District and regional levels of each. She is a long-time supporter and past chair of Rotary Youth Exchange.

 

Wyn and her husband Steve share a deep commitment to our Rotary Foundation and its humanitarian work, with a special interest in the Rotary Peace Centers, peace-building programs and polio eradication. Life-changing experiences in the field include participating in a National Immunization trip to India and humanitarian projects in Uganda and Mexico. They are Major Donors as well as members of Triple Crown, Paul Harris, PolioPlus and Bequest Societies.   Wyn is the proud recipient of The Rotary Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service.

 

Wyn retired as Chairman/CEO of Nevada City Winery in 2014. During her tenure, the winery renovated and expanded their historic building in downtown Nevada City, receiving the 2000 Best New Construction Award for building expansion in historic downtown. She is a past chair of Sierra Nevada Memorial hospital Foundation, Nevada County Economic Resource Council, Miners Foundry Cultural Preservation Trust and currently serves as Treasurer of the North Star Historic Conservancy.  She and Steve make their home in the small Gold Rush town of Nevada City CA.  They have three grown children, two grandchildren and two Rotary Youth Exchange grown children and grandchildren.  

 

Wyn is very honored to follow in RI Director Dan Himelspach’s footsteps, serving as RI Director 2025-2027 representing Zones 26 & 27, the 30 districts here in the Big West.