Anne L. Matthews, from Columbia, SC, USA, is a Past Vice President of Rotary International. She has served as a Trustee of the Rotary Foundation and as a Director of Rotary International. She served on numerous committees for Rotary and presently is chair of the Polio Advocacy Task Force for the United States and chair of the major Gifts Committee for Basic Education and Literacy.

Anne is an educator by profession, an author of business materials, and a public speaker. She has worked in India on Immunization Days and in 35 countries carrying out humanitarian work.

She received Rotary’s highest honors: Citation for Meritorious Service, Distinguished Service Award, Service Above Self Award, and the International Service Award for a Polio Free World.