Maria Jocelyn Genevieve “Joji” L. Tan
District Governor
RY 2021-2022
Rotary International District 3830
Our Governor, Maria Jocelyn Genevieve L. Tan, is the epitome of a true Rotarian.
For 26 years, she has been a member of the Rotary Club of Makati Dasmariñas – one of the largest Rotary Clubs in the district with over 90 members.
She became President of our Club during the Centenary of the Rotary movement in 2004. As President, she initiated and propelled so many service projects.
However, the program closest to her heart is RCMD’s Alay Sa Kalusugan, a maternal and child health program which undertakes feeding modules and training for severely malnourished children and their mothers. This program, which continues to this day, has spun off into programs for Bahay Pag-Asa, Bahay Aruga (a center in Pasig for Youth in Conflict with the Law and children at risk) which has been awarded by the City of Pasig.
Because of her work as President, the District awarded her the Centennial Medal of Honor as the Most Outstanding Club President Over-All for RY 2004-2005.
Our incoming Governor has fulfilled numerous district leadership roles. She served as Senior Assistant Governor, Assistant Governor, District Committee Chair for key committees including District Conference Chair twice in a row, Trustee of the Rotary Homes Foundation, and as Rotary Academy Executive Director.
In 2007, she received a Most Outstanding International Service Award for ably representing Philippine Rotary in District 5170, California. She received a personal commendation from Past R.I. President Mat Caparas for her two-week roadshow in the Bay Area. She was awarded by Rotary International President Ray Klinginsmith in 2010 with the “Avenues of Service Citation for Individual Rotarians” for outstanding efforts in each of the avenues of service.
Our incoming Governor’s classification is Orthodontics and Oral Wellness. A graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Dentistry, she was a member of the UP Faculty for 13 years, both in the undergraduate and graduate levels.
She is likewise the President & CEO of Smile Pilipinas Development Foundation, an NGO working with partners such as Oral-B, Proctor and Gamble, UP, DOH, and various LGUs, whose advocacy is to help address the dire state of oral public health in our country.
Through Smile Pilipinas, she and her Club, in partnership with various other clubs in the District, have built 10 wash-and-brush stations in various public schools in the Greater Manila Area.
Our incoming Governor shares a happy home and family life with Conrad Banal – a respected Business Journalist who is the incumbent President of our club, The Rotary Club of Makati Dasmariñas.
Both the incoming Governor and President Conrad are Major Donors to The Rotary Foundation and members of the Paul Harris Society in their own respective right.
Her Vision for next Rotary Year is to make it a milestone life-changing year, with renewed commitment for the new decade ahead. She invites incoming club leaders and every Rotarian in District 3830 to come together as a united community that takes action for humanity.
