Judy Keaney |
Judy Keaney, QSM,
Judy Keaney is committed
to ensuring that grants are distributed across all sections
of the local community.
A former speech language therapist,
Judy is passionate about education and continues to
take an active and special interest in this area, as
well as in the needs of women and rural people.
An inaugural trustee in 1994, she was
deputy chairman from 1995 until November 2002 and chairman
from that time until November 2004.
Judy is a past district governor of
Quota International a service organisation whose area
of interest is the deaf and speech impaired as well
as disadvantaged women and children. She was a former
member of the combined Rotorua High Schools’ Board
of Governors, where she represented Rotorua Girls’
High School and chaired the Board’s “At
Risk” committee. She is currently deputy chairman
of the Mahi Tahi Akoranga Trust.
The Mayoress of Rotorua for almost
14 years, Judy was involved with a large number of community
organisations and is currently patron of the Rotorua
Little Theatre, the Special Olympics and the Breath
of Heaven Trust. She was awarded The New Zealand Commemoration
Medal in 1990, The Queen’s Service Medal in 1992
for services to the community and the Zonta Community
Award in 2003.
Judy and John Keaney have four children
and 10 grandchildren.
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