WAYNE STATON, IMMUNIZATION CHAIR, POLIO PLUS

AUGUST 29

Wayne Staton was born in the Lynchburg, Virginia area in 1951 and lived there most of his life. He contracted polio at the age of 8 months. It left him with a weak right hip and leg.

 

He graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in Physics with honors. After college he started his career in computers and has worked in that field ever since.  Since 1999 he has worked at BMC Software, where he is a Senior Technical Support Analyst. 

 

In Virginia, he was a Briefing Leader for the Hunger Project and President of the Boonsboro Ruritan Club in Lynchburg, Virginia.  Here in Texas, he is active with Rotary International and Landmark Education. He is a past president of the Rotary Club of Sharpstown. He is on the board of advisors for Zeons, a Social Purpose Corporation investing in international development and emerging underserved markets. Its mission is to mobilize diverse resources to solve the world's most pressing problems, particularly those in developing countries.

 

Wayne has 3 grown children and two grand-children. He is engaged to Gwen Corolla –his partner in Come Together Promotions – where we help YOUR plans come together, a fellow Rotarian and his partner in making the world a better place.

 

Wayne is a Paul Harris Fellow, a Paul Harris Society member, a Polio Plus Society member, the Bequest Society, a Major Donor level 2, and the recipient of a Rotary Foundation Regional Service Award for a Polio Free World. He is the past District 5890 Chair for Polio Plus and the current Immunization Chair.