Serge A. Dihoff Governor in 2010-11
Serge Dihoff is a member of the Hillsborough Rotary Club. He has served as its secretary, president and has been the chair of multiple committees both at club and district levels. He served District 7710 as Assistant District Governor for Area 8. He has served as District Annual Giving Chairman and District Governor Elect for 2010-2011. He is a Paul Harris Fellow, a Benefactor, and a Sustaining Member. Serge has been home host for two GSE visits and has taken active participation in the Duke-UNC Rotary Center for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution. He presently serves as Host Counselor to his second Peace Fellow. Serge is employed by the Cape Fear Valley Hospital system in marketing and program development and is a consultant to the NC Hospital Association Foundation. His prior work experience encompasses 21 years as Director NC Rural Hospital Programs for the NC Office of Rural Health. His responsibilities included developing and administering Federal and State programs for the coordination and development of primary care services in rural underserved areas of the state. He provided technical assistance to small rural hospitals throughout the state of North Carolina. He worked closely with administrators, board of trustees and community support groups to establish and develop health care systems. He obtained funding from various State and Federal sources to implement the programs. Serge’s professional career has been in the field of human services. In so doing, he has served as a board member on numerous State and Federal organizations. Some of these include: Member, of the Governor's Task Force of Independent Living, NC, Member, Governor's Commission on Mental Health, NC, Delegate, International Conference on Mental Health, Salzburg, Austria, State Coordinator to the National Organization of State Offices of Rural, Health, Board of Directors National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health and Government Liaison for the Office of Rural Health to NC’s Federal legislators. Serge lives in Hillsborough, NC. He has three adult children Lara, Derek, and Andrew. He was born in Belgium, French is his first language. He has an honorable discharge from the US Navy. The last three years of service were on board a destroyer. Serge’s hobbies include traveling, reading, cooking and horticulture. He sings base and lead in the Heart of Carolina Barber Shop Chorus where he serves on the executive committee as Treasurer.