Guest Speakers’ Profile

Rob Raylman has held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Gift of Life International since February 2008. He has been a member of the Manhasset (Long Island, NY) Rotary Club since March 2008. Before Rob came to Gift of Life International, he was a Vice President for Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI) from 1987 to 1999. At one time, BFI was the second largest solid waste management company in the world. He left BFI in 1999 and started his own consulting business in upstate New York, where he represented individuals and corporations that did business in New York State. He specialized in legislative and regulatory affairs.

He graduated from Hobart College in 1984 with a BS in Political Science. Directly out of college, Rob went to work for United States Senator Alphonse D’Amato (R-New York) from 1984 to 1986.

Since Rob began as Chief Executive Officer of Gift of Life International, he has been focusing on the development of sustainable pediatric cardiac surgery programs in emerging countries. Presently he is working to develop programs in the Jamaica, Haiti, El Salvador, Uganda, Romania, the Dominican Republic and the Philippines. Each of these programs is in various stages of development.

Rob is a life-long resident of New York, and lives in Germantown, New York with his two dogs, Torre and Mariano.

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Let the Gift of Life bring hope to the many whose lives depend on Asia’s First Rotary Club as he shares his graces to ensure a better world for the many.