PAST LEADERS

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2023-2024Stella LorensJust Connect
2022-2023Valerie FusonWe Can Do It TOGETHER
2021-2022Velynda FultzI S.E.E. You Leadership “Support Empowerment Excellence”
2020-2021Patti AndersonWhere Success Happens
2019-2020Stella LorensA Year of Empowerment
2018-2019Tiffany Howard #L.E.A.D. with V.A.L.U.E.
2017-2018Iqbal AtchaResolve, Opportunities, Achieve, Results with P.R.I.D.E.
2016-2017Ivory GwinOne Team, One Vision, One Goal: Every Member
2015-2016Ethel GoateeSOAR: Synergize Organize Augment Rise
2014-2015Donna WestonThe Queen of Clubs
2013-2014Michelle Kabale** #Teamwork: We Listen and We Learn
2012-2013Joan K. Moore* #Helping You Make Your Mission Possible
2011-2012Srinivas Saineni*Where Leaders Are Made
2010-2011Kyle Roti**Achieving Greatness Together
2009-2010Michael Gougis*Engage, Enlighten, Empower
2008-2009Patricia Martin*Experience Excellence Through Communication
2007-2008Carolyn Arthur
DREAM: Dedication, Recognition, Education, Activation, Motivation
2006-2007Mike Rafferty* ##Prepare, Practice, Perform!
2005-2006Bruce BurrowsAlways Here to Help
2004-2005Dietmar Wagenknecht * ##Building Bridges Through Communication
2003-2004Charles BrooksExcellence Rises to the Top, Explore the Possibilities
2002-2003Earl Bateman***The Power of One
2001-2002Eric MattoCommitted to Excellece
2000-2001Deborah ChurranFifty Years of Friends Helping Friends Succeed
1999-2000Royal WilkinsonBuilding on BASICS
1998-1999Alvin JoynerPlanting The Seeds of Success
1997-1998James SienzantMETS – Members’ Education and Training Equals Success
1996-1997Jacqueline CohenF.U.N. – Focus on You Now
1995-1996Toni RodgersE=Mc2; Energy = Membership Committed to the 2nd Power (Competence & Confidence)
1994-1995Hugh DunbarTQM – Total Quality Meetings
1993-1994Michaline Jekot**RAT – Retrain & Train
1992-1993Marilyn CraigMaking Membership Meaningful
1991-1992Bettye StanfordCatch the Spirit
1990-1991Marc Nagele***Our Growing Toastmasters Family
1989-1990Mike BurnhamAccept the Challenge
1988-1989Keith Essex*AIM HIGH . . . THINK SERVICE
1987-1988Bob RomanExperience Your Full Potential
1986-1987Frank Guyer*Imagine, Friends Helping One Another
1985-1986Geraldine Boehm*Sharing the Light
1984-1985James Degerstrom*Striving Toward Excellence Together
1983-1984Datta Manerikar**Helping Each Other Grow
1982-1983Carl Miller* ## 
1981-1982Sherry Sala-White*** 
1980-1981Sam Itkin 
1979-1980Mel YoungSelf-Esteem – Through Effective Communication
1978-1979Henry ShartonToastmasters – The Educational Experience
1977-1978Ken Uding 
1976-1977Al WilkusTo Understand and Be Understood
1975-1976J.K. Nath Nayak*** ##If It Is To Be It Is Up To Me
1974-1975Bill DowningFor the Best in Toastmastering
1973-1974Louis Kiriazis ##Get the Word Around
1972-1973Ken Bjorkquist***Together We Will…
1971-1972Dick Storer ##Success Is….
1970-1971Curt McKim*Watch Us Grow
1969-1970Bruce Harper 
1968-1969Bernie Wilson 
1967-1968Bev Chase 
1966-1967Ray Eldridge ##Expanding Their Horizons
1965-1966John Bacher 
1964-1965Hermos Gagnon 
1963-1964Wells NorrisBroaden Your Horizons
1962-1963James Knowles 
1961-1962Ken MagnusonMake Membership More Meaningful
1960-1961Peter Stanley 
1960-1961Robert Foley 
1959-1960Dean Kline 
1958-1959William Gobel ## 
1957-1958Forest Highland 
1956-1957George Van Zevern 
1955-1956John Franczak ## 
1954-1955Fred Braum 
1953-1954Herman Hoche, Sheldon Lee, Carroll Hudson 
1952-1953Elmer Grogan 
1951-1952Walter Voss 
1950-1951Emmet Holmes## 
1949–1950Russell Puzey, ###, PIP, Chicago, IL 
1948-1949William J. Bueckma, St. Louis, MO 
1947-1948Norman Higgs, Chicago, IL 
1946-1947Betram Mann, Jr., #, St. Louis, MO 
1945-1946Wilbert Metzger, Alton, IL 
1944-1945Alvin Otto, Jacksonville, IL 
1943-1944Clinton Sandusky, Danville, IL 
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