Navy League Elects Region and Area Presidents and National Directors for 2009
The following region and area presidents, and national directors were
elected during the 2008 Navy League National Convention in Kansas
City, Mo. Region presidents are listed in bold.
CARIBBEAN/MEXICO REGION
Area Presidents: (East Caribbean) Lloyd J. Tackling, (Mexico/Central
America) Jerome S. Lafferty, (Puerto Rico) Ana Lydia Porrata-Doria.
National Directors: Thomas W. Hoffman, Warren Johnson, Jerome S.
Lafferty, Ana Lydia Porrata-Doria, Jackson C. Stevens, Lloyd J. Tackling.
EMPIRE REGION
Area Presidents: (Connecticut) Michael L. Campbell, (Western New
York) Charles T. Alaimo, (Eastern New York) Richard T. Kenney.
National Directors: Charles T. Alaimo, Roger W. Bing, Michael L.
Campbell, William J. Evanzia, Richard T. Kenney, Thomas Matteo,
Steven W. McGanka, Robert A. Ravitz, Duncan M. Rowles Jr., Donald
H. Rullman, Peter J. Soler, Daniel M. Thys.
EUROPEAN REGION
Area Presidents: (Northern Europe) Deborah J. Cozzone, (Southern
Europe) Ronald E. MacMaster. National Directors: Deborah J. Cozzone,
Ronald E. MacMaster, Betty Reese, Scott S. Wishart.
FLORIDA REGION
Area Presidents: (Central Florida) Roger S. Betts, (South Florida) Norman
F. Daly, (Northeast Florida) William E. Dudley. National Directors: Bernard
Bennett, Roger S. Betts, J. Robert Bishop, Charles A. Black, Joseph J.
Daigneault Jr., Norman F. Daly, William E. Dudley, Patricia Du Mont, Philip
L. Dunmire, Joseph Giambrone, Robert S. Hein, George A. Huchting,
Herbert A. Jordan Jr., James M. Jordan, J. Michael McGrath, William F.
McLoughlin, William A. Sanchez, Gerard St. Germain, David C. Sullivan,
Theodore N. Turowski, David Van Saun, Skip Witunski, Diane S. Wright.
GREAT LAKES REGION
Area Presidents: (Michigan) James M. Semerad, (Northwest Great Lakes)
Bobby V. Ferguson, (Southwest Great Lakes) Thomas W. Baker. National
Directors: Thomas W. Baker, William T. Fantry Jr., Bobby V. Ferguson,
Morgan L. Fitch Jr., Mack C. Gaston, William C. Glynn, Elaine Z. Koepke,
Daniel W. McElroy, Robert P. Neal, Patricia Ann Posey, James M.
Semerad, Kenneth E. Wood, Roycealee J. Wood.
LIBERTY REGION
Area Presidents: (New Jersey) Linda L. Ashbey, (Pennsylvania) Patrick
E. Pang, (Ohio) James W. Grever. National Directors: Linda L. Ashbey,
William G. Braund, Pierce R. Capell, James W. Grever, Richard C.
Halleran, Arthur Judson II, William R. Keller, Jack M. Kennedy, Richard H.
Kennedy, William A. Kopper, William E. Minamyer, John Niedzwiecki,
Chester M. Ogden, Patrick E. Pang, Lee Schiller, Edmund S. Sobieray,
Peter N. Starr, John D. Stegman, James H. Waller, Stanley J. Winowicz Jr.
LONE STAR REGION
Area Presidents: (Central Texas) R. Glenn Looney, (South Texas) Suzy
Williams, (North Texas) Nicholas D. Ricco. National Directors: Curtis
Beauchamp, Carter B. Conlin, W. Lamon Crouch, Eddie Dunn, Cal Dean
Hill Jr., Felix P. Keeley Jr., R. Glenn Looney, Richard L. Marcantonio,
Max K. Miller, Richard J. Nelson, Nicholas D. Ricco, Jack F. Ritter Jr.,
John G. Sutter, Donald B. Walker, Suzy Williams.
MID-ATLANTIC REGION
Area Presidents: (Nation’s Capital) Nancy F. Gorell, (South Mid-Atlantic)
Connie O. Los, (North Mid-Atlantic) James F. Morgan. National
Directors: Maryellen Baldwin, Charles J. Beers Jr., Brent M. Bennitt, Al
J. Bernard, James L. Chapman IV, Darryl Christian, Calvin H. Cobb Jr.,
Joseph S. Donnell III, Winford G. Ellis, Timothy O. Fanning, Albert H.
Friedrich, H. Lawrence Garrett III, Nancy F. Gorell, Alfred M. Gray Jr.,
John F. Griffing, Sharon Gurke, Earl B. Hailston, Albert J. Herberger,
Randy W. Hollstein, James Hull, Cameron Ingram, Joan S. Jones, Alan
Kaplan, Lou Lalli, Connie O. Los, Lawrence P. Lynott, Charles W.
McCullough, James F. Morgan, Arthur J. Nattans, James H. Offutt,
John A. Panneton, Janet V. Rapkin, Stewart E. Reuter, Vicki S.
Ruckman, George E. Slaven Jr., Robert Sutton, John T. Tozzi, Robert J.
Walker, A. Duane Wills.
MIDWEST REGION
Area Presidents: (Central Midwest) Doyle Wilhite, (Upper Midwest)
vacant, (Lower Midwest) Donna L. Snodgrass. National Directors:
Samuel Bushman, J. Robert Cook, James H. Erlinger, Keith A. Larson,
Lawrence R. Lyons, Donna L. Snodgrass, Doyle Wilhite.
NEW ENGLAND REGION
Area Presidents: (Northern New England) Christopher D. Jones, (Southern
New England) George A. Wardwell. National Directors: Anthony A. Cercena,
Irving X. Gorman, Shirley A. Hill, Christopher D. Jones, William C. Kelley Jr.,
Harriett A. Learson, Eleanor E. Samuels, Michael J. Slein, George A.
Wardwell.
NORTHWEST REGION
Area Presidents: (Columbia Pacific) James M. Lasher, (Northwest
Coastal) Carol Ann Meteney, (Greater Northwest) Stephen F. Waylett.
National Directors: Barbara F. Bailey, Diane Z. Jaffa, Thomas E. Jaffa,
William C. Larson, James M. Lasher, Alexander MacKenzie, Carol A.
Meteney, Beth M. Munns, Roger W. Ponto, Larry G. Salter, James T.
Sketchley, Ken Sparks, David N. Todd, Stephen F. Waylett.
PACIFIC REGION
Area Presidents: (Greater Pacific) John E. Sides, (Hawaii) Joseph J.
McClelland Jr. National Directors: Dave E. Atkinson, P. Pasha Baker, Dannie
R. Coates, Delores D. Coates, Robert Dewitz, Nora Feuerstein, Kraig M.
Kennedy, Richard C. Macke, Joseph J. McClelland Jr., Rita J. Miller, Albert G.
Moe, Donald A. Morrison, John D. Peters, John E. Sides, Lee Webber.
PACIFIC CENTRAL REGION
Area Presidents: (Central California) Malcolm C. Tucker, (Northern
Nevada) Darrell J. Fike, (Northern California) William R. Sharkey III, (San
Francisco Bay) Lorraine D. Hughey. National Directors: Evan S. Baker,
Phyllis M. Baker-Gehrig, Edward Dangler, Valerie Falk, Darrell J. Fike,
Carol Ann Hackley, T. Cole Hackley, Donald F. Hale, Phelps Hobart,
Lorraine D. Hughey, Hadi Monsef, Jeanne Sharkey, William R. Sharkey
III, Malcolm C. Tucker, Jacquelin G. Wilson.
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST REGION
Area Presidents: (Arizona) William S. Garr, (California Coast/Inland Empire)
John E. Easton, (California Mid-Coast/Inland Valley) Arlene Fraser, (Greater
Los Angeles) Grant W. Ivey, (San Diego/Imperial Valley) Lisa K. Macklin.
National Directors: Pamela K. Ammerman, Phyllis J. Barber, James T. Bonner
Jr., Jewell H. Bonner, James P. Bras, Barbara Caganich, Betty W. Caughlin, J.
Douglas Crawford, John E. Easton, Arlene Fraser, Thomas Fraser, William S.
Garr, Lindal Graf, Catherine A. Hansen, Glen J. Huber, Grant W. Ivey, Lisa K.
Macklin, William A. Mansfield, Joan C. Mitchell, Kristine L. Mollenkopf, John A.
Pettitt, John M. Rau, Ray Roth, Warren H. Savage Jr., Robert L. Schlick,
Edward P. Szeyller, Maria E. Taggart, John F. Watkins, David D. Whitson.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION
Area Presidents: (Rocky Mountain North) R. Stanley Lowe, (Rocky
Mountain South) Stephen W. Kelly. National Directors: Daniel B. Branch
Jr., Stephen W. Kelly, R. Stanley Lowe, William C. Marshall.
SOUTH ATLANTIC COAST REGION
Area Presidents: (Georgia) David J. Reilly, (South Carolina) Robert J.
O’Neill, (North Carolina) William S. Culler. National Directors: John W.
Alger, William S. Culler, Donald A. Giles, Franklin A. Hart Jr., Sheila M.
McNeill, Robert Morrison, Robert J. O’Neill, Rockwell O’Sheill, David J.
Reilly, James W. Smith, Thomas W. Wright.
SOUTHERN REGION
Area Presidents: (Central Southern) Curt Goldacker, (Gulf Coast West)
Virginia Hodges, (Gulf Coast East) John Ochs. National Directors:
James M. Beaty, Robert C. Crates, Curt Goldacker, Virginia Hodges,
Hans H. Krucke, John A. Lynch Jr., Thomas J. McGuire, John Ochs,
Thomas J. Pruter, Walter H. Reese, John J. Spittler, Albert L. St. Clair.