District Leadership
Optimist International is divided into geographically-connected regions
called Districts. Each District has a Governor, an Optimist volunteer who
handles all District administration. To contact a District Governor in your
area, click here.
2018-2019 District Governors
Alabama - Mississippi
Michael A Hanshaw
Alberta, Montana, Saskatchewan & Northern Wyoming
Dwight B Phillips
Arizona
Imogene J Toepper
Asia
Prakash Ghimire
Asia
Keshab Kafle
Atlantic Central
Marino A Garbin Jr
California South
Debbie Munoz
Capital - Virginia
Terri Grizzard
Caribbean
Richard A Robinson
Central Ontario
Bonnie Scheer-Porteous
Colorado - Wyoming
William Ashbee
Dakotas - Manitoba - Minnesota
Gary B Lambert
East Missouri
Jean M Naeger
GATEway
Dianna D Johnson
Illinois
Mark Cappel
Indiana North
Jennifer Kelsik
Indiana North
Katherine Nelson
Indiana South
Walter R Willms
Iowa
Sue Wunsch
Kansas
Judy K Morris
Kentucky - West Virginia
Ellen Thompson
Louisiana
Steven E Brand
Maryland - South Delaware
Julie Zebroski
Michigan
Sean A Mueller
Midwestern Ontario
Maidy Keir
Nebraska
Chyrel Kritikos
New Mexico - West Texas
Ivory Matthews III
New York - New England
Debra Davis
Non-District
Heather Myers
Non-District
Mark Cappel
Non-District
Stephanie Monschein
North Carolina East
Ray Cockrell
North Carolina West
Gregory A Phipps
North Florida
Karen Watson
Ohio
Terry S Schalnat
Pacific Central
Dee Frewert
Pacific Northwest
Andre P Giacalone
Pacific Southeast
Mike Maynard
Pacific Southwest
Charles S Sawyer
South Carolina
Bonnie J Sherbert
South Florida
Chris McCall
South Texas
Douglas P Allen
Southern Wisconsin
Jo'El Pearlman
Southern Wisconsin
Maxine A Lane
Southern Wisconsin
Maureen Crombie
Southern Wisconsin
Christine Dieckhoff
Southwestern Ontario
Nicole Bolton
TennArk
Louis V Wilson
TexHoma
Cheryl Erickson
West Missouri
Don L Beaty
Wisconsin North - Upper Michigan
Angie Riemer