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 Holt
Alberta, Montana, Saskatchewan & Northern Wyoming
Marilyn Bushell
Arizona
Andrew Lopez III
Asia
Pratap B Thapa
Atlantic Central
Connie E Sohnleitner
California South
Debbie Munoz
California South
Diana E Drummey
California South
Lynn Reiter-Woodhead
Capital - Virginia
Thomas D Wagstaff
Caribbean
Lorna Gooden
Central Ontario
Larry Harper
Colorado - Wyoming
Gary Banninga
Dakotas - Manitoba - Minnesota
Kristi Palmer
East Missouri
Jennifer Bagwell
GATEway
Bob Puckett
Illinois
Nancy Roach-Wilder
Indiana North
James A Smith
Indiana South
Monica Wallace
Iowa
Jane Schmidt
Kansas
Randall P Bailes
Kentucky - West Virginia
Roland E Williams
Louisiana
Anesha J Burgess
Maryland - South Delaware
Pamela Bowman
Michigan
David Putt
Midwestern Ontario
Bill G Adams
Nebraska
Chyrel Kritikos
New Mexico - West Texas
Diedra Duvall
New York - New England
Debra M Davis
North Carolina East
Timothy Johnson
North Carolina West
Betty Parker
North Florida
Karen Watson
Ohio
Debbie Walsh
Pacific Central
Bill Macriss
Pacific Northwest
Becky Holm
Pacific Southeast
Mike Maynard
Pacific Southwest
Charles S Sawyer
Quebec East - North Shore
Marie Elen Plante
Quebec West
Nicole Geoffroy
South Carolina
Roger Sullivan
South Florida
Janet Dattilo
South Texas
Shirley Bratton
Southern Wisconsin
Eli Kelling
Southwestern Ontario
Ritchie H Stewart
TennArk
Tom L Rasmussen
TexHoma
Dustin Fraticelli
West Missouri
Brian Mills
Wisconsin North - Upper Michigan
Vanessa L Rueth