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