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