2006-2007 Executive Committee
A
Division A Governor -
Eileen Barrett, ATMS/CL
Area A11 Governor -
Catherine Webber, ATMB/CL
Area A12 Governor - Carolyn Glidewell,ATMS
Area A13 Governor -
Linda Palagi, ATMB/CL
Area A14 Governor -
Norm Midtlyng, ATMB
Area A15 Governor -
Lores Porter, ATMs
B
Division B Governor -
Pam Morris, ATMB
Area B21 Governor -
Brian Logsdon, ATMB
Area B23 Governor -
Tom Stenzel, CTM
Area B24 Governor -
Harold
Smith, ATMG
Area B25 Governor -
Bob Rightmire, DTM
Area B26 Governor -
Kathy Monington, ATMB
C
Division C Governor -
Michele Blumhagen
Area C32 Governor -
Marie Faris, CTM
Area C33 Governor -
Jim Killingbeck, ATMB
Area C34 Governor -
Karen Ryberg, ATMB
D
Division D
Governor -
Pearce Tefft, DTM
Area D41 Governor -
Scott Roche, CTM
Area D42 Governor -
Debbie Alber, ATMB
Area D43 Governor -
Steven Swaser, ATMG
Area D44 Governor - Pamela Harper, ATMB
Area D45 Governor -
Aaron
Geller, ATMS/CL
Area D46 Governor -
Kim Nagle, ATMS
E
Division E Governor - Larry Burkhead, ATM
Area E51 Governor
Janell Agan, CTM
Area E52 Governor -
Steve Schaffer, ATMS/CL
Area E53 Governor - JoAnn Edstrom, DTM
F
Division F
Governor -
Robert Trzynka, CTM
Area F61 Governor -
Christopher Gross, ATMB/CL
Area F62 Governor -
Area F63 Governor -
Steve Tangeman, CL
Area F64 Governor -
Barbara Murray, CTM
Public Relations Liason - Kari Elling, ATMB/CL
District
GovernorMary Lou Hermes, a retired schoolteacher and principal, has been a Toastmaster since 1997. She is a charter member of Plainly Speaking 9601 in Plains, Montana and of All Ways Talking 8408 at Pablo, Montana. She was club sponsor for the latter club. She is also a member of Skills Club. Mary Lou has held every club office except Treasurer and was a Select Distinguished Area Governor.
Mary Lou served as District 17 Lt. Governor Marketing in 2002-2003 and received the Excellence in Marketing Award from Toastmasters International. She served as Division A Governor in 2003-2004 and last year was District 78 Lt. Governor Marketing.
Aside from Toastmasters, Mary Lou is interested in literature and drama. She has directed many high school and grade school plays and has written and produced two musicals for mixed casts of adults and children. She is also a volunteer for a domestic abuse hotline and is chairman of her church's Pastor-Parish Relations committee.
Lt.
Governor Education & Training
Bonnie Steiner is a life long resident of Bismarck, ND. She is currently employed as the administrative assistant for Vision Technology, a software development company, and receptionist for Dakota Collectibles, the worlds largest supplier of stock embroidery designs. She originally joined Toastmasters to help her develop impromptu speaking skills, but has continued her involvement in Toastmasters because it is also helping her develop her leadership skills.
Bonnie participated in Speechcraft in 1997 and joined Bismarck Toastmasters Club 717 in January 1998. She served as President 2001-2002 when her club was President’s Distinguished. She has also served as VP Education, Treasurer and VP Public Relations. In 2002-2003 Bonnie served as Area 3 Governor (Distinguished). In 2003-2004, she was named outstanding Division Governor when she served Division C. Bonnie has also been a club sponsor and club mentor twice.
Bonnie’s other passion is clog dancing. She has been a member of the Capitol City Cloggers since 1993. She also spends her time tending to her yard, flower and vegetable gardens (pulling weeds), walking on flat walking trails (no mountains – sorry Montana), going on short car rides, and singing in her church choir.
Pat Garcia Duggan, the Lt. Governor for Marketing for 2006-2007, knows a little bit about Toastmasters! She is a DTM, a recent Table Topics Contest winner for District 78 (2005), a past Division governor (Division F, eastern South Dakota, 2004-2005), Area Governor (Area 4, in old District 20 in 1996-1997), and a former Toastmaster member of Capitol 2309 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Pioneer 272 in Moorhead, Minnesota, before joining her current club, Brookings 3712 in Brookings, South Dakota. Her first ice breaker speech was July 24, 1990!
Pat’s goals for her first year in the Leadership Trio (along with Mary Lou and Bonnie) are to fortify and promote the identity of District 78; to provide resources to our club members, officers, and district leaders to strengthen our existing clubs; and to make Toastmasters available to more of our friends by developing new clubs. If you want to be part of the LGM Team that will make this happen, whether you know yet or not what you might be able or want to do, drop a line to Pat at pwgarcia@brookings.net.
Publisher Newsletter
Lola Dunmire
Web Master Bonnie Steiner, ATMS-CL
Public Relations Officer -
Carol Ann Buffington
Treasurer -
Lois Thacker, DTM
Secretary -
Frances Abbey, CTM
Immediate Past District Governor
Miguel Restrepo lives in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He is originally from Colombia and so his first language is Spanish. He moved to Sioux Falls in 2000 to start working at his current place of employment, the USGS Earth Resources Observation System Center (EROS Data Center). Before that, he spent about seven years in graduate school where he finished a PhD in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences.
Miguel joined Toastmasters four years ago, around the time he started working at EROS. He has held every Club office at least once. In 2002 he was awarded District 41 Toastmaster of the Year. In addition, he has served as an Area Governor, Lt. Governor of Marketing (LGM), and Lt. Governor Education and Training for District 78. He was elected at the spring convention as District 78 Governor for 2005-2006.
In addition to Toastmasters, Miguel enjoys cooking, reading, practicing Tae Kwon Do (2nd Degree Black Belt) and likes long walks.
Check out Miguel's incoming speech and his thoughts on "Opening the Paths to Success".