DISTRICT 4L6 LION OF THE YEAR Awardees
2024 - 2025 PCC Mary Zulkoski
La Mesa Lions Club
2023 - 2024 Lion Virginia Williams
San Diego Forever Lions Club
2022 - 2023 Lion Paul Walters
El Cajon Valley Lions Club
2021 - 2022 Lion Arminda Ruiz
San Diego North County Lions Club
2020 - 2021 Lion Greg Cody
San Diego Rancho Bernardo Lions Club
2019 - 2020 None Selected (Due to Pandemic)
2018 - 2019 Lion Elsa Siverts
San Diego Elite Lions Club
San Diego Stars Lions Club
2017 - 2018 Lion Belen Telford
El Centro Sol de Oro Lions Club
2016 - 2017 PDG Blessie Trott
Escondido Host Lions Club
2015 - 2016 Lion Bill Browning, Jr.
El Centro Host Lions Club
2014 - 2015 Lion Betty Jean Dye
San Diego Rancho Bernardo Lions Club
2013 - 2014 Lions Paul & Mercy Walters
El Cajon Valley Lions Club
2012 - 2013 Lion Garry Jones
Spring Valley Lions Club
2011 - 2012 Lions Pete & Trinidad Lustria
Escondido Host Lions Club
2010 - 2011 Lion/Lioness Patty Wilson
2009 - 2010 Lion Luz Galindez
San Diego TFC Lions Club
2008 - 2009 Lion Brad Weeks
Santee, Rancho Santee Lions Club
2007 - 2008 Lion Juan "Jay" V. Ruiz, Sr.
San Diego Majestic Lions Club
San Diego TFC Lions Club
2006 - 2007 Lion Belen Telford
El Centro Sol de Oro Lions Club
2005 - 2006 Lion Art Arboleda
San Diego Mount Pinatubo Lions Club
San Diego TFC Lions Club
2004 - 2005 Lion Joe Cruz
Spring Valley Lions Club
2003 - 2004 Lion Gary Carmack
Escondido Lunar Lions Club
2002 - 2003 Lion Buell "Stoney" Stone
2001 - 2002 Lion Jack Wyatt
2000 - 2001 Lion Art Arboleda
San Diego Mount Pinatubo Lions Club
1999 - 2000 Lion Jerry Moiser
1998 - 1999 Lion Ken Dushanek
1997 - 1998 Lion Scott Leslie
Spring Valley Lions Club
1996 - 1997 Lion Hugh Greers
1995 - 1996 Lion Jo Jacobsen
1994 - 1995 Lion Martin Altbaum
1993 - 1994 Lion Richard Brumley
1992 - 1993 Lion Lou Salas
1991 - 1992 Lions Dick & Betty Walworth
Pauma Valley Lions Club
1990 - 1991 Lion Ike Enzenauer
1989 - 1990 Lion Enrique Martinez
1988 - 1989 Lion Phil Factor
1987 - 1988 Lion Harvey Rose
1986 - 1987 Lion Warren Simon
1985 - 1986 Lion Donald Pifer
1984 - 1985 Lion Hank Martin
No other information after the above dates
LION VETERAN OF THE YEAR
2024 - 2025 Lion Mike Brandenburg, USN (San Diego United Lions Club)
Keynote Speaker - Lt. Col. Judge Bernie Laforteza
Event Chair - Lion Neneth Brown
Pictures provided by our District Photographer - Lion Zeny Ply https://photos.app.goo.gl/Hy1WHLaty2pBNjfu9
2023 - 2024 Lion Juan "Jay" V. Ruiz, Sr. USN (San Diego TFC Lions Club)
Keynote Speaker - Commander Howard Milligan, USN, USS Tripoli LHA-7
Event Chair - Lion Joseph Ragonese
Pictures provided by District Photographer -Lion Zeny Ply https://photos.app.goo.gl/SQpmPaXoTQ4YSw8S6
LVOY Program of Nov. 12, 2023, click here
2022 - 2023 PDG Norm Mackenzie, USMC (San Marcos Lions Club)
Keynote Speaker - Colonel Christopher "Chris" Keen, USMC, Retired
Event Chair - Lion Mike Brandenburg
2021 - 2022 Lion Armando Abayon, USN (San Diego Cosmopolitan Lions Club)
Keynote Speaker - Captain Gervy Alota, USN
Event Chair - Lion Jay Ruiz, Sr.
LVOY Flyer, click here LVOY Program October 24, 2021, click here
Pictures taken during the event, click here
Video, click here
2019 - 2021 No LVOY Event
2018 - 2019 Lion Elizabeth Yoe, Ph.D., USN (San Diego Miramar Lions Club)
Keynote Speaker - Captain Dan Gruta, USN, Retired
Event Chair - Lion Jay Ruiz, Sr.
LVOY Flyer, click here LVOY Program October 3, 2018, click here
LVOY Events, Password required
LION VETERAN OF THE YEAR
2024 - 2025 Lion Mike Brandenburg, USN (San Diego United Lions Club)
Keynote Speaker - Lt. Col. Judge Bernie Laforteza
Event Chair - Lion Neneth Brown
Pictures provided by our District Photographer - Lion Zeny Ply https://photos.app.goo.gl/Hy1WHLaty2pBNjfu9
2023 - 2024 Lion Juan "Jay" V. Ruiz, Sr. USN (San Diego TFC Lions Club)
Keynote Speaker - Commander Howard Milligan, USN, USS Tripoli LHA-7
Event Chair - Lion Joseph Ragonese
Pictures provided by District Photographer -Lion Zeny Ply https://photos.app.goo.gl/SQpmPaXoTQ4YSw8S6
LVOY Program of Nov. 12, 2023, click here
2022 - 2023 PDG Norm Mackenzie, USMC (San Marcos Lions Club)
Keynote Speaker - Colonel Christopher "Chris" Keen, USMC, Retired
Event Chair - Lion Mike Brandenburg
2021 - 2022 Lion Armando Abayon, USN (San Diego Cosmopolitan Lions Club)
Keynote Speaker - Captain Gervy Alota, USN
Event Chair - Lion Jay Ruiz, Sr.
LVOY Flyer, click here LVOY Program October 24, 2021, click here
Pictures taken during the event, click here
Video, click here
2019 - 2021 No LVOY Event
2018 - 2019 Lion Elizabeth Yoe, Ph.D., USN (San Diego Miramar Lions Club)
Keynote Speaker - Captain Dan Gruta, USN, Retired
Event Chair - Lion Jay Ruiz, Sr.
LVOY Flyer, click here LVOY Program October 3, 2018, click here
LVOY Events, Password required
CURRENT MEMBERS WHO ARE LIFE MEMBERS as of October 10, 2024
Chula Vista Host Lions Club
Paul Bullock III, Lucy Freitas, Al Hooper, Betty Permaksozoglu, PDG Neil Seefeldt and
Evan Weddle
El Centro Host Lions Club
John Hunga and Glen Tom Mixon
El Centro Sol de Oro
Louis Lyndel Dale
Encinitas Lions Club
PID Bill Crawford, David Vieira, Jr. and PDG Richard Walworth
La Mesa Lions Club
PDG Jan Gustavel
San Diego North Park Lions Club
James P. Knott
San Diego Majestic Lions Club
Melba Cunanan, Carmen Labaco and Ceferina Pulgar-Ruiz
San Diego TFC Lions Club
Juan "Jay" V. Ruiz, Sr.