DISTRICT 4L6 LION OF THE YEAR Awardees
2024 - 2025 PCC Mary Zulkoski
La Mesa Lions Club
District Governor - Leo Wiliams, Jr.
2023 - 2024 Lion Virginia Williams
San Diego Forever Lions Club
District Governor - Julio De Guzman
2022 - 2023 Lion Paul Walters
El Cajon Valley Lions Club
District Governor - Jay Ruiz, Jr.
2021 - 2022 Lion Arminda Ruiz
San Diego North County Lions Club
District Governor - Jennifer Mendoza
2020 - 2021 Lion Greg Cody
San Diego Rancho Bernardo Lions Club
District Governor - Brian Clapper
2019 - 2020 None Selected (Due to Pandemic)
2018 - 2019 Lion Elsa Siverts
San Diego Elite Lions Club
District Governor - Mercy Walters
2017 - 2018 Lion Belen Telford
El Centro Sol de Oro Lions Club
District Governor - Neil Seefeldt, Jr.
2016 - 2017 PDG Blessie Trott
Escondido Host Lions Club
District Governor - Dave Roberts
2015 - 2016 Lion Bill Browning, Jr.
El Centro Host Lions Club
District Governor - John Ruiz
2014 - 2015 Lion Betty Jean Dye
San Diego Rancho Bernardo Lions Club
District Governor - Mary Rynearson
2013 - 2014 Lions Paul & Mercy Walters
El Cajon Valley Lions Club
District Governor - Napoleon White
2012 - 2013 Lion Garry Jones
Spring Valley Lions Club
District Governor - Blessie Trott
2011 - 2012 Lions Pete & Trinidad Lustria
Escondido Host Lions Club
District Governor - Brad Weeks
2010 - 2011 Lion/Lioness Patty Wilson
2009 - 2010 Lion Luz Galindez
San Diego TFC Lions Club
District Governor - Julie Crawford
2008 - 2009 Lion Brad Weeks
Santee, Rancho Santee Lions Club
District Governor - Scott Leslie
2007 - 2008 Lion Juan "Jay" V. Ruiz, Sr.
San Diego Majestic Lions Club
District Governor - Art Arboleda
2006 - 2007 Lion Belen Telford
El Centro Sol de Oro Lions Club
District Governor - Alice Tana
2005 - 2006 Lion Art Arboleda
San Diego Mount Pinatubo Lions Club
District Governor - Scotty Schuetz
2004 - 2005 Lion Joe Cruz
Spring Valley Lions Club
District Governor - Len Blottin
2003 - 2004 Lion Gary Carmack
Escondido Lunar Lions Club
District Governor - John Kirk
2002 - 2003 Lion Buell "Stoney" Stone
El Cajon Valley Lions Club
District Governor - Bucky Blottin
2001 - 2002 Lion Jack Wyatt
2000 - 2001 Lion Art Arboleda
San Diego Mount Pinatubo Lions Club
District Governor - Juanita Mangels-Williams
1999 - 2000 Lion Jerry Moiser
1998 - 1999 Lion Ken Dushanek
Chula Vista Host Lions Club
District Governor - Steph Gurney
1997 - 1998 Lion Scott Leslie
Spring Valley Lions Club
District Governor - Roy Perry
1996 - 1997 Lion Hugh Greer
Escondido Champagne Village Lions Club
District Governor - Ted Van Kirk
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
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
2025 - 2026 Lion Froilan Labaco, USN (San Diego Majestic Lions Club)
Keynote Speaker - Captain Ralph "Rafe" Arnott
Event Chair - Lion David Shaw
LVOY Program of Nov. 2, 2025, click here
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
2025 - 2026 Lion Froilan Labaco, USN (San Diego Majestic Lions Club)
Keynote Speaker - Captain Ralph "Rafe" Arnott
Event Chair - Lion David Shaw
LVOY Program of Nov. 2, 2025, click here
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
LIFE MEMBERS as of July 18, 2025
Chula Vista Host Lions Club
Paul Bullock III, Lucy Freitas, Al Hooper, Betty Permaksizoglu, PDG Neil Seefeldt and Evan Weddle
Coronado Lions Club
James Eischen and Susan Valko
El Centro Host Lions Club
John Hunga and Glen Tom Mixon
Encinitas Lions Club
PID Bill Crawford, David Vieira, Jr. and PDG Richard Walworth
La Mesa Lions Club
PDG Janice Gustavel
Oceanside Sea Lions Club
Azucena Lumabas
San Diego Majestic Lions Club
Melba Cunanan, Carmen Labaco, Froilan Labaco and Ceferina Pulgar-Ruiz, MD
San Diego TFC Lions Club
Juan "Jay" V. Ruiz, Sr.