Past (International Director, Council Chairs & District Governors)
LY 2025 - 2026
July 1 - June 30
Updated 7-1-25
Past International Director
2004 - 2006
William J. Crawford - (†PDG Julie Crawford) - Encinitas Lions Club
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Past Council Chairs
2015 - 2016
Mary J. Rynearson (MD-4), Lion Robert - La Mesa Lions Club
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2021 - 2022
John E. Barsanti (MD-1), Lion Joanne - La Mesa Lions Club
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Past District Governors
2024 - 2025
Leo Williams, Jr. (Lion Virginia) - San Diego Forever Lions Club
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2023 - 2024
Julio De Guzman (Lion Lisa) - La Jolla Presidents Lions Club
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2022 - 2023
Juan "Jay" Ruiz, Jr. (Lion Cha) - San Diego TFC Lions Club
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2021 - 2022
Jennifer Mendoza (†Lion John) - Lemon Grove Lions Club
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2020 - 2021
Brian D. Clapper (Lion Vilma) - National City Host Lions Club
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2019 - 2020
Norm Mackenzie (Jo) - San Marcos Lions Club
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2018 - 2019
Mercedes Walters (Lion Paul) - El Cajon Valley Lions Club
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2017 - 2018
Neil Seefeldt, Jr. - Chula Vista Host Lions Club
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2016 - 2017
Dave Roberts ( Lion Wally) - San Diego Live Well Lions Club
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2015 - 2016
John Ruiz (Lion Arminda) - San Diego North County Lions Club
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2014 - 2015
Mary Rynearson (Lion Randy) - West Shores Lions Club
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2013 - 2014
Napoleon White - San Diego Majestic Lions Club
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2012 - 2013
Blesila Sanchez-Trott - (Weldon) - Escondido Host Lions Club
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2011- 2012
Philip Bradley Weeks - Santee, Rancho Santee Lions Club
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2010 - 2011
Janice Gustavel - Southwest San Diego County Lions Club
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2009 - 2010
†Julie Crawford (PID Bill) - Encinitas Lions Club
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2008 - 2009
Scott Leslie (Lion Linda) - Spring Valley Lions Club
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2007 - 2008
†Art Arboleda (Lion Linda) - San Diego Mount Pinatubo Lions Club
E-mail - [email protected]
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2006 - 2007
†Alice Tana (†Yas) - San Diego Golden Triangle Lions Club
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2005 - 2006
† Scotty Schuetz (Lion Jeanne) - San Diego North Park Lions Club
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2004 - 2005
†Leonard "Len" A. Blottin (†PDG Bucky) - El Cajon Valley Lions Club
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2003 - 2004
†John Kirk (Lion Cecilia) - National City Host Lions Club
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2002 - 2003
† Bucky Blottin (Lion Len) - El Cajon Heartland Lions Club
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2001 - 2002
John Morman (Lion Mary Jo) - Lakeside Highway Lions Club
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2000 - 2001
†Juanita Mangels-Williams - Spring Valley Lions Club
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1999 - 2000
†Gary Carmack (Lion Teri) - Escondido Lunar Lions Club
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1998 - 1999
†Steph Gurney (Lion Linda) - Lakeside Highway Lions Club,
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1997 - 1998
†Roy Perry - El Centro Host Lions Club
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1996 - 1997
†Ted Van Kirk († Frances) - Oceanside Sea Lions Club
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1995 - 1996
†D. "Ike" Enzenauer (Lion Marilyn) - Santee, Rancho Santee Lions Club
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1994 - 1996
†Justice Don Work (Lion Gloria) - Lakeside Highway Lions Club
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1993 - 1994
†Loretta Taylor-Buddhu ( †PDG Roy) - San Diego Golden Triangle Lions Club
1992 - 1993
†George "Jake" Jacobssen (†Lion Jo) - Carlsbad Lions Club
1991 - 1992
†Jack Wyatt (Ruth) - San Diego Host Lions Club
1990 - 1991
C. Logan McKechnie (Diana) - Lakeside Highway Lions Club
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1989 - 1990
Richard "Dick" Walworth (Veronica) - Pauma Valley Lions Club
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1988 - 1989
†Charles "Rick" Hannum (†Lion Elizabeth) - Coronado Lions Club
E-mail - [email protected]
1987 - 1988
†Donald E. Fifer (Doris) - Chula Vista Host Lions Club
1986 - 1987
†Nathan Lipscomb (Ruth) - Vista Host Lions Club
1985 - 1986
†Hans Smits - Julian Lions Club
1984 - 1985
†Steve Cole (†Mary Alice) - El Centro Sol de Oro Lions Club
1983 - 1984
†Chris Keegan - San Diego Penasquitos Lions Club
1982 - 1983
†Vince Stack - Escondido Host Lions Club
1981 - 1982
†Ted Gavett - San Diego Mission Lions Club
1980 - 1981
†Roy Buddhu (†PDG Loretta) - Cherokee Village Lions Club
1979 - 1980
†John Errickson (†Lion Jan) - Alpine Stagecoach Lions Club,
Santee, Rancho Santee Lions Club
1978 - 1979
†Morris Bailey (†Wilma) - Torrey Pines Lions Club
1977 - 1978
†Henry "Hank" Martin - San Diego North Park Lions Club
1976 - 1977
†Donald Painter - Montgomery Lions Club
1975 - 1976
†V. Darrell Daniels - Rancho Bernardo Lions Club
1974 - 1975
†William Biggs, Sr. - Spring Valley Lions Club
1973 - 1974
†Ray Wilson - Brawley Lions Club
1972 - 1973
†Robert Norton (†Lioness Marian) - Chula Vista Host Lions Club
1971 - 1972
†Dr. Emill Schmidt - Bonsall Lions Club
1970 - 1971
†George A. Hart - San Diego North Park Lions Club
1969 - 1970
†Frank Prentiss - El Centro Sol de Oro Lions Club
1968 - 1969
†John R. Blackett - Carlsbad Lions Club
1967 - 1968
†Clarke Hatch - El Cajon Valley Lions Club
1966 - 1967
†Geerd Van Hegerhorst - San Diego Host Lions Club
1965 - 1966
†Eugene A. Johnson - Westmorland Lions Club
1964 - 1965
†Oscar J. Meyer - Oceanside Host Lions Club
1963 - 1964
†Harry R. Morgan - El Centro Host Lions Club
1962 - 1963
†William Sample, Jr. - San Diego Host Lions Club
1961 - 1962
†Wallace D. Dorman - Uptown Lions Club
1960 - 1961
†Walter R. Harned - Uptown Lions Club
1959 - 1960
†David Thompson - San Diego Host Lions Club
1958 - 1959
†Fred Woopert - Coachella Valley Lions Club
1957 - 1958
†C. Forrest Baxter - Lemon Grove Lions Club
1956 - 1957
†Sheldon Hopper - Coronado Lions Club
1955 - 1956
†Boynton Jones - Coachella Valley Lions Club
1954 - 1955
†George W. Duryee - Chula Vista Host Lions Club
1953 - 1954
†H. W. C. Paul - Brawley Lions Club
1952 - 1953
†Dwight Stanford (†Fern) - San Diego Hillcrest-Mission Valley Lions Club
1951 - 1952
†Sam W. Lothlen - East San Diego Lions Club
1950 - 1951
†Robert McCown - Twenty-Nine Palms Lions Club
1949 - 1950
†James McDill - San Bernardino Lions Club
1948 - 1949
†Perry W. Metcalf - San Diego Host Lions Club
1947 - 1948
†Frank Shufelt - Seal Beach Lions Club
1946 - 1947
†Glenn M. Atwood - Upland Lions Club
1945 - 1946
†Webster Hall - San Bernardino Lions Club
1944 - 1945
†Jess F. Zweiner - San Diego Host Lions Club
1943 - 1944
†Louis Hoskins - Anaheim Lions Club
1942 - 1943
†Joe Seymour - Riverside Lions Club
1941 - 1942
†Rev. Kenneth Carson - Coronado Lions Club
1940 - 1941
†George Stanley - Corona Lions Club
1939 - 1940
†Frank Hardwood - Santa Ana Lions Club
1938 - 1939
†Urich J. Schmidt - Ontario Lions Club
1937 - 1938
†Roy O. Day - Pomona Lions Club