Leadership
District 9NE Leadership
District Governor Richard Congdon
District Governor Richard Congdon (GAT). I Joined the Cedar Falls Lions club in 1966. I grew up in a Lions club household where my father was the club secretary for 34 years. I followed him in that capacity and I remain the current club secretary. I have served the Cedar Falls Club as treasurer for 14 years before becoming the secretary. I have served on most of our club’s committees and chaired many. I helped reorganize our club’s management structure that allowed our club to grow from 67 members to 123 and growing. In 2019 I designed and organized a building team to create the Cedar Falls Diabetes Learning Garden. I remain the Garden’s System Manager. I have served the district as an Iowa Lions Foundation Trustee, District secretary for 3 years, 2nd VDG and as its 1VDG. I hold a bachelors and Masters degree in Leadership from Lions University. I am a graduate of GPLLI. I have attended 2 USA/Canada forums. I am a Servant Leader, Melvin Jones fellow and a Warren Coleman Fellow. I hold 4 LCI Presidential awards.
District Governor 9NE: Richard Congdon, rjcong@cfu.net
1st Vice District Governor District 9NE: Stephen Becker
2nd Vice District Governor District 9NE: Dale Schrad
Cabinet Secretary District 9NE: Edward Ottesen
Cabinet Treasurer District 9NE: Dr. Fred Abraham
Region 1 Zone 1 Chair District 9NE: Dennis Litterer
Region 1 Zone 2 Chair District 9NE:Robert Jacob
Region 2 Zone 1 C0-Chair District 9NE: Lyndee Gage
Region 2 Zone 2 Chair District 9NE: Lynn Kloft
Region 2 Zone 3 Chair District 9NE: Doug Melcher
Region 3 Zone 1 Chair District 9NE: Bruce Piehl
Region 3 Zone 2 Chair District 9NE: Dale Schrad
Region 3 Zone 3 Chair District 9NE: Randy Scheel
Region 3 Zone 4 Chair District 9NE: Jack Schlesselman
Alert Chair: Bruce Piehl
Care & Share Chair: Doug Welton
Constitution and ByLaws: Doug Welton
Convention Chair: Anita Mars
Diabetes Awareness Chair: Michele Malone RN
Environmental Chair: Vacant
Global Action Team Coordinator: Doug Boelman
Global Leadership Coordinator: Stephen Becker
Global Membership Coordinator: Doug Welton
Global Service Coordinator: Ed Ottesen
Honorary Cabinet Member: Michael Farmer
Information Technology Chair: Ed Shaeffer
Iowa KidSight Chair: Diane Hoffman
Iowa KidSight Chair: Janet Wissler
Iowa Lions Foundation Trustee: Mark Miller
Iowa Lions Foundation Trustee: Dennis Litterer
LCIF Coordinator: Michael Farmer
LCIF Coordinator: Julie Jones
Leader Dog Chair: Sandra Lingard
LEO Club Chair: Diane Lamphier
Membership Chair: Doug Welton
Nominations Chair: Paul Scherner
PDG Representative: Janet Wissler
Peace Poster Chair: Virginia Robinson
Pin Trading Chair: Duane Eldred
Public Relations Chair: James Hennessey
Veterans Chair: Vacant
Youth Exchange Chair: Phil Kahler