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CLUB LEVEL

SIPK Board

President: Megan Weimar-Wallace | 509.222.0942 | sipasco.kennewick@soroptimist.net
President-elect: Position not yet filled
Vice President: Susan Guthrie | 206.799.6656 | Notsodesperatesusansoroptimist@gmail.com
Treasurer: Deborah Wall | 478.955.1490 | d.p.wall8082@gmail.com
Helen Cox Endowment Fund Treasurer: Katie Jansons | 509.554.3336 | Kayhelene@gmail.com
Board Secretary: Vickey Stolle | 509. 259.4357 | vic13905@hotmail.com
Club Secretary: Liza Clitar | 509.366.1854 | DOSM@cloverisland.com
Director 2023-2025: Kathryn Elsen | 509.539.1763 | elsenkathryn@gmail.com
Director 2024-2026: Zoe Diaz | 509.554.7522 | zoed@tccbestlife.org

COMMITTEES

Awards Chairs: Kathryn Elsen, Megan Weimar-Wallace

Members: Rachael Black, Abby DeSteese, Brenda Draper, Zoe Diaz, Carol Hansen, Hazel Hansen, Carol Kerkow, Beth Noland

Bylaws & Procedures Chairs: Kathryn Elsen, Cathy Adkisson

Members: Rhonda Alberts, Zoe Diaz, Katie Jansons, Deb Prichard

Dream It, Be It Chair: Lorie MacIsaac

Members: Abby DeSteese, Jane Foreman, Carol Hansen, Hazel Hanson, Carol Kerkow, Mylene Leasure, Sydney Swain

Finance Chair: Laura Warr

Members: Anita Brambley, Kathryn Elsen, Carol Kerkow, Vickey Stolle, Deborah Wall (Treasurer), Katie Jansons (HCEF Treasurer)

Fundraising Chair: Helene Schwartz

Members: Rhonda Alberts, Ava Barlow, Antoinette Burnside, Abby DeSteese, Jane Foreman, Hazel Hanson, Julie Moore, Deb Prichard, Vickey Stolle, Lieke Van Zaltbommel, Lisa Westerfield

CIRCLES

Artsy Facilitators: Rhonda Alberts, Julie Moore

Books Facilitator: Katie Jansons

Travel Facilitator: Ruth Wolberg

Gardening Facilitator: Deb Prichard

Helen Cox Endowment Chair: Carol Hansen

Members: Rhonda Alberts, Jane Foreman, Hazel Hanson, Katie Jansons (HCEF Treasurer), Vickey Stolle

Membership Chairs: Carol Kerkow, Deana Harden

Members: Ava Barlow, Brenda Draper, Jane Foreman, Susan Guthrie, Carol Hansen, Linda Nelson, Helene Schwartz, Lisa Westerfield

Program Chair: Susan Guthrie

Members: Liza Clitar, Jane Foreman, Linda Nelson, Carolyn Paxton, Salem Thompson, Lisa Westerfield

Public Awareness Chair: Lieke Van Zaltbommel

Members: Ava Barlow, Anita Brambley, Abby DeSteese, Karyn Hede, Dawn McClung, Debbie McCowan-Minnehan, Lura Powell, Helene Schwartz

Hospitality/Sunshine Chair: Marilin Wolford

TCSAT Chair: Kathy Spane

Members: Rachael Black, Abby DeSteese, Lura Powell, Sydney Swain, Lieke Van Zaltbommel, Chariss Warner, Lisa Westerfield

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