Club Leadership
Officers and Directors 2024-2025
President
James T. Jordan
President-Elect
Lesley Owens
Immediate Past President
Matt Schottmiller
Secretary
Denise King
Treasurer
Charles Kiser
Rotary International Foundation
Walter Hughes
Membership Chairperson
I. Ray Byrd, Jr.
Public Information Chairperson
Ben Oldham
Club Executive Secretary
Cynthia W. Lichtenstein
Director’s Area of Oversight
Sierra Steele – Club Administration
LaTron Brown – Club Membership
Paul Keiser- Children & Families
Ben Oldham – Public Image
Risa Katz-Albert – Fundraising & Giving
Will Powers – New Generations
John King – Rotary Club of Salem Foundation
Leslie Owens – Community Projects & Special Recognition
Rotary International Leadership
PRESIDENT OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
Olayinka Hakeem Babalola
Rotary Club of Trans Amadi – Rivers State, Nigeria
DISTRICT 7570 GOVERNOR
Charlotte G. Whitted
Rotary Club of Abingdon
D7570 AREA GOVERNOR – AREA 8
Carolyn C. Gordon
Rotary Club of Smith Mountain Lake
PAST DISTRICT 7570 GOVERNOR
Andrew P. Vanhook
Rotary Club of Harrisonburg
Past Club Presidents
1949-50 Virgil L. Frantz*
1950-51 Virgil L. Frantz*
1951-52 T. C. Rohrbaugh*
1952-53 C. H. Lewis*
1953-54 Dr. Edward E. “Tommy” Thomas*
1954-55 W. H. “Pete” Jolly*
1955-56 Marvin C. Bonme**
1956-57 George Y. Downing*
1957-58 J. W. Elliott
1958-59 L. S. “Luke” Waldrop**
1959-60 Goodrich Wright*
1960-61 R. M. Schilling*
1961-62 D. Robley Wood*
1962-63 E. Cabell Brand
1963-64 Carl Sheffield**
1964-65 Clarence P. Caldwell, Jr.*
1965-66 M. Alton Robertson*
1966-67 Robert H. Logan*
1967-68 Roy Henrickson*
1968-69 Harry A. Pollard*
1969-70 Francis M. “Jim” Gentry*
1970-71 Glenn O. Thornhill, Jr.
1971-72 Leon Mitchell**
1972-73 Art Cournoyer**
1973-74 Herbert L. Weaver*
1974-75 Harold Holland**
1975-76 M.J.“Jay”O’Brien**
1976-77 The Rev. Richard Giessler**
1977-78 Harley E. Erb*
1978-79 Dr. Robert McClanahan
1979-80 William C. Laub
1980-81 The Rev. Collier S. Harvey**
1981-82 James S. Watts
1982-83 Robert W. Pollard
1983-84 Phil Snyder
1984-85 Robert E. Moore*
1985-86 Mark Newman**
1986-87 Roy Butler**
1987-88 Bill Walton**
1988-89 Dan Wooldridge
1989-90 Bob Frank**
1990-91 Lew McClung
1991-92 Howard Lebow**
1992-93 Jim McAden
1993-94 Joseph Stoutamire*
1994-95 Harry Haskins**
1995-96 Scott Allison
1996-97 Joe Ferguson
1997-98 Judy Griesenbrock*
1998-99 Larry Lynch*
1999-2000 Bill Long
2000-01 Dr. Paul White
2001-02 Steve Smeltzer
2002-03 Tom Fame
2003-04 Clint Morse
2004-05 June Hall-Long
2005-06 Mark Henrickson
2006-07 Waller Caldwell**
2007-08 Skip Lautenschlager
2008-09 Joe Cundiff**
2009-10 Aaron Garber
2010-11 David Bruce
2011-12 Lenora Downing
2012-13 Jeff Van Doren
2013-14 Sam Carter*
2014-15 Bertram Spetzler, M.D.
2015-16 Tommy Barber
2016-17 Lisa D. Garst**
2017-18 I. Ray Byrd Jr.
2018-19 Garry D. Norris
2019-20 Martin W. Misicko
2020-21 Jeffrey J. Howard
2022-23 Thomas E. Bowers
2022-23 Jane Johnson
2023-24 Jeremy Longshore
2024-25 Matthew Pollard
2025-26 Matthew Schottmiller
* Deceased
** Non-Member
