Current Leadership
Our global leadership takes pride in providing expanded opportunities to Lions and all people, everywhere.
Board of Trustees
Immediate Past International President
Constitutional Area I
Constitutional Area II
Constitutional Area III
Constitutional Area IV
Constitutional Area V
Constitutional Area VI
Constitutional Area VII
Constitutional Area VIII
Past LCIF Chairperson
Appointee of International President
2019-2020 Committee Assignments
Executive Committee
Gudrun Yngvadottir
LCIF Chairperson, Immediate Past International President
Dr. Jitsuhiro Yamada
Vice Chairperson, Past International President
Sandro Castellana
Secretary, Past International Director
Lewis Quinn
Treasurer, Past International Director
Dr. Jung-Yul Choi
International President
Judge Haynes H. Townsend
International First Vice President
Brian E. Sheehan
International Second Vice President
Dr. Patti Hill
International Third Vice President
Dr. Naresh Aggarwal
Presidential Appointee, Past International President
Doo-Hoon Ahn
Presidential Appointee, Past International Director
Staff Liaison: Rebecca Daou
Audit Committee
Gudrun Yngvadottir
LCIF Chairperson, Immediate Past International President
Dr. Naresh Aggarwal
Presidential Appointee, Past International President
Doo-Hoon Ahn
Presidential Appointee, Past International Director
Staff Liaisons: Elvis Garcia and James Krafcisin (Internal Audit),
Christine Hastings (External Audit)
Finance Committee
Lewis Quinn
Past International Director, Treasurer
James E. “Jim” Ervin
Past International President
Vijay Kumar Raju
Past International Director
Ramiro Vela Villarreal
Past International Director
Dr. Ta-Lung Chiang
Past International Director
Staff Liaison: Christine Hastings
Development Committee
Dr. Jitsuhiro Yamada
Past International President, Chairperson
Judge Haynes H. Townsend
International First Vice President
Joe Preston
Past International President
Doo-Hoon Ahn
Past International Director
Sandro Castellana
Past International Director
Vijay Kumar Raju
Past International Director
Ramiro Vela Villarreal
Past International Director
Staff Liaison: Johnny Cooper
Marketing Committee
James E. “Jim” Ervin
Past International President, Chairperson
Dr. Patti Hill
International Third Vice President
Dr. Naresh Aggarwal
Past International President
Lewis Quinn
Past International Director
Alexis Vincent Gomès
Past International Director
Dr. Ta-Lung Chiang
Past International Director
Staff Liaison: Michelle Covington
Programs Committee
Barry J. Palmer
Past International President, Chairperson
Brian E. Sheehan
International Second Vice President
Chancellor Bob Corlew
Past International President
Aruna Abhey Oswal
Past International Director
Garnet E. Davis
Past International Director
In-Kyo Oh
Past Council Chairperson
Chikao Suzuki
Past District Governor
Staff Liaisons: KaSondra Byrd and Benjamin Futransky
Lions Quest Advisory Committee
LCIF Chairperson & Immediate Past International President
Dr. Jung-Yul Choi
International President
Judge Haynes H. Townsend
First Vice President
Brian E. Sheehan
Second Vice President
Dr. Patti Hill
Third Vice President
Al Brandel
Past International President
Dr. Jitsuhiro Yamada
Past International President
Jorge Bortolozzi
Past International Director
Nilgun Erdem Niord
Past District Governor
Dr. Katsuki Yasuda
Past Council Chairperson
Shyam Malpani
Past International Director
Steven D. Sherer
Past International Director
Donna Munro
Lion
Frances Portillo
Dr. Fernando Salazar
Dr. Markus Talvio
Lion
Dr. Juneria Berges
Lion
Tom Gordon
Past International Director
SightFirst Advisory Committee
Gudrun B. Yngvadottir (Ex-Officio)
LCIF Chairperson & Immediate Past International President
Dr. Jung-Yul Choi (Voting)
International President
Judge Haynes H. Townsend (Voting)
International First Vice President
Brian E. Sheehan (Voting)
International Second Vice President
Dr. Patti Hill (Voting)
International Third Vice President
Dr. Naresh Aggarwal (Voting)
Past International President
Chancellor Bob Corlew (Voting)
Past International President
Barry J. Palmer (Voting)
Past International President
J. Frank Moore III (Voting)
Executive Administrator & Secretary
Lions Clubs International
Rebecca Daou (Voting)
Executive Administrator
Lions Clubs International Foundation
Dr. Silvio P. Mariotti (Non-Voting)
(SAC Secretariat)
Prevention of Blindness & Deafness
World Health Organization
Dr. William “Bill” Mc Laughlin (Voting)
Lehigh Eye Specialists
Dr. Yuichiro Ogura (Voting)
Nagoya City University Hospital
Dr. R. Pararajasegaram (Voting)
Dr. Gullapalli N. Rao (Voting)
LV Prasad Eye Institute
Dr. Serge Resnikoff (Voting)
Dr. Dean G. Sienko (Voting)
Vice President, Health
The Carter Center
