Leadership
District Governor 9SW Allen Zobel
9SW DG Allen Zobel joined Lions in 2001 as a member of the Exira Lions Club. For 42 year he served his community as a teacher and school administrator. He is also very active in his church.
DG Allen’s Lions accomplishments include helping to develop 3 LEO Clubs, 1 regular Lions Club and currently working on a branch club. He is a Warren Coleman Award recipient and a Melvin Jones Fellow. He has received four Presidential appreciation certificates and two Presidential Medal for Leadership. He was named the winner of the Spark Plug Award as a new Lions Leader and named the Klise Leadership Award winner in 2019.
“First and foremost in all LIONS heart is family. I am married for 51 years and still going strong to the only girl I dated, Chrystal Zobel. We have raised three wonderful children. We now have 10 grandkids and 3 great grandkids. My spare time is doing things like camping, fishing, hunting and woodworking. Next is the church. Chrystal and I have served as youth counselor and Sunday School teachers for many years (20+) and presently a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Audubon, and have
been an elder for 5 years (2011 – 2016) and now for the last 3 years chairman of the council. My occupation was for 42 years teacher and administrator and now substitute teacher that has given me the heart and soul to advocate for kids. Thus my role in developing Leo clubs in 9SW. Chrystal and I joined in June of 2001 the Exira Lion Club.”
District 9SW Leadership
District Governor District 9SW: Allen Zobel
1st Vice District Governor: Vacant
2nd Vice District Governor: Vacant
Immediate Past District Governor: Pat Parker
(Based on 2019-2020 Who’s Who)
Cabinet Secretary: Beverly Fletcher
Cabinet Treasurer: Dale Behrends
Global Leadership Team (GLT): Pat Parker & Steve Smith
Global Membership Team (GMT): Dean Brant
Global Service Team (GST): Michele Sparks
Public Relations Chair: Kaye & Darrell Whitehead
Zone 1 Chair: Traci Dow-Wyatt
Zone 2 Chair: Allen Zobel
Zone 3 Chair: Jessie Gilliland
Zone 4 Chair: Sheri Holliday
Zone 5 Chair: Kristy Lonsdale
Zone 6 Chair: Lisa Randall
Zone 7 Chair: Allen Zobel
Zone 8 Chair: Allen Zobel
Zone 9 Chair: Dan Bashor
Zone 10 Chair: Beverly Fletcher
Zone 11 Chair: Barbara Farley
Alert Chair: Chrystal Zobel
Care & Share Chair: Dean Brant, Peggy Toft & Pat Parker
Chaplain: Gary Freeland
Constitution & ByLaws Chair: Martin Bishop
Convention Committee: Chrystal Zobel, MaryAnn Huegerich, Dorothy Wolf, Linda Duff, & Patricia Hansen
Diabetes Awareness: Denise K. Grandgenett
Elections Chair: Martin Bishop
Honorary Cabinet Member: Sheri Holliday
Honorary Cabinet Member: Ardie Klemish
Information Technology Chair: “Larry Britton”
Iowa KidSight Chair: Sheila Haidsiak
Iowa Lions Foundation Trustee: Linda Duff & Jerry Farley
LCIF Chair: Ken Klemish
Leader Dog Chair: Sheila Haidsaik
Leo Chairs: Traci Riesgaard
Nominating Chair: Maude Bishop
PDG Association: Pat Parker
Peace Poster Chair: Melanie Parker
Pediatric Cancer Chair: Terry Sprague
Trading Pin Chair: Allen Zobel
Veterans Chair: Doris Jackson
Youth Exchange Chair: Dave Best