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Hope For Hearing Loss

Rotarians for Hearing Regeneration
Election of Officers and Board of Directors
July 1 2009 to July 1 2012

Rotarians for Hearing Regeneration
P.O. Box 881037
Steilacoom, WA 98388
USA
hearingregeneration@msn.com
http://www.hearingregeneration.org

Officers and Executive Committee

  • Chairman – Dr. David Cotant, an Oral Surgeon, is a co-founder of RfHR and a member of the Clover Park Rotary Club. He has been a Rotarian since 1987 and is a Past President, multiple Paul Harris Fellow, Benefactor and a member of the Bequest Society.
     
  • Co-Chairman – Don Doman and his wife Peg are the owners of Ideas and Training and PNW Video Productions in Tacoma, WA. A member of Rotary Club of Tacoma # 8 for 16 years, Don is Past President of his club. He is a Paul Harris Fellow and a Tacoma Rotary # 8 Arthur Wickens Fellow.
     
  • Secretary-Treasurer – Sydna Koontz is an Event and Meeting Planner and has been a Rotarian for 17 years, serving as a Director of her club and has been involved in all club activities. She is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow. Recently she and her husband, a Tacoma Physician, were honored by the University of Washington-Tacoma for establishing a Foundation to support nurses training. She is especially talented in fundraising. Sydna will serve until July 1, 2010

Board of Directors

  • David Sclair - Newspaper publisher/editor and pilot with over 2500 flying hours. David is a co-founder of RfHR and a member of the Lakewood Rotary Club in Lakewood, WA. He has been a Rotarian since 1976 and is a Past President of the Clover Park Rotary Club, District Governor, 5020, 1998-1999. He is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow, Benefactor and member of the Bequest Society.

  • Edward Trobaugh -Major General (USA retired), Edward Trobaugh is a West Point Graduate having served 37 years in the U. S. Army. He recently retired from a second 20 year career as a Real Estate Broker. A member of the Rotary Club of Clover Park for the past 22 years he is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow. General Trobaugh is well connected to Fort Lewis and especially to the new Golf course at American Lake Veterans Hospital where he is a volunteer for the Wounded Warriors, many who have hearing loss.

  • Jean Irwin - Jean Irwin is a retired Teacher of the Deaf from the Washoe County School District in Reno, Nevada. She has taught in grades pre-school through 12th grade in 12 schools. Jean was an Ambassadorial Scholar in 1989. She speaks to many Rotary groups about the long term effects of investment in the Rotary Foundation. Jean is a member of the Rotary Club of Reno Centennial Sunset and is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow.

  • Gene Pankey is a retired automobile dealer. Gene is a co-founder of RfHR and a member of the Clover Park Rotary in Lakewood, WA. He has been a Rotarian since 1983, is a Past President of his club, a multiple Paul Harris Fellow, Benefactor and member of the Bequest Society.

  • Karl Roth - Karl Roth has been a member of the Rotary Club of Clover Park for nearly five years and is a Paul Harris Fellow. A Fireman, Karl is an Assistant Chief of the West Pierce Fire Department and is well connected to the Fireman in our Tacoma communities. Those in Fire Service are exposed to hearing loss and many eventually suffer from it which is of primary interest to Karl.

Honorary Board Members

PDG 5020 – 93-94 Gordon Quick
PDG 5020 – 95-96 Ken Bose
PDG 5020 – 97-98 James M. Harris
PDG 5020 – 99-00 Ken Balsley
PDG 5020 – 00-01 Robert Lovely
PDG 5020 – 01-02 Don Lachata
PDG 5020 – 02-03 J. Ross White
PDG 5020 – 03-04 William McCarthy
PDG 5020 – 05-06 Joan Firkins
PDG 5020 – 06-07 Eric Frederickson
PDG 5020 – 07-08 Norm Watts
PDG 5020 – 08-09 Brian Beagle
PDG 5020 – 09-10 Alex Alexander

Sponsoring Club
The Rotary Club of Clover Park (Rotary District 5020)
P.O. Box 98764
Lakewood, WA 98499
Club Website 

Officers serve three years and are re-elected by membership. Next elections will be June 2009, 2010 & 2012.
















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