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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
- Chairman – 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.
- Co-Chairman – 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.
- Secretary-Treasurer – 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.
Board of Directors
- 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
- Don Doman – Don 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.
- William A. Parker – Director, is a retired US Marine Corps Lt.
Col., and retired Computer Systems Analyst after Military service. He is a
Past President of his Blowing Rock NC Rotary club and also served as
Secretary. He is a Paul Harris Fellow. His interest in RfHR comes from his
granddaughter who lost her hearing at 7 months. Now in grade school she has
two cochlear implants and is doing well.
- 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.
The scholarship Jean received allowed her to do research into reading and
deafness 20 years ago which earned her a Masters Degree from Nottingham
University in England. She shows tapes in her talks of how she has taught
her students to speak and how to read, although they've been profoundly/and
severely deaf. Her story is but one example of how Rotary can support a
teacher to meet the challenges to educate all of our children. The methods
she learned 20 years ago are as relevant to meeting the challenges of
literacy as they were in 1989. While most deaf students do not go on to
college because of their low reading levels, most of Jean's students have
done so.
Jean received the Best of Education award by the Reno Gazette Journal, her
local newspaper, in 2004. Rotarian of the Year, club level, and Service
Above Self, district level. In 2009 she received the "Service Above Self"
award from Rotary International.
She has spoken to over 200 conferences for both Rotarians and teachers of
the deaf about what she learned as an Ambassadorial Scholar.
Jean is a member of the Rotary Club of Reno Centennial Sunset and is a
multiple Paul Harris Fellow.
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 DG 5020 – 07-08 Norm Watts DG 5020 – 08-09 Brian Beagle
Sponsoring Club
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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