Who’s Who 2025-2026

A list of all State Officers and State Committee Members in the Connecticut Elks Association.

State Directory 2026-2027

(as of May 31, 2026)

The State Directory contains names, emails, phone numbers, and contact information for all Grand Lodge, state, and local lodge officers. It also includes contact information for all state and district committee chairs.

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Connecticut Elks Association Charities, Inc. Officers for the 2025-2026 Fraternal Year

State President	Philip R. Stender Sr. PDD	Manchester Lodge
Vice President Coastal	Darren Lawler PDD	Branford Lodge
Vice President Central	Richard Martyn PDD	Wethersfield Rocky Hill Lodge
Vice President Northwest	Wanda Reiff PDD	Waterbury Lodge
Vice President East	Joann Donnel PDD	Groton Lodge
State Secretary	Lisa Morisette PER	Putnam Lodge
Treasurer	Fred ‘Jake’ Jacobs	Manchester Lodge
Trustee – Central	Seth Miller PDD	Middletown Lodge
Trustee – Northwest	Andrea Ruimerman PDD	Meriden Lodge
Trustee – Coastal	Joseph Trovarelli Jr. PDD	Bridgeport Lodge
Trustee – East	Shawn Tessier PER	Putnam Lodge
Trustee – at Large	David C. Robinson, Sr. PDD	Derby Lodge
Chaplain	Peter Nelson PDD	Manchester Lodge
Tiler	Justin Fedler PDD	Meriden Lodge
Sergeant at Arms	Donald Percoski PDD	Enfield Lodge
Inner Guard	Jamie Sienna PDD	Wethersfield/Rocky Hill Lodge
Organist	Joshua Gray PDD	New London Lodge

2024-2025 Grand Lodge Officers

Left to Right – Richard M. Palanzo – Special Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler, Michael R. Stewart – Hoop Shoot Director New England Region 6, Rev. Father Christopher Ford – Grand Chaplain, Terence P. Ford – Grand Lodge Committeeman and Chair for Activities Area 1, and Donna L. Wallace – Grand Lodge Committeeman for Auditing & Accounting.

From left to right: Tom Matthews DDGER, Trish Robles DDGER, Ralph Tosto DDGER, Grand Exalted Ruler Bryan Klatt, Rick Palanzo SDGER, and Shawn Tessier DDGER

State Sponsor	Bruce HIdley, Past Grand Exalted Ruler	Watervliet, NY Lodge
Grand Chaplain	Rev. Father Christopher Ford	Naugatuck Lodge
Grand Lodge Committeeman for Activities Area 1	Terence P. Ford PSP PDD	Naugatuck Lodge
Grand Lodge Committeeman for Auditing & Accounting	Donna L. Wallace PSP PDD	Willimantic Lodge
Hoop Shoot Director New England Region 6	Michael R. Stewart PSP PDD	Putnam Lodge
Special Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler	Richard M. Palanzo PCGLC PSP PDD HLM	Danbury Lodge
District Deputy GER Central District	Ralph Tosto	Wethersfield/Rocky Hill Lodge
District Deputy GER Coastal District	Trish Robles	Branford Lodge
District Deputy GER East District	Shawn Tessier	Putnam Lodge
District Deputy GER Northwest District	Tom Matthews	Winsted Lodge

Past Grand Lodge Officers

Past Chief Justice of the Grand Forum	Gerard Eisenman PDDGER	Bridgeport Lodge
Past Chairman Board of Grand Trustees	Robert W. Hansen PCBOGT PGLIG PGLCC PSDGER PDDGER PSP	New Britain Lodge

State Committees

Committee	State Chair	District Chairs
Committee	State Chair	Central	Coastal	East	Northwest
Americanism	Arthur Brault PDD	Frank Ferrari PER	William Russell III PER	Elizabeth Mckee PER	Denise Johnson PER
Elks Training	Seth Miller PDD
Committee		At-Large	At-Large	At-Large	At-Large
Business Practices & Training		Bill Chinn PSP PDD PGLCC	Tim Angell PSP PDD	Jim Sabio PSP PDD PGLC	Donna Wallace PSP PDD PGLC
Committee	Chairman	At-Large	At-Large	At-Large	At-Large
CEAC Fundraising	Sharon Stewart	Joann Donnel PDD	Suzanne L. Novaco PER
Commitee	State chair	Central	Coastal	East	Northwest
Annual Bowling Tournament	Louise Maynard PER	Kimberly Greca PDD	Alicia Dunbar PDD	Kelly Martin	Justin Fedler PDD
Annual Golf Tournament	Sharon Stewart	Eddie Greca PER	Raymond E. Dunbar PDD	Tom White PDD	Jim Coley PDD
Major Projects Programs	Justin Fedler PDD	Martha Yeagher	Karri & Mike Beauton	Elizabeth McKee PER	Susan Buzzeo
Connecticut Special Olympics	Melvin Rivera PER	Kathi Ackerman PSP PDD	Jim Garfield ER	Holly June Jacobs PER	Theresa Doolittle PER
State Convention Committees	Chairman
Site Selection	At-Large	At-Large	At-large
Site Selection	Robert Hansen PCBOGT	Terrence P. Ford PSP PDD	Michael Stewart PSP
Convention Operations	At-Large	At-Large	At-Large
Convention Operations	Terrence P. Ford PSP PDD	Michael Stewart PSP	Peter Freiler PDD PSP
Credentials	At-Large	Central	Coastal	East	Northwest
Credentials	Barbara Miller	Kathi Ackerman PSP PDD	Frederick Cotter PER	Christopher Terry PER	Andrea Ruimerman PDD
Grand Lodge Conventions Operations	At-Large – State Dinner	Hospitality Room
Grand Lodge Conventions Operations	Phillip R. Stender SP PDD	Kory Marvasti
Committee	State Chairman	District Chairmen
Committee	State Chairman	Central	Coastal	East	Northwest
Drug Awareness	Mary Smith PER	Lawrence A. Bowden PER	Sheila M. Parizo	Blythe Henry	Chad Layton
Elks National Foundation	John E. Wilkinson PER PSVP	Julie Morrin PER	Jennifer Vondel ER	David M. Russell
Government Relations	Tim Kehoe	Jamie Sienna PDD	Raymond Ingraham	Tom White PDD	Bryan McEntee
Hoop Shoot	Carl Sherman PER	George Gilhuly	Rich LoPresti	Mary Hill	Wesley Huxley PER
Committee	At-Large East	At-Large Central	At-Large Coastal	At-Large East	At-Large Northwest
Judiciary	Bill Chinn PSP PDD PGLCC	Michael Bonini PSP PDD	Joseph Mager PER	Steven Ferraro PSP PDD	Robert Hansen PCBOGT PGLIG PGLCC
Committee	State Chair	District Chairs
Committee	State Chair	Central	Coastal	East	Northwest
Lodge Activities/Community Welfare	Thomas R. Smith PDD
Membership	Julie Goode PDD	Randy M. Annino PER	Raymond Dunbar PDD	Carolyn Vallee PER	Nick Balletto
Public Relations	Richard Poole PER	Don Percoski PDD	Amy Lawler	John Espada PER	Rich Doolittle
Ritualistic	Peter Nelson PDD	Peter H. Freiler PSP PDD		Robert Brown PER	John Wilkinson PER, PSVP
Safety & Accident Prevent	Seth Miller PDD
Scholarship	Diane Robinson PER	Donald J. Burrier PER	Mary Garfield	Bruce Delmastro PDD	Wayne Landry
Scouting Coordinator	Sharon Stewart
Soccer Shoot	Mary Hill	Robert V. Claffey PDD	Dave Williams, PER	Michael R. Martin PER	Paul Tesz PER
State Association Auditors	Jim Coley PDD	Peter Fusco	Donna Rzasa, PER	Marcel Morissette PER	Patrick Jennings
Veterans Service	Alicia Dunbar PDD	Dennis McKenna ER	Jason Li	Heather Collins	James Searle
Website	Joshua Gray PDD	Peter Freiler PDD PSP	Alicia Dunbar PDD	John Espada PER

Past State Presidents of the Connecticut Elks Association

1930 – 1931	Martin J. Cunningham	Danbury Lodge No. 120	*
1931 – 1932	Martin J. Cunningham	Danbury Lodge No. 120	*
1932 – 1933	Roy R. Powers	Hartford Lodge No. 19	*
1933 – 1934	John F. Pickett	Middletown Lodge No. 771	*
1934 – 1935	William H. Flood	New Haven Lodge No. 25	*
1935 – 1936	William W. Hickey	Willimantic Lodge No. 1311	*
1936 – 1937	John J. Nugent	Ansonia Lodge No. 1269	*
1937 – 1938	William S. Murray	Norwich Lodge No. 430	*
1938 – 1939	Robert Cunningham	Danbury Lodge No. 120	*
1939 – 1940	William M. Scully	Meriden Lodge No. 35	*
1940 – 1941	Andrew F. McCarthy	New London Lodge No. 360	*
1941 – 1942	Frank M. Lynch	New Haven Lodge No. 25	*
1942 – 1943	Arthur J. Roy	Willimantic Lodge No. 1311	*
1943 – 1944	William Hession	Derby Lodge No. 571	*
1944 – 1945	Clarence J. McCarthy	Rockville Lodge No. 1359	*
1945 – 1946	James M. Reardon	New London Lodge No. 360	*
1946 – 1947	James T. Welch	Bridgeport Lodge No. 36	*
1947 – 1948	George Grasser	Wallingford Lodge No. 1365	*
1948 – 1949	Thomas J. Clark	Greenwich Lodge No. 1150	*
1949 – 1950	Thomas O’Loughlin	Hartford Lodge No. 19	*
1950 – 1951	Henry J. Bergman	Norwalk Lodge No. 709	*
1951 – 1952	Louis J. Olmstead	Southington Lodge No. 1669	*
1952 – 1953	Daniel F. Foley	Norwich Lodge No. 430	*
1953 – 1954	Samuel Annunziato	Stamford Lodge No. 899	*
1954 – 1955	Thomas F. Winters	Bristol Lodge No. 1010	*
1955 – 1956	Merritt Ackerman	Middletown Lodge No. 771	*
1956 – 1957	Edwin J. Maley	New Haven Lodge No. 25	*
1957 – 1958	A. Clayton Weisner	Meriden Lodge No. 35	*
1958 – 1959	George J. Caillouette	Manchester Lodge No. 1893	*
1959 – 1960	John J. Gillespie	Bridgeport Lodge No. 36	*
1960 – 1961	John W. Winn	Winsted Lodge No. 844	*
1961 – 1962	Robert H. Hullivan	New London Lodge No. 360	*
1962 – 1963	Jack P. Windt	Bridgeport Lodge No. 36	*
1963 – 1964	Michael Kiro	East Hartford Lodge No. 2063	*
1964 – 1965	Gilbert A. Rich	Southington Lodge No. 1669	*
1965 – 1966	George R. English	Manchester Lodge No. 1893	*
1966 – 1967	Thomas M. Newton	Greenwich Lodge No. 1150	*
1967 – 1968	Harrison Berube	New Haven Lodge No. 25	*
1968 – 1969	Louis G. Triano	Naugatuck Lodge No. 967	*
1969 – 1970	Francis G. Adams	New London Lodge No. 360 *
1970 – 1971	Henry E. Kuryla	Milford Lodge No. 1589	*
1971 – 1972	Francis J. Adams	Branford Lodge No. 1939	*
1972 – 1973	Francis P. Hines	Bristol Lodge No. 1010	*
1973 – 1974	Clifford R. Gasparini	Westbrook Lodge No. 1784	*
1974 – 1975	Andrew M. James	Fairfield Lodge No. 2220	*
1975 – 1976	Edward J. Szewczyk	Enfield Lodge No. 2222	*
1976 – 1977	Francis A. Joyce	New Britain Lodge No. 957	*
1977 – 1978	George W. Lambert	Norwich Lodge No. 430	*
1978 – 1979	Lawrence Volpe	Bridgeport Lodge No. 36	*
1979 – 1980	Francis R. Reinholz	East Hartford Lodge No. 2063	*
1980 – 1981	Joseph D. Palmer	Naugatuck Lodge No. 967	*
1981 – 1982	Alan W. Lyon	Willimantic Lodge No. 1311	*
1982 – 1983	Douglas G. Murray	Milford Lodge No. 1589	†
1983 – 1984	William M. Cullen	Hamden Lodge No. 2224	*
1984 – 1985	Angelo A. Rubbo	Waterbury Lodge No. 265	*
1985 – 1986	Charles W. Lusk	New London Lodge No. 360	*
1986 – 1987	William E. Miller	Danbury Lodge No. 120	*
1987 – 1988	James V. Lee III	Wallingford Lodge No. 1365 *
1988 – 1989	Joseph L. Paoli	Meriden Lodge No. 35	*
1989 – 1990	Leon R. Zahaba Jr.	Manchester Lodge No. 1893	*
1990 – 1991	Charles M. Carroll	Bridgeport Lodge No. 36
1991 – 1992	Angelo DiGianni	Hartford Lodge No. 19	*
1992 – 1993	Thomas Murrone	Bristol Lodge No. 1010	*
1993 – 1994	William J. Denvir	Westbrook Lodge No. 1784	*
1994 – 1995	Warren E. Tingley	Fairfield Lodge No. 2220	*
1994 – 1995	Charles M. Carroll	Bridgeport Lodge No. 36
1995 – 1996	Joseph F. Bradley	Wethersfield/Rocky Hill Lodge No. 2308	*
1996 – 1997	Robert W. Hansen	New Britain Lodge No. 957
1997 – 1998	Robert J. Janovic	New London Lodge No. 360
1998 – 1999	Richard M. Palanzo	Danbury Lodge No. 120
1999 – 2000	Donald A. Bunnell	Wallingford Lodge No. 1365	*
2000 – 2001	James E. Desmarais Sr.	Naugatuck Lodge No. 967
2001 – 2002	George J. Godard Jr.	Groton Lodge No. 2163
2002 – 2003	James R. Carroll	Milford Lodge No. 1589
2003 – 2004	Philip L. Wilson	Hamden Lodge No. 2224
2004 – 2005	Timothy C. Angell	Winsted Lodge No. 844
2005 – 2006	Frank J. Hegedus	Danielson Lodge No. 1706
2006 – 2007	Alan A. Baranyai	Bridgeport Lodge No. 36
2007 – 2008	Gaetano ‘Buddy’ Patrizzi	Wethersfield/Rocky Hill No. 2308	*
2008 – 2009	Dennis R. DiMauro	New Britain Lodge No. 957	*
2009 – 2010	Daniel Skiba	Rockville Lodge No. 1359 *
2010 – 2011	William J. Chinn Jr.	Danbury Lodge No. 120
2011 – 2012	Steven S. Ferraro	Windsor Lodge No. 2060
2012 – 2013	Terence P. Ford	Naugatuck Lodge No. 967
2013 – 2014	Michael J. Barta	Danielson Lodge No. 1706
2014 – 2015	Jan A. Wankowicz, Sr.	MilfordLodge No. 1589
2015 – 2016	Peter H. Freiler	Hamden Lodge No. 2224
2016 – 2017	Jonathan W. Arthur	Waterbury Lodge No. 265
2017 – 2018	Donna L. Wallace	Willimantic Lodge No. 1311
2018 – 2019	David J. Acanfora	Bridgeport Lodge No. 36
2019 – 2020	Michael Bonini	Wallingford Lodge No. 1365
2020 – 2021	James Sabio	Naugatuck Lodge No. 967
2021 – 2022	R. Michael Stewart	Putnam Lodge No. 574
2022 – 2023	James Money	Bridgeport Lodge No. 36
2023 – 2024	Kathleen Ackerman	Middletown Lodge No. 771
2024 – 2025	Michael Johnson	Southington Lodge No. 1669

* – Deceased; † – Expelled

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