Who’s Who 2023-2024

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

State Directory 2023-2024

(as of September 19, 2023)

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 2023-2024 Fraternal Year

State President	Kathleen Ackerman PDD	Middletown Lodge
Vice President Northwest	Michael Johnson PDD	Southington Lodge
Vice President East	Philip R. Stender Sr. PDD	Manchester Lodge
Vice President Coastal	Darren Howie Lawler PDD	Branford Lodge
Vice President Central	Richard Martyn PDD	Wethersfield Rocky Hill Lodge
State Secretary	Lisa Morisette PER	Putnam Lodge
Treasurer	Donna L. Wallace PSP PDD	Willimantic Lodge
Trustee – East (Chair	Arthur Brault PDD	Willimantic Lodge
Trustee – at Large	Anthony Duarte PER	Manchester Lodge
Trustee – Central	Seth Miller PDD	Middletown Lodge
Trustee – Northwest	Andrea Ruimerman PDD	Meriden Lodge
Trustee – Coastal	Joseph Trovarelli Jr. PDD	Bridgeport Lodge
Chaplain	Rev. Christopher Ford	Naugatuck Lodge
Tiler	Patricia Robles PER	Branford Lodge
Sergeant at Arms	Wanda Reiff PDD	Waterbury Lodge
Inner Guard	Joann Donnel PDD	Groton Lodge
Organist	Joshua Gray PER	New London Lodge

Grand Lodge Officers

Left to right, full titles listed below: Grand Lodge Committeeman Terry Ford, Grand Chaplain Christopher Ford, Joshua Gray DDGER, Justin Fedler DDGER, Rick Palanzo SDGER, Helen Hidley, State Sponsor PGER Bruce Hidley, Alicia Dunbar DDGER, Tom Smith III DDGER, Grand Lodge Committee Chairman Bill Chinn, Hoop Shoot Director Mike Stewart.

State Sponsor	Bruce HIdley, Past Grand Exalted Ruler	Watervliet, NY Lodge
Grand Chaplain	Reverand Father Christopher Ford	Naugatuck Lodge
Grand Lodge Chairman Auditing & Accounting	William J. Chinn, Jr. PSP PDD	Danbury Lodge
Grand Lodge Committeeman for Activities Area 1	Terence P. Ford PDDGER PSP	Naugatuck Lodge
Special Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler	Richard M. Palanzo PCGLC PDDGER PSP HLM	Danbury Lodge
Hoop Shoot Director New England Region 6	Michael R. Stewart PDDGER PSP	Putnam Lodge
District Deputy GER Central District	Thomas Smith III	Wallingford Lodge
District Deputy GER Coastal District	Alicia Dunbar	Branford Lodge
District Deputy GER East District	Joshua Gray	New London Lodge
District Deputy GER Northwest District	Justin Fedler	Meriden Lodge

District Deputies (2023-2024)

(Left to Right): SDGER Rick Palaanzo, DDGER Justin Fedler (Northwest District), DDGER Alicia Dunbar (Coastal District), GER Randy Shook, DDGER Joshua Gray (East District), and DDGER Thomas Smith III (Central District).

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	Lawrence Bowden PER	William Russell III PER	Elizabeth Mckee PER	Denise Johnson PER
Elks Training	Seth Miller PDD
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	Jamie I. Sienna PDD	Amy Lawler	Kelly Martin	Justin Fedler DDGER
Annual Golf Tournament	Turner Donnel	Charles Macunas	Raymond E. Dunbar PDD	Sharon Stewart	Jim Coley PDD
Major Projects Programs	Matt Frankel PDD	Seth Miller PDD	Alicia Dunbar PER	Elizabeth McKee PER	Debra Scarlett PDD
Connecticut Special Olympics	Mike Stewart PSP	Carl Gorman PER	Carl Stevens	Melvin Rivera	Theresa Doolittle
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
Operations	SP Appt.	SP Appt.	1st VP Appt.	1st VP Appt.	2nd VP Appt.
Operations	Peter Freiler PSP	Michael Bonini PSP	Michael Johnson PDD SVP	Michael Johnson PDD SVP	Philip Stender Sr. PDD SVP
Credentials	At-Large	Central	Coastal	East	Northwest
Credentials	Barbara Miller	Jamie I. Sienna PDD	Frederick Cotter PER	Sandra Hirth PER	Dave Lemoine PER
Grand Lodge Conventions Operations	At-Large – State Dinner	Hospitality Room
Grand Lodge Conventions Operations	Sharon Stewart	Heidi Adamski
Committee	State Chairman	District Chairmen
Committee	State Chairman	Central	Coastal	East	Northwest
Drug Awareness	Mary Smith PER	Trish Newhouse	Sheila M. Parizo	John Espada PER	Chad Layton
Elks National Foundation	Joann Donnel PDD
Government Relations	Anthony Duarte PER	Tim Kehoe	Joseph Trovarelli PDD	Tom White PER	Wanda Reiff PDD
Hoop Shoot	Jim & Jean Weingart	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	Leon Zahaba PGLC PSP PDD	Michael Bonini PSP PDD	James R. Carroll PSP	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	Ralph Tosto PER
Membership	Julie Goode PDD	Mike Bonini PSP	Raymond Dunbar PDD	Mel Rivera	Nick Balletto
Public Relations	Richard Poole PER	Kimberly Grecca	Alicia Vicino	John Espada PER	Jennifer & Steve Maheu
Ritualistic	Peter Nelson PDD	Peter H. Freiler PSP PDD	John Wilkinson	Robert Brown PER	Don Woscyna PDD
Safety & Accident Prevent	Ed Baranyai Sr. PER
Scholarship	Diane Robinson PER	Henry Koritkowski	Trish Robles	Bruce Delmastro PDD	Wayne Landry
Scouting Coordinator	Sharon Stewart
Soccer Shoot	Thomas Matthews PER	Anne Marie Ortolan	Dave Williams, PER	Mary Hill	Paul Tesz PER
State Association Auditors	Shawn Tessier PER	Peter Fusco	Donna Rzasa, PER	Marcel Morissette	Patrick Jennings
Veterans Service	Gerry Gallo PER		Raymond Ingraham	Adam Palermo PER	Stuart Topliff
Website	Peter Freiler PDD PSP		Donna Borzillo	Jolyne Giles	Rich Doolittle

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	Ronald “Mike” Stewart	Putnam Lodge No. 574
2022-2023	James Money	Bridgeport Lodge No. 36

* – Deceased; † – Expelled

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