Connecticut Past Exalted Rulers Association

The Connect Elks Past Exalted Rulers Association provides the Peter T. Affatato/CT. PER Association Scholarship each year to a Connecticut student in need.  In addition, the association makes yearly donations to the a Connecticut charity, the CEA Major Projects, and to the Elks National Foundation in the name of the newly installed Grand Exalted Ruler.  

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PER Association Officers 2023-2024

President:Lysa Molnar PERPutnam, Lodge No. 574
1st Vice President:Ray Dunbar PDDBranford Lodge No. 1939
2nd Vice President:Tom Smith DDGERWallingford Lodge No. 1365
3rd Vice President:Justin Fedler DDGERMeriden Lodge No. 35
4th Vice President:Carolyn Vallee PERWestbrook Lodge No. 1784
Secretary:Jamie Sienna PDDWethersfield-Rocky Hill Lodge Lodge No. 2308
Treasurer:Edward Baranyai Jr. PDDBridgeport Lodge No. 36
Chaplain:Richard A. Poole PERMiddletown Lodge No. 771
Sergeant at Arms:Jim Eccleston PERPutnam Lodge No. 573
Inner Guard:Thomas Matthews PERWinsted Lodge No. 844

PER Association Committees

By-laws – Stuart Topliff PER

Fundraising – Louise Maynard PER

Education & Workshops – Lisa Morissette PER

Public Relations – Martha Deegan PER

Membership – Joshua Gray DDGER

By-Law Amendment Vote

A vote on the Proposal to add Meritorious Service Award to be moved from Mid-year to Annual Convention for clarification purposes.  

Article 5, Section 4 currently reads;

SECTION 4 – Awards for Meritorious Service. The President and the Vice-Presidents in their respective districts shall be chairman of the awards Committee, and each shall have the power to appoint two members to the Awards Committee to select one member of this Association who has performed meritorious service for its district, for the Connecticut Past Exalted Rulers Association, for the Connecticut Elks Association, or the Grand Lodge of our Order, to be their nominee for an award from this Association. In order to be eligible for such a nomination, the member so selected must currently be a member in good standing of a subordinate Lodge in the district from which his nomination is presented.

If approved, it would be amended to read;

SECTION 4 – Awards for Meritorious Service to be presented at annual state convention award night.  The President and the Vice-Presidents in their respective districts shall be chairman of the awards Committee, and each shall have the power to appoint two members to the Awards Committee to select one member of this Association who has performed meritorious service for its district, for the Connecticut Past Exalted Rulers Association, for the Connecticut Elks Association, or the Grand Lodge of our Order, to be their nominee for an award from this Association. In order to be eligible for such a nomination, the member so selected must currently be a member in good standing of a subordinate Lodge in the district from which his nomination is presented.  Award to be presented at annual state convention award night.

Meeting topics will be provided closer to the meeting date.

Minutes from the May 21, 2023 meeting are now available.

Minutes from the February 15, 2023 meeting are now available.

Minutes from the December 15, 2022 meeting are now available.

Minutes from the September 18, 2022 meeting are now available.

Minutes from the May 15, 2022 meeting are now available.

Minutes from the October 17, 2021 meeting are now available.

CEA PER Association Constitution

PER Association Application for Membership

Past Presidents of the PER Association