District Governor: Jama Wahl

1st Vice District Governor: John Kapala

2nd Vice District Governor: Lori Taylor-Smiles

Cabinet Treasurer: Jim Peters

Cabinet Secretary: Karen Zink

Immediate Past District Governor: Denise Lowe

Past International Director: Walter “Bud” Wahl

Lions of Illinois Foundation

Endowment Fund President
and Foundation Trustee: Shelia Perkins, PDG

Foundation Trustee: Mark Williams, PCC

District 1-BK Zone Chairpersons 2025-2026

Northeast Zone 1 Chairperson
Clubs: Bolingbrook, Crest Hill, Joliet Noon, Lemont Lions & Leos, Oswego, Plainfield, Yorkville
Gerri Eck
Joliet Noon Lions Club

Northeast Zone 2 Chairperson
Clubs: Beecher, Crete, Frankfort, Lockport, Mokena, New Lenox, Rockdale, Shorewood
Gina Foote
New Lenox Lions Club

Northwest Zone 1 Chairperson
Clubs: La Moille, Malden, Mendota, Princeton, Sheffield, Spring Valley
Karen Zink
Serena Lions Club

Northwest Zone 2 Chairpersons
Clubs: Earlville, Leland, Marseilles, Ottawa, Serena
Ken Zink
Serena Lions Club

Central Zone 1 Chairperson
Clubs: Cornell, Dwight, Flanagan, Long Point, Streator, Streator Hardscrabble, Washburn
Dave Reed
Streator Hardscrabble Lions Club

Central Zone 2 Chairperson
Clubs: Braidwood, Channahon, Coal City, Gardner, Minooka, Morris, Wilmington
Mary McIntire-Belter
Wilmington Lions Club

Southeast Zone 1 Chairperson
Clubs: Bradley Lions & Leos, Bonfield, Chebanse, Herscher, Martinton, Momence
James Durham
Bonfield Lions Club

Southeast Zone 2 Chairperson
Clubs: Ashkum, Buckley, Gibson City, Milford, Onarga, Watseka, Wellington
Jim Peters 
Gibson City Lions Club

Southwest Zone 1 Chairperson
Clubs: Bellflower, Danvers, Fairbury, Hudson, Normal Lions & Leos, Towanda
Rob Brown
Bellflower Lions Club

• (1BK-Zone-Chairs.pdf)