Deonna Gene Moore
Nominated for the Office of District Governor.
My Fellow District 10 Toastmasters:
I am indeed honored to have been nominated for District Governor! This is something that I do not take for granted or lightly.
As a four-year member of Toastmasters, I have spent the last three as a member of the District Executive Council, serving as an Area Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Marketing, and currently as Lieutenant Governor, Education and Training. As the District's Chief Operating Officer, I would bring my experience with building clubs and membership, and ensuring integrity and quality with the Toastmasters Educational Program into this position. I have been blessed to be an integral member of the council during times when the district triumphs, as well as been there to assist with smoothing the road when we have faced adversity with membership and club building challenges. All have allowed me to have a deeper love and appreciation for this district - where we have been, and where we have the potential to go!
I hold several advanced degrees and certifications in the areas of Organizational Leadership and Business Administration, which gives me the ability and knowledge to oversee the district's day-to-day operations, as well as continue to build our district by ensuring that we are focused on the Toastmasters Critical success Factors as defined in our District Mission. My goals and plans as District Governor includes working with the incoming District Executive Committee on a Strategic Plan for the 2012-2013 Toastmasters year, where we will focus on continuing to service the membership through extending our current network of clubs and members, ensuring that we are producing quality and integrity within the Toastmasters Educational program by raising the bar with how we train club officers and the membership. Furthermore, my vision is for District 10 to have a club within every major organization that we service, therefore allowing more people the opportunity to be touched by what we have to offer.
It is my hope that I am given the honor to lead us to the Toastmasters Promise Land! We can and will continue to "Remember the Member", "Achieve Greatness - Together", and become the district "Where GREAT Leaders Are Made"!
Tony Green
Nominated for the Office of Lieutenant Governor of Education and Training.
I am presently your Lieutenant Governor Marketing. I would like to tell you at this time why I should be your next Lieutenant Governor Education and Training. I started the process of being a Toastmaster in June of 2003. Since I have become a member of the DEC, my growth has been immense in the last 3 years. I see the district on a totally different level. My year as your LGM has educated me greatly on clubs and its members. Add to that the fact I have worked right alongside your present LGET, I am fully aware of what the district needs as it relates to training. And of course, by being the LGM, I can lend support and give advice to my successor if needed. I have talked and listened to members, club officers, Area Governors, and Division Governors about what our district needs. Based on what I have heard, and seen, it appears we need to increase on what our present LGET has done in training. While continuing with what she has done such a fine job of implementing, I will expand the training repertoire even more to make sure we are thorough in offering our members all we can to prepare them to lead. You see, I believe you cannot expect people to succeed if you do not put them in a position to do so. If I am selected as your LGET there will be focused, accessible, comprehensive, and digestible training at every level of leadership in the district. I am fully prepared to make changes to the plan if the situation warrants it. What that means, is I will still continue to listen to the very people I serve, YOU. One of the main objectives is to make sure that no leader in our district is unsuccessful because they were not given the tools to be effective in their position. I believe that if our members are trained for leadership in the right way, club membership growth will be directly affected. Ladies and gentleman, I am not striving for us to just be an improved district, but to have some of the best trained leaders nationally and globally! In short, this iswhy I feel I should be your next LGET!
Debbie Curtis
Nominated for the office of Lieutenant Governor of Education and Training.
I am dedicated to the Toastmasters organization and the learning experience one can have by following the program. Recently, I earned the Distinguished Toastmaster designation. Understanding the Toastmaster program means working the program so that you understand the challenges everyone faces.
Working the Toastmaster program also means that I have supported my clubs by performing officer roles such as, President, Vice President, Education, Treasurer and Sergeant at Arms. My District experience has included Area and Division Governor, Fall Conference Co-chair, Spring Conference Marketing chair and Audit Committee Chair.
A challenge of the District is providing Leadership training that is engaging and will draw out those long-term Toastmasters. Members that are new to club and district leadership will naturally attend trainings because those roles are new to them. But how do we make training interesting to a five or ten year plus member? How do we get the excitement back in the Semi-Annual Conferences? I do not have all the answers to those questions but it is important that the quality and variety of the training products the District provides attracts everyone. I believe in allowing others to grow into their leadership skills so that they can become confident leaders in their personal and professional life. Part of that development includes working with people with different personalities and styles as well as committing to the finished project.
Keith Feador
Nominated for the office of Lieutenant Governor of Marketing.
Keith has been a member of Toastmasters for almost six years and currently attends the Talk of the Town (#2917) club. He has held many officer roles at the club and district level including Club President, Area 41 Governor, and is currently serving as District Public Relations Officer. Keith likes to work with people, lend a hand with district events such as conferences and educational sessions, practice and hone his leadership skills, and help encourage members to get the most out of their Toastmaster experience. In his spare time he likes to go on adventures with his family, perform handwriting analysis, enjoy the great outdoors, and stay active with life in general. He plans on helping the membership in the district grow by seeking out undiscovered locations for new clubs and by fostering relationships between Northeast Ohio and District 10. Keith also realizes how important it is to keep current members engaged and active within their clubs, and he plans to find creative and lasting solutions to help out clubs that are experiencing membership challenges.
Donna Komidar
Nominated for the office of District Public Relations Officer.
Aloha e Fellow Toastmasters:
As your Public Relations Officer for District 10 I promise to bring the good kind of attention to our district that will attract new members as well as make sure that you, my current member, has the most exposure and opportunity to enhance your current speaking and leadership skills. The current office has laid a great foundation that I can build upon with the newsletter that not only gives you current insight to our district trio's vision for us all but to also showcase your skills in actions outside the current toastmaster activities. I'm looking forward to assisting our district to grow in a positive way. You can be sure I will use my boundless energies to share my knowledge and expertise that I have gained through various leadership positions the past 8 years as club president, coach, various conference roles and all around encourager.
Dameka Nickersen
Nominated for the office of Northern Division Governor.
Toastmaster Dameka Nickerson is the Marketing Implementation Manager of Commercial Banking for KeyBank; located in Cleveland, OH. In this position Dameka manages the marketing budget as well as the creation and implementation of marketing deliverables for the Middle Market, Native American Financial Services, Agribusiness, Community Development Lending, Supplier Diversity, Foreign Exchange and Key Equipment Finance. She also manages the marketing deliverables for KeyBank's National Super Refund Saturday program for moderate to low-income families.
Dameka is a resident of Bedford, OH and earned her Bachelors of Science degree in Public Relations Journalism from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University in 2000.
Prior to Key, she was a Director of Mall Marketing for Simon Property Group, Inc. managing the marketing budgets, community events, national mall tours, sponsorship sales and the Simon Gift Card program for Randall Park Mall, Great Lakes Mall, Summit Mall and Oxford Valley Mall sequentially over a period of seven years.
Dameka joined Toastmasters International in June 2008 and is the Area 51 Governor. She holds dual membership in Transformative Toastmasters (#887592) and Keymunicators (#9484). Toastmaster Nickerson served as VP of Membership and Club Secretary for Keymunicators. She is the current Club Coach for Transformative Toastmasters and VP of Membership for Keymunicators.
Toastmaster Nickerson has sponsored thirteen new members; receiving member sponsor awards in April 2010; February 2011; April 2011; October 2011 and February 2012.
Toastmaster Dameka Nickerson has completed her Competent Communicator, Competent Leader and Advanced Communicator Bronze. She will complete her Advance Leadership Bronze prior to the end of April of 2012.
Dameka believes in giving of herself to support other members and continually works to create and maintain a mutually supportive environment where all members are comfortable to learn while achieving their communication and leadership goals.
If elected as the Northern Division Governor, Dameka plans to continue to honor the Toastmaster commitment and be a true resource to Area Governors. "I will continue to listen to members, draw on my professional work experience and try new ideas while fulfilling my daily responsibilities in the Division Governor role."
Rick Winrod
Nominated for the office of Western Division Governor.
I would be proud to serve as Western Division Governor. I am looking forward to continuing to build a leadership team with the goal of achieving President's Distinguished status in the Western Division.
Please note, however, that if DEC meetings are held on Saturday afternoons, then I will not be in attendance because of an ongoing commitment. If it is important for you to have your Western Division Governor in attendance at DEC meetings, then you should not vote for me.
On the subject of DEC meetings, in light of rising fuel costs, I feel it is incumbent on District Leadership to consider options for holding at least some of the DEC meetings online or via conference calls. I am a 5-year member of TM. ACS/ALS inching towards DTM.
I am an entrepreneur who considers Toastmasters to be my secret weapon in business. I am fascinated by the potential for Urban Agriculture in our society.
Currently studying the works of Epicurus. I Reside in North Ridgeville.
Nancy Secrist
Nominated for the office of Central Division Governor.
Nancy L. Secrist ACS ALB, started out from a farm near Fremont, Ohio and graduated with a B.S. from Ohio State in Animal Science and minors in genetics and chemistry. Then some years later, she returned to school for a MA at Bowling Green State University in Technical Writing. Nancy joined Toastmasters in 1998 but had a long break until the last five years after joining in 2008 in Akron. She has served as 2011-2012 Area 12 governor, club sponsor and in the majority of club officer positions. She enjoys cycling the towpath, continuing German language studies, attending dog shows, and raising African Violets.
Nancy is a small business owner in Bath Township with over 40 years experience in caring for dogs, cats and other animals. Unfortunately, all her animal friends are dead broke and communicating with their owners is a crucial component of running a successful business. Nancy says, "Toastmasters has given me so much in the way of networking, team building, and advanced communication skills, that I want to give back to the people who make it all work. I look forward to communicating consistently and reliably with important information to help our division's clubs thrive and new Area Governors succeed."
A Division Governor may have 15-25 clubs and 300-500 members, which is a big responsibility. We will speak, listen, share and grow together on our path to excellence in 2012-2013!
Richard Friedman
Nominated for the office of Southern Division Governor.
I have been an attorney for 30 years, with an office in Cleveland until a year ago when I moved my office to my home in Akron. Marsha (who has been a Toastmaster for 14 years) and I have 5 children between us. I have been a Toastmaster for five years. I am a member of the Swagelok Impact Toastmasters in Solon and the Hall of Fame Advanced Club in Canton.
