PAST COUNCIL CHAIR, Multiple District 4
PCC Mary J. (Rynearson) Zulkoski
Lion Year: 2015–2016
Home Club: La Mesa Lions Club
ABOUT DISTRICT 4-L6
Our Heritage of Leadership and Service
District 4-L6 connects generations of Lions who have strengthened communities throughout San Diego and Imperial Counties and contributed to Lions leadership beyond the district.
DISTRICT HERITAGE
Leadership across generations
The district's history reflects decades of volunteer leadership, club development, and community service. This archive recognizes leaders who served as International Director, Council Chair, and District Governor.
The most recent two entries reflect updated information supplied by District 4-L6. Historical entries through 2024–2025 were compiled from the district's existing past-leadership page.
DISTRICT LEADERSHIP BEYOND 4-L6
International and Multiple District service
PAST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR
PID William J. Crawford
International Director: 2004–2006
Home Club: Encinitas Lions Club
PAST COUNCIL CHAIR Multiple District 1
PCC John E. Barsanti
Lion Year: 2021–2022
Home Club: La Mesa Lions Club
RECENT DISTRICT GOVERNORS
2000 to present
A quick-reference table of recent district leadership and home clubs.
27 recent leaders shown
| Lion Year | District Governor | Home Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2026–2027 | DG Myrna Psillas | San Majestic Lions Club |
| 2025–2026 | PDG Elizabeth Yoe | San Diego Miramar Lions Club |
| 2024–2025 | PDG Leo Williams, Jr. | San Diego Forever Lions Club |
| 2023–2024 | PDG Julio De Guzman | La Jolla Presidents Lions Club |
| 2022–2023 | PDG Juan “Jay” Ruiz, Jr. | San Diego TFC Lions Club |
| 2021–2022 | PDG Jennifer Mendoza | Lemon Grove Lions Club |
| 2020–2021 | PDG Brian D. Clapper | National City Host Lions Club |
| 2019–2020 | PDG Norm Mackenzie | San Marcos Lions Club |
| 2018–2019 | PDG Mercedes Walters | El Cajon Valley Lions Club |
| 2017–2018 | PDG Neil Seefeldt, Jr. | Chula Vista Host Lions Club |
| 2016–2017 | PDG Dave Roberts | San Diego Live Well Lions Club |
| 2015–2016 | PDG John Ruiz | San Diego North County Lions Club |
| 2014–2015 | PDG Mary Rynearson | West Shores Lions Club |
| 2013–2014 | PDG Napoleon White | San Diego Majestic Lions Club |
| 2012–2013 | PDG Blesila Sanchez-Trott | Escondido Host Lions Club |
| 2011–2012 | PDG Philip Bradley Weeks | Santee / Rancho Santee Lions Club |
| 2010–2011 | PDG Janice Gustavel | Southwest San Diego County Lions Club |
| 2009–2010 | PDG Julie Crawford | Encinitas Lions Club |
| 2008–2009 | PDG Scott Leslie | Spring Valley Lions Club |
| 2007–2008 | PDG Art Arboleda | San Diego Mount Pinatubo Lions Club |
| 2006–2007 | PDG Alice Tana | San Diego Golden Triangle Lions Club |
| 2005–2006 | PDG Scotty Schuetz | San Diego North Park Lions Club |
| 2004–2005 | PDG Leonard “Len” A. Blottin | El Cajon Valley Lions Club |
| 2003–2004 | PDG John Kirk | National City Host Lions Club |
| 2002–2003 | PDG Bucky Blottin | El Cajon Heartland Lions Club |
| 2001–2002 | PDG John Morman | Lakeside Highway Lions Club |
| 2000–2001 | PDG Juanita Mangels-Williams | Spring Valley Lions Club |
HISTORICAL ARCHIVEDistrict Governors, 1937–1999Expand the complete historical table
63 historical leaders shown
| Lion Year | District Governor | Home Club |
|---|---|---|
| 1999–2000 | PDG Gary Carmack | Escondido Lunar Lions Club |
| 1998–1999 | PDG Steph Gurney | Lakeside Highway Lions Club |
| 1997–1998 | PDG Roy Perry | El Centro Host Lions Club |
| 1996–1997 | PDG Ted Van Kirk | Oceanside Sea Lions Club |
| 1995–1996 | PDG D. “Ike” Enzenauer | Santee / Rancho Santee Lions Club |
| 1994–1996 | PDG Justice Don Work | Lakeside Highway Lions Club |
| 1993–1994 | PDG Loretta Taylor-Buddhu | San Diego Golden Triangle Lions Club |
| 1992–1993 | PDG George “Jake” Jacobssen | Carlsbad Lions Club |
| 1991–1992 | PDG Jack Wyatt | San Diego Host Lions Club |
| 1990–1991 | PDG C. Logan McKechnie | Lakeside Highway Lions Club |
| 1989–1990 | PDG Richard “Dick” Walworth | Pauma Valley Lions Club |
| 1988–1989 | PDG Charles “Rick” Hannum | Coronado Lions Club |
| 1987–1988 | PDG Donald E. Fifer | Chula Vista Host Lions Club |
| 1986–1987 | PDG Nathan Lipscomb | Vista Host Lions Club |
| 1985–1986 | PDG Hans Smits | Julian Lions Club |
| 1984–1985 | PDG Steve Cole | El Centro Sol de Oro Lions Club |
| 1983–1984 | PDG Chris Keegan | San Diego Penasquitos Lions Club |
| 1982–1983 | PDG Vince Stack | Escondido Host Lions Club |
| 1981–1982 | PDG Ted Gavett | San Diego Mission Lions Club |
| 1980–1981 | PDG Roy Buddhu | Cherokee Village Lions Club |
| 1979–1980 | PDG John Errickson | Alpine Stagecoach / Santee-Rancho Santee Lions Clubs |
| 1978–1979 | PDG Morris Bailey | Torrey Pines Lions Club |
| 1977–1978 | PDG Henry “Hank” Martin | San Diego North Park Lions Club |
| 1976–1977 | PDG Donald Painter | Montgomery Lions Club |
| 1975–1976 | PDG V. Darrell Daniels | Rancho Bernardo Lions Club |
| 1974–1975 | PDG William Biggs, Sr. | Spring Valley Lions Club |
| 1973–1974 | PDG Ray Wilson | Brawley Lions Club |
| 1972–1973 | PDG Robert Norton | Chula Vista Host Lions Club |
| 1971–1972 | PDG Dr. Emill Schmidt | Bonsall Lions Club |
| 1970–1971 | PDG George A. Hart | San Diego North Park Lions Club |
| 1969–1970 | PDG Frank Prentiss | El Centro Sol de Oro Lions Club |
| 1968–1969 | PDG John R. Blackett | Carlsbad Lions Club |
| 1967–1968 | PDG Clarke Hatch | El Cajon Valley Lions Club |
| 1966–1967 | PDG Geerd Van Hegerhorst | San Diego Host Lions Club |
| 1965–1966 | PDG Eugene A. Johnson | Westmorland Lions Club |
| 1964–1965 | PDG Oscar J. Meyer | Oceanside Host Lions Club |
| 1963–1964 | PDG Harry R. Morgan | El Centro Host Lions Club |
| 1962–1963 | PDG William Sample, Jr. | San Diego Host Lions Club |
| 1961–1962 | PDG Wallace D. Dorman | Uptown Lions Club |
| 1960–1961 | PDG Walter R. Harned | Uptown Lions Club |
| 1959–1960 | PDG David Thompson | San Diego Host Lions Club |
| 1958–1959 | PDG Fred Woopert | Coachella Valley Lions Club |
| 1957–1958 | PDG C. Forrest Baxter | Lemon Grove Lions Club |
| 1956–1957 | PDG Sheldon Hopper | Coronado Lions Club |
| 1955–1956 | PDG Boynton Jones | Coachella Valley Lions Club |
| 1954–1955 | PDG George W. Duryee | Chula Vista Host Lions Club |
| 1953–1954 | PDG H. W. C. Paul | Brawley Lions Club |
| 1952–1953 | PDG Dwight Stanford | San Diego Hillcrest-Mission Valley Lions Club |
| 1951–1952 | PDG Sam W. Lothlen | East San Diego Lions Club |
| 1950–1951 | PDG Robert McCown | Twenty-Nine Palms Lions Club |
| 1949–1950 | PDG James McDill | San Bernardino Lions Club |
| 1948–1949 | PDG Perry W. Metcalf | San Diego Host Lions Club |
| 1947–1948 | PDG Frank Shufelt | Seal Beach Lions Club |
| 1946–1947 | PDG Glenn M. Atwood | Upland Lions Club |
| 1945–1946 | PDG Webster Hall | San Bernardino Lions Club |
| 1944–1945 | PDG Jess F. Zweiner | San Diego Host Lions Club |
| 1943–1944 | PDG Louis Hoskins | Anaheim Lions Club |
| 1942–1943 | PDG Joe Seymour | Riverside Lions Club |
| 1941–1942 | PDG Rev. Kenneth Carson | Coronado Lions Club |
| 1940–1941 | PDG George Stanley | Corona Lions Club |
| 1939–1940 | PDG Frank Hardwood | Santa Ana Lions Club |
| 1938–1939 | PDG Urich J. Schmidt | Ontario Lions Club |
| 1937–1938 | PDG Roy O. Day | Pomona Lions Club |