GATEway District
- 2020-2021 Governor: Albert Still, Tucker GA;Secretary: Christy Buss, Tucker GA; Treasurer: Kevin Bush, Carrollton GA
- 2019-2020 Governor: Michael Brown, Wrens GA; Secretary: Linda Brown, Gainesville GA; Treas: Mary Still
- 2018-2019 Gwen Gable, Decatur, GA; Sec: Cathy Robinson; Treas: Barbara Mayhew
- 2017-2018 Mary Still, Tucker, GA; Sec: Anita Still;Treas: Scott Solomon
- 2016-2017 Rudy Corn, Gainesville, GA;Sec:Linda Brown;Treas:Michael Brown
- 2015-2016 Anthony (Tony) Bell, Senoia, GA;Sec: Theo Laughner;Treas:David Harter
PAST GOVERNORS – GEORGIA
2014-15 Russ Thomas, Cumming 1979-80 R Jerome Foskey, Macon
2013-14 Hal Sewell, Senoia; Sec-treas: Mary Still, Tucker 1978-79 Richard K Shiver, LaGrange
2012-13 Ronnie Briones, Moultrie 1977-78 Gary L Aldridge, Carrollton
2011-12 David Jordan, Pine Mountain 1976-77 Michael L Anchors, Stone Mountain
2010-11 Ellen Strait, Warner Robins 1975-76 J Rodney Hogue, Roswell
2009-10 Rose Kohler, Summerville; Sec-Treas: 1974-75 Nathan O McWaters, Athens
2008-09 Susan White, Jasper; Sec-treas: Steve Weaver 1973-74 Robert R Lucky, Augusta
2007-08 Gov Sandy Weaver, Athens; Sec-treas: Ellen Strait, Warner Robins 1972-73 John L Ware, Conyers
2006-07 Rose Kohler, Summerville 1971-72 Donald M Grogan, Cedartown
2005-06 Deanna Bennett, Douglasville 1970-71 Carl A Nix Jr, Sandy Springs
2004-05 Jerry Loose, Snellville 1969-70 J Bryan Willingham, Jackson MI
2003-04 Keith Pruitt, Cumming 1968-69 Wyatt C Whitley, Atlanta
2002-03 Gay Lowry, Smyrna 1967-68 W B Perry Jr, East Point
2001-02 Jackson Padgett, Jr, Augusta 1966-67 Dr Richard Gray, Rome
2000-01 Keith Duncan, Augusta 1965-66 Charles B Sandiford, Decatur
1999-2000 Linda Lee, Savannah 1964-65 Walter D Whitman, Macon
1998-99 Dorothy Jorgensen, Kennesaw 1963-64 Sid Lambert, Newnan
1997-98 Donald Baldwin, Toccoa 1962-63 Donald E Rutherford, Atlanta
1996-97 David Elster, Fayetteville 1961-62 L Linton Deck Jr, East Point
1995-96 Doyal Sparks, Rome 1960-61 Robert S Pindar, Rome
1994-95 Jim Wolbrink 1959-60 Charles N Langdon, Columbus
1993-94 William Marchant, Marietta 1958-59 Robert H Stanley, Atlanta
1992-93 Nick Prillaman Jr, Atlanta 1957-58 Julius F Bishop, Athens
1991-92 Tom McArthur, Calhoun 1956-57 Walter G Bentley, Augusta
1990-91 Jimmy Myerholtz, Hartwell 1955-56 George L Markey Jr, Albany
1989-90 Mark Shriver, Atlanta 1954-55 Howard A Ernst, Savannah
1988-89 Mark Eubanks, Rome 1953-54 Clifford M Tuck, Athens
1987-88 Dave Brown, Smyrna 1952-53 John W Whatley, Atlanta
1986-87 L Ed Scott, Augusta 1951-52 James R Giradeau, Brunswick
1985-86 Ric Mason, Cartersville 1950-51 John S Hood Jr, Savannah
1984-85 Tom Roberts, Fayetteville 1949-50 Charles A Shaw, Atlanta
1983-84 Ralph Eberhart, Roswell 1948-49 Dr. Vaughn Maxwell, Augusta
1982-83 Otis Young, Savannah 1947-48 Howard D Graff, Atlanta
1981-82 Tom Eubanks, Jasper
1980-81 Larry Swanstrom, Peachtree City
PAST GOVERNORS – TENNESSEE
2013-14 Gary Swinger, Memphis 1969-70 Delmer Wallen Sr, Kingsport
2012-13 Allen Collier, Knoxville 1968-69 Elgin Smith, Chattanooga
2011-12 Essie Johnson, Knoxville 1967-68 Noble Sharp, Memphis
Bob Buss, Kodak 1966-67 Bill Stewart, Kingsport
Bob Underwood, Kingsport 1965-66 Fred Williams Jr, Knoxville
Pat Sartin, Chattanooga 1964-65 Otis Gray, Memphis
2010-11 Lanetha Branch, Memphis 1963-64 Roy Hix Jr, Nashville
2009-10 Bob Underwood, Kingsport 1962-63 Robert Cheek, Knoxville
2008-09 Wilma Sueing, Memphis 1961-62 Sam Rutledge, Johnson City
2007-08 Willie Banks Jr, Knoxville 1960-61 Maurice Keathley Jr, Memphis
2006-07 Jean Wallen, Kingsport 1959-60 Robert Leonard, Knoxville
2005-06 Bob Buss, Kodak 1958-59 G Vernon Elmore, Chattanooga
2004-05 Jane Cannon, Memphis 1957-58 Albert Cavert, Nashville
2003-04 Pat Sartin, Ringgold, GA 1956-57 Arnold Chambers, Chattanooga
2002-03 Susan Collins, Johnson City 1955-56 Hope Purnell, Memphis
2001-02 Rhonda Luebke, West Knoxville 1954-55 Arthur Smith, Mobile
2000-01 William Bledsoe Jr, Raleigh 1953-54 Lee Ihle. Knoxville
1999-2000 Delmer Wallen Jr, Kingsport 1952-53 J Harold Wilkins, Memphis
1998-99 Essie Johnson, Knoxville 1951-52 William Murray, Hattiesburg
1997-98 David Adams, Memphis 1950-51 Dr E C Pope, Birmingham
1996-97 O W Ferguson, Kingsport 1949-50 John Roach, Johnson City
1995-96 William Barnett, Memphis 1948-49 George Ethridge Jr, Meridian
1994-95 John Hurt, Kingsport 1947-48 J Edward Hargraves, Chattanooga
1993-94 Tom Browder, Kingsport 1946-47 George Thomason, Memphis
1992-93 Paul Harbin, Knoxville 1945-46 Charles Lenz, Birmingham
1991-92 Ken Davis, Chattanooga 1944-45 Charles Lenz, Birmingham
1990-91 Walter Griffin, Knoxville 1943-44 L C Gregory, Baton Rouge
1989-90 Farrell Roe, Jackson 1942-43 Fred Corn, Johnson City
1988-89 Clarence Hampton, White Station 1941-42Forest Mottweiler, Memphis
1987-88 Charles Chandler, Claxton 1940-41 Edward Wilson, Birmingham
1986-87 Seymour Perper, Millington 1939-40 G K Walters, Knoxville
1985-86 Glenn Mays, Knoxville 1938-39 G K Walters, Knoxville
1984-85 Frank Bowden Jr, Knoxville 1937-38 Maurice Walsh, Birmingham
1983-84 James Ison, Claxton 1936-37 Dr J T McFaddin, Johnson City
1982-83 James Wilkinson, Memphis 1935-36 Halsey Leavitt, Asheville
1981-82 Larry Gullion, Kingsport 1934-35 Dr Ralph Monger, Knoxville
1980-81 Leighton LeBoeuf, Chattanooga 1933-34 Dr Ralph Monger, Knoxville
1979-80 Carl Harper, Chattanooga 1932-33JamesO’Shaughnessy, Birmingham
1978-79 Robert Stickler, Kingsport 1931-32 Maurice Walsh, Birmingham
1977-78 Ishmel Green Jr, Memphis 1930-31 Leon Jourolman Jr, Knoxville
1976-77 Earl White, Knoxville 1929-30 Leon Jourolman Jr, Knoxville
1975-76 Thomas Cassetty, Nashville 1928-29 J R Shackleford, Nashville
1974-75 Kenneth Kile Sr, Clinton 1927-28 Willis Boyd, Johnson City
1973-74 Thomas Earl, Memphis 1926-27 Willis Boyd, Johnson City
1972-73 Clay Boyd Jr, Johnson City 1925-26 John Saxton, New Orleans
1971-72 James Coleman, Chattanooga 1924-25 John Saxton, New Orleans
1970-71 Martin Edwards, Jr, Memphis 1923-24 J Bailey Wray, Knoxville
1922-23 Silas Williams, Chattanooga
OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS
PRESIDENT Mark Weinsoff, California
PAST INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS
President
YearNameLocation
2017-18 H Nick Prillaman Atlanta, GA
2009-10 Mark Shriver Atlanta, GA
1966-67 Robert Leonard Knoxville, TN
1960-61 John Whatley Atlanta, GA
1958-59 J Harold Wilkins Tennessee
PRESIDENT, OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
2006-07 Paul Harbin Tennessee
DIRECTOR
1962-63 Robert Leonard Tennessee
1953-54 J Harold Wilkins Tennessee
VICE PRESIDENT SOUTHEAST
2019-2020 Russ Thomas Cumming, GA
VICE PRESIDENT
2017-18 Hal Sewell Senoia, GA
2014-15 Deanna Morrow Douglasville, GA
2011-12 Rose Kohler Summerville, GA
2010-11 Bob Buss Kodak, TN
2006-07 Linda Lee Savannah, GA
2004-05 David Elster Fayetteville, GA
2004-05 Essie Johnson Knoxville, TN
2001-02 H Nick Prillaman Atlanta, GA
2000-01 Paul Harbin Tennessee
2000-01 Mark Shriver Atlanta, GA
1999-2000 Jimmy Myerholtz Hartwell, GA
1996-97 Ric Mason Cartersville, GA
1994-95 Mark Eubanks Rome, GA
1990-91 Ralph Eberhart Roswell, GA
1984-85 William Holder Tennessee
1983-84 Gary Aldridge Carrollton, GA
PAST INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS – CONTINUED
VICE PRESIDENT
1981-82 Clay Boyd Jr Tennessee
1980-81 John Ware Conyers, GA
1977-78 Kenneth Kile Sr Tennessee
1973-74 Bill Stewart Tennessee
1972-73 J Bryan Willingham Jackson, MS
1971-72 Otis Gray Tennessee
1969-70 Maurice Keathley Jr Tennessee
1969-70 W B Perry Jr East Point, GA
1964-65 Robert Leonard Knoxville, TN
1961-62 W Arnold Chambers Tennessee
1956-57 J Harold Wilkins Tennessee
1954-55 Lee Ihle Tennessee
1949-50 George Thompson Tennessee
1941-42 G K Walters Tennessee
1936-37 Ralph Monger Tennessee
1927-28 A B Adams Tennessee
1923-24 R S Read Tennessee