2025-2026 District 12-N Cabinet

Contact information for the following individuals can be found in the District 12N Directory provided to Club Presidents and Secretaries.

District Governor – DG Nathanael Hughes

1st Vice District Governor – VDG Wayne Garland

2nd Vice District Governor – VDG Kim Osborne

Cabinet Secretary – Kathi Hofstad

Cabinet Treasurer – PDG Keltie Kerney

  • Assistant Treasurer – Heather Baker

Immediate Past District Governor – PDG Keltie Kerney

Global Action Team:

  • Global Extension Team Coordinator – PDG Keltie Kerney
  • Global Leadership Team Coordinator – PDG Wendy Cain
  • Global Membership Team Coordinator – PDG Rich Wilson
  • Global Service Team Coordinators – Don & Val Abernathy

LCIF Coordinator – Connie Emmons

Region 1 Chair – 1st VDG Wayne Garland

Zone A Chair – Kyler Kerney-Ellliot

  • East TN State University – Elizabethton – Erwin – Johnson City Noon – Kingsport

Zone B Chair – Jacob Ball

  • Bulls Gap – Dandridge – Greeneville – Morristown Cherokee – Morristown-Hamblen – Morristown Morris Blvd. – Rogersville – Rutledge – Sevier County
  • Leos:  Jefferson County, Pigeon Forge

Region 2 Chair – 2nd VDG Kim Osborne

Zone C Chair TBD

  • Campbell County – Clinton – Norris – Oak Ridge – Oneida – Union County
  • Leos:  Anderson County

Zone D Chair – Samuel Green

  • Farragut – Fountain City – Inskip – Karns – Knox County North – Knoxville East – Powell – West Knoxville

Zone E Chair – Tyler Hunsaker

  • Harriman – Kingston – Knox Tri-County – Loudon – Maryville – Sevierville – Tellico Village

Program and Activity Chairs

  • Appalachian Miles for Smile – Don Abernathy
  • Chaplain – PDG Ed Gibbons
  • Constitution & By-Laws – Bill Murdoch and VDG Wayne Garland
  • Contest & Awards – DG Nathanael Hughes
  • Conventions
    • District – DG Nathanael Hughes
    • Multiple District/State – 2nd VDG Kim Osborne (Committee), PDG Keltie Kerney (2028 Chair)
    • International – VDG Wayne Garland
    • Credentials – Bill Murdoch
  • Directory Editor – Kathi Hofstad
  • Disaster Relief – PDG Keltie Kerney
  • District 12-N Charities, Inc. – PDG Rich Wilson
    • Childhood Cancer – Eileen Hillmuth
    • Diabetes Awareness – Katie Hagood
    • East Tennessee Lions Eye Bank – PDG Wendy Cain, President
    • Hearing and Speech Foundation, Inc. – Kathleen Dooley
    • Leader Dogs for the Blind – Erik Hofstad
    • Learning Ally – VACANT
    • Lions Quest – VACANT
    • Lions Volunteer Blind Industries – Trevor Southerland
    • Tennessee School for the Blind – PCC Mike McDonough
    • World Services for the Blind – Trevor Southerland
  • District 12-N Reverse Raffle – PDG Jim McFarland
  • Environment – VDG Wayne Garland
  • Eyeglass Recycling – Harry Ennis
  • Financial Review – DG Nathanael Hughes, PDG Ed Gibbons, Kathleen Dooley, and Heather Baker
  • Hearing and Hearing Aids – Kathleen Dooley
  • Honorary Committee – Past District Governors
  • Humanitarian – PDG Keltie Kerney
  • Hunger – Carol Bowling
  • KAPA (Knox Area Project Access) – Gene Honeycutt
  • KidSight Outreach District Coordinator – PDG Jim McFarland
    • Area 1 Coordinator – PDG Ed Gibbons
    • Area 2 Coordinator – Richard Walker
    • Area 3 Coordinator – PDG Neal Vaughan
    • Area 4 Coordinator – PCC Paulette Bailey
  • LCIF – Connie Emmons
  • Leo ClubsVACANT
  • Marketing Communications & PR – Ashley Lynch
  • Melvin Jones Fellowships – VDG Kim Osborne
  • News & Views Editor and Publisher – VDG Kim Osborne
  • Nominating Committee – PDG Ed Gibbons, PDG Millie Burke, and PDG Wendy Cain
  • Peace Poster Contest – Kathi Hofstad
  • Remote Area Medical – Kathi Hofstad and Ranee King
  • Resolutions – State Committee – Bill Murdoch
  • Rules & Procedures – State Committee – Bill Murdoch
  • Tail Twister – Sarah Collins
  • Trading Pins – Kyler Kerney-Elliott
  • USA/Canada Lions Leadership Forum – Doris Kaifa
  • Virginia Lindsey Leadership Award – DG Nathanael Hughes
  • Vision Van Operations – PDG Jim McFarland
  • Website – PDG Wendy Cain, VDG Kim Osborne, and Ashley Lynch
  • White Cane – 2nd VDG Kim Osborne