2024-2025 District 12-N Cabinet

Contact information for the following individuals can be found in the password protected District 12N Directory under the Member resources tab on this website.

District Governor – DG Keltie Kerney

1st Vice District Governor – VDG Nathanael Hughes

2nd Vice District Governor – VDG Wayne Garland

Cabinet Secretary – Kim Osborne

Cabinet Treasurer –  PDG Chuck Bailey

Immediate Past District Governor – PDG Frank McCall

Global Leadership Team Coordinator – PDG Rich Wilson

Global Membership Team Co-Coordinators – PDG Ed Gibbons

Global Service Team Coordinator – Connie Emmons

LCIF Coordinator – Connie Emmons

Region 1 Chair – 1st VDG Nathanael Hughes

Zone A Chair – TBD

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

Zone B Chair – TBD

• • Bulls Gap – Greeneville – Morristown Cherokee – Morristown-Hamblen – Morristown Morris Blvd. – Rogersville – Rutledge

Zone C Chair – TBD

• • Dandridge –  Knoxville East – Knoxville Tri-County – Sevier County
  • Leos:  Jefferson County, Maury Middle, Pigeon Forge

Region 2 Chair – 2nd VDG Wayne Garland

Zone D Chair – TBD

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

Zone E Chair – TBD

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

Zone F Chair – TBD

• • Coalfield – Harriman – Kingston – Loudon – Maryville – Tellico Village

Program and Activity Chairs

• Chaplain – 1st VDG Nathanael Hughes
• Constitution & By-Laws – Bill Murdoch and VDG Wayne Garland
• Contest & Awards – Doris Kaifa and Lois Dobyns
• Conventions
  • District – DG Keltie Kerney
  • Multiple District/State – 2nd VDG Wayne Garland
  • International – 1st VDG Nathanael Hughes
  • Credentials – PDG Chuck Bailey
• Directory Editor – Kim Osborne
• District 12-N Charities, Inc. – Connie Emmons
  • Childhood Cancer – carol Bowling and Eileen Hillmuth
  • Diabetes Awareness – Doug Haseltine
  • East Tennessee Lions Eye Bank – PDG Wendy Cain, President
  • Hearing and Speech Foundation, Inc. – Kathleen Dooley
  • Leader Dogs for the Blind – Connie Emmons
  • Learning Ally – Benjamin Wilbur
  • Lions Quest – PDG Jim McFarland
  • Lions Volunteer Blind Industries – Trevor Southerland
  • Tennessee School for the Blind – PCC Mike McDonough
  • Tennessee School for the Deaf – VACANT
  • World Services for the Blind – Kim Osborne
• District 12-N Reverse Raffle – PDG Jim McFarland
• Environment – Celeste Dickson
• Eyeglass Recycling – Harry Ennis
• Financial Review – PDG Jim McFarland, PDG Chuck Bailey, PDG Ed Gibbons, and 1st VDG Nathanael Hughes
• Hearing and Hearing Aids – Kathleen Dooley
• Honorary Committee – Past District Governors
• Hospitality – Carolyn Rinehart and Val Abernathy
• Humanitarian – Carol Bowling
• Hunger – PDG Rich Wilson and Carol Bowling
• KAPA (Knox Area Project Access) – 2nd VDG Wayne Garland
• 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 and Melvin Jones Fellows – Connie Emmons
• Leo Clubs – Peggy Chandler and PDG Rich Wilson
• Lions Alert Program (Disaster) – PDG Bill Slover
• Long Range Planning – Kathy Burrow (1 Yr Term) and Kathleen Dooley (2 Yr Term)
• Marketing Communications & PR – PCC Brandon Johnson
• News & Views – Editor VACANT, Publisher VACANT
• Nominating Committee – PDG Chuck Bailey
• Peace Poster Contest – Doris Kaifa
• Remote Area Medical – PDG Bill Slover
• Resolutions – State Committee – IPDG Frank McCall
• Rules & Procedures – State Committee – IPDG Frank McCall
• Tail Twister – PDG Neal Vaughan
• Trading Pins – Don Abernathy
• USA/Canada Lions Leadership Forum – PDG Wendy Cain
• Virginia Lindsey Leadership Award – PCC Brandon Johnson
• Vision Van Operations – PDG Jim McFarland
• Website – PDG Wendy Cain
• White Cane – 2nd VDG Wayne Garland