We honor and appreciate all that our past governors have done to make the Southwest District what it is today. We thank them for their dedication to improving the world one child and one community at a time.
2024 – 2025 Dr. Sheila Barnett Kiwanis Club of the Colorado River, AZ
2023 – 2024 Mary Skalkoyannis Kiwanis Club of Sun City West, AZ
2022 – 2023 Alma Carson Kiwanis Club of Silver City, NM
2021 – 2022 Tony Gutowski Kiwanis Club of Flagstaff, AZ
2020 – 2021 Don Townsend Kiwanis Club of Sierra Vista, AZ
2019 – 2020 Harry Shapiro Kiwanis Club of Glendale, AZ
2018 – 2019 Don Levine Kiwanis Club of Corrales, NM
2017 – 2018 Edvin Verburg Kiwanis Club of Tucson, AZ
2016 – 2017 Michael Iafrato Kiwanis Club of Tucson, AZ
2015 – 2016 Robert “Bob” Carson Kiwanis Club of Silver City, NM
2014 – 2015 Joe Deblasi Kiwanis Club of Sun City, AZ
2013 – 2014 Windy Zachek Kiwanis Club of Arrowhead, AZ
2012 – 2013 James “Jim” Courtright Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
2011 – 2012 Bobby Davis Kiwanis Club of Payson, AZ
2010 – 2011 Bruce Knappenberger Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
2009 – 2010 Ronald “Ron”Smith Kiwanis Club of Fountain Hills, AZ
2008 – 2009 James “Jim” Lee Kiwanis Club of Portales, NM
2007 – 2008 Herb Hayde Kiwanis Club of Carefree, AZ
2006 – 2007 Jim Jennings Kiwanis Club of Green Valley, AZ
2005 – 2006 Bobbie Virden Kiwanis Club of Alamogordo, NM
2004 – 2005 John Finley Kiwanis Club of Hereford, AZ
2003 – 2004 Dr. James “Jim” Galbraith Kiwanis Club of Mesa Dobson, AZ
2002 – 2003 S. Richard Caley Kiwanis Club of Tempe – Nuevo, AZ
2001 – 2002 Gordon Hendrickson Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque, NM
2000 – 2001 Myron Des Chene Kiwanis Club of Lake Havasu, AZ
1999 – 2000 Henry Wehmeyer Kiwanis Club of Alamogordo, NM
1998 – 1999 Rose Ann Dodson Kiwanis Club of Mesa, AZ
1997 – 1998 Robert McBride Kiwanis Club of Mesa, AZ
1996 – 1997 Donald R. Root Kiwanis Club of Alamogordo, NM
1995 – 1996 Michele G. Nevins Kiwanis Club of El Paso, TX
1994 – 1995 Earl E. Weeks Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1993 – 1994 R. Gregg Dodson Kiwanis Club of Chandler, AZ
1992 – 1993 West McLean Kiwanis Club of Scottsdale, AZ
1991 – 1992 Timothy M. Young Kiwanis Club of Tucson, AZ
1990 – 1991 Charles H. Hartman, Jr. Kiwanis Club of Alamogordo, NM
1989 – 1990 Harold C. Larson Kiwanis Club of Flagstaff, AZ
1988 – 1989 Karl Kohlhoff Kiwanis Club of Mesa, AZ
1987 – 1988 Charles R. Nichols Kiwanis Club of El Paso, TX
1986 – 1987 Richard H. Schwartz Kiwanis Club of Carefree, AZ
1985 – 1986 Jesse Najera Kiwanis Club of El Paso, TX
1984 – 1985 J.R. Brooks Kiwanis Club of Scottsdale, AZ
1983 – 1984 Michael G.P. Pratt Kiwanis Club of Cottonwood, AZ
1982 – 1983 Richard R. Reahard Kiwanis Club Gallup, NM
1981 – 1982 W. Coy Williams Kiwanis Club Bisbee, AZ
1980 – 1981 Lowell O. Amundson Kiwanis Club of Tucson, AZ
1979 – 1980 Vernon D. Evans Kiwanis Club of Sun City, AZ
1978 – 1979 Jack L. Marcus Kiwanis Club of El Paso, TX
1977 – 1978 Maurice Sanchez Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque, NM
1976 – 1977 Dr. Thomas P. Salyer The Kiwanis Club of Tucson, AZ
1975 – 1976 Dr. Marcus M. Marble, Jr. Kiwanis Club of Litchfield, AZ
1974 – 1975 Gail Shannon Kiwanis Club of Portales, NM
1973 – 1974 Dick Smith Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1972 – 1973 George Ernst Kiwanis Club of El Paso, TX
1971 – 1972 Carl F. Miller Kiwanis Club of Tucson, AZ
1970 – 1971 Dr. John S. Johnson Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas, NM
1969 – 1970 Andrew S. Gibbons, Jr. Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1969 Hans M. Doerfert Aztec Kiwanis Club, NM
1968 John C. Lofstedt Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1967 T.J. Midkiff Kiwanis Club of Carlsbad
1966 George E. Cornforth Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1965 Dr. Melvin D. Bivens Kiwanis Club of Alburquerque, NM
1964 Dr. Bown K. Kitt Kiwanis Club of Tucson, AZ
1963 Welcome J. Erbe Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque, NM
1962 F.B. Henry Ford Kiwanis Club of El Paso, TX
1961 Alfred G. King Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1960 Robert Y. Porton Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos, NM
1959 Alfred Thomas, Jr. Kiwanis Club of Tempe, AZ
1958 Charles M. Johnson Kiwanis Club of Roswell, NM
1957 A. Fred Rosen Kiwanis Club of Bisbee, AZ
1956 Victor H. Lytle Kiwanis Club of Prescott, AZ
1955 Richard M. Bowen Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque, NM
1954 John R. Franks Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1953 Merle H. Tucker Kiwanis Club of Gallup, NM
1952 Martin E. Wist Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1951 James J. Kaster, Jr. Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1950 William F. Kimball Kiwanis Club of Tucson, AZ
1949 E. Park Sellard Kiwanis Club of Gallup, NM
1948 Edward W. Overman Kiwanis Club of Roswell, NM
1947 Rev. Dr. Charles Franklin Parker Kiwanis Club of Prescott, AZ
1946 Albert E. Buck Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque, NM
1945 Erwin H. Will Kiwanis Club of El Paso, TX
1944 George W. Trehearne Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1943 Dr. David R. Biddle Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque, NM
1942 A. Louis Slonaker Kiwanis Club of Tucson, AZ
1941 Dr. D.R. Robbins Kiwanis Club of Las Cruces, NM
1940 Shelton Dowell Kiwanis Club of Douglas, AZ
1939 Frank S. Lawrence Kiwanis Club of Gallup, NM
1938 Harris Walthall Kiwanis Club of El Paso, TX
1937 J. Oscar Sexson Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1936 Richard Lamson Kiwanis Club of Prescott, AZ
1935 Dorrance D. Roderick Kiwanis Club of El Paso, TX
1934 Hugh M. Milton Kiwanis Club of Las Cruces, NM
1933 Vic H. Housholder Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1932 E.J. Strong Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque, NM
1931 William G. Wuehrman Kiwanis Club of El Paso, TX
1930 Rev. George A. Andrews Kiwanis Club of Tucson, AZ
1929 Fred W. Nichols Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas, NM
1928 Dr. William P. Sims Kiwanis Club of Bisbee, AZ
1927 H.F. Robinson Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque, NM
1926 Charles F. Willis Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1925 Charles H. Stearns Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque, NM
1924 John S. White Kiwanis Club of Tucson, AZ
1923 William R. Blair Kiwanis Club of El Paso, TX
1922 Dr. H.M. Bowers Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque, NM
1921 Dr. H.M. Bowers Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque, NM
1919-1920 J.W. Patrick Kiwanis Club of El Paso, TX
Southwest District Past Governors
We honor and appreciate all that our past governors have done to make the Southwest District what it is today. We thank them for their dedication to improving the world one child and one community at a time.
2024 – 2025
Dr. Sheila Barnett
Kiwanis Club of the Colorado River, AZ
2023 – 2024
Mary Skalkoyannis
Kiwanis Club of Sun City West, AZ
2022 – 2023
Alma Carson
Kiwanis Club of Silver City, NM
2021 – 2022
Tony Gutowski
Kiwanis Club of Flagstaff, AZ
2020 – 2021
Don Townsend
Kiwanis Club of Sierra Vista, AZ
2019 – 2020
Harry Shapiro
Kiwanis Club of Glendale, AZ
2018 – 2019
Don Levine
Kiwanis Club of Corrales, NM
2017 – 2018
Edvin Verburg
Kiwanis Club of Tucson, AZ
2016 – 2017
Michael Iafrato
Kiwanis Club of Tucson, AZ
2015 – 2016
Robert “Bob” Carson
Kiwanis Club of Silver City, NM
2014 – 2015
Joe Deblasi
Kiwanis Club of Sun City, AZ
2013 – 2014
Windy Zachek
Kiwanis Club of Arrowhead, AZ
2012 – 2013
James “Jim” Courtright
Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
2011 – 2012
Bobby Davis
Kiwanis Club of Payson, AZ
2010 – 2011
Bruce Knappenberger
Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
2009 – 2010
Ronald “Ron” Smith
Kiwanis Club of Fountain Hills, AZ
2008 – 2009
James “Jim” Lee
Kiwanis Club of Portales, NM
2007 – 2008
Herb Hayde
Kiwanis Club of Carefree, AZ
2006 – 2007
Jim Jennings
Kiwanis Club of Green Valley, AZ
2005 – 2006
Bobbie Virden
Kiwanis Club of Alamogordo, NM
2004 – 2005
John Finley
Kiwanis Club of Hereford, AZ
2003 – 2004
Dr. James “Jim” Galbraith
Kiwanis Club of Mesa Dobson, AZ
2002 – 2003
S. Richard Caley
Kiwanis Club of Tempe – Nuevo, AZ
2001 – 2002
Gordon Hendrickson
Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque, NM
2000 – 2001
Myron Des Chene
Kiwanis Club of Lake Havasu, AZ
1999 – 2000
Henry Wehmeyer
Kiwanis Club of Alamogordo, NM
1998 – 1999
Rose Ann Dodson
Kiwanis Club of Mesa, AZ
1997 – 1998
Robert McBride
Kiwanis Club of Mesa, AZ
1996 – 1997
Donald R. Root
Kiwanis Club of Alamogordo, NM
1995 – 1996
Michele G. Nevins
Kiwanis Club of El Paso, TX
1994 – 1995
Earl E. Weeks
Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1993 – 1994
R. Gregg Dodson
Kiwanis Club of Chandler, AZ
1992 – 1993
West McLean
Kiwanis Club of Scottsdale, AZ
1991 – 1992
Timothy M. Young
Kiwanis Club of Tucson, AZ
1990 – 1991
Charles H. Hartman, Jr.
Kiwanis Club of Alamogordo, NM
1989 – 1990
Harold C. Larson
Kiwanis Club of Flagstaff, AZ
1988 – 1989
Karl Kohlhoff
Kiwanis Club of Mesa, AZ
1987 – 1988
Charles R. Nichols
Kiwanis Club of El Paso, TX
1986 – 1987
Richard H. Schwartz
Kiwanis Club of Carefree, AZ
1985 – 1986
Jesse Najera
Kiwanis Club of El Paso, TX
1984 – 1985
J.R. Brooks
Kiwanis Club of Scottsdale, AZ
1983 – 1984
Michael G.P. Pratt
Kiwanis Club of Cottonwood, AZ
1982 – 1983
Richard R. Reahard
Kiwanis Club Gallup, NM
1981 – 1982
W. Coy Williams
Kiwanis Club Bisbee, AZ
1980 – 1981
Lowell O. Amundson
Kiwanis Club of Tucson, AZ
1979 – 1980
Vernon D. Evans
Kiwanis Club of Sun City, AZ
1978 – 1979
Jack L. Marcus
Kiwanis Club of El Paso, TX
1977 – 1978
Maurice Sanchez
Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque, NM
1976 – 1977
Dr. Thomas P. Salyer
The Kiwanis Club of Tucson, AZ
1975 – 1976
Dr. Marcus M. Marble, Jr.
Kiwanis Club of Litchfield, AZ
1974 – 1975
Gail Shannon
Kiwanis Club of Portales, NM
1973 – 1974
Dick Smith
Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1972 – 1973
George Ernst
Kiwanis Club of El Paso, TX
1971 – 1972
Carl F. Miller
Kiwanis Club of Tucson, AZ
1970 – 1971
Dr. John S. Johnson
Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas, NM
1969 – 1970
Andrew S. Gibbons, Jr.
Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1969
Hans M. Doerfert
Aztec Kiwanis Club, NM
1968
John C. Lofstedt
Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1967
T.J. Midkiff
Kiwanis Club of Carlsbad
1966
George E. Cornforth
Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1965
Dr. Melvin D. Bivens
Kiwanis Club of Alburquerque, NM
1964
Dr. Bown K. Kitt
Kiwanis Club of Tucson, AZ
1963
Welcome J. Erbe
Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque, NM
1962
F.B. Henry Ford
Kiwanis Club of El Paso, TX
1961
Alfred G. King
Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1960
Robert Y. Porton
Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos, NM
1959
Alfred Thomas, Jr.
Kiwanis Club of Tempe, AZ
1958
Charles M. Johnson
Kiwanis Club of Roswell, NM
1957
A. Fred Rosen
Kiwanis Club of Bisbee, AZ
1956
Victor H. Lytle
Kiwanis Club of Prescott, AZ
1955
Richard M. Bowen
Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque, NM
1954
John R. Franks
Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1953
Merle H. Tucker
Kiwanis Club of Gallup, NM
1952
Martin E. Wist
Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1951
James J. Kaster, Jr.
Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1950
William F. Kimball
Kiwanis Club of Tucson, AZ
1949
E. Park Sellard
Kiwanis Club of Gallup, NM
1948
Edward W. Overman
Kiwanis Club of Roswell, NM
1947
Rev. Dr. Charles Franklin Parker
Kiwanis Club of Prescott, AZ
1946
Albert E. Buck
Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque, NM
1945
Erwin H. Will
Kiwanis Club of El Paso, TX
1944
George W. Trehearne
Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1943
Dr. David R. Biddle
Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque, NM
1942
A. Louis Slonaker
Kiwanis Club of Tucson, AZ
1941
Dr. D.R. Robbins
Kiwanis Club of Las Cruces, NM
1940
Shelton Dowell
Kiwanis Club of Douglas, AZ
1939
Frank S. Lawrence
Kiwanis Club of Gallup, NM
1938
Harris Walthall
Kiwanis Club of El Paso, TX
1937
J. Oscar Sexson
Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1936
Richard Lamson
Kiwanis Club of Prescott, AZ
1935
Dorrance D. Roderick
Kiwanis Club of El Paso, TX
1934
Hugh M. Milton
Kiwanis Club of Las Cruces, NM
1933
Vic H. Housholder
Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1932
E.J. Strong
Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque, NM
1931
William G. Wuehrman
Kiwanis Club of El Paso, TX
1930
Rev. George A. Andrews
Kiwanis Club of Tucson, AZ
1929
Fred W. Nichols
Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas, NM
1928
Dr. William P. Sims
Kiwanis Club of Bisbee, AZ
1927
H.F. Robinson
Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque, NM
1926
Charles F. Willis
Kiwanis Club of Phoenix, AZ
1925
Charles H. Stearns
Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque, NM
1924
John S. White
Kiwanis Club of Tucson, AZ
1923
William R. Blair
Kiwanis Club of El Paso, TX
1922
Dr. H.M. Bowers
Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque, NM
1921
Dr. H.M. Bowers
Kiwanis Club of Albuquerque, NM
1919-1920
J.W. Patrick
Kiwanis Club of El Paso, TX
1918
J.W. Patrick
Kiwanis Club of El Paso, TX