It takes quite a few people to make a successful Division. Meet our Division team (1 Division Governor and 5 Area Governors) and visit our Clubs. We'd love to meet you!
Division D Governor
Dave Clarke, ACG/CL |
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| The Division D Governor is David Clarke, ACG, CL. Dave’s Toastmaster career started in 1990 with a club on the tiny island of Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands. He has served as an Area Governor twice, once in Melbourne and once in West Palm Beach, as well as serving one year as District 47 Parliamentarian. Dave’s home club is Wellington Toastmasters, where he is currently serving as club treasurer. He is a software engineer in the field of fingerprint sensors, and his software is in use in millions of cell phones throughout Japan, Korea, and China. Dave’s wife, Cathy Koyanagi, and two grown children, Nathan and Whitney, live in Melbourne so Dave splits his time between Melbourne and Palm Beach Gardens. |
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Area 40 Governor: Amy Eason, CC/CL
Area 40 Governor, Amy Eason, CC, CL, has been actively involved in Toastmasters for 4 years. She has been the President of the Boyle Toastmaster's Club and has helped this Company Club become an official Toastmaster Club in 2004. As a Client Service Manager at Boyle Engineering, she has used her membership at Toastmasters to improve her public speaking skills and more importantly has used the leadership tools provided by Toastmasters to grow into a manager for the firm in Palm City, Florida. Amy is married to John and has two children, Taylor and Kira. |
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Area 41 Governor: Barbara Strasdas, ACB/CL
Barbara B. Strasdas has been a member of Toastmasters since 1999 and has served as President of Club 2727 twice, as VP of education, as secretary, and as treasurer three times. As a CPA working in industry, Barbara commends Toastmasters for aiding her in the management skills that are used in her position as an administrator and manager of employees. The uplifting spirit of Toastmasters has reinforced how to work with people and how to motivate them in a positive manner. She and her husband faithfully attend their club’s meetings so they can support the growth and assist new toastmasters toward their goals of self development and speaking skills. This is her second year to serve as an Area Governor and looks forward to working with her clubs. |
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Area 42 Governor: Myrna Brooks, CC
Myrna joined Toastmasters in February 2007 after visiting and being warmly welcomed at the distinguished Wellington Toastmasters Club.
Deciding that Toastmasters is the best way for her to hone her skills as a public speaker and trainer, she immediately took the plunge to become a member, and is a Past President of Wellington Toastmasters in 2007 –2008 where she has earned the Competent Communicator and Competent Leadership awards.
Born in Barbados, she immigrated to the USA with her family at age 18 and is a proud to citizen of the USA.
She met her husband, who wholeheartedly supports her Toastmasters activities, on Friday the thirteenth and since their meeting, have a special celebration every 13th day of the month, but especially on each Friday the thirteenth. A proud mom of 2 adult sons and daughters, she enjoys volunteering and is the Co-ordinator of the Professional Women’s Group at Dress for Success Palm Beach County.
She founded and is the director of LifeWorks International, a non-profit organization which focuses on helping minority women to achieve their full potential in all areas of their life through total life balance.
Prior to starting her own business, she worked in the Corporate World for three Fortune 500 Companies, and was consistently recognized for outstanding customer service and top sales revenue. She was also the International representative for diversity, where she sought and presented avenues towards promoting mutual understanding of the diverse make-up of the Caribbean Culture as it relates to the profitability and success of the company, its employees and its customers.
An avid traveler, she enjoys cruising and International travel and hopes to achieve her life-long goal of visiting Africa and Australia within the next 2 years.
She aspires to be a professional speaker, addressing all types of audiences. Myrna’s mission is about achieving extra-ordinary results – about realizing her full potential in both her professional and personal life; as well as educating and encouraging others to dream big dreams and to achieve theirs. |
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Area 43 Governor: Diana Loy, DTM
Diana Loy is a Vocal Instructor with a Master's Degree in Music Education specializing in Voice. She has taught music in the public schools, led church choirs, and been the musical director for various stage productions. She is also a singer and actress. She has lived in Florida since 1968, coming from Arkansas by way of Kentucky. Diana has been a Toastmaster since 1988 and is a DTM. She has been an officer in both her clubs, Talk of the Town and Palm Beach Noon, an Area Governor, a Division Governor twice, and District Sgt. at Arms. |
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Area 44 Governor: Karen Elyssa Novek, CC/ALB
Joining Toastmaster's in 2006 was one of the most rewarding experiences in my life. The encouragement and support I've received from my Toastmaster family is incredible. They've helped me to take risks, step outside of my comfort zone and build-up my self confidence. During this time I've served in two officer roles; Sgt at Arms and our club President. This year I'm working toward my ACB and ALS. I have over 20 years experience as a consultant in the fitness/nutrition/wellness industry, a freelance writer and have completed my first "how to" book. One of my passions in life is that I enjoy helping others. Area 44, I look forward to working with all of you. We are going to have an exciting year.agtext> |
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Division Designer: Renee Holiday
Renee is the creative director and co-founder of Dominant Paradigm, Inc. She brings over 8 years of experience in print and web media. Renee has studied art, graphic design, architecture and interior design. Renee has been a member of Plantation Toastmasters since January 2006. She is currently holding the VP of PR role in her Club and is pursuing the leadership track. |
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Division Photographer: Elliott Kim
Elliott is the president and co-founder of Dominant Paradigm, Inc., a firm that specializes in print and electronic media design. He has been fascinated with cameras ever since he was a young boy and was an early adopter of digital photography. Elliott has been a member of Toastmasters since August 2001. He is a past Club President and past Area Governor. |
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Division Webmaster: Andrew Brown, ATMS/CL
Andrew has managed websites for several years, has been a Toastmaster for almost ten years, and is an experienced Star Trek/Star Wars fan. He has been the Jedi-Toast-Webmaster for Divison D for three years. Andrew is an ATM-S/CL and has been an EVP, VPPR, EVPPR (webmaster), and Club Mentor. |
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