Lions Clubs International

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Lions Clubs International

• Your International Headquarters

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International Headquarters Oak Brook, Illinois,
USA

• Lions Clubs International was
• established in 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
• In 1971 it was relocated to where it resides
  today in Oak Brook, Illinois. Oak Brook is
  located just 20 miles west of downtown Chicago.

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International Headquarters Oak Brook, Illinois,
USA

• Nearly 300 association and Foundation associates
  work here and provide resources and support to
  the 1.3 million Lions club members worldwide.

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International Headquarters Administration

• Manages the worldwide administrativefunctions of
  the association and foundation
• Implements policies and programs of the board of
  directors
• Oversees the daily operations of associates
  organized into 11 divisions

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International Headquarters Administration

• Peter Lynch
• Executive Director

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Promoting Teamwork and Effectiveness LCI
Divisional Groupings
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Club Supplies and Distribution Division

• Offers clubs a wide variety of items marked with
  the associations emblem, including awards,
  apparel, banners, pins, plaques and special
  orders
• Nearly 40,000 orders are processed annually
• Shop online at www.lionsclubs.org

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Club Supplies and Distribution Division

• Jim Paparelli
• Department Manager

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Club Supplies and Distribution Division
Did you know?
Club Supplies processes and ships more than
40,000 orders each year
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Convention Division

• Works with host Lions in convention cities to
  plan the annual international convention for
  approximately 15,000 Lions
• Host city bids are finalized five years in
  advance
• Coordinates convention registration, housing,
  shuttles, exhibit hall and international show
• Responsible for registration, housing, shuttles
  and meeting logistics for the DGE Seminar
• Plans board of directors meetings and coordinates
  local LCI meetings and events

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Convention Division

• Renee Aubin
• Division Manager

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Convention Division
Did you know?
4,350 hotel rooms were booked during
international convention, totaling 26,361 nights
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District and Club Administration Division

• Responsible for district and club operations
• Assists districts and clubs worldwide in 12
  official languages
• Administers district governor and club president
  awards

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District and Club Administration Division

• Mindy Marks
• Division Manager

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District and Club Administration Division
Swedish
Did you know?
Spanish
Portuguese

• More than 780,000 words are translated each year
  in 11 languages or approximately 4,000 words
  each day

Korean
Japanese
Italian
Hindi
German
French
Finnish
English
Chinese
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Extension and Membership Division

• Implements programs to recruit and retain members
  and develop new clubs
• Traditional club development
• Family, New Century Campus Lions clubs
• Recruitment materials and new member orientation
• Year-Round Growth Program
• Presidents Retention Program

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Extension and Membership Division

• Gary Hannah
• Division Manager

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Extension and Membership Division
Did you know?
More than 69,000 membership awards are processed
each year
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Finance Division

• Maintains the integrity of the associations
  financial and accounting systems and provides
  financial services
• Supports bank accounts in 60 countries for the
  convenience of clubs
• Collects and posts club and district payments
• Audits and pays district governor expense claims

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Finance Division

• Maryellen Skerik
• Division Manager
• Treasurer

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Finance Division
Did you know?
More than 500,000 membership transactions occur
annually Audits over 4,500 District Governor
expense claims
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Information Technology Division

• Monitors and administers all computer systems at
  headquarters, India and Japan
• Keeps track of 1.3 million Lions club members in
  45,000 clubs
• Processes and maintains membership, inventory and
  accounting records

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Information Technology Division

• Mike Carroll
• Division Manager

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Information Technology Division
Did you know?
Headquarters receives 93,000 legitimate e-mails
each month
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International Activities and Program Planning
Division

• Develops Lions opportunities for youth, health,
  culture
• and the environment
• Services for Children
• Hearing, diabetes and sight programs, including
  Lions Eyeglass Recycling Centers and Lions Eye
  Banks
• Lion-2-Lion Resource Assistance Database
• Lions ALERT Program

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International Activities and Program Planning
Division

• Caryn Adolph
• Division Manager

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Leadership Division

• Provides a variety of leadership development
  opportunities for current and future Lions
  leaders
• Senior Lions Leadership Institutes
• Faculty Development Institutes
• MERL Chairpersons Seminars
• Regional Lions Leadership Institutes
• District Governors-elect Seminar
• Leadership Resource Center (online)
• Multiple District Funding Support Programs

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Leadership Division

• Patti Repenn
• Division Manager

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Legal Division

• Responsible for associations legal operations
• Guides Lions on constitutional, policy and
  parliamentary matters
• Facilitates internal dispute resolution in
  accordance with association policy
• Administers worldwide liability, property and
  accident insurance programs
• Registers and maintains the association's
  trademarks
• Coordinates endorsement and certification of
  candidates for international office

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Legal Division

• Scott Drumheller
• Division Manager
• General Counsel Secretary

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Legal Division
Did you know?
More than 10,000 Certificates of Insurance are
issued for Lions club functions Approximately 250
contracts are reviewed each year There are 600
trademark registrations in just under 100
different countries
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Lions Clubs International Foundation

• Lions Clubs International Foundation is the
  grant-making arm of the association
• Supports Lions humanitarian efforts worldwide
• Promotes and receives contributions provides
  appropriate recognition
• Solicits partnerships and funds from non-Lion
  sources

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Lions Clubs International Foundation

• Rebecca Daou
• Division Manager

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Lions Clubs International Foundation
Did you know?
600 grant applications and proposals are received
each year Annually, over 95,000 donor
transactions occur with the average dollar amount
of 635.78
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Public Relations Communications Division

• Works to share Lions image and stories with
  Lions, media and
• the general public
• Oversees LCIs official Web site (in all
  languages) lionsclubs.org
• Publishes Headquarters and Spanish editions of
  LION Magazine
• Produces LQ--Lions Quarterly video magazine and a
  variety of other video programs
• Creates graphics and designs publications
• Administers Peace Poster Contest and
• other competitions
• Communicates with members of the media

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Public Relations Communications Division

• Dane La Joye
• Division Manager

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Public Relations Communications Division
Did you know?
There are 38,000 pages, pdfs and forms on LCIs
11 official Websites 13,919,904 page views in
one month Almost 100,000 views on
YouTube Nearly 5,000 followers each on MySpace,
Twitter and Facebook
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Official Web site

• For resources and more information on LCI,
  visitwww.lionsclubs.org