Club Leadership

2025-2026 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Officers

Jim Williams

President

Brian Clark

Immediate Past-President

Andre Taylor

Sergeant-at-Arms

Abdul Hasib Azizi

President-Elect

Bond Thomas

Secretary

Jeni La Paglia

President-Elect Nominee

Jill VanMiddlesworth-Banks

Treasurer

Directors

George Beyrouti

Tom Herlehy

Ebony McNichols

Liz Williams

Jeremy Grant

Daysia Klossner

Kurt Rudsinski

Richard Green

Tom Moore

ABOUT OUR PRESIDENT

The Rotary Club of St. Petersburg, FL has elected Jim Williams to serve as president, beginning July 1, for the 2025-26 year. He is the Vice President. for Fund Development at Goodwill Industries-Suncoast, Inc.

He joined the club in 2012 and has served on the club’s board of directors for the last five years.

He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Insurance and Estate Planning from the University of South Carolina and a Master of Science Degree in Financial Services from The American College. He has earned the Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy, Chartered Financial Consultant, Certified Development Executive and other designations.

He is a past president for The Gulfport Multipurpose Senior Center Foundation. He is a current board member for the Charitable Gift Planners of Tampa Bay and serves as the volunteer music director for 30th Avenue Baptist Church.

He also serves as a member of the Mayfly Project which is a mentoring program for foster children through fly-fishing.

A Floridian by birth and resident of St. Petersburg since 1975, he is married to his beautiful bride Sue. They have three wonderful children and six fantastic grandchildren

He joins a group of distinguished community, civic and business leaders who have led the organization since it was founded in 1920, beginning with William Straub. 

PAST PRESIDENTS

1920-21 William L. Straub
1921-22 A.F. Thomasson
1922-23 C.C. Carr
1923-24 Herman A. Dann
1924-25 William M. Davis
1925-26 Robert R. Walden
1926-27 Bayard S. Cook
1927-28 B. A. Lawrence
1928-29 Lee C. Shephard
1929-30 John D. Harris
1930-31 William L. Watson
1931-32 John M. Graham
1932-33 Thomas D. Orr
1933-34 James D. Bourne
1934-35 Paul B. Barnes
1935-36 Horace H. Doty
1936-37 R. I. Matthews
1937-38 Frank B. Duryea
1938-39 Wilmer C. Parker
1939-40 T. Carlton Ervin
1940-41 Mortimer J. Soule
1941-42 W.W. McEachern
1942-43 Oscar W. Gilbart
1943-44 John S. Rhodes
1944-45 George D. Morrison
1945-46 Albert J. Geiger, Sr.
1946-47 Robert W. Cohoe
1947-48 A. R. Spaulding
1948-49 Edwin L. March
1949-50 Frank M. Rhodes
1950-51 Withers R. Lee
1951-52 Hugh B. Mclntyre
1952-53 Frank M. Widere
1953-54 Russell W. Bevan
1954-55 L. Chauncey Brown
1955-56 Elbert H. Matthews

1956-57 John M. Sexton
1957-58 Everett Sumner
1958-59 George C. Burkhart
1959-60 George W. Wylie
1960-61 Chauncey W. McIntyre
1961-62 Clyde 0. Anderson
1962-63 Otto E. Krauss, Jr.
1963-64 Fred R. Wiggings, Jr.
1964-65 Philip W. Baird
1966-67 Alfred L. Schelm
1967-68 William E. Pearson
1968-69 John D. Harris, Jr.
1969-70 Geoffrey C. Moshier
1970-71 Albert J. Geiger, Jr.
1971-72 John I. Welch
1972 Bill Teague
1972-73 William S. Belcher
1973-74 Hiley E. J. Alderson
1974-75 Richard W. Buckingham
1975-76 Richard E. Raymond
1976-77 John B. Harrison
1977-78 Donald E. Robison
1978-79 Hendrix A. Hearn
1979-80 Robert G. Keelean
1980-81 William Bond, Jr.
1981-82 Harry M. Piper
1982-83 John C. Dew
1983-84 Wallace G. Abell
1984-85 J. Sherwood White
1985-86 Henry D. Davison
1986-87 Al Willingham, Jr.
1987-88 Philip H. Graham, Jr.
1988-89 Thomas H. Gregory
1989-90 Peter H. Armacost
1990-91 Robert J. Carter
1991-92 David H. Wilbanks

1992-93 Lee F. Romig
1993-94 Greg Gregory
1994-95 Jeffrey K. Hearn
1995-96 Frank S. Farkas
1996-97 Rick S. McCollum
1997-98 Georgia Brandstadter-Palmer
1998-99 Donald D. Doddridge
1999-00 Elliott L. Carr
2000-01 Beth A. Houghton
2001-02 Gordon A. Norton
2002-03 Susan S. Mittermayr
2003-04 Patricia J. Shiflett
2004-05 Christopher P. Marois
2005-06 William R. Lane
2006-07 Lisa B. Keelean
2007-08 Cynthia A. Lake
2008-09 Frederick D. Terry
2009-10 Vicki Kane
2010-11 Chris Finch
2011-12 James B. Thompson, Jr.
2012-13 Mark Moore
2013-14 R. Lawrence Heinkel
2014-15 D. Mitch Hernandez
2015-16 Bond Thomas
2016-17 M. Elizabeth Williams
2017-18 H. Roy Adams
2018-19 Troy Willingham
2019-20 Robert J. Carter
2020-21 Liz Heinkel
2021-22 Scott Russell
2022-23 Doug Phares
2023-24 Jillian Doyle
2024-25 Brian Clark
2025-26 Jim Williams