The district governor is the chief administrative officer of the district and serves as the district governor team leader. The following are our past leaders from 1980 to the present.
The Past Governors are listed as: {Governor Name, Club Elected From (Year Served)}
Earl Davis, Graham (1980-81)
Kenneth Munn (1981-82)
M U “Scoot” McCrary, Hamilton (1982-83)
C Dale Williams, Ridgeway (1983-84)
Donald Trout, St. Joseph Host (1984-85)
Wendell Johnson, Westboro (1985-86)
Gale Garges, Cameron (1986-87)
Orval Heywood, Maryville Host (1987-88)
Edward “Ed” Strade, Hamilton (1988-89)
LeRoy M Powell, Bethany (1989-90)
John Reese, St. Joseph South Side (1990-91)
Richard Vogel, Graham (1991-92)
Thomas Cooney, Maryville Host (1992-93)
Lewis Harle, Hamilton (1993-94)
Jonathan Keyes, Parnell (1994-95)
Earl Hadle, St. Joseph North Side (1995-96)
Richard Lundberg, St. Joseph Host (1996-97)
Charles “Chuck” Tripp Sr, Clarkesdale (1997-98)
W R O’Riley, Maryville Host (1998-99)
John Anderson, Hamilton (1999-2000)
Aaron Hoffman, St. Joseph Host (2000-01)
Todd Roush, Hopkins (2001-02)
Duane Nauman, Mound City (2002-03)
Ann Anderson, Hamilton (2003-04)
Eldon Shipps, Gower (2004-05)
David Primm, Maryville Pride (2005-06)
Gary D Vogel, Pickering (2006-07)
Nelson Cornelius, Cosby (2007-08)
Carl “Joe” Bullock, Amazonia (2008-09)
Russell “Duane” Clodfelter, Braymer (2009-10)
Bill Calhoon, Grant City (2010-11)
Charles “Chuck” Tripp Sr, Clarkesdale (2011-12)
George Spengler, Smithville (2012-13)
Roger Unruh, St. Joseph Host (2013-14)
Richard Warner, Graham (2014-15)
Tharran Gaines, Savannah (2015-16)
Larry Boettcher, Marceline (2016-17)
Ron Campbell, St. Joseph South Side (2017-18)
Richard Warner, Graham (2018-19)
John Ross, Bethany (2019-2020)
Harold Spire, Maryville Pride (2020-2021)
James Pedersen, Maryville Pride (2021-2022)