Area and Division Directors

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Division A

Tim Thakker

Tim Thakker
Division Director

Area 01

Garth Coward
Area Director

396 Thunderbird Toastmasters Club

700776 BC Public Service Virtual Communicators

7085759 Capital Park Superior Speakers

Area 02

Kevin Smith
Area Director

331 Rise And Shine

790 Victoria Beaver Toastmasters Club

6382 Advocates Toastmasters

6776 NiteShifters Toastmasters Club

1390136 Quorum Toastmasters

Area 03

Maria Popova
Area Director

1288 Saanich Peninsula Club

1882 Oak Bay Toastmasters Club

4671 Master Motivators Club

813223 Night Hawks Club

2156215 Power Toasters

Area 04

Lamei Yao
Area Director

1201 Belmont Babblers Club

673198 The Ramblers

1642540 Canada Revenue Raconteurs

6136285 Seymour Synergy Toastmasters Club

Division B

Frank Tanguay

Frank Tanguay
Division Director

Area 10

Sharleen McBlain
Area Director

38 First Canadian Toastmasters Club

5060 Norvic Toastmasters Club

5952 Goldstream Toastmasters

7340 Trestle Toastmasters

1472411 Sooke Harbour Toastmasters Club

Area 11

Alpha Woodward
Area Director

950 Cowichan Toastmasters Club

2952 Seniors Speak Toastmasters

3219 Diverse Abilities

614459 Salt Spring Toastmasters Club

3248959 Silverbridge Toastmasters

Area 12

Jannie Li
Area Director

3620 Enterprising Toastmasters

7460 Harbour City Toastmasters Club

8031 Mid Island Advanced Toastmasters Club

4469753 Island Excellence Toastmasters

7872661 WODTM

Area 14

Vicki Allenspach

Vicki Allenspach
Area Director

5750 Arbutus Toastmasters Club

8010 Comox Valley Toastmasters and Sixty Minutes Club

8010 Sixty Minutes Club

714495 Campbell River Toastmasters Club

7561946 Talking The Walk Toastmasters

Division C

Tom Leson
Division Director

tomleson@hotmail.com

Area 20

Open 2025-2026
Area Director

973 Vancouver Speakers and Leaders

2149 Vancore Toastmasters

8988 Vancouver Royal-T

4809564 St. Paul's Toastmasters

Area 21

Open 2025-2026
Area Director

1734 North Vancouver Friendship Toastmasters

6155 Quay Speakers Toastmasters Club

1481452 Fluor Vancouver Speakers

3193346 Advanced Leaders Lab (ALL)

28677197 Invictus Accounting Group

Area 22

Nick Zarei
Area Director

322 North Vancouver Toastmasters Club

1085 West Vancouver Toastmasters 1085

6127 District Dialoguers Club

9412 Logos Toastmasters Club

28677705 Arc’teryx Toastmasters

Area 23

Sarah Davies
Area Director

1248 Morningstars Toastmasters Club

5403 Sunshine Toastmasters

1017095 Presentation Artists Toastmasters

1494034 Howe Sound Toastmasters

4111115 Sea To Sky Toastmasters

6495600 FocusPoint Toastmasters

Division D

Clinton Kam
Division Director

Area 30

Sunita Prasad

Sunita Prasad
Area Director

822550 Speaking For Success

2837872 Easy Speakers

28677043 ISC BC – CIRNAC TAG NW

28677266 EY Vancouver

28677926 Let's Get Infinite

Area 31

Sathya Maikandan
Area Director

8139 Night Vision Toastmasters Club

1134527 Absolutely Toasted

3134398 Vancouver Mandarin Learners

7896279 Franco Fun Vancouver Toastmasters

28675643 Empowering Entrepreneurs

Area 32

Anastasija Chernyshova
Area Director

4548 Declarations Toastmasters Club

982012 Vancouver Entrepreneurs Toastmasters Club

1816260 University Staff Toastmasters Club

28678351 Glagol Russian-speaking Toastmasters

Area 33

Georgina Harrison, DTM

Georgina Harrison, DTM
Area Director

geoharr@shaw.ca

8454 BCSC Talking Watchdogs Club

813938 Speak Your Mind (SYM)

5333636 Aplomb Success KPMG GVA

6016172 Clever Toastmasters Action Bunch

28678021 Queer Voices Toastmasters

Area 34

Siegfried Erb
Area Director

9740 Vancouver Racquenteurs Club

7213468 TELUS Gardeners

28676406 PHSA Toastmasters

28678034 Electrify Your Speech

Division E

Vincent Li, DTM
Division Director

vli.dtm@gmail.com

Area 40

Stela Lazic
Area Director

1892 Burrard Toastmasters Club

4476 Sundogs Toastmasters Club

4589 Advanced Speakers Club (ASK)

3924503 SNC-Lavalin Vancouver Toastmasters

Area 41

Ron Lee, Area 71 Director

Ron Lee, DTM
Area Director

ron.lee@snclavalin.com

2769 Cloverleaf Toastmasters Club

7239 Vancouver - Seymour Speakers Club

2356080 Dunsmuir Power Presenters

3638388 Well-Spoken Professionals (WSP) Toastmasters Club

Area 42

Manoj Sharath Nandakishore

Manoj Sharath Nandakishore
Area Director

59 Vancouver Toastmasters Club

1709 Advanced Aurators (AA)

4328 City Hall Connaught Toastmasters Club

8237 Earth Aware Toastmasters Club

Area 43

Ray Au
Area Director

2460 Kerrisdale Toastmasters Club

4812 Marpole Community Toastmasters Club

6456 Centennial Toastmasters Club

605658 Talk of the Town

Area 44

Ali Mokhtarian
Area Director

6399 Lincoln Toastmasters Club

7743 Rocky Point Club

992549 Top Story Advanced

3337150 Downtown Coquitlam TM Club

4801014 Down to Business

Division F

Janet Cho
Division Director

Area 50

Alexandra Lopez
Area Director

4931 Salsa Speakers Club

6907 Power Speakers Club

692859 Roadsters Club

813114 Community Impact Speakers

Area 52

Sijia (Jackie) Cao
Area Director

2328 Telespeakers Club

4371 Metro Speakers Club

5818 Speakeasy Club

1086799 Spoken Word Toastmasters

7400907 Desi Toastmasters

Area 53

Geoff Woodfield

Geoff Woodfield
Area Director

5989 Burnaby Mountain Toastmasters Club

1254308 FortiMasters

28678274 Red Leaf Raconteurs (SFU Univ)

Area 54

Sneha Attili
Area Director

1612 Crystal Clear Speakers Club

3872 Burnaby Toasters Club

5449 Stimulight Toastmasters Club

6218 Speakers of the House Toastmasters Club

5265003 Burnaby Entrepreneurs Toastmasters Club

Division G

Susan Gage

Susan Gage
Division Director

Area 60

Julie Beelie
Area Director

867 Deltones Club

3767 Rich-Del Club

4666 Ambassadors - Tsawwassen Toastmasters

9932 Engaging Humour Toastmasters Club

28676909 Town Hall Talkers

Area 61

Kelvin Tsang

Kelvin Tsang
Area Director

5346 First Mandarin Toastmasters Club

5488 Richmond Toastmasters Club

8790 MDA Toastmasters

9257 enRICHed Speakers Toastmasters Club

845571 Toastmentors

28677207 Schneider Electric Richmond Toastmasters

Area 62

Erin Hallenburg

Erin Hallenburg
Area Director

908 Leading Edge Club

3435 Tillicum Toastmasters

4142 Richmond Friendly Toastmasters Club

1703259 Just Pros Toastmasters

2279512 Douglas Toastmasters

3314718 Spotlight Speakers

Area 63

Amy Zhou
Area Director

5881 The Word Toastmasters

6246 Comp-Talk Toastmasters

9200 North Delta Power Talkers Club

7536845 Unicorn Tribe Toastmasters

7844004 VDA Toastmasters Club

28677846 Richmond Chamber of Commerce Members

Area 64

Jeff Galenzoski
Area Director

8178 White Rock Club

9362 Early Edition Toastmasters Club

9516 White Rock Evening Edition Club

1158953 The Professional Edge

3262351 Toastmasters by the Sea

3844160 Finding Vino Toastmasters Club

Division H

Hardip Virdi
Division Director

Area 70

Rumi Maity
Area Director

2651 Cloverdale Club

8742 Good News Toastmasters Club

9460 Surrey Civic Toastmasters

28675324 Money Matters Toastmasters

Area 71

Torsten Lenk
Area Director

2743 Langley Toastmasters

861014 Envision Enunciators

1328523 Langley Morning Toastmasters

7050191 Dynamic Professional Speakers

Area 72

Caroline Cesar
Area Director

965 Abbotsford Sundown Club

3486 Chilliwack Toastmasters Club

9328 Snowpeaks Toastmasters Club

9453 Rise And Shine Toastmasters Club

7535384 The Knights of Abbotsford

Area 73

Denise Wozniak

Denise Wozniak
Area Director

3439 Walnut Grove Toastmasters

6095 Mission Toastmasters Club

8116 Positively Speaking Club

1503295 Blue Heron Toastmasters

3050928 Golden Ears Christian Toastmasters

Area 74

Harmeet Mangat
Area Director

2590 Surrey Club

7966 Speak With Confidence Club

689049 Energized Communicators Toastmasters Club

1449677 Fraser Heights Cornerstone Toastmasters

7311328 PowerTalk

Division J

Richard Anderson
Division Director

Area 80

Susan Skinner
Area Director

872 Westside Toastmasters

2796 Kelowna Toastmasters

5300 Kelowna AM Toastmasters Club

2004846 OC Toastmasters

2196677 Penticton Toasties

Area 81

Gurkiran Sandhu

Gurkiran Sandhu
Area Director

2852 Sentinel Speakers Club

3532 Cranbrook First Club

6196 Nelson Fresh Tracks Toastmasters

6884 Monday Night Vernon Toastmasters Club

5700655 Be Amazing

Area 82

Chantel Gibbs
Area Director

1929 Vernon Club

2645 Armstrong Toastmasters Club

2861 Salmon Arm Toastmasters Club

9073 Morning Sun Club

1298198 Hi Noon Toastmasters

1348085 Monashee Toastmasters

Area 83

Peter MacMillan

Peter MacMillan
Area Director

peter.macmillan@unbc.ca

786 Cariboo Toastmasters

2171 Spruce Capital Club

3081 Prince George Toastmasters

3197 Cariboo Speakers and Leaders

6252 Plaza 400 Toastmasters Club

Area 84

Lisa Lieu
Area Director

2046 Nechako Toastmasters

4560 Achievers Toastmasters Club

1454214 Let's Talk Business

28678190 Veeam AMER SDR

28678313 Veeam AMER Sales Toastmasters