District 5 Toastmasters' Accomplishments

Congratulations to the following members who have earned

communication and leadership awards for the 2008-2009 year. Each award recipient is helping contribute towards their club's Distinguished Club Program goals, and District 5's goal of every club Distinguished or Better! They have embraced what Toastmasters has to offer, and in the process, helped themselves, their club, area, division, and district towards their goal of being Distinguished. Give them a High-Five next time you see them!

See 2005-2006 educational awards
See 2006-2007 educational awards
See 2007-2008 educational awards

If you have already earned your DTM, start over and earn another CC, CL or more.

Communication & Leadership Tracks

Communication Track

Competent Communicator - CC
Mohammad-Zadeh Ahmad - San Diego Toastmasters 7
Adriana Alba - High Density Rhetoric
Yvonne Angell - UCSD Torrey Pines Speakers
Jason Banzer - Toast Raptors
Chuck Borough - Downtown Escondido
Dan Breuninger - Harbor Court
Eleuterio Buquiran - Spirit Masters
Kimberly Butts - Not All Civil
Jerry Campana - Voyagers
Brian Catacutan - Chula Vista City Speakers
Michael Chapel - Chula Vista City Speakers
Michele Checchia - Toast Raptors
Russell Clark - Yuma-Kofa
Patrick Crescini - Undersea
Ron Davison - Chula Vista
Karyn Deming - Fred H Rohr
Jennifer Dill - Innovative Speakers
Bonnie Ellis - Cymer
Penny Jo Farrar - Yuma Sunsetters
Danielle Fuhrman - North Coast
Kami Hoss - Chula Vista
Donna Ivy - Downtown Escondido
Ricardo Jackiewicz - Hospitality
Rachel Jensen - Hardhats
Srinidhi Kadalbal - ImpacTeam
Paul Kalmar - Hi-Fi Speakers
Shirley Kon - Turbo Toasters
Manuel Lara - Toast Raptors
C J Lucke - Portmasters
Michael Maher - Poway-Black Mountain
Jeff Matson - Fred H Rohr
Patricia Melzer - Hewlett Packard
Ashley Menter - Torrey Pines
Tetsuji Muto - Scripps Outstanding Speakers
Jerome Nagorski - Felicita Humor
Anjel Nicholas - Expressions Unlimited
Francisco Oliveros - Like No Other Speakers
Linda Parker - Career Builders
Elizabeth Pastrana - Bilingue
Samir Puradupadhye - Turbo Toasters
Editha Quicho - Chula Vista City Speakers
Theresa Robertson - Wintergarden
Elsa Robles - Bilingue
Jonathan Roland - Not All Civil
Gerry Rose - Palomar Airport
Flavio Santoyo - Hewlett Packard
Liz Schneblin - Poway-Black Mountain
Kirk Schwartzah - Hardhats
Charles Shockley - Visionaries
John Wilson - Wordmaster
Richard Zumwalt - Chula Vista City Speakers

Communication Track - Cont'd

Advanced Communicator Bronze - ACB
Happy Aston - Voyagers
Joanne Chen - North Coast
Sally Cox - Voyagers
Melissa Crothers - Del Mar
Todd Newman - Torrey Pines
Alan Rhein - Palomar Airport
Bob Schettler - Wintergarden
Curt Snyder - Leadership Builders
Sue Watanabe - Pier Review

Advanced Communicator Silver - ACS
Kara DeFrias - Voyagers
Jerry Dixon - Liberty
Yan Gao - Innovative Speakers
Briz Garcia - Kearney Mesa Speakers
Donna Kuhn - Spirit Masters
Robert Morse - Palomar Airport
Roxanne Ruzic - Vapor Trails
Virginia Ward - Sweetwater Valley

Advanced Communicator Gold - ACG
Mary Cash - Balboa Park

Leadership Track

Competent Leader - CL
Happy Aston - Voyagers
David Carroll - Chula Vista
Peter Chen - Torrey Pines
Emily Corcoran - Toast Of The Valley
Elliott Estrine - Torrey Pines
Amy Gilstrap - Voyagers
Tammy Harmon - Poway-Black Mountain
Norma Lancaster - Yuma Sunsetters
Stan Murphy - Great Communicators
Edna Nerona - Innovative Speakers
Hue Nguyen - Co-Op
Regina Noetzoldt - Palomar Airport
Sandra Price - Great Communicators
Mark Rauschenbach - Northrop Grumman SpeakEZs
Annie Spillane - Palomar Airport
Randy Urist - Torrey Pines
Barbara Wallace - Real Orators
James Wyoral - Northrop Grumman SpeakEZs

Advanced Leader Bronze - ALB
Elizabeth Bateman - Voyagers
Lukai Cai - Toastmasters By Design
Elliott Estrine - Torrey Pines
Roxanne Ruzic - Vapor Trails
Michael Schumacher - San Diego Toastmasters 7

Advanced Leader Silver - ALS
Lila Defensor - Poway-Black Mountain
Gloria James - Undersea
Michael Madden - Hardhats
Linda Simpson - Daybreakers
Kathryn Sterling - Scripps Outstanding Speakers
Julia Taylor - Harbor Court

Excellence in Leadership - LDREXC
David Allen - Excelsior
Joe Naiman - Great Communicators

The Big Enchilada - the Ultimate Toastmaster's Award
Distinguished Toastmaster - DTM

Lila Defensor - Poway-Black Mountain
Gloria James - Undersea
Michael Madden - Hardhats
Linda Simpson - Daybreakers
Kathryn Sterling - Scripps Outstanding Speakers
Julia Taylor - Harbor Court

District 5 Mission
The Mission of the District is to enhance the performance and extend the network of Clubs, thereby offering greater numbers of people the opportunity to benefit from the Toastmasters educational program, by:

• Focusing on the critical success factors as specified by the District educational and membership goals.
• Ensuring that each Club effectively fulfills its responsibilities to its individual members.
• Providing effective training and leadership development opportunities for Club and District Officers.