District Governor Kathy is a member of the Prince Albert Lions Club. She joined Cudworth Lions in 2001 and transferred out in 2007.
DG Kathy is a retired teacher who taught High School from 1974 to 2001. She is a graduate from the University of Saskatchewan with Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Arts degrees. She also studied French at the University of Quebec. Lion Kathy has a special interest in languages and is fluently trilingual in English, Ukrainian and French.
Since joining Lions she attended 5 Multiple District Conventions, all 5CN Conventions,
3 District Leadership Schools, 3 USA/CANADA Leadership Forums, and 2 International Lions Conventions. In 2005, she received the International President’s Appreciation Award.
Lion Kathy received her Certified Guiding Lions Certificate at MD5 Training in Minot, North Dakota in 2004.
In 2005 she attended the Great Plains Leadership Institute in Madison, SD.
In 2006 DG Kathy was one of 20 Canadian Lions selected to participate in the Lions Faculty Development Institute In Markham, Ontario. She, then, coordinated a Regional Faculty Development Institute in Saskatchewan that was held in Bruno in 2007.
Outside of Lions DG Kathy was also:
- Councilor for the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation
- Provincial and National President of Ukrainian Women’s Ass’n of Canada
- Board member of St. Andrew’s College at the University of Manitoba
- In 1994 she taught a University Methods class to Teachers of French in Odessa, Ukraine.
- She was a member of a Study Task Force and later on Development and Implementation of a model farm in Ukraine from 2001 – 2003.
At present, she is a secretary of her church, Board Member of Cudworth Seniors Recreation Association, a volunteer for Meals on Wheels and has just organized a senior Drama Group in Cudworth. For over 10 years she is a partner in a home-based business developing and processing gluten-free flour mixes.
DG Kathy and PDG Lion John celebrated their 42d wedding anniversary in October.
Their family includes two children, Corinne(Gerald) and Robert(Samantha) and six grandchildren aged 3 to 21.
