Lions Clubs International

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Lions Clubs International

• Your International Headquarters

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International Headquarters Oak Brook, Illinois,
USA

• Lions Clubs International was
• established in 1917
• in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
• In 1971, LCI HQ was relocated to Oak Brook,
  Illinois, 20 miles west of downtown Chicago.

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International Headquarters Oak Brook, Illinois,
USA

• Nearly 300 LCI and LCIF associates work here,
  providing resources and support to the
• 1.35 million Lions club members
• around the world.

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International Headquarters Administration

• LCI Headquarters manages the worldwide
  administrative functions of the association and
  the foundation
• Responsible for implementation of policies and
  programs approved by the board of directors
• Oversees the operations of staff organized into
  11 divisions

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International Headquarters Administration

• Peter Lynch
• Executive Director

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Promoting Teamwork and Effectiveness LCI
Divisional Groupings
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Club Supplies and Distribution Division

• Offers a wide variety of Lions supplies and
  apparel items, including awards, apparel,
  banners, pins, plaques and special orders
• Introduced 1800 items with new brand last year
• 30 of orders now online at www.lionsclubs.org

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Club Supplies and Distribution Division

• Jim Paparelli
• Department Manager

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Club Supplies and Distribution Division
Did you know?
Club Supplies processes and ships more than
40,000 orders each year
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Convention Division

• Works with host Lions to plan international
  convention for approximately 15,000 Lions
• Host city bids finalized five years
  in advance
• Coordinates convention registration,
  housing, shuttles, exhibit
  hall and international show
• Manages logistics for DGE Seminar
• Plans board of directors meetings
  and coordinates local LCI meetings

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Convention Division

• Renee Aubin
• Division Manager

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Convention Division
Did you know?
4,350 hotel rooms were booked during the
international convention, totaling 26,361 nights
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District and Club Administration Division

• Supports the effective administration and
  operations of districts and clubs
• Assists districts and clubs worldwide in 11
  official languages main point of contact for
  all clubs, zones, regions and districts
• Administers Excellence Awards
• Supports E-Clubhouse program, Club Health
  Assessment program and Certified Guiding Lion
  program

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District and Club Administration Division

• Mindy Marks
• Division Manager

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District and Club Administration Division
Swedish
Did you know?
Spanish
Portuguese
Korean

• More than 1,050,000 words are translated each
  year into 10 languages or approximately 5,400
  words each day

Japanese
Italian
Hindi
German
French
Finnish
English
Chinese
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Extension and Membership Division

• Implements programs to recruit and retain members
  and develop new clubs
• Traditional club development, family Campus
  clubs
• Develops membership strategies for major regions
• Develops recruitment materials and new member
  orientation resources
• Oversees Year-Round Growth Program
• Manages Club Excellence Process

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Extension and Membership Division

• Susan Haney
• Interim Division Manager

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Extension and Membership Division
Did you know?
More than 69,000 membership awards are processed
each year
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Finance Division

• Maintains the integrity of the associations
  financial and accounting systems and provides
  financial services
• Supports bank accounts in 60 countries for the
  convenience of clubs
• Collects and posts club and district payments
• Audits and pays district governor
  expense claims

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Finance Division

• Maryellen Skerik
• Treasurer
• Division Manager
• Finance Division

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Finance Division
Did you know?
More than 500,000 membership transactions occur
annually 1,960 per day Audits over 4,500
District Governor expense claims
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Information Technology Division

• Monitors and administers all computer systems at
  headquarters, India and Japan
• Keeps track of nearly 1.35 million Lions club
  members in 46,000 clubs
• Processes and maintains membership, inventory and
  accounting records
• Maintains sophisticated accounting software
  system (Lawson), Membership System (Aptify) and
  many other systems.

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Information Technology Division

• Mike Carroll
• Division Manager

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Information Technology Division
Did you know?
Headquarters receives 80,000 legitimate e-mails
each month Thats approximately 4,000 emails per
business day.
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Leadership Division

• Provides a variety of training and leadership
  development opportunities for current and future
  Lions leaders
• Senior Lions Leadership Institutes
• Faculty Development Institutes
• Regional Lions Leadership Institutes
• District Governors-Elect Seminar
• Leadership Resource Center (online)
• Multiple District Funding Support Programs
• Supports Global Leadership Team

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Leadership Division

• Patti Repenn-Volante
• Group Manager,
• District and Club Service
• Leadership Development
• Group
• Division Manager, Leadership
  Division

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Leadership Division
Did you know?

• The online
• Leadership Resource Center
• receives 15,000 hits
• each month
• More than 5,200 Lions around the world
  participate in LCI-sponsored training events
  annually

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Legal Division

• Responsible for associations legal operations
• Guides Lions on constitutional, policy and
  parliamentary matters
• Facilitates internal dispute resolution in
  accordance with association policy
• Administers worldwide liability, property and
  accident insurance programs
• Registers and maintains the association's
  trademarks
• Coordinates endorsement and certification
  of candidates for international office

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Legal Division

• Scott Drumheller
• General Counsel Secretary
• Division Manager
• Legal Division

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Legal Division
Did you know?
More than 10,000 Certificates of Insurance are
issued for Lions club functions Approximately 225
contracts are reviewed each year There are over
700 trademark registrations in more than 100
different countries
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Lions Clubs International Foundation

• Lions Clubs International Foundation is the
  humanitarian arm of the association
• Supports Lions humanitarian projects worldwide
• Promotes and receives contributions provides
  appropriate recognition
• Solicits partnerships and funds from non-Lion
  sources

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Lions Clubs International Foundation

• Rebecca Daou
• Division Manager

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Lions Clubs International Foundation
Did you know?
1000 grant applications and proposals are
received each year Annually, over 95,000 donor
transactions occur with the average dollar amount
of 635.78 Thats 372 transactions per day
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Public Relations Communications Division

• Works to promote Lions image and impact with
  Lions, media and the general public
• Oversees LCIs Web site in all languages
• Publishes editions of LION Magazine
• Produces LQ Lions Quarterly video magazine and
  other video programs
• Designs graphics and publications
• Administers Peace Poster Contest,
  Global Youth Music Contest, and others
• Communicates with external media

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Public Relations Communications Division

• Dane La Joye
• Division Manager

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Public Relations Communications Division
Did you know?
There are 38,000 pages, pdfs and forms on LCIs
11 official Websites 13,919,904 page views in
one month Almost 100,000 views on
YouTube Nearly 5,000 followers each on MySpace,
Twitter and Facebook
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Service Activities Division

• Develops Lions opportunities for youth, health,
  culture and the environment
• Lions Services for Children
• Operates Leo Program and youth exchange programs
• Hearing, diabetes and sight programs, including
  Lions Eyeglass Recycling Centers and Lions Eye
  Banks
• Lion-2-Lion Resource Assistance Database
• Lions ALERT Program

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Service Activities Division

• Caryn Adolph
• Division Manager

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Service Activities Division
Did you know?

• Over 11,000,000 Lions service hours were tracked
  in one year

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Official Web Site

• For resources and more information on LCI,
  visitwww.lionsclubs.org

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Lions Clubs International

• Your International Headquarters