A Little About Us . . .

Home
About Us
History
The Meeting
Club Roles
Officer Responsibilities
Contacts
Assignments

Our Members in Miniature

Judie Holcomb-Pack

VP of Education 

Judie is the PR & Marketing Coordinator for Crisis Control Ministry and also volunteers for Literacy Initiative’s Dabble in Scrabble Challenge, the Winston-Salem Chamber and Episcopal Campus Ministries.  She has been a Toastmaster for over 20 years.  Judie enjoys a good book, a hot cup of coffee and her get-togethers with her “Girls Night Out” group.

 

Tom Fleming

President

A Toastmaster for over 20 years, Tom believes in the ideals of the organization that encourages individuals to interact and improve their communication skills.  He also believes people need the social outlet of friends and family, which is why he seldom misses a meeting. Tom loves Sci-fi novels and movies, a strong cup of coffee or a cold glass of beer.

  

Bill Nagel

Treasurer

A retired engineer for AT&T, formerly Western Electric, Bill enjoys traveling around the world and volunteering for Crisis Control Ministry.  When he’s not traveling around the world, you can often find Bill working out at the YMCA or on the golf course.  Bill has been a Toastmaster for too many years to count, in clubs in the US and in Japan.

 

Lois Koufman

VP Marketing / Membership 

Lois has held almost every office in our club and has been a member for over 10 years.  Originally from Boston, Lois is a hypnotherapist with her own practice, Affirmative Alternatives, as well as a feedback coach at the Center for Creative Leadership.  It has become a tradition for Lois to host our club’s “Hanukkah and Christmas party” at her home every December. Maybe you will be there this year!

 

Elva Sieg 

Elva is retired and a compiler of a book of her late husband, Tom Sieg’s, newspaper columns, Celebrating the Underdog.”  She originally joined Toastmasters to prepare her for the book signing circuit and has been all over northwestern North Carolina promoting her book. 

 

  Dave Corn

Dave works for The Data Center, Inc., supporting small telephone companies in the Carolinas, Virginia and Tennessee. The father of a teenage daughter, Dave is an avid skier and long distance runner.

 

 George Sage

George is a great guy who has an intimate knowledge of North Carolina and civil war history. He is very active with the Odd Fellows, a great service oriented group of people.

 

  Dennis Hall

Dennis has lived in the Sandhills area since 1960 until recently moving to Winston-Salem.  He works as a construction project manager for Daly Seven, Inc., an owner/builder of hotels in NC & VA.  His interests include competitive shooting, curiosa and enjoying life with his family and two dogs.

 

 CG Cooper

An actual war hero here folks. CG was in the Battle of The Bulge in World War II. He has many tales to tell, drop by and hear some of them. His speech about "The Itch" is hilarious!

 

  Jessie Keever

Jesse is an engineer for RJR, he enjoys traveling both in the Southeast and to Europe, often for his work.  A skilled trap shooter, Jesse has been winning awards for his shooting since a very young age.  He also enjoys leadership program activities and wants to use the skills he develops in Toastmasters to move him up in his job.  He currently attends Wake Forest University, working toward his Master’s degree in Business.

 

  Melissa Dalton

Secretary

For not being in the club long, she is showing signs of becoming an excellent communicator. We look forward to watching her blossom!

 

  Dennis Vickland

Another former AT&T employee, now a sales rep for Radio Shack, Dennis has been a Toastmaster for over 30 years, including a stint in the Mikasa Toastmasters Club while he lived in Japan.  Dennis has attained the highest level in Toastmasters, his DTM (Distinguished Toastmaster), is a past District 37 Governor (1991-92), and is our Parliamentary Procedures pro and our resident computer Guru.  In his free time, he enjoys doing audio/visual projects and often films and edits our District 37 speech contests. 

  Gary Penrod

Gary is a new member and has shown his exceptionally good taste by joining the Mercury crowd. There are rumors that he will be a triple threat when speech contest time rolls around!

 

Scott Gillentine

Webmaster

Scott is the owner of Great Scott! Services.  Computer Repair and Home maintenance are his specialties. He has been a member on and off for 10 years now. He holds a CTM and has attained the Highly Coveted CL Award. He is currently serving the club as Technical Advisor, Photographer and Webmaster for the club. In his free time Scott enjoys Cooking, Reading, Computers and his Dogs.