| PHOENIX BONSAI SOCIETY : OUR OTHER OFFICERS |
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Sensei and Presidents / Other Officers
This Page Last Updated: September 8, 2025
| “We are a partly and continually changing assembly of persons who share, more often than not it seems, one common trait: interest in the creation of miniature potted trees. Some stay for years, others visit just a few times. (Both people and trees, that is…) Our horticultural skill ranges from lacking to master gardener; our aesthetic creativity ranges from blank to artist; our knowledge of the field ranges from polite disinterest to near professorial. “Analysis of the membership rosters in the various club yearbooks produces a few additional facts: 40% of the members are only in the club for a single year, 23% for two or three years, and 7% for four or five years. The remaining 30% of PhxBS members are in the club for seven or more years. About one in ten of all our members will voluntarily serve in some type of office, whose different permutations over the years have numbered over two dozen posts. Many of these are held for more than one term. We volunteer a little time and talent out of our ordinary busy schedules to handle a few behind-the-scenes details for the enjoyment of our peers and countless, nameless passersby who marvel at the trees and for a short distance shake their heads at the wondrousness of the bonsai or their own self-doubts about gardening. Usually there is a brief, sometimes heartfelt, appreciation of a particular type of beauty which has seduced a number of us.” |
(Designing Dwarfs in the Desert, 1997, pg. 77)
| VICE-PRESIDENTS | |
| 2025 – present | Gary Davis |
| 2023 – 2025 | Susie Kingston |
| 2021 – 2023 | Bill Price |
| 2019 – 2021 | Gary Davis |
| 2017 – 2019 | Ernie Hasan |
| 2015 – 2017 | Jenna Williams |
| 2013 – 2015 | Carol Roberts |
| 2011 – 2013 | Frank Harris |
| 2009 – 2011 | James McEown |
| 2007 – 2009 | Jamie Sims |
| 2006 – 2007 | Ken Roberts |
| 2005 – 2006 | Larry Seymour |
| 2003 – 2005 | Marcia Colliat |
| 2001 – 2003 | Fred Carpenter |
| 1999 – 2001 | Jim Claycomb |
| 1997 – 1999 | Ernest Hasan |
| 1995 – 1997 | Bev Tall |
| 1993 – 1995 | Jim Claycomb |
| 1991 – 1993 | Doug Acker |
| 1989 – 1991 | Max Miller |
| 1987 – 1989 | Penny Schneck |
| 1985 – 1987 | Tom Nangle |
| 1983 – 1985 | Bill Mooney |
| 1981 – 1983 | Jerry Host |
| 1980 – 1981 | Bob Corella |
| 1979 – 1980 | Tom Fleming (1st VP) |
| 1979 – 1980 | Bob Corella (2nd VP) |
| 1977 – 1979 | Frank Harris |
| 1976 – 1977 | John B. Finkey |
| 1975 – 1976 | Dr. Frank Reider (1st VP) |
| 1975 – 1976 | John B. Finkey (2nd VP) |
| 1974 – 1975 | Robert C. Dendinger (1st VP) |
| 1974 – 1975 | Dr. Frank Reider (2nd VP) |
| 1973 – 1974 | Rex Tsutsumida (1st VP) |
| 1973 – 1974 | ? (2nd VP) |
| 1970 – 1972 | Louis H. Knaak |
| 1970 – 1971 | Don Flower |
| 1962 – 1970? | “We did not have a vice president in the early days.” |
| TREASURERS | |
| 2023 – present | Liz Mantsch |
| 2020 – 2023 | Susie Kingston |
| 2019 – 2020 | Marsha Falco |
| 2015 – 2019 | Liz Mantsch |
| 2005 – 2015 | Susie Kingston |
| 1997 – 2005 | Joan McCarter |
| 1995 – 1997 | Gail Acker |
| 1985 – 1995 | Nona DiDomenico |
| 1979 – 1985 | Penny Schneck |
| 1971 – 1979 | Elsie Andrade |
| 1970 – 1971 | Becky Kramer |
| 1965? – 1970? | (Club checking account opened in 1965.) |
| SECRETARIES | |
| 2025 – present | Alan Ostrow |
| 2023 – 2025 | Vic Getsinger |
| 2021 – 2023 | Joyce Olson |
| 2019 – 2021 | Susie Kingston |
| 2017 – 2019 | Matt Aragon |
| 2016 – 2017 | Susie Kingston |
| 2007 – 2016 | none |
| 2005 – 2007 | Susie Kingston |
| 1995 – 1997 | Jim Claycomb |
| 1990 – 1995 | Gail Acker |
| 1988 – 1990 | Sam Lew, Jr. |
| 1987 – 1988 | Marty Bond |
| 1982 – 1987 | Penny Schneck |
| 1979 – 1982 | Opal Noel |
| 1977 – 1979 | Nadine Andrade |
| LIBRARIANS | |
| 2023 – present | Ann Khalsa |
| 2021 – 2023 | Anne Davidson |
| 2019 – 2021 | Bill Price |
| 2015 – 2019 | Barbara (Miller) Marshall |
| 2013 – 2014 | Kathleen Mosher |
| 2012 – 2013 | Dean Palmer |
| 2009 – 2011 | Maggie Gomez |
| 2009 – 2011 | Stella Rogers |
| 2005 – 2009 | Carol Roberts |
| 2005 – 2006 | Ken Roberts |
| 2001 – 2005 | Penny Schneck |
| 1998 – 2001 | Marcia Colliat |
| 1997 – 1998 | Terie Wilson |
| 1995 – 1997 | Ernie Hasan |
| 1990 – 1995 | Robert Baran |
| 1987 – 1990 | Gail Acker |
| 1985 – 1987 | Elaine Orlinsky |
| 1983 – 1985 | Nona DiDomenico |
| 1982 – 1983 | Jo Hurd |
| 1979 – 1981 | Margaret Finnegan |
| EVENTS CHAIRS | |
| 2025 – present | Lucas Halley |
| 2021 – 2025 | Randy Mann |
| 2019 – 2021 | Ray Sierka |
| 2018 – 2019 | Gary Davis |
| 2017 – 2018 | Susie Kingston |
| 2015 – 2017 | Mike Fritz |
| 2013 – 2015 | Val Engermann |
| 2007 – 2013 | Alex Gray |
| 2007 – 2008 | Cameron Stewart |
| 2005 – 2009 | Kerry Boehmer |
| 2005 – 2007 | Jamie Sims |
| 2003 – 2005 | Ken Jones |
| 2003 – 2005 | Cheryl Sykora |
| 2001 – 2003 | Mike Apostolos |
| 1968 – 1970 | Joan McCarter |
| ASSISTANT EVENTS CHAIRS | |
| 2011 – 2013 | Tom Gatz |
| 2011 – 2013 | Bob Gomez |
| 2003 – 2005 | Jim Jeffries |
| SHOW CHAIRS | |
| 2007 – 2013 | Alex Gray |
| 2000 – 2001 | Mark Wallerich |
| 1995 – 1999 | Fred Carpenter |
| 1996 – 1999 | Dick Selkirk |
| 1992 – 1995 | Bill Mooney |
| 1992 – 1995 | Jim Claycomb |
| 1989 – 1992 | Larry Kline |
| 1987 – 1989 | Max Miller |
| 1983 – 1986 | Louis H. Knaak |
| 1970 – 1971 | Louis H. Knaak |
| 1970 – 1971 | Atherton Bowen |
| 1968 – ? | Bob Schaeperkoetter |
| MEMBER-AT-LARGE | |
| 2023 – present | Gary Davis |
| 2021 – 2023 | Tom Mainwaring |
| 2019 – 2020 | Elsie Andrade |
| 2018 – 2019 | Jenna Williams |
| 2017 – 2018 | Jim Merrell |
| EDUCATION COMMITTEE/CHAIR | |
| 2019 – present | Jenna Williams |
| 2009 – 2019 | Elsie Andrade |
| 2009 – 2017 | Joan McCarter |
| MENTORS | |
| 2021 – present | Andy Khoury |
| 2021 – present | Randy Mann |
| 2021 – present | Bill Price |
| 2018 – present | Gary Davis |
| 2018 – present | Liz Mantsch |
| 2018 – present | Val Engermann |
| 2015 – present | Jenna Williams |
| 2015 – present | Susie Kingston |
| 2013 – present | Jim McEown |
| 2013 – present | Ernie Hasan |
| 2013 – 2020 | Ken Roberts |
| 2012 – 2015 | Jamie Sims |
| 2010 – 2014 | Mike Apostolos |
| 2010 – 2014 | Ardie Apostolos |
| 2008 – 2025 | Elsie Andrade |
| 2008 – 2019 | Joan McCarter |
| 2008 – 2018 | Penny Schneck |
| 2023 – present; 2008 – 2013 | Larry Seymour |
| 2008 – 2013 | Cheryl Sykora |
| 2008 – 2010 | Max Miller |
| MENTORS IN TRAINING | |
| 2025 – present | Lucas Halley |
| 2025 – present | Aaron Lambert |
| 2025 – present | Rafael Navia |
| MENTORS EMERITUS | |
| 2008 – 2012 | Jim Claycomb |
| 2008 – 2012 | Nona DiDomenico |
| 2008 – 2012 | Bill Mooney |
| RAFFLE CHAIRS | |
| 2009 – 2016 | Barbara Gray |
| 2008 – 2009 | Kerry Boehmer |
| 2007 – 2008 | Eilen Stewart |
| 2005 – 2007 | Teri Moodie |
| MEMBER COMMUNICATIONS | |
| 2024 – present | Susie Kingston |
| 2023 | Richard Newton |
| 2019 – 2023 | Liz Mantsch |
| 2016 – 2019 | Kate Schumacher |
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