100 Years Helping Women & Girls

Soroptimist was formed in 1921 in Oakland, California, at a time when women were not permitted to join service organizations. Our name, loosely translated from the Latin, means best for women. Today, we have about 160,000 members and supporters in 21 countries and territories. We are one of five federations that make up Soroptimist International, which has clubs in more than 120 countries throughout the world.

For additional information contact us at [email protected].

Governors of the Central East Coast Region*

2022-2024	Roxanne Aaron	Wake Forest, NC
2020-2022	Connie Skinner	Kent & Queen Anne’s Counties, MD
2018-2020	Deborah K. Mackes	Manassas, VA

Governors of the South Atlantic Region*

2018-2019	Deborah K. Mackes	Manassas, VA
2016-2018	Amy L. Harman	Hampton Roads, VA
2014-2016	Robin S. Davis	Alexandria, VA
2012-2014	Willie Mae McCracken	Williamsburg, VA
2010-2012	Christy Rumbaugh	Havre de Grace, MD
2008-2010	Louise Skinner	Kent County, MD
2006-2008	Gayle Griffith	Cumberland, MD
2004-2006	Warie Brock	Montgomery County, MD
2002-2004	Sylvia Winterling	Alexandria, VA
2000-2002	Janice Artemel	Washington, DC
1998-2000	LouAnne Hunnicutt	Greenville, SC
1996-1998	Deborah O. McKinnon	Washington, DC
1994-1996	R. Lynn Coleman	Jacksonville, NC
1992-1994	Betty Nester	Alexandria, VA
1990-1992	Marie Y. Hughes	Virginia Peninsula, VA
1988-1990	Karen Bautz	Laurel, MD
1986-1988	Lucinda Manarin	Upper Montgomery County, MD
1984-1986	Betty C. Roberts	Asheville, NC
1982-1984	Alma L. Higginbotham	Fairmont, WV
1980-1982	Betty F. Mendelson	Alexandria, VA
1978-1980	Jean Deardorff	Westminister, MD
1976-1978	Betty Jean “BJ” Cook	Bel Air, MD
1974-1976	Flora Lee Muth	Washington, DC
1972-1974	Margaret Supplee	Prince Georges County, MD
1970-1972	Lyda Gordon Shivers	Greensboro, NC
1968-1970	Beth Bryson	Baltimore, MD
1966-1968	Winifred G. Thomson & Rebecca Tinker	Washington, DC & Williamsburg, VA
1964-1966	Katherine Stinson	Washington, DC
1962-1964	Blanche T. Rogers	Baltimore, MD
1960-1962	Elizabeth Moorefield	Asheville, NC
1958-1960	Mildred Smart	Williamsburg, VA
1956-1968	A. Olivia Nicoll	Washington, DC
1954-1956	Margaret F. Schmidt	Williamsburg, VA
1952-1954	Lula Feller	Baltimore, MD
1950-1952	Mary Bourke	Washington, DC
1948-1950	Ella C. Werner	Washington, DC
1946-1948	Anna P. Rose	Montgomery County, MD
1944-1946	Mae C. Bowman	Alexandria, VA
1942-1944	Pearle Sharpe	Arlington, VA
1940-1942	Viola K. Almony	Baltimore, MD
1938-1940	Edith Reinhardt	Baltimore, MD
1934-1938	Jean Bennett	Washington, DC
1932-1934	Nell R. Hysong**	Washington, DC
1930-1932	Bernadine Schefneker & Mary Catherine Lewis	Detroit, MI** & Washington, DC
1928-1930	Ethel Knight Pollard	Washington, DC
1927-1928	Ruby Lee Minar	Washington, DC