Chicagoland Toys for Tots Motorcycle parade Board and Officers

Board of Directors

Meet the board members of The Chicagoland Toys for Tots Motorcycle Parade


President Santo Procenti Committee Chair:	Vice President Lester Fortier Committee Chair: Toy Committee	Secretary Peggy Estes Committee Chair: Front Gate	Treasurer Meg Al-Qassas Committee Chair: Fund-Raising


Sergeant at arms Mike Dudzik Committee Chair: Security	Director Mike Lisciandrello Committee Chair: Northside Coordinator	Director Joe Ziman Committee Chair: Product Sales	Director John Bartosiewicz Committee Chair: Tier coordinator	Director Dale Branske Committee Chair: Bylaws

Changing of the Guard

Robert "Cooch" Kuczera congratulates Santo Procenti

2008 Board

Top Row Left to Right: Sergeant at arms Mike Dudzik, North Side Coordinator Mike Lisciandrello, President Santo Procenti, Bylaws Dale Branske, Product Coordinator Joe Ziman. Bottom Row Left to Right: Secretary Peggy Estes, Parade Coordinator John Bartosiewicz, Treasurer Meg Al-Qassas, Vice President Lester Fortier

History of the Board of Directors

The following table was constructed in 2007 by Kevin Curth using old newsletters. If there are any errors, please let me know via email mailto:info@chicagolandtft.org and after verification and approval of the present Board, the correction will be made. Please note: It is my understanding that the first election of a board took place in 1994 and the structure of the board of directors changed from 3 to 9 in 1995. Committees started forming in 1997 and in 1999 the present day structure was adapted. As stated earlier, if you find any of this in error, please let me know.

YEAR	PRESIDENT	VICE PRESIDENT	TREASURER	SECRETARY
1978-9	ED WISNIEWSKI	KARLENE WISNIEWSKI	ED WISNIEWSKI	KARLENE WISNIEWSKI
1980-1993	ED WISNIEWSKI	LOU KACZMAREK		KARLENE WISNIEWSKI
1994	ED WISNIEWSKI / ED MITCHELL	LOU KACZMAREK		LEO O'CONNOR
	PRESIDENT	VICE PRESIDENT	TREASURER	SECRETARY	DIRECTOR	DIRECTOR	DIRECTOR	DIRECTOR	DIRECTOR
1995	ED MITCHELL	LOU KACZMAREK	MARK GRIPPO	MARY WERNER	BILL NAUGHTON	DENNIS ZBOREK	ART WANER	RUSS GRUMMEL	MICHAEL BAUM
1996	ED MITCHELL	LOU KACZMAREK	MARK GRIPPO	MARY WERNER	BILL NAUGHTON	DENNIS ZBOREK	ART WANER	RUSS GRUMMEL	ROBERT KUCZERA
	PRESIDENT (PRODUCT)	VICE PRESIDENT (BYLAWS)	TREASURER (FUNDRAISERS)	SECRETARY (TECH SUPPORT)	SGT. OF ARMS (TIERS)	DIRECTOR (TOYS / HOSPITALS)	DIRECTOR (TIERS)	DIRECTOR (NORTH SIDE COORDINATOR)	DIRECTOR (PUBLIC RELATIONS}
1997	LOU KACZMAREK	MERLE BRUNELL	BILL NAUGHTON	MICHELLE SIMOKAT	GLENN BARRERA	MARK GRIPPO	ART WANER	GEORGE GORA	ROBERT KUCZERA
	PRESIDENT	VICE PRESIDENT	TREASURER	SECRETARY	SGT. OF ARMS	DIRECTOR	DIRECTOR / TIERS	DIRECTOR / NORTH SIDE COORDINATOR	DIRECTOR / PUBLIC RELATIONS
1998	LOU KACZMAREK	MARK ATILANO	BILL ERFFMEYER	PEGGY ESTES	GLENN BARRERA	LEO O'CONNOR	ART WANER	GEORGE GORA	ROBERT KUCZERA
	PRESIDENT	VICE PRESIDENT	TREASURER	SECRETARY	SGT. OF ARMS	PRODUCT COORDINATOR	PARADE COORDINATOR	NORTH SIDE COORDINATOR	BYLAWS/HISTORIAN
1999	LOU KACZMAREK / MARK ATILANO	ROBERT KUCZERA	DEBBIE CZAJKA	PEGGY ESTES	LEO O'CONNOR	BOB WAPPEL	TOMMY ROTTO	GEORGE GORA	MICHAEL BENDING
2000	MARK ATILANO	ROBERT KUCZERA	DEBBIE CZAJKA/KEVIN OLSZEWSKI	PEGGY ESTES	JIM MARKMANN	TOM FROEHLICH	TOMMY ROTTO	GEORGE GORA	JACK VOSS
2001	MARK ATILANO	ROBERT KUCZERA	PAT QUINN	PEGGY ESTES	LESTER FORTIER	TOM FROEHLICH	TOMMY ROTTO	GEORGE GORA	JACK VOSS
2002	MARK ATILANO	ROBERT KUCZERA	PAT QUINN	PEGGY ESTES	LESTER FORTIER	TOM FROEHLICH	TOMMY ROTTO	GEORGE GORA	JACK VOSS
2003	MARK ATILANO	ROBERT KUCZERA	PAT QUINN	PEGGY ESTES	LESTER FORTIER	TOM FROEHLICH	TOMMY ROTTO	REBECCA LOCKHARD	JACK VOSS
2004	ROBERT KUCZERA	TOM YARBER	PAT QUINN	PEGGY ESTES	LESTER FORTIER	TOM FROEHLICH	TOMMY ROTTO	KEVIN CURTH	JACK VOSS
2005	ROBERT KUCZERA	LESTER FORTIER	PAT QUINN	PEGGY ESTES	FRANK MORAZA	TOM FROEHLICH	TOMMY ROTTO	KEVIN CURTH	ANDY STRZEMP
2006	ROBERT KUCZERA	LESTER FORTIER	PAT QUINN	PEGGY ESTES	FRANK MORAZA	DARLENE CONLEY / SANTO PROCENTI	TOMMY ROTTO	KEVIN CURTH	ANDY STRZEMP
2007	ROBERT KUCZERA	LESTER FORTIER	PAT QUINN	PEGGY ESTES	JOHN CONRATH	SANTO PROCENTI	JOHN BARTOSIEWICZ	GEORGE GORA	ANDY STRZEMP
2008	SANTO PROCENTI	LESTER FORTIER	MEG AL-QASSAS	PEGGY ESTES	MIKE DUDZIK	JOE ZIMAN	JOHN BARTOSIEWICZ	MIKE LISCIANDRELLO	DALE BRANSKE

	Years Served
Ed Wisniewski	1978 - 1994
Ed Mithell	1994 - 1996
Lou Kaczmarek	1997 - 1999
"Tiger Mark" Atilano	1999 - 2003
Bob "Cooch" Kuczera	2004 - 2007
Santo Procenti	2008 - Present

	Years Served
Karlene Wisniewski	1978 - 1979
Lou Kaczmarek	1980 - 1996
Merle Brunell	1997
"Tiger Mark" Atilano	1998
Bob "Cooch" Kuczera	1999 - 2003
Tommy Yarber	2004
Lester Fortier	2005 - Present

	Years Served
Ed Wisniewski	1978 - 1979
None Listed	1980 - 1994
Mark Grippo	1995 - 1996
Bill Naughton	1997
Bill Erffmeyer	1998
Debbie Czajka	1999 - 2000
Kevin Olszewski	2000
Pat Quinn	2001 - 2007
Meg Al-Qassas	2008 - Present

	Years Served
Karlene Wisniewski	1978 - 1993
Leo O'Connor	1994
Mary Werner	1995 - 1996
Michelle Simokat	1997
Peggy Estes	1998 - Present

This is a list of the 44 dedicated men and women who have proudly served as board members and are listed by the first year they held a position. The number in parenthesis the number of years they served on the board.
TFT #		Position	Years Served

1	Ed Wisniewski (16)	President	1978 - 1994
		Treasurer	1978 - 1994

2	Karlene Wisniewski (15)	Secretary	1978 - 1993

29	Lou Kaczmarek (19)	Vice President	1980 - 1996
		President	1997 - 1999

33	Ed Mitchell (2)	President	1994 - 1996

55	Leo O'Connor (3)	Secretary	1994
		Director	1998
		Sgt. of Arms	1999

255	Mark Grippo (3)	Treasurer	1995 -1996
		Director (Toys/Hospitals)	1997

94	Mary Werner (1)	Secretary	1995

17	Bill Naughton (3)	Director	1995 -1996
		Treasurer	1997

?	Dennis Zborek (2)	Director	1995 -1996

47	Art Waner (4)	Director	1995 -1996
		Director/Tiers	1997 -1998

106	Russ Grummel (2)	Director	1995 -1996

?	Michael Baum (1)	Director	1995

198	Merle Brunell (2)	Secretary	1996
		Vice President	1997

129	Bob "Cooch" Kuczera (12)	Director	1996
		Director (Public Relations)	1997 - 1998
		Vice President	1999 - 2002
		President	2003 - 2007

?	Michelle Simokat (1)	Secretary (Tech Support)	1997

394	Glenn Barrera (2)	Sgt. of Arms (Tiers)	1997
		Sgt. of Arms	1998

147	George Gora (7)	Director (North Side Coordinator)	1997 - 1998
		North Side Coordinator	1999 - 2002, 2007

177	"Tiger Mark" Atilano (6)	Vice President	1998
		President	1999 - 2003

105	Bill Erffmeyer (1)	Treasurer	1998

111	Peggy Estes (11)	Secretary	1998 - Present

521	Debbie Czajka (2)	Treasurer	1999 - 2000

122	Bob Wappel (1)	Product Coordinator	1999

12	Tommy Rotto (8)	Parade Coordinator	1999 - 2006

74	Michael Bending (1)	Bylaws/Historian	1999

?	Kevin Olszewski (1)	Treasurer	2000

432	Jim Markmann (1)	Sgt. of Arms	2000

663	Tom Froehich (6)	Product Coordinator	2000 - 2005

415	Jack Voss (5)	Bylaws/Historian	2000 - 2004

810	Pat Quinn (7)	Treasurer	2001 - 2007

356	Lester Fortier (8)	Sgt. of Arms	2001 - 2004
		Vice President	2005 - Present

622	Rebecca Lockhard (1)	North Side Coordinator	2003

202	Tommy Yarber (1)	Vice President	2004

179	Kevin Curth (3)	North Side Coordinator	2004 - 2006

780	Frank Moraza (2)	Sgt. of Arms	2005 - 2006

397	Andy Strzemp (3)	Bylaws/Historian	2005 - 2007

1240	Darlene "Tomada" Conley (1)	Product Coordinator	2006

41	Santo Procenti (3)	Product Coordinator	2006 - 2007
		President	Present

851	John Conrath (1)	Sgt. of Arms	2007

472	John Bartosiewicz (2)	Parade Coordinator	2007 - Present

1188	Meg Al-Qassas (1)	Treasurer	Present

1096	Mike Dudzik (1)	Sgt of Arms	Present

1486	Mike Lisciandrello (1)	North Side Coordinator	Present

1398	Joe Ziman (1)	Product Coordinator	Present

1400	Dale Branske (1)	Bylaws/Historian	Present