Grand Lodge Officers & Committees

Grand Lodge Sponsor

Mr. James L. Nichelson, PDGER
Ohio River Valley Elks Lodge #231
16 Highland Road, Martins Ferry, OH 43935
740.633.9188 (H)  |  740.340.7040 (C)
Email:  jlnger09@comcast.net

Grand Lodge ​Exalted Ruler

Bryan K. Klatt (after July 3, 2025)
Dekalb, IL Lodge #765

Grand Lodge Secretary

Carl Seibert 
Eustis, FL Lodge #1578

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Grand Lodge Special Deputy
​to the Grand Exalted Ruler

Richard A. "Rick" Romino, PSP
Fairmont, WV  Lodge #294

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Grand Lodge Committees - Area 4

Member of the Board
​of Grand Trustees

John M. Owens, III
Bedford, VA Lodge #2844

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Grand Lodge Auditing and Accounting Committee

Keith Hopper
Louisville, KY Lodge #8

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Grand Lodge Ritualistic Committee

Howard Diehl
Bay City, MI Lodge #88

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Regional Soccer Shoot Director

Peggy Berry
Howell, NJ Lodge #2515

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National Housing Chair

Howard D. Boyd, Sr., PSP
Martinsburg, WV Lodge #778

Grand Lodge Government Relations Committee

Johnny Jones
Marshall County, KY Lodge #2707

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Grand Lodge Fraternal Committee

Brian Rawding
Auburn, IN Lodge #1978

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Grand Lodge Pulic Relations Committee

Geoffrey B. Cox
Loudon, VA Lodge #2406

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State CLMS Coordinator

Willie Hylton, SP
Lewisburg, WV Lodge #1758

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National Hospitality Chair

Heidi K. Hubbard, DDGER-North
Sistersville, WV Lodge #333

Grand Lodge Activities Committee

Richard Threadgill
Berea, OH Lodge #1815

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Grand Lodge Judiciary Committee

Warren Goody

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Regional Hoop Shoot Director

Lynn Rutherford-Snow
Waynesboro, VA Lodge #2270

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State FRS Coordinator

Louise M. Hayes, PDDGER
Mannington, WV Lodge #388

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State Directory Chair

Roger "Hambone" Kirkpatrick, PSP
Wellsburg, WV Lodge #1553