Each year at the District 48 annual spring conference, attendees gather to support and cheer the speech contestants. It’s the heart and soul of every conference.
Contestants and Winners
The top speakers from the entire District, each of whom have won every level of competition from Club to Area to Division, compete in the much awaited District competitions. The caliber of speakers is high, and the air is filled with anticipation for the audience and anxiety for the speakers.
Winning is not easy, but it is exciting, rewarding, validating, and certainly nice on the credentials list. There is the exhilaration of doing something that most people are paralyzed with fear to do, and the knowledge that Toastmasters has prepared each contestant for this moment.. So let’s applaud their success, and in due time, with the right combination of courage, delivery, and proficiency of techniques maybe you will be on the stage at the next spring conference!
Kevin Stamper represented District 48 at the 2017 World Championship of Public Speaking®.
2020-2021
| Freeman Morey, DTM, District Director | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Better Together - Our 1st Hybrid Conference | |||
| Table Topics | Humorous | Evaluation | International Speech |
| 1. Brice Ferguson | 1. Sherry Johnson | 1. Crystal Berner | 1. Allen Black |
| 2. Neil Biege | 2. Emily Drenberg | 2. Emily Drenberg | 2. Jay Kamhi |
| 3. Kam Reeds | 3. Kim Basnet | 3. Kyrin Hall | 3. Jamila Little |
| Crystal Berner | Dianne Greenhalgh | Larry Kokko | Steve Tishman |
| Chuck Siegfried | Allen Black | Rebecca Thornton | Engel Vilorio |
2019-2020
| Robyn Featherston, DTM - District Director | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Jazz Up Your Journey - Canceled due to COVID-19 | |||
| Evaluation | Tall Tales/Humorous | Table Topics | International |
| Evaluation, Humorous Speech, & Table Topics District Contests Canceled due to COVID-19 | 1. Jay Kamhi | ||
| 2. Anjan Kasi | |||
| 3. Allen Black | |||
| Gary Moss | |||
| Scott Howard | |||
2018-2019
| Emily L Drenberg, DTM, District Director | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FALL Conf Eliminated | Waves of Opportunity | ||
| Evaluation | Humorous | Table Topics | International |
| 1. TR Coverson | 1. Brent Wahl | 1. Larry Kokko | |
| Membership | 2. Philip Kapusta | 2. Jamila Little | 2. Philip Kapusta |
| voted for 3 contests | 3. Mark Beland | 3. Larry Kokko | 3. Jane Strong |
| No Evaluation in 2018-19 | Deepak Abburi | Chancy Bolo | Juan Arcila |
| Jessica Juliano | Nancy Gold | Mark Beland | |
| Lane Jarsonbeck | Natalie Brown | Viral Doshi | |
2017-2018
| Vijan Nair, DTM, District Director | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| The Last Hooray | Celebrating our Shining Stars | ||
| Table Topics | Humorous | Evaluation | International |
| 1. Mary Ann Leslie | 1. Lane Jarsonbeck | 1. Andrew Bustamante | 1. Larry Kokko |
| 2. Jamila Little | 2. Larry Kokko | 2. Larry Kokko | 2. Kevin Stamper |
| 3. Bryan Courtenay | 3. Edward Jayaraj | 3. Jim Simms | 3. Joseph McCall |
| Bill Moravec | Brian Schuett | Joe Bonasi | Juan Acrila |
| Ann Morsch | Brenda Viola | Arnold Carlson | Kellie Chickos |
| Mandelyn Cloninger | Ann Morsch | Juli Kore | Charles Clark |
| Irma Laureano | Parri Sontag | Ann Morsch | TR Coverson |
| Paule Alexandra Rene | Stephan Schonberg | Michael Wujtowicz | Joel Ying |
2016-2017
| Brenda Alloco, DTM, District Director | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Superleaders & Superheros | Race for the Crown - The Home Stretch | ||
| Table Topics | Humorous Speech | Evaluation | International |
| 1. Connie Rungo | 1. Mark Beland | 1. Andrew Bustamante | 1. Kevin Stamper |
| 2. Cassie Greenhow | 2. Hermann Strjewski | 2. Kisha Morris | 2. Michael Williams II |
| 3. Sean Hendley | 3. Kat Montoya | 3. Bernadette Azai | 3. Alan Wilemon |
| Delores Bartalino | Joe Jones | Michael Hamlin | Gerry Alman |
| Linda Berardi | Jill Lawson | Jim Magnuson | Mark Beland |
| Bill Moravec | Ret Locke | Heather Sullivan | Barbara Milhoan |
| Kat Montoya | Kisha Morris | ||
| Fred Schmick | Lewsi Singleton | ||
| Shelomo Solson | Mathew Solan | ||
| Darian Taylor | Doris Youngman | ||
2015-2016
| Tom Boyd, DTM, District Director | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| It's All Greek to Me! | Bollywood Meets Hollywood | ||
| Evaluation | TALL TALES | Table Topics | International |
| 1. Bill Moravec | 1. Bill Moravec | 1. Keith Connes | 1. Dwight Gilmer |
| 2. Gerri Almand | 2. Ron Frost | 2. James Lee Henderson | 2. Lisa Newlin |
| 3. Sharon Tappouni | 3. Russ Barnes | 3. Pat Stiles | 3. Pamela Raines |
| Karen Turnmire | Cheri Halsup | Ann Morsch | Byron Pollock |
| Kathleen Jackson | Marinos Diamantopoulos | Pamela Raines | Karen Smithman |
| Art Balitz | Mark Chapman | Steve Zazzaro | Mark Beland |
| Rob Archangel | Monica Cordrey | Jamila Little | Xiao Yu |
| Ron Frost | Alana Willey | Peter Magnuson | Christyna Doege |
2014-2015
| Matt Siewert, DTM, District Governor | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Discover Your Renaissance | Around the World in 90 Years! | ||
| Evaluation | Humorous | Table Topics | International |
| 1. Jim Simms | 1. Terry Babb | 1. Ann Morsch | 1. Michael Williams II |
| 2. Dorren Wagner | 2. Karen Knox | 2. Michelle Ferrara | 2. Larry Kokko |
| 3. Michael Hamlin | 3. Michael Williams II | 3. Adam Hsu | 3. Alan Wilemon |
| Steven Schonberg | Brigitte Ferdinandsen | Nico Hohman | Mark Beland |
| Art Balitz | Amy Hibberd | Jean Ruff | Sondra Guffey |
| Kathleen Jackson | Jon Scott | Rhonda Brazina | Stacey Schwartz |
| Michael Williams II | Gerri Almand | Jeremy Simons | Shelomo Solson |
2013-2014
| Ron Rice, DTM, District Governor | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Reveal Your Greatness | Flappers & Gangsters | ||
| Evaluation | Humorous | Table Topics | International |
| 1. Holley Walker | 1. Michael Williams | 1. Rhonda Brazina | 1. Shawn Rhodes |
| 2. Mary Ann Mize | 2. Anthony Yeoman | 2. Bill Shaddy | 2. Jim Bussey |
| 3. Jim Bussey | 3. Jerry Confer | 3. Karen Barth | 3. Jerry Confer |
| Adam Hsu | Jim Bussey | Richard Alday | Art Balitz |
| Robyn Pritchard | Gayle Williams | Karen Barth | Mandelyn Cloninger |
| Rebecca Thornton | Brian Branagan | William Irving | Stacey Schwartz |
2012-2013
| Kathy Furbush, DTM, District Governor | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Maiden Voyage - All Hands on Deck | Wild, Wild West | ||
| Evaluation | Humorous | Table Topics | International |
| 1. Katherine Chamberlin | 1. Karen Smithman | 1. Jami Veno | 1. Shawn Purvis |
| 2. Cathy Naabe | 2. Alice Delgardo | 2. Keelee Wremm | 2. John Childers |
| 3. James Simms | 3. Jeffery Thomas | 3. Lori Stephens | 3. Jill Haseltine |
| Michelle Ferrara | Edwards Dominguez | Sam Blanchard | Gary Moss |
| Linda Valentine | Nathalie Hostin | Lou Polur | Mark Kilroy |
| Bernadette Azai | Chris Cargnoni | Brian Sumwalt | Rhonda Brazina |