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2024-25 Kiwanis Children’s Fund Board of Trustees
Kiwanis International’s fundraising arm, the Kiwanis Children’s Fund, elects a Board of Trustees to oversee its administration. Among the board’s responsibilities:
- Implement the Kiwanis International mission, which is to serve the children of the world.
- Develop and implement a strategic plan for the Children’s Fund.
- Ensure the stability and growth of Children’s Fund corpus funds by cultivating and soliciting financial gifts, as applicable, from individual Kiwanians and friends, businesses and foundations.
- Monitor and distribute funds from fundraising programs for grants worldwide.

Robert S. Maxwell
President
Topeka, Kansas, U.S.

Amy Zimmerman
Immediate Past President
Beavercreek, Ohio, U.S.

Lenora Hanna
President-elect
Ashland, Nebraska, U.S.

Richard A. Poulton
Vice President
Elgin, Illinois, U.S.

Katrina J. Baranko
Albany, Georgia, U.S.

Randolph L. DeLay
Houston, Texas, U.S.

Margo L. Dutton
Escondido, California, U.S.

Markus Lanz
Oftringen, Aargau, Switzerland

Hope Markes
Round Hill Estate, Hanover, Jamaica

Catherine Lewis Simmons
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

Francesco Valenti
Lentini, Italy

George Yoshida
Tokyo, Japan

Paul Palazzolo
Kiwanis International Executive Director
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.