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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
Chair
Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
Amy Zimmerman
Immediate past chair
Beavercreek, Ohio, U.S.
Lenora Hanna
Chair-elect
Ashland, Nebraska, U.S.
Richard A. Poulton
Vice chair
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.