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State of South Dakota
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Welcome from the Governor's in
Multiple District 5 from the State of South Dakota. South Dakota
consists of 92 clubs with 2678 members. 4 Leo Clubs and 4 Lioness
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District Governor 5SE 2009 - 2010
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District Governor Tom
Grimmond
Tom was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska USA. He graduated from
Omaha South High School in 1982. He attended the University
of Nebraska before joining the US Army in 1984. He spent two
years on active duty in the USA and in Germany. While in Germany,
he traveled to Trier, Hamburg, Munich, Paris, Rome, Naples, Pisa,
Crete, and Copenhagen. On the way to London, his car broke down so
there are still some unfinished travel plans in his future along with
some new travel plans. Tom left active duty and took the
education benefits afforded him in the military back to Omaha where he
graduated from the University of Nebraska-Omaha in 1990 with a BSBA
degree in business finance. He continued his education and
graduated in 1992 with an MBA from the University of Nebraska. He
was lucky enough to land a job one month out of college during the last
economic recession. Seeing that as a sign, Tom started working
for Dougherty & Company LLC in Sioux Falls, South Dakota as an
Investment Banker for tax-exempt financings for public entities in
South Dakota and the region. Since joining Dougherty in July
1992, he has structured financings for many colleges, school districts,
municipalities, and counties in the state. Most people still
wonder what he does so he rattles off a few of the projects he has
worked on like the Sioux Falls Convention Center or Rushmore
Plaza. When they acknowledge those projects, he just tells them
that his firm provided the money for those entities to build
them. He also has his Series 7 and Series 63 brokerage license.
Tom was elected to the City of Tea’s city council in 2000, and as such
served on the Revenue and Taxation Policy committee of the South Dakota
Municipal league. He is a member of the South Dakota Army
National Guard and served an eleven-month activation in support of
Operation Enduring Freedom in 2003 which luckily did not include time
in Iraq or Afghanistan. He just completed his 25th year in the
military. He is a member of the Sioux Falls American Legion Post
15.
He married his fantastic wife, Shannon in 1995. They have three
great kids, Krisha, 20; Joey 13; and Mikey, 11. You may see them
at your meetings. Joey still takes full credit for Tom’s
successful election to club president after a rousing and quite comical
nominating speech when he was 8 years old and Mikey is quite an
outgoing child willing to banter with the best of them at any Lion’s
meetings.
Tom became a Lion in 1995 and is a proud member of the Sioux Falls
Downtown Lions Club, the oldest and largest club in 5SE and MD5.
He received the President’s Excellence Award and is a Melvin Jones
recipient. He has served in many leadership positions on various
committees which included the Lions Club International Foundation and
Leader Dog committees. During his time on the LCIF Committee,
they awarded 20 Melvin Jones. The club also became a model club for
SightFirst II. As the chair of the Leader Dog committee, they
brought in more than 20 puppies from Rochester, Michigan for their
socialization time. At the District level, he has been on the MERLOW
Team for 3 years and was previously a Zone Chairman before running for
Vice District Governor. He credits PID Al Schock for inspiring
him to run for District Governor and for PDG Ray Schley’s enthusiasm
and professional guidance in getting him to this point.
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District
Governor 5SW 2009 - 2010
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District
Governor Doug Scheller
Doug was
born and raised in Arlington, SD where he graduated from high school in
1966. He attended South Dakota State University and graduated in
1971 with a BS in pharmacy. Following a year of internship in St.
Paul, MN, he entered the US Army as a pharmacy officer. After
officer training in Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX he was assigned
as the Chief of Pharmacy Services at Ft. McClellan, AL from May 1973
thru July 1974. He then volunteered for overseas duty and served
as the Pharmacy Officer for 3 medical clinics in the southern area of
the Heidelberg Medical department of activities. While in Germany
he earned a Master of Science in Business Administration from Boston
University in their overseas program. He returned to the US in
August 1977 and worked as a civilian pharmacist at Fitzsimmons Army
Hospital in Denver, CO and from there transitioned to the VA medical
center in Denver after one year. He remained at the VA for 4
years as a staff and a supervisory pharmacist. During this time
he was active in the Army reserves. Doug and his family moved to
Rapid City, SD in 1982 where they established The Medicine Shoppe
Pharmacy which they owned and operated until July 2006 when they sold
their business. Doug continues to work part time as a
pharmacist.
Doug and his wife Donna have been married for 36 years. They have
2 children, Chad a physician living in Cincinnati, OH and Jessica, an
attorney, lives in Chicago. Both children are married and both of
their spouses share their professions—needless to say, we don’t discuss
malpractice at the dinner table. At this writing there are no
grandchildren but there is one on the way! Doug and Donna enjoy
golf, skiing, cooking, travelling, hunting, fly fishing (please excuse
Donna from the last 2), and spending time with family and
friends. Doug and Donna have been active members of the Canyon
Lake United Methodist Church and were recently honored for teaching
Sunday school for the last 25 years.
Doug became a Lion in 2003 when he joined the Rushmore Lions and has
served in all the leadership positions in the club. He is on the
Board of Directors for the SD Lions foundation and is a Melvin Jones
Fellow through his participation in CSFII. He is especially
honored to serve as VDG in support of DG Ken Gifford who is a close
personal friend and his sponsor into the Rushmore Lions Club.
Doug is eager to build on the momentum 5SW has achieved in recent years
and looks forward to the challenge!
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