History
About
Founders Fellowship's objectives are to afford the opportunity for national founders of hereditary organizations to engage in fellowship, and also to draw from the group a few volunteers who, if sought out, will serve to encourage and advise persons embarking on similar endeavors. An inquiring potential founder and volunteer member/s may interface in mutually agreeable circumstances, as long as the forums are held apart from Council Meetings and Assemblies.
From Our Founder
On August 4, 2016, Founders Fellowship organized upon a vision that had evolved over that summer. Final steps were taken with the encouragement, talent, and generous spirit of several of you. My sincere appreciation is extended to the Founding Council of Fellows, Barry Howard, Jane Power, Gayle Coan, Alex Bannerman, Sharon Stine, Lynn Young, DeEtte Nesbitt and Ann Garner. The late Owen Johnson also played a vital role in the Founding Administration as Honorary Vice President until his death in 2017. Thank you to all fellow founders who have joined the Fellowship and enriched the roles of the lineage and heritage support communities in America. Thank you to those who encouraged me to initiate this Fellowship for founders of national hereditary organizations. Upon reflection, it seemed strange to consider that there has never been an organization for persons who have founded groups to come together for fellowship. It is of special note there are, from this organization, some individuals willing to stand ready, one on one or in a team, to offer assistance, if sought out by potential new founders. National Leaders have been honored by the National Gavel Society for decades, but "Founders Must Found for Leaders to Lead."
~ Carla Whitehurst Odom
~ Carla Whitehurst Odom
Founding
Council of Fellows
2016—2018
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Founder and Inaugural President
Carla Lucille Whitehurst Odom (Mrs. Charles Robert Odom) Founding Vice President Barry Christopher Howard Founding Secretary Jane Routt Power (Mrs. John Michael Power) Founding Treasurer Maurene "Gayle" Mast Coan (Mrs. Thomas Donald Coan, Jr.) Founding Marshal Alexander Bannerman |
Founding Advisory Coordinator
Sharon Kaufelt Stine Founding Historian Lynn Forney Young (Mrs. Steve Young) Founding Chief of Protocol DeEtte DuPré Nesbitt (Mrs. Ernest V. Nesbitt) Founding Chaplain Patricia "Ann" Scott Williams Garner (Mrs. Willie Donald) Honorary Vice President Charles Owen Johnson, Esq. |
Charter Members
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Suzanna Etheridge Rawlins
Marilynn Alice “Lynn” Mast Long Bonnie Davine Moore Roberts Wilma Wadsworth Halterman Michael Perry Schenk Lawrence Kent, Ph.D. Edward Charles Horton Elizabeth Jane Sherman Bishop Robert Todd Giffin James Daryl Partin Charles Bryan Poland Heather Elizabeth Welty Speas Hon. Edward Franklyn Butler, Sr. COL. Charles Clement Lucas Jr., MD Dr. Kimberly Kay Ormsby Nagy Mary Brown Deborah Porter Hinckley |
Cynthia Lynn Chavis Matsumoto
Verne Allen Gray Patricia Sears Wasilik Dawn Olsta Darche Rev. Can. Robert Girard Carroon Leslie Ann Kirk Prarie Chamberlain Counce Sharyn "Shari" Dianne Kelley Worrell Thomas E. Bird Camille Redfern Lowery Charles Owen Johnson, Esq. Wilma McCrary "Sunni" Bond Mary Robin Redfern Towns Stuart D. Baker LTC Charles Robert Odom John Hallberg Jones Cheryl Whitt Rios |
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