Southern Stars

2010 Officers and Members of the Year Each year the members and officers of the Mercedes-Benz Club of America honor individual members for their contributions to their regions and sections. Regional Directors select one officer from among the section officers in their region to be honored as Regional Officer of the Year. In addition, each section that wishes may select one of its members to be honored as Section Member of the Year. Each of the honorees is given an award plaque from the National Business Office on behalf of the MBCA Board of Directors. The program is administered by Scott Suits, Regional Director of the Southeast Region. Awardees this year include: Officers of the Year Northeast Region Jim Wright – Hudson-Mohawk Section Mid-Atlantic Region Larry Taylor – Keystone Section Eastern Region Marty Watz, Triangle Section Southeast Region Tunde Robinson, South Florida Section Great Lakes Region Peter Williams – International Stars Section Central Region Nancy Rece – Cincinnati Section Midwest Region Jerome Zajicek – Wisconsin Section South-Central Region William J. Nash – Central Oklahoma Section Rocky Mountain Region Harvey LeCato – Mile High Section Northwest Region Bob Wilson, Vancouver Island Section Western Region Mary Nohr – Central Coast Section Southwest Margaret Bly – Chaparral Section Members of the Year Northeast Region Hudson-Mohawk – Bob McShane Minuteman – Mark Fancy Niagara – Judi Laird Mid-Atlantic Region Connecticut/Westchester – Joe Muscolino Delaware Valley – Norm Ricker Keystone – Donna Copenheaver Northeastern Pennsylvania – Roger A. Egolf Northern New Jersey – Loni Spingarn NYC-Long Island – Louis Palumbo South Jersey – Walter Merkh Eastern Region Carolinas – Odette Sigler Greater Washington – Brad Blase Peachtree – Dan Marlowe Triangle – Fred Hayes Southeast Region South Florida – Gabriel Gomez Southern Stars – Edith Renfroe Southwest Florida – Curtiss Alden Tampa Bay – Ben Berman Great Lakes Region International Stars – John Briggs Pittsburgh – Dan Spinazzola Western Michigan – Bob Bolinger Western Reserve – John Tuck Central Region Bluegrass Stars – Richard Barnett Cincinnati – Martin Madden Indianapolis 500 – Pete Allen Gateway – Ed Barutio Memphis – Richard Rankin Nashville – Jon Bass Smoky Mountain – George Murphy Midwest Region Chicagoland – Renee and Ken Welsch Iowa Hawkeye – Steve Pelham Kansas City – Robert Smith Wisconsin – Dean Pearson South-Central Region Central Oklahoma – Jeff Leatherock North Texas – Chris Bero Ozark – Jim and Becky Deitz Rocky Mountain Region Mile High – Ryan Bunn New Mexico – John Byrne Pikes Peak – Stan Bixler Northwest Region Alberta – William (Bill) Saylor Seattle – Rick and Patti Tuttle Vancouver Island – Barry Patchett Western Region San Francisco Bay Area – Pat Matthews Southwest Channel Islands – Jim Wiens Chaparral – Michael Turner Desert Stars – Chuck Stanford Jr. Las Vegas – Brigitte Sutherly Long Beach - South Bay Mike Bingham Los Angeles – Marcus Fitzhugh Orange County – Blake Smith San Diego – Nune Richards Note: Sections not listed did not submit a member for an award this year.