Meet your Mallory Square Social

*PRESIDENT - DILYS SNOWDEN*
DILYS was born in Lancashire, England. In 1963 after marrying David Snowden, a Chartered Accountant, Dilys moved across the border to Yorkshire. Together they have three sons, two of whom live in the USA . . . one in Atlanta and one recently moved from Dallas to Lakeland, Florida. One son still lives in the United Kingdom. They have six grandchildren, all in the United States. Dilys spent all of her working life in education. . . teaching children from three to sixteen and eventually became Head Teacher (Principal) of a Primary School. She held office twice as President of the Bradford Branch of the Business and Professional Women's Club and was President of the Shipley Conservative Women's Luncheon Club. After retirement, she was appointed to the board of Bingley Voluntary Action, an umbrella group for all voluntary groups in the Bingley area. Dilys and David both took early retirement and traveled widely in Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand and of of course, the USA before discovering The Villages and deciding to buy here in December 2003. They moved to Mallory Square in May 2006. Dilys enjoys playing golf, pickleball, jazz and tap dancing and playing cards. She is also a member of Clown Alley and the Happy Red Hatters. Dilys' term expires the last of December 2009. Contact Dilys at president@mallorysquaresocial-lites.com

Jack Gaza - Vice President

Jack and his wife ,Lorraine ,are lifelong Chicagoans who moved to The Villages in May of 2006. Having never lived more than 40 miles from where they were born, the move to The Villages was not without some initial trepidation. But the timing turned out to be right as was the decision to buy in Mallory Square (despite having only two hours to do so). In the past three and one half years they have had a wealth of new experiences and met wonderful new friends making Mallory Square feel like home.

Jack is a 34 year veteran high school administrator who worked for a large high school district in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago. Jack has been, a teacher, an assistant principal, principal, and assistant superintendent. During his career Jack was recognized by the State of Illinois as an Outstanding Principal. While principal his school was named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the United States Department of Education. He was proud to represent his school at ceremonies in the Rose Garden of the White House hosted by President Clinton. Upon his retirement in 2003 he spent the next three years teaching graduate level leadership courses in school administration to prospective teachers wishing to obtain state certification to enter educational administration

Jack and Lorraine have been married for 30 years and have three daughters and twin nine year old grandchildren who live in Indiana. They both enjoy golf, bocce, neighborhood parties, music on the square, dining out and cruising. Lorraine is active with The Villages Community Philharmonic Orchestra Guild helping to raise money through fashion shows, garage sales and the like. Jack has been vice president of the social-lites for the past year and enjoys ping pong, playing softball in two leagues, and is a proud member of one of your Mallory Square Neighborhood League softball teams.

Jack's term expires the last of December 2010

DIANE DENISON - Recording Secretary

Diane Denison and her husband Larry fulfilled a lifelong dream of Larry’s when they moved from Massachusetts to Florida in April, 2006. Diane always loved to travel, but never considered moving away from precious grandchildren until visiting and falling in love with The Villages lifestyle.

Larry and Diane have been married for 21 years, and they each have two children from previous marriages – he has two daughters, and she has a son and a daughter. Between them they have seven grandchildren, six boys and one girl. Diane’s granddaughter has just started her first year in college, and their youngest grandson is now three years old. Diane takes every opportunity possible to visit grandchildren in Chicago, Connecticut and Massachusetts and share in the important events in their lives.

After 34 years of service with The Wall Street Journal, Diane retired in 2001. During her years with The Journal, she held various positions including Supervisor of Documentation, Technical Writer, and chairperson for various committees. She implemented an online help system used by Customer Service reps throughout the entire country, was responsible for maintaining policy and procedural manuals, and enjoyed interacting with a diversified group of department managers.

Upon her retirement, Diane started a monthly luncheon to enable friends to keep in touch. In time, this group grew to include more than 25 members. Before moving to The Villages, Diane and her close friend successfully ran a charter bus business and scheduled trips to New York City, Boston, and other points of interest in the Northeast. This was started as a fun project for friends and business acquaintances and blossomed into a large data base of customers.

Since moving to The Villages, the couple enjoy making new friends by joining The Mallory Square Social-Lites, and partaking in progressive dinners. Diane also joined the Hilltop Red Hatters and was a Block Captain for Ward Court. Her special interests include photography, reading, traveling, movies/live entertainment and scrap booking. Diane’s organizational, computer, and “people” skills are valuable as a member of the Board.

Diane's term expires the last of December 2009.


Pat Ekedel - Membership Secretary Pat was born in Vancouver, BC, Canada and is married to Gerry Ekedal who was born in Brooklyn, NY. Prior to moving to The Villages in 2006, Pat lived in Ohio and New York. For 40 years, prior to retirement in 2001, Pat worked as an Executive Assistant to CEO's of various corporations, Kettering Hospital and the Ohio State Attorney General. She is an avid Buckeye fan. Over the years she has volunteered as VP of hospital auxiliary, Patient Advocate, Hospice, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, church councils and VP of Executive Women International Chapter in Columbus, OH. Since coming to The Villages Pat has been active in church where she sings in the choir, and participates in various committees. She was a member of the Social Committee for Mallory Square Social-Lites for two years and is involved in various clubs. She enjoys playing Bocce, Mah Jongg, card games and enjoys attending many of the entertainment functions. She and her husband enjoy making new friends through the functions mentioned as well as the Gourmet and Progressive Dinners. Pat's term expires the last of December 2010

Larry Tomlinson - Treasurer

Retired and moved to the Villages in 2002.

Resided in Woodbury from 2002 to 2006

Moved to Mallory Square in 2006

EXPERIENCE

Greif Bros. Corporation (acquired Sonoco Products Co.) Marietta, GA, 1998 - 2002 Division Controller

Sonoco Products Company / Industrial Container Division Marietta, GA, 1986 - 1998 Manager, Financial Reporting and Control

Sonoco Products Company / Industrial Container Division Lithonia, GA, 1984 - 1986 Southeast Regional Controller

Sonoco Products Company / Industrial Container Division Reading, Pa, 1974 - 1984 Plant Controller

EDUCATION

Saint Francis University, Ft. Wayne, IN BS, BA, 1971

PERSONAL

Married, 2 Children and 2 Grandsons

INTERESTS

Golf, Travel, Sports, Reading

Larry's term expires the last of December 2010

*DIRECTOR AT LARGE -TINA KIRBY*
Tina Kirby was born and raised in Connecticut, married and lived in New York 12 years - two children. Moved to the Florida Panhandle (Niceville) in 1983. Formerly a Legal Secretary in Connecticut and then Florida. In 2000 she married Milton “Doug” Kirby a U.S. Army Viet Nam Veteran with two Purple Hearts. She studied business and marketing at their local community college. Her favorite times are visits with her two children and their families - three grandsons and one granddaughter! She was formerly Ways and Means Chairman responsible for the annual fashion show fundraiser of a thriving women’s club. She also served as president of a 300 member symphony guild of Okaloosa/Walton Counties. Her favorite books are the Bible and Christian Books. Doug and Tina moved to The Villages to “run” from the many hurricanes over the years. Tina says, "The Villages has been a blessing - the beauty of its location, the many activities as well as meeting so many wonderful people." New friends have sprung from the Gourmet Club, Red Hat Society, Florida Panhandle Club, The Italian American Club (The Kirby's won 2^nd prize for their Golf Cart at the Parade in October ‘06), In the Christian Women’s Club, Tina serves as Chairman, line dancing, the ladies luncheons at Mallory, Gifford Court Neighborhood Group, and the The Villages Community Philharmonic Orchestra Guild are just the surface of what keeps Tina busy. Tina is just coming off the MSSL Board after two years as Treasurer! Busy people get things done and this lady is a perfect example! If you are in a crowd and Tina is there, she will find you and make you feel special! And . . . she does it with grace and seemingly no effort at all! Tina's term expires the end of December 2010

Currently Social Chair Person - Running for the office of President Elect

Jill Hausner - Social Chair Person

Jill Hauser was born in Brooklyn, New York but grew up and spent most of her life on Long Island, NY. She married her high school sweetheart, Richie, in 1964 and they have 2 married sons and one granddaughter - all living in New York.

Prior to having children, she was the Executive Assistant to the Vice President of Advertising for Look Magazine. Once her children were in grade school, Jill returned to the workforce and pursued a career in Human Resources. Her last 15 years were spent working for an international telecommunications company as Director of Human Resources for North America and was lucky enough to have the opportunity to travel to Europe, Canada and around the U.S. In 1996 her company asked her to relocate to Texas and in 2002 to move to Virginia. She says it was hard to leave their kids but the experience of living first in the West and then the South turned out to be wonderful.

While in Texas Jill served on the Board of their neighborhood association and in Virginia she helped to establish the Shalom Club.

She retired in 2005 and she and her husband discovered paradise and moved to The Villages. Jill enjoys golf, pickleball and aerobics, Mah Jongg, meeting new people and being active in The Social-Lites. Jill served as committee member on the Social Committee for a year and then chaired the Social Committee for the Social-Lites for a year.

Jill's term expires the end of December 2009

Mary Gaddis loves nothing better than playing with her grandchildren, but her computer is a close second fun thing. Mary and her husband Bill were married in June, 1962 They have three daughters and five grandchildren. The Gaddis' moved to Fort Myers, Florida in 1990 and to the Village of Mallory Square in March of 2006.

Mary grew up in the Southwest and moved to Indiana when she was 17. Mary was in the real estate business for 30 years mainly selling residential property and managing a large real estate office.

She taught herself how to do websites when her church pastor asked her to work on the church website. Mary served on and chaired several Boards, but she says they weren't always fun. When Liz and Lanny asked for volunteers to help with the Social Lites, Mary created the Mallory Square Social-lites website. She jumped into the Village Lifestyle with a vengeance, joining the Social-lites, the Shuffleboard Team, Computer Club, and she is on the Board of the Indiana Club (she does their website also). She says the hardest thing about living here is remembering to carry her calendar with her. (She "hermits" out every once in a while -But don't let her kid you - she loves it!