General Chair Anne Smarsh

AnnE Smarsh

Anne Smarsh, from Carnation, Washington, USA, was elected to serve a two-year term as a director of The International Association of Lions Clubs at the association’s 92nd International Convention, held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, July 6-10, 2009.

Past Director Smarsh is a retired CPA and accounting director.

Elected as a director from Kansas, Anne moved to Washington in 2011. A member of the Mount Si Lions Club and a Lion since 1992, she has held many offices within the association, including club president, zone chair, district governor, council chair, district retention chair, district secretary/treasurer, multiple district budget chair, multiple district treasurer, LCIF/Alert chair and Leadership Institute faculty

member. She has also presented at several USA/Canada forums and served as the president and director of the Kansas Lions Foundation. She is a member of the 2023 USA/Canada Lions Leadership Forum planning team. She currently serves as club secretary-treasurer, Great Plains Lions Leadership Institute treasurer and as LCIF co-leader for Constitutional Area 1.

In recognition of her service to the association, she has received numerous awards

including the Lion of the Year Award, Claude DeVorss Fellow, five International President Certificates of Appreciation and four International President Medals. Past Director Smarsh is a Progressive Melvin Jones Fellow and has received the Ambassador of Goodwill Medal.

Past Director Anne works extensively with online Lions learning, such as club officer learning and Guiding Lion learning. She has also received an Excellence in Public Service Award from Sedgwick County Kansas. She loves family and spends as much time as possible with both immediate and extended family.

Past Director Smarsh and her husband, Past District Governor Tom, also a Lion and a Progressive Melvin Jones Fellow, have a daughter and two grandchildren in CleElum, WA.