Jack Hoadley
President
I served as your Northeastern Area Senior VP for two terms. During that time, we went through some extraordinary times with our Club. Ted Wright appointed me to finish his term in 2009, and I will continue to serve this Club as your president.
Country Coach has been a victim of the economic times, but as a Club, CCI has survived. With hard work and the guidance of your Board of Directors, the Club is in good condition and we will move on to bring old friends together. I am proud to say I have been a part of that team that made it work. It has been an honor to surge forward with rally planning and bringing new members to our organization while holding on to long time members. I served on several rally committees in the past and I look forward to seeing many of you at the future rallies.
With every challenge we have done the unthinkable. My goal is to bring new ideas to this Club while expanding our membership and renewing our friendships along the way. |
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Gerry Conway
Secretary
I am married to my best friend, Jack and we have four children and 10 grandchildren ranging in age from 17 to 3. I was in the travel business for over 30 years and sold my business in 2000. During my working life, I was also involved in many professional societies including Rotary. Jack & I have traveled the world and until recently had never toured the US. We purchased our first Motorcoach in 1980, a Winnebago, which we thought we would use to see some of the US. Since Jack & I both owned our own businesses and we traveled overseas on a regular basis we used the motorcoach to take our kids back and forth to Auburn and Vanderbilt. We sold that coach and didn’t buy another until our first used Country Coach in 2004. We thought we would try it since we both no longer had companies that we were responsible for. Well we fell in love with it. However, we could not go full time because my husband got involved in politics and we had to plan our trips around his schedule. For the last three years we have been free as birds and travel all the time. It has taken our family a while to adjust but they have. We belonged to a few FMCA clubs but joined Ken Dangelo when he started the Southeast Country Coachers. CCI is the best club we have belonged to and the people are great. In my professional life I have been involved in many organizations and political organizations but I have to tell you Country Coach is the best. Hobbies include Jack, golf, traveling, grandkids, reading, entertaining and cooking. I look forward and would be honored to serve another two years as your secretary.
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George Sanders
Treasurer
My background is Financial/Management with IBM from which I retired in 2007. The last 15 years at IBM were spent running very large service delivery contracts as Project Executive. Janet and I have been married since 1966 and now live in beautiful Mountain Brook, AL after many moves with IBM. Over the course of those 45 years we have been both boaters and RVers. Having started RVing in 1994 with a travel trailer we quickly moved to motor homes in 1996. I have been pleased to serve in leadership positions in both boating and RVing organizations most recently as Treasurer for the SouthEast Country Coachers. My objective as CCI Treasurer is to provide complete, clear and detailed reports that are descriptive of both financial operations and current position that are informative for the membership and the board. |
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Bill Brock
Northeastern & SR. VP
Hi everyone, my name is Bill Brock and I live in a Suburb of New York City known as Wyckoff, New Jersey where I was born and raised. I’m married to my high school sweetheart, Linda and we have three children. Our oldest son Tim is married; he and his wife Lori have two children, Ryan and Victoria. Tim is my partner in the family owned business, the Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Our daughter Jackie is married to Dean Brauch and they have two children, Billy and Kristen. She is a paramedic for one of the local hospitals. Our youngest son Kelly is not married, but has a wonderful girlfriend Becky. Kelly is a firefighter in New York City. Our children all live within five miles of home of which we are truly grateful. Linda and I have enjoyed the RV lifestyle for the past 37 years. My father-in-law allowed us to use his Travco motorhome while our family was young. We had a travel trailer until our son went to college. That’s when we purchased our first motorhome in 1992. It was real easy to dry camp right on the college campus. We have been hooked on motorhoming ever since and have met the friendliest people. We purchased our first Country Coach in 2000 and more recently upgraded in 2008. We have been members of FMCA for the past 18 years and the Country Coach Nor’easters for the past five years. I have had the privilege of serving as president of the Nor’easters for the past two years. We have experienced many enjoyable gatherings with Country Coach on the local, regional, and national level which has enabled us to meet many new friends. I look forward to serving the Country Coach International family as Northeastern Vice President. Thank you for this opportunity to serve you. |
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Gail Merrill
FMCA Nat\'l Director
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Paul Cummings
Alternate FMCA National Director
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Wayne Cleveland
Eastern VP
My wife Linda and I met at the University of Southern Mississippi. We have been married for over 45 years. We have been blessed to have a daughter, Lisa, and a son, Chris. We also have five wonderful grandchildren. I was in pharmaceutical sales for 30 years. Linda was Realtor for 28 years. We retired 13 years ago and truly feel blessed to be ble to travel when we please. Our hobbies are our family, travel, gold, painting and being with our friends. Our Country Coach time is a treasured part of our lives. We have made many wonderful friends through Country Coach. Linda and I have hosted the County Coach rallies in Charleston, SC, 2006 with 250 coaches, the East Coast Rally in Galinburg, TN 2009, with 109 coaches and the East Coast Fall Rally in Myrtle Beach SC, October 2010 with 150 coaches. With each rally we have been impressed at how helpful, kind and industrious Country Coach people are. Country Coachers are a "special group of people." I enjoy serving as your Eastern Area VP. |
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Gary McConnell
Southeastern VP
I was born in Northern New York. In the 1950’s my family traveled around the country in a small travel trailer instilling in me a love for the RV lifestyle. After high school, I attended the State University of New York getting my Bachelor’s Degree and later my Master’s Degree in Secondary Education. I received my Educational Administration Degree from St. Lawrence University. I was a teacher and later a School District Administrator in Watertown City School District, retiring in 2000 after 36 years in education. My wife Nancy and I have three children, David, Tiffany and Anne. We have six grandchildren, ranging in ages from 25 to 3 years old. We got back into RVing in 1982, first with trailers and later with motorcoaches. In 2001, we purchased our first Country Coach and joined CCI. In 2003, I become CCI National Director serving until 2008 when I was appointed Southeastern VP. Nancy and I look forward to helping CCI grow and mature in these tough times. We have made many wonderful friends in CCI, enjoy the rallies, and hope to meet and make many new friends. We are members of the Country Coach Nor’easters and recently joined Southeast Country Coachers. I look forward to continuing to serve you as the Southeastern VP. |
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Jim MacGilvray
Midwest VP
I live near Woodstock, Illinois and am retired from Textron, Inc. I was President and CEO of Camcar Textron in Rockford, Illinois. Camcar is a manufacturer of fasteners and specialty cold-formed products for a wide variety of industrial applications. I have two children and five grandchildren. My son and his family live in Greenville, NC and my daughter lives with her family in McHenry, Illinois. I have been enjoying the RV Lifestyle for about 14 years and purchased my first Country Coach in April 2005. I have been a member of FMCA for the
past 12 years and belong to the “Over the Hill” chapter where I serve as chapter delegate to FMCA’s MAC Region. Membership in CCI offers a fine opportunity for all owners to share a common interest in our chosen lifestyle through regular get-togethers in different parts of our beautiful country. To the extent I can assist in planning these activities and in any other way to enhance the enjoyment of the “RV Experience” for our members, I welcome the opportunity to serve as Midwestern Area Vice President.
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Lionel Johnson
Great Lakes VP
This is the dream lifestyle I envisioned during the long winter months that I would sit and look out my office window and watch the recreational vehicles go south on I-75 to Florida. Now after 30+ years of automotive engineering service, it’s my turn. We are having the time of our lives. Patti and I purchased a Magna in 2003 and are enjoying being a part of the Country Coach family, attending many rallies. We have met people from all across this great country and have made many friends. A native of the New Orleans, LA area, I attended Southern University in Baton Rouge where I received a Mechanical Engineering Degree in 1969. I settled in Dayton, OH working for General Motors, and attended the University of Dayton where I received my Masters Degree in Engineering Management in 1972. I retired from General Motors after 32 years of service in 2001. I met my wife Patti in Dayton and we have been married for 39 years. We have a daughter Kimberly who lives in Baton Rouge, LA. We had a son, Lionel III who passed in 2000, but left us a grandson, Kasaahn that is the joy of our lives. We love being part of the Country Coach Family. |
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Linda Robey
South Central VP
I live in High Ridge , Missouri which is about 25 miles from St. Louis . I am retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. One of our hobbies is showing dogs, which we have done since 1975. We were at the Florida shows one year and everyone had a trailer or motorhome. At the time most of us in the Midwest just stayed in motels for the shows. Soon after that Don and I purchased our first trailer around 1990. We didn’t like pulling the trailer so in 1991 we traded for our first of 5 motorhomes. We joined FMCA that year and have been loving the RV life every since. I am now an AKC approved judge, so still very involved in the dog world. We have made many lasting friends at the FMCA and CCI rallies, so as with every hobby there is a time to give back. So I’m happy to volunteer to be the South Central VP |
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TBA
Northwestern VP
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Christine Cross
Western VP
I am happy to add CCI Western Area VP to the growing list of positions I have held during my many years of volunteering with FMCA and Chapter Clubs. My husband Lon and I reside in Southern California and enjoy our Country Coach as often as we can.
I can be found driving the coach too, even with the towed car! I graduated from Nursing School as an RN and within two years had my first Director of Nursing Services (DNS ) of a 99 bed facility. I retired two years later to have two sons, Jason & Brian, and be a stay at home mom for a few years. I returned to nursing in 1986, full time, again a DNS for facilities of 99-241 beds and then consulted for buildings needing drastic clean up and new management. I taught Continued Education classes in Wound Management and Managed Care. I also completed my advanced degree at La Verne University in BSHC (Health Care Management).
I retired completely in 1992 at age 42 to care for two small sons and a husband with Alzheimer’s at 43 years old and who later died. I met Lon at California Chapter FMCA where I had my own coach and tow car. Lon and I married on Christmas Day, 2005. We have been members of FMCA since 1997. Lon is currently the President of the California Chapter of FMCA. We attend at least 15 rallies per year.
We are members of CCI, CCFMCA, SWCCers, SW Bus Nuts, Beat the Odds and have been on many various committees. Over the past few years I have been the Treasurer, First Lady, Volunteer and Assistant Trail Boss of the above chapters and the California Pacers and have assisted with the Pomona National FMCA Convention as
Co-Captain of Seminar Volunteers. I am looking forward to furthering the goals and camaraderie of CCI and meeting new friends! Please contact me if I can be of assistance to CCI members in the Western region of California, Nevada and Hawaii.
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Jim Nelson
Rocky Mountain VP
A few years ago my wife Elizabeth and I were on I-10 in Louisiana walking the dog at a rest area. When we came back to our Country Coach there was a match to our motorhome side-by-side with our coach. It was Jack and Gerry Conway! They asked if were coming to the rally. We said what rally? The Southeast Country Coachers were meeting in New Orleans. Being retired we did attend and had a great time. Today our membership includes FMCA, CCI, and SECC. Recent rallies include SECC at Naples, FL and Myrtle Beach where we were block captains.
We have spent most of the last 2 1/2 years in our 2005 Intrigue on the east coast helping with a family illness. It will be interesting to see our six-sided house in Buckeye, AZ, again. We are returning to do repairs from the Phoenix area dust storms. Our annual goal is to spend the winter in Buckeye and the summer season at Mesa RV Resort in Gunnison, Colorado. Jim’s son David lives in Boydton, VA. His daughter Suzanne and husband Kevin have two daughters in Greensboro, NC.
Jim’s background is 40+ years in sales, marketing, and management. His last employment was in RV sales, showing coaches and sales of repossessed motorhomes that belonged to Bank of America.
Jim belonged to a civic club called Ruritan National for about 28 years (nearly 30,000 members throughout the United States, that work to improve more than 1,100 local communities. Since the organization’s beginning in 1928, Ruritan Clubs have served America with Fellowship, Goodwill, and Community Service). Beside the local club level, he became a zone governor, district expansion specialist, Lieutenant Governor and Appomattox, VA, district governor. In 1994 he was awarded Ruritan National District Governor of the year. At that point he became a full-time employee of the national office as expansion specialist for 2 1/2 years. Duties included starting new clubs, helping current club recruit members, train club officer, district officer and national board members. In addition he helped run several national conventions.
Elizabeth and I are looking forward to meeting Country Coach owners and being of service to CCI.
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Jane Jordan
Club Manager
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