NJSEA Past State Presidents
Pin | Date | Photo | Name | Lodge | Theme |
2024-2025 | ![]() |
Michael Penshenski, III | Jamesburg #2180 | Elks, the Heart and Best Part of your Community | |
2023-2024 | ![]() |
Joseph Pedone | Park Ridge #2234 | We work for a Cause Never for Applause | |
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2022-2023 | ![]() |
Victoria Watson | Millville Lodge #580 | Our Passion is Our Success |
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2021-2022 | ![]() |
Joyce Powell | Hasbrouck Heights #1962 | New Jersey Elks…Take Flight to New Heights |
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2020-2021 | ![]() |
Peggy Berry | Howell #2515 | Pride - Passion - Patriotism |
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2019-2020 | ![]() |
Anthony Alfonso | Sparta #2356 | NJ Elks.. Building Stronger Communities |
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2018-2019 | Ron Mangone | Mount Holly #848 | NJ Elks..Where The Remarkable Happens | |
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2017-2018 | ![]() |
John M. Szczomak | Passaic Valley #2111 | Stronger Lodges Through Greater Community Awareness |
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2016-2017 | ![]() |
Richard E. Bard | Lacey #2518 | Serving our State by Serving our Communities |
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2015-2016 | ![]() |
Richard J. Tabachuk | Rutherford # 547 | Compassion is Our Passion |
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2014-2015 | ![]() |
Peter D. Smith | South Plainfield #2298 | Together in Elkdom |
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2013-2014 | ![]() |
Robert C. Ricker | Lake Hopatcong #782 | Charity - Community - Commitment |
2012-2013 | ![]() |
James Hall* | Mount Holly #848 | We Can - We Must - We Will | |
2011-2012 | ![]() |
Rusty Gerstenmier | Harrison/E. Newark #2326 | NJ Elks..Loud and Proud | |
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2010-2011 | ![]() |
William J. Peltier, Jr | Lacey #2518 | One Goal…One Passion |
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2009-2010 | ![]() |
Thomas M. Zisa | Hackensack #658 | Dedicated to Family, Community, & Charity |
2008-2009 | ![]() |
Frank Vesely | Brigantine #2428 | Pride - Honor - Country | |
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2007-2008 | ![]() |
Roy R. DeRitter | Passaic Valley #2111 | Tradition - Volunteerism - Patriotism |
2006-2007 | ![]() |
Robert G. Jani | Howell #2515 | Right Now - It’s Our Tomorrow | |
2005-2006 | ![]() |
Richard F. Gathen | Lake Hopatcong #782 | United we Stand…Together We Soar | |
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2004-2005 | ![]() |
Robert D. Mauro | Red Bank #233 | NJ Elks... Partners With the Community |
2003-2004 | ![]() |
Robert F. Binetti | Ridgefield Park #1506 | Respecting Tradition - Shaping The Future | |
2002-2003 | ![]() |
John E. Veprek,Jr * | Point Pleasant #1698 | Elks Make Good Things Happen | |
2001-2002 | ![]() |
Reggie Craig* | Livingston #1855 | Dedicate and Educate | |
2000-2001 | ![]() |
Francis J. Decibus | Woodbridge #2116 | Success Through Teamwork | |
1999-2000 | ![]() |
Malcolm J McPherson Jr | Lyndhurst #1505 | Strengthening Elkdom Through Community Awareness | |
1998-1999 | ![]() |
John D. Sentner* | Belmar #1997 | ||
1997-1998 | ![]() |
Diego (Dick) Tabachino | Ridgefield Park #1506 | Co-operation..The Highway To Success | |
1996-1997 | ![]() |
Robert Conti* | Keyport/Matawan #2030 | Elks Make A Difference | |
1995-1996 | ![]() |
Gerry Cook* | Dover #782 | Elkdom: Promoting The Right “Attitude” | |
1994-1995 | ![]() |
Richard F. Pachucki | Middlesex #1488 | Elkdom..Proud of Our Past - Dedicated To The Future |
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1993-1994 |
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George H. Miller III | North Arlington #1992 | Elkdom: Brotherhood in Action |
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1992-1993 | ![]() |
William J. Grant* | Middletown #2179 | ||
1991-1992 | ![]() |
John V. Galletta | Paterson #60 | Elks Serve America | |
1990-1991 | ![]() |
Stephen J. Terrible* | Dunellen #1488 | Elks Reach Out | |
1989-1990 | ![]() |
Joseph L. Pepe* | Nutley #1290 | Elkdom - A Legacy of Caring and Sharing | |
1988-1989 | ![]() |
William J. Oakley * | Clayton #2132 | Progress Through Communication |
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1987-1988 | ![]() |
George W. Safer | Weehawken #1456 | Elkdom - Dedicated To Serve | |
1987-1988 | ![]() |
Louis R. Possemato* | Bound Brook #1388 | Elkdom is Family | |
1985-1986 | ![]() |
Arthur Mayer, Jr.* | Bergenfield #1477 | Elks Make A Difference | |
1984-1985 | ![]() |
Obert T. Stetter* | Asbury Park #128 | ||
1983-1984 | ![]() |
Earl T. Cornelius* | Dover #782 | ||
1982-1983 | ![]() |
Bernard E. Giehl | Bordentown #2085 | ||
1981-1982 | ![]() |
Edward Van Vooren* | Wayne #2181 | ||
1980-1981 | ![]() |
Harry F. McGarrigel III* | Brigantine #2428 | Responsibility Is Respond-ability | |
1979-1980 | ![]() |
Sol Goldberg* | Watchung Hills #2252 | ||
1978-1979 | ![]() |
James St. George* | Lyndhurst #1505 | True Elkdom…Benefit | |
1977-1978 | ![]() |
Kenneth V. Cantoli* | Hasbrouck Heights #1962 | ||
1976-1977 | ![]() |
Joseph Russo* | Bordentown #2085 | ||
1975-1976 | ![]() |
Peter L. Greco* | Woodbridge #2116 | ||
1974-1975 | ![]() |
Richard W. Squires* | Dover #782 | ||
1973-1974 | ![]() |
George C. Frick | Tenafly #2271 | ||
1972-1973 | Thomas F Rhodes Jr | Hamilton #2262 | |||
1971-1972 | Francis W Kaiser | Union #1583 | |||
1970-1971 | ![]() |
Fred Padovano | Kearny #1050 | ||
1969-1970 | ![]() |
Richard J Heiney | Ridgefield Park #1506 | ||
1968-1969 | ![]() |
Edward W Hanlon | Red Bank #233 | ||
1967-1968 | ![]() |
John W Purdy Jr | Philipsburg #395 | ||
1966-1967 | ![]() |
Harrison S Barnes | Plainfield #885 | ||
1965-1966 | ![]() |
William H Windecker | Orange #135 | ||
1964-1965 | ![]() |
William H Browing
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Dover #782 | ||
1963-1964 | ![]() |
Harry W Wolf
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Bergenfield #1477 | ||
1962-1963 | ![]() |
Dennis A G Lyons | Passaic #387 | ||
1961-1962 | ![]() |
Charles A Hotaling | Red Bank #233 | ||
1960-1961 | Michael A Meaney Sr | Mount Holly #848 | |||
1959-1960 |
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Edward J Hannon | Dunellen #1488 | ||
1958-1959 | ![]() |
Matthew J Coyle | Nutley #1290 | ||
1957-1958 | ![]() |
Vernet N Hicks | Dover #782 | ||
1956-1957 | ![]() |
Dr. Louis Hubner | Union City #1357 | ||
1955-1956 | William Thorne | Trenton #105 | |||
1954-1955 | Edward J Griffith | Camden #293 | |||
1953-1954 | ![]() |
Louis A Spine | Somerville #1068 | ||
1952-1953 | ![]() |
Joseph Bader | Lyndhurst #1505 | ||
1951-1952 | ![]() |
Joseph P O Toole Sr | Newark #21 | ||
1950-1951 | Jack A Johanson | Mount Holly #848 | |||
1949-1950 | ![]() |
Harold W Swallow | Bound Brook #1388 | ||
1948-1949 | ![]() |
Charles P McGovern | Jersey City #211 | ||
1947-1948 | ![]() |
Russell H Williams | West Orange #1590 | ||
1946-1947 | Daniel D Reichy | Freehold #1454 | |||
1945-1946 | Charles H Maurer | Dunellen #1488 | |||
1944-1945 | Russell H Binder | Hackensack #658 | |||
1943-1944 | ![]() |
William McCormack | Orange #135 | ||
1942-1943 | H L Wertheimer | Atlantic City #276 | |||
1941-1942 | ![]() |
August F Griener | Perth Amboy #784 | ||
1940-1941 | ![]() |
Richard Flood | Bayonne #434 | ||
1939-1940 | William J Jernick | Nutley #1290 | |||
1938-1939 | ![]() |
Howard F Lewis | Burlington #996 | ||
1937-1938 | ![]() |
Murray B Sheldon | Elizabeth #289 | ||
1936-1937 | ![]() |
Arhtur Schefflier | Hoboken #74 | ||
1935-1936 | ![]() |
Nicholas Albano | Newark #21 | ||
1934-1935 | ![]() |
Richard P Hughes | Burlington #996 | ||
1933-1934 | ![]() |
Charles Wibiralski | Perth Amboy #784 | ||
1932-1933 | ![]() |
Francis P Boland | Jersey City #211 | ||
1931-1932 | William H Kelly | East Orange #630 | |||
1930-1931 | Albert E Deardon | Trenton #105 | |||
1929-1930 | ![]() |
Edgar T. Reed | Perth Amboy #784 | ||
1928-1929 | ![]() |
William Conklin | Englewood #1157 | ||
1927-1928 | ![]() |
Henry A Guenther | Newark #21 | ||
1926-1927 | Thomas S Mooney | Burlington #996 | |||
1925-1926 | ![]() |
William K Devereux | Asbury Park #128 | ||
1924-1925 | ![]() |
A Harry Moore | Jersey City #211 | ||
1923-1924 | ![]() |
George L Hirtzel | Elizabeth #289 | ||
1922-1923 | Joseph G Buch | Trenton #105 | |||
1921-1922 | John H Cose | Plainfield #885 | |||
1920-1921 | ![]() |
Fletcher L Fritts | Dover #782 | ||
1919-1920 | W Wilmer Collins | Camden #293 | |||
1918-1919 | ![]() |
E Pickersgill | Perth Amboy #784 | ||
1917-1918 | ![]() |
Richard P Rooney | Newark #21 | ||
1916-1917 | ![]() |
Frederick A Pope | Somerville #1068 | ||
1915-1916 | ![]() |
Joseph B Payton | Jersey City #211 | ||
1914-1915 | Thomas F Mackey | East Orange #630 | |||
1913-1914 | ![]() |
Morris Odell | Camden #293 | ||