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District Governor Patti Daigle

Lion Patti, a Terryville Lion since 2003, has served as club President, Treasurer, and as a member of their Board of Directors. She is currently the club's Activities and Charities Treasurer, and chairs the club's Finance, Scholarship, and Winter Storage Committees. Lion Patti also serves as Secretary of the Terryville Lions Country Fair.

Lion Patti served District 23B as American School for the Deaf Chair, served on the Multiple District 23 Hearing and Speech Awareness Action Committee for 13 years, served as Zone 3 Chair, and served as Cabinet Secretary to five District Governors, from 2017 to 2022. Lion Patti has also served on the Lions Low Vision Board for District 23B, both as its Secretary and as a Director.

Lion Patti is a Progressive Melvin Jones Fellow, Ambassador of Sight, Knight of the Blind, and received the Connecticut Lions Rose Amanda Freeman Selfless Service Award. Lion Patti is a Diamond Centennial Lion, and has been awarded an Advanced Membership Key, two International President's Certificates of Appreciation and an International President’s Leadership Medal.

Lion Patti has completed ELLI, Train the Trainer, Guiding Lion training, and has a Bachelor's Degree from Lions University at the USA/Canada Lions Leadership Forum. She attended District Governor Elect training in February 2026, and will complete her training in July 2026 during LCICon 2026 in Hong Kong.

Lion Patti has served her community as a Board member of the Plymouth Community Food Pantry. Lion Patti also served for over ten years as an officer of various PTA organizations in Terryville, including as a founding member of Plymouth SEPTA, a special education PTA. She also served on the Board of Connecticut PTA for many years.

Lion Patti works full-time as an Executive Coordinator and Legal Assistant for a large East Coast law firm, a position she has held since 1984.

Lion Patti and PDG Steve have one son, Michael, daughter-in- law Chelsea, and three grandsons.

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