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About Bonnie
 
 
  Toastmasters Background  
             
    Club Memberships  
             
        Club member in four of the seven divisions in District 36 for more than 12 years  
        Served in all seven club officer positions for a total of more than 72 years  
        Member of one club in a district geographically distant from the Washington, DC area for  
          more than 14 years. This provides me with new ideas that I am eager to share.  
             
      Contest Experience  
             
        District 36 Evaluation Contest, Third Place, May 2005  
        District 36 International Speech Contest, Second Place, May 2007  
        District 36 Table Topics Contest, Second Place, May 2008  
             
    District Service  
        Served as Club Mentor (2x), Club Coach  
        Area 56 Governor 2005-2006 (D36)  
        Division F Governor 2012-2013 (D36)  
        District 36 Secretary 2013-2014  
        District 36 Club Growth Director, 2019-2020  
        District 36 Program Quality Director, 2020-2021  
             
    Awards and Honors  
             
        District 36 Toastmaster of the Year, 2001-2002 and 2006-2007  
        D36 Division of the Year, 2012-2013  
 
 
    Pathways  
Pathways Ambassador, award date November 2013
        Pathways Guide, award date December 2018  
        District 36 EPIC, 2018-2019 (EPIC = Energized Pathways Igniter Chief)  
             
    Miscellaneous  
             
        Sponsored 140 new members starting 2003-present (twice 15 in a year)  
        Earned more than 100 educational awards, including two DTMs (2007 and 2021)  
        Biographical Information (go here)  
             
  Personal Background  
             
    Education  
             
        B.S. in Biology, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA  
        Ph.D. in Medical Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN  
        Post-doctoral fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN  
        M.S. in Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL  
             
    Employment  
             
        Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD  
        Ribosomal Database Project, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL  
        Ribosomal Database Project, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI  
        Customer Service Department, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National  
          Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD  
             
             
 
 
 
 
 
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