Eagan Resident Elected as Toastmasters' New Lieutenant Governor

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Editor's Note: The following is a press release from Toastmasters.

Toastmasters is proud to announce Sharon Rollefson as the new Lieutenant Governor of Education and Training for District 6. Elected by the members, Rollefson supports club programming, coordinates training and plans and executes district conferences for more than 5,300 Toastmasters in the district looking to improve their leadership and speaking skills.

Rollefson is a strong leader in the district. Prior to this, she served as Lieutenant Governor of Marketing, Division Governor, Area Governor and in all club-level officer roles. She has earned several Toastmasters awards, including District 6 Division Governor of the Year (2010-2011), Rivers Division Area Governor of the Year (2008-2009) and Distinguished Toastmaster (2010), which is the highest Toastmasters award bestows, recognizing both communication and leadership skills.

Blues Communications Plus in Eagan serves as Rollefson’s home Toastmasters club. Rollefson joined Toastmasters in 2005 because it was a requirement for her teaching certificate. She has stayed in Toastmasters as a way to broaden her leadership and speaking skills.

District 6 is one of 82 Toastmasters districts; it comprises more than 280 corporate and community clubs in Minnesota and a portion of Ontario, Canada. To learn more about District 6, please visit: http://d6tm.org.

Toastmasters International is a nonprofit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs. Founded in October 1924, the organization currently has more than 270,000 members in 13,000 clubs in 116 countries. Each week, Toastmasters
helps more than a quarter-million people of every ethnicity, education and profession build their competence in communication so they can gain the confidence to lead others. For information about local Toastmasters clubs, please visit www.toastmasters.org.