PRESIDENT

James Zimmerman serves the UC as the Senior Associate Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education. A nuclear scientist with a long interest in learning and teaching issues, James has participated in faculty professional development activities at the local, national, and international level. These activities have included the development of a Teaching Fellowship program that supports faculty interested in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning studies. Dr. Zimmerman has been a member of the Merced Breakfast Lions since 2017.

1ST VICE-PRESIDENT

Born one of four children, to successful Italian immigrants in Bakersfield, Michael graduated from UCLA with a BA in Psychology, then obtained a Masters in Urban Planning from Cal Poly Pomona. As a United Nations Volunteer sponsored by the Peace Corps, he spent 1976-79 in Botswana as a village development planner. He then became a planner for Merced County, Community Development Director for the City of Tracy, and Facility Planner/Director of Maintenance for the Merced Union High School District for 22 years. He married Christine Krebs in 1984 and they raised a daughter and three grandchildren. Upon retirement he served on the Merced City Council for five years. He was president of the Merced Host Lions Club in 1994 and president of the Breakfast Lions Club in 2019-20.

2ND VICE-PRESIDENT

Vince Piro

3RD VICE-PRESIDENT

Robyn Piro

PAST PRESIDENT

Andrea Zimmerman is a Midwestern transplant to California and has made Merced her home for five years. She joined MBLC as a way to make new friends and give back to the community. She especially enjoys cooking for the homeless and programming directed at teens and children. As a board-certified Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, she is a specialist in obstetrics and reproductive health. She has been a nurse in women’s health since 2006. Andrea enjoys travel and wine tasting with her husband, James. She also has a son, Max, that she is particularly fond of despite his being a picky eater. Spending time with these two men is her favorite way to pass the time. Otherwise she is likely to be found out in the garden or deep in a book.

Secretary: Ray Wenham

Treasurer: Dave Silveira

Membership Chair: Ken Harrison

Bulletin Editor: Vince Piro

Web Master: Dave Simenson

Lion Tamer: Mark Seivert

Tail Twister: Kent Floro

Directors: Lou Souza, Michael Bandoni, Lupe Garcia and Allen Sietsema

Membership Chair: Ken Harrison