Meet Our Members

Mark Richards DTM : Vice President Education – Past District 17 Governor

• Member # 2
• Triple DTM (Distinguished Toastmaster) Joined TM in 2001
• Inaugural District 17 Governor 2011-2012 (Select Distinguished)
• LGET for District 73 West 2010-2011
• LG Marketing for District 73, 2009-2010
• Toastmaster of the Year – Western Division – 2008-2009
• Public Relations Officer for District 73, 2008-2009
• Western Division Governor 2007-2008
• W21 Area Governor 2006-2007 (Area Governor of the year)
• VPE 2008-2009, 2009-2010,2010-2011, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2016, 2018-19, 2022-2023, 2023-2024
• Co-Convention Chair – District 17  Power Up on the Peninsula 2014
• CVTM TMOTY 2016-2017
• President 2017-2018
• Pathways Guide 2017/18
• District 17 TMOTY 2017/18
• I Past President 2018/19
• Level 1 PM July 2018
• Level 2 PM July 2019
• Level 3 PM February 2020
• Level 1 TC August 2020
• Level 4 PM October 2020
• Treasurer 2021-2022
• Level 1 EH July 2021
• Level 2 EH January 2022
• Level 3 EH July 2022
• Level 4 EH July 2022
• Level 2 TC August 2022
• Level 3 TC August 2022
• Level 5 PM December 2022
• Level 4 TC December 2023

Pedro Beleigoli DL1 – Vice President Public Relations

• Member # 280
• Joined  August 2022
• Level 1 LD August 2023
• VPPR 2023 6 months
• VPPR 2023-2024

Robyn Richards DTM – Secretary – Past District 17 Governor

• Member # 1
• Charter Member March 2008 and Sponsor of Canning Vale Toastmasters.
• CL Sept 2008, CC Nov 2008, ALB Jan 2009, ACB Jul 2009, ACS Mar 2010, ACG ALS Jul 2010
• DTM July 2010
• DTM #2 Oct 2013
• President 2008-2009
• I Past President 2009-2010
• W16 Area Governor 2009-2010
• Western Division Governor 2010-2011 (Division Governor of the Year)
• VPE 2010-2011,2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2019-2020, 2020-2021
• District 17 PRO 2011-2012
• District 17 LGM 2012-2013
• District 17 LGET 2013-2014
• District 17 District Governor 2014-2015 (Presidents Distinguished)
• President 2014-2015
• VPPR 2015-2016, 2017
• I Past President 2015-2016
• CVTM TMOTY 2015-2016
• Secretary 2016-2017, 2018-2019, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024
• Pathways Guide 2017-2018
• Level 1 LD April 2018
• 3rd place in District Evaluation 2019
• DTM #3 Oct 2019
• Level 2 LD January 2020
• Level 3 LD July 2020 (Piara Waters)
• Level 4 LD August 2020
• Level 5 LD November 2020
• Level 2 MS July 2021
• Level 1 EH December 2021
• Level 2 EH April 2022
• Level 3 EH April 2022
• Level 4 MS November 2022
• Level 3 PI July 2023

Frank Crisafio DL5 – Immediate Past President

• Member # 191
• Joined July 2016
• SAA 2017
• CC November 2017
• Treasurer 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2022-23
• Level 1 DL February 2019
• Level 2 DL July 2109
• Level 3 DL March 2020
• CVTM TMOTY 2019-2020
• Level 4 DL August 2020
• Level 5 DL November 2020
• President 2021-2022
• Level 1 PM July 2021
• I Past President 2022-23
• Level 2 PM September 2022
• Level 3 PM September 2022
• President 2023-6months
• Level 4 PM July 2023
• I Past President 2023-24
• Area Director S31 2023-24
• Level 5 PM July 2023

Chandana Weerasekera DTM

• Member # 48
• Joined November 2009
• CC May 2011
• ACB Nov 2013
• District 17 Treasurer 2014-2015
• ALB July 2014
• ACS Oct 2014
• SAA 2015
• ACG August 2017
• ALS January 2018
• DTM January 2018
• Level 1 LD April 2020
• Level 2 LD July 2020
• Level 3 LD July 2021
• Level 4 LD July 2022
• Level 5 LD February 2023
• Level 1 PM September 2023

Lionel Grant IP5

• Member # 123
• Re- joined August 2018
• Level 1 IP September 2019
• Level 2 IP May 2020
• Secretary 2020-2021
• Level 3 IP July 2020
• Level 4 IP July 2022
• Level 1 VC July 2022
• Level 2 VC July 2023
• Level 5 IP October 2023
• Level 1 PI March 2024

Renee Diver PM2

• Member # 226
• Re-Joined  April 2024
• Level 1 PM July 2019
• Level 2 PM August 2020

Sonal Mangla PM2

• Member # 274
• Joined  May 2022
• Level 1 PM July 2023
• Level 2 PM February 2024

Anju George DL2

• Member # 276
• Joined  July 2022
• Level 1 DL July 2023
• Level 2 DL February 2024

Hilda Darangwa PI2

• Member # 287
• Joined  February 2023
• Level 1 PI November 2023
• Level 2 PI February 2024

Sam Elsheikh PM2

• Member # 292
• Joined  July 2023
• Level 1 PM November 2023
• Level 2 PM February 2024

Ria Siridhata

• Member # 295
• Joined  September 2023

Shakoor Khan

• Member # 297
• Joined  October 2023

Raminder Josan

Keoni Upton

• Member # 302
• Joined  March 2024

Ashlyn Poole

• Member # 304
• Joined  March 2024

Lucy Oladejo

• Member # 306
• Joined  April 2024