On July 1, 2017, District 103 became an official district within Toastmasters International. It also became the second district serving members in Chicago and the Chicagoland areas. District 103 Toastmasters has a mission to “build new clubs and support all clubs in achieving excellence.”
Our Founding
2017 - 18
- District 103 Toastmasters was founded, 2017
- Cassandra Lee, DTM, District Director, 2017-2018
- William ‘Bill’ Morrill, DTM / Carolyn Arthur, DTM, Program Quality Director
- Donoley ‘Don’ Williams, DTM, Club Growth Director
- Theme: “Express Your G.I.F.T.S. (Goals, Initiative, Focus, Technical Skills, and Strengths)
Our Initial Growth
2018 - 19
- Chartered new clubs and promoted D103 club events on social media channels
- Donoley ‘Don’ Williams, DTM, District Director
- William ‘Bill’ Morrill, DTM / Ivory Gwin, Program Quality Director
- Frank Hesser, DTM, Club Growth Director
- 2018 Toastmasters International Convention hosted in Chicago
- Ramona J. Smith won the 2018 Toastmasters World Champion of Public Speaking (WCoPS)
- Toastmasters International made history: never before had three women won 1st, 2nd and 3rd in WCoPS
- D103 Toastmasters had 3 keynote speakers under one roof for the 2019 D103 Annual District Conference: Ramona Smith, Johnny Campbell and Pres Vasilev
2019 - 20
- P.I.V.O.T. to Pathways, to get club members on their journey to the new Pathways Education Program
- Ivory Gwin, DTM, District Director
- Joe McCarty, DTM, Program Quality Director
- Gregg Thompson, Club Growth Director
- Train the Trainer Program for Toastmasters members to take their speaking skills from speaker to trainer
Our Explosion
2020 - 21
- “The Future of Leadership,” District 103 theme for the social media channels
- Joe McCarty, DTM, District Director
- Gregg Thompson, DTM, Program Quality Director
- Dionne Leggin, DTM, Club Growth Director
- D103 PR Re-imagine PR Journey Explosion, for the coming of the new D103 Toastmasters website, social media channels facelift and more to come! Our vision is to leave a legacy of a process booklet for the next successor to set the District up for success for the next leaders
2021 - 22
- District 103 theme is “Keep Your Foot On The Gas!”
- District Word for the Year: Momentum
- District Song for the Year: Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
- Gregg Thompson, DTM, District Director
- Dionne Leggin, DTM, Program Quality Director
- Sam Sukumar, VC5, SR5, Club Growth Director
- D103 Toastmasters vision is to raise the adoption of its members to be more engaged in Pathways and to increase the member numbers within each club of District 103!
- District 103 Toastmasters Annual Conference theme in April 2022: "Powered By Momentum Fueled For Leadership."