MESSAGE FROM YOUR STATE THIRD VICE PRESIDENT

My name is Paul Finazzo, the newly elected Third Vice President of the South.  I was appointed State Trustee of the South by Barbara Wisniewski when there was a vacancy a little more than two years ago.  I have served as State Trustee of the South since then having been elected at the 2023 Convention in Reno.  I am a member of the Joanne Coccia Lodge having joined in 1988.  I joined then to help my father with Bingo, and served as a Lodge Trustee soon thereafter.  I have served as President of the Joanne Coccia Lodge for the past 8 1/2 years.

State First Vice President Mark Rossi has hit the ground running in wanting to communicate with our local lodges.  He is setting up a Presidents’ Zoom call on the 4th Thursday of each upcoming month.  I have already met with both State Trustees of the South to help communicate with our local lodge presidents and arrange for official state visits.  Our goal is to visit each lodge before the end of the calendar year.  I am also in process of revising the local State Deputies, as several lodges are in need of new State Deputies.

I am looking forward to serving under State President Mark Vaona, and assisting him in whatever he might need.

Paul Finazzo
State Third Vice President of the South