Officers

Roy joined The Kiwanis Club of Northwest Indianapolis in 1987, mainly to network with local business leaders to build his career as a copier salesman. He was tapped to join the Board of Directors early in his membership and served on the Board of Directors many times as Treasurer, Secretary, Membership Chair, Vice President, President-elect, and President in 1993-1994. Then after 30 years, Roy is again serving as President for the 2023-2024 year. He serves regular reader with the Club’s third-grade reading project at College Park Elementary School, as a shopping assistant for Clothe-a-Child; and has rung the bell for The Salvation Army every Christmas since he joined the Club. Over the last thirty-seven years, along with working on most of the Club’s community service and fundraising projects, Roy is the Club Advisor for the New Hope Aktion Club and the Lincoln Middle School Builders Club. 

Born in Massachusetts, he came to Indiana with his family during his 8th grade year and has lived here ever since. A charter member of the Key Club at Center Grove High School, he went on to earn a Bachelor of Science from Indiana University. After college, Roy maintained a 25-year career in the copier industry, mainly with Xerox and affiliates. After 25 years, Roy took his love for Kiwanis to work at the Indianapolis Headquarters of Kiwanis International. His first role at KI was as Director of Membership and Education with The Formula- Growth Campaign, then as Executive Director of Key Club International and Associate Director of Kiwanis Youth Programs (Key Leader, K-Kids, and Builders Club). 

Roy is now retired. He and his wife Tree live on the west side of Indianapolis and have a second home outside of Montego Bay, Jamaica. They have one son, Garrett, and daughter Kyleigh. Garrett is an Occupational Health & Safety Specialist for Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services in Austin, Texas. Kyleigh, with son-in-law Matt, have two elementary aged sons. They live near Roy’s home in Indy. Roy spends most of all his down time with his children and grandsons.

Although relatively new to Kiwanis, Sandy is currently President-Elect of Kiwanis Northwest Indianapolis and over the past 2½ years has been actively involved in our Programs Committee, community activities, and fundraising. She is a regular participant in the Bingo Nights put on by the Aktion Club of New Hope of Indiana (a NW Indy Kiwanis sponsored Service Leadership Program for adult with development disabilities) and our weekly reading program for the third-graders at College Park Elementary School.   

Sandy has been dedicated to community involvement for over a quarter century. She has served on the boards of such non-profit organizations as the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, and the Family Advocacy Center in Indianapolis, as well as several professional real estate and urban planning groups. She always strove toward improving the lives of those with lower incomes by giving them opportunities for better housing and employment.   

Sandy brings a wealth of life experience to the Club. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, she spent twelve years in Indianapolis working as a partner in a court-reporting firm then in television news production. At that juncture her career path took a new turn, Sandy received her commercial real estate license, leading to 17 years as a commercial broker for two major commercial real estate development firms. Her path then led to Houston, Texas, and her taking on the roles of international transaction manager, broker, and business developer. In 2002, Sandy’s expertise and background in the global real estate industry led to being a Vice President/Director of Client Development and Account Manager with Texas’ oldest architectural and engineering firm. Returning to Indianapolis, Sandy served as a consultant for a large Canadian engineering firm, helping them grow business in the Greater Toronto Area and across Canada. Her career path then led to collaboration with an Austin, Texas based business specializing in the design and manufacturing of luxury furniture. Currently she is also working with a British restaurant owner to expand a business model across the city of Indianapolis, and beyond.   

Sandy’s hobbies include piano, reading, languages, golf, and travel. She also enjoys spending time with family.

Annette joined Kiwanis in January of 2019 after winning the office of Trustee for Pike Township. Annette is currently serving as Vice President. She also holds the distinction of being a Past President of the Northwest Kiwanis Club. She served as president during 2021-2022. Community Service is very important to Annette and she enjoys working with youth. 

Annette holds a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education from Martin University and holds three Master's Degrees from Ball State University in Adult Community Education, Executive Development for Public Service, and Career Technical Education. Annette also holds Certifications in Community Leadership from Ivy Tech State College, Gerontology from Ball State University. 

Annette was awarded Trustee of the Year for 2022. In addition to serving on our Board of directors, she is currently an Adjunct Professor at Martin University, working in the area of Adult, Higher and enrolled in the Cohort Community Education and Master of Science in Organizational Leadership program at Martin University. Annette is a Lifetime Member of the NAACP, Indiana Democratic African-American Caucus (IDAAC), Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc., Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc., Kiwanis, Toastmasters, and the National Council for Negro Women (NCNW). Annette serves on the Boards of Community Action of Greater Indianapolis the Fay Biccard Glick Neighborhood Center, and Resilient Pike. She also serves on the Advisory Board of Hoosier Interfaith Power & Light and Faith in Place where she “Lobbies” for environmental issues and concerns for the African-American Community. She is also a member of the Indiana Black Expo Education Committee. 

Annette enjoys facilitating and doing research projects in history as an Educator, Elected Official, Historian, Researcher, Writer, and Community Advocate. As a member of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, she serves on the Scholarship Committee, serves as a Sunday School Teacher, Usher, Community Garden Chair, and Political Chair. Annette was with the IPS School System for 14 years, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office as a Program Educator Specialist, and with the Indiana Department of Education in the Outreach Department. Annette was recognized as a 2016 Trailblazer of the Year Volunteer Impact Award Recipient, the 2019 Charles S. Kinchelow Civil and Human Rights Awards, and the 2019 Black Opal Honoree Educator Award. 

Annette's hobbies include playing pickleball, teaching Zumba, cycling, and traveling.

Curtis is an active member of the Kiwanis Club of Northwest Indianapolis. He joined the club on 9/8/2016, awarded Kiwanian of the year in 2021, and served the 2022/2023 year as president.   

Curtis, a pharmacist, worked for Eli Lilly and Company in various management roles for 27 years, until his early retirement on December 23, 2013. 

He is the founder, President and CEO, and Co-Developer of Rophe Free Clinic, a non-profit medical clinic, which opened on June 30, 2018, to serve the uninsured and underinsured residents of Indianapolis Pike Township (www.rophe.org).   

An active member of his local church, Curtis is a Deacon and the Director of Worldwide Missions, where he has led medical mission teams to Haiti (yearly, until the pandemic and the subsequent political unrest); leads or directs general service teams to West Africa and to Navajo Reservation in Arizona (yearly). He is a drummer in his church band.   

Curtis is a U.S. Navy veteran. He is married to Angela . They have four adult children and one grandchild. Curtis was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in New Jersey.   

His Favorite quote: "It is better to earn recognition without getting it than to get recognition without earning it" -Author unknown- 

Dick is active in environmental activities and is Coordinator of Resilient Pike, a volunteer group working to help Pike Township meet the challenges of a changing climate. He is proud to be called a tree hugger and would almost always prefer to be outdoors rather than inside. 

He is a retired United Church of Christ Pastor and currently very involved with Broadway United Methodist Church. He is an avid gardener and enjoys canoeing and walks in the woods. The highlight of the year for him is his annual canoe trip with his wife into the Canadian wilderness. 

He had been married for 54 years to Andrea and is the father of two daughters and two grandsons. 

He values his Kiwanis Club Membership because of the excellent service projects, the informative club meetings and the friendliness of other club members.

Jeff joined our Club in April of 1998. He is a two-time Past President and a Distinguished Past President. Jeff was twice named the Kiwanian of the Year, first for 2002-2003 then for 2015-2016. Jeff shares that he has enjoyed our many service projects and fundraising events through the years, including Ringing the Bell for The Salvation Army (Jeff serves as the Voice of the Club during our sponsored hour on the annual Radiothon to Support The Salvation Army), but it is the camaraderie is what he really enjoys the most. 

Jeff is married to Betsy and between them, have four children and six grandchildren. They enjoy living on a small lake on the Northeast side of Indianapolis.

Joining Kiwanis in 1993, following a stint on active duty with the United States Army, this is Quin’s fourth go-around as a Director for the Northwest Indianapolis Club. He has served as the editor of the Club’s award winning newsletter since 2007. He is a regular: reader with the Club’s third-grade reading project at College Park Elementary School; shopping assistant for Clothe-a-Child; and has rung the bell for The Salvation Army every Christmas since he joined the Club. Over the last thirty years, along with working on most of the Club’s community service and fundraising projects, he has served as the Coordinator for Kiwanis Peanut Day, Greeters/Invocators, Inter-Clubs, and the latest web site revision. 

Born in Texas, but raised in Southern California, he holds degrees in theater from San Diego State and a Master of Information Science from Indiana University. Military service took him to Europe, Korea and Central America, along with missions across the continental USA. A Hoosier by choice, his professional work while a Kiwanian includes broadcast and freelance television, heading the television department at The Saturday Evening Post magazine, college professor (hired by fellow Kiwanian Jeff Vessely), and current supervising the scoring of standardized tests.

 He and his wife live in NW Indy and enjoy traveling, particularly to our National Parks, where Quin exercises his hobby of photography. They are the parents of two adult daughters, a landscape architect/photographer from Ball State University and a biomedical engineer from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.