The Kiwanis Club of Big Bear Valley was chartered on August 17, 1982.  The club was sponsored by the Yucaipa Valley Kiwanis of Yucaipa, CA.  The first president was Ed Andresen.  Since then there have been 25 pesidents, two of them serving two terms, as shown below.

         1982-83    Ed Andresen                           1996-97   Ben Jones 

         1983-84    Richard Boltz                           1997-98   Bill Douglas 

         1984-85    Jerry Riha                               1998-99   Robert Melonuk

         1985-86    Steve Smith                             1999-00  Warren Venneau 

         1986-87    Mike Lofton                              2000-01  Bill Jensen

         1987-88    David Cartwright                       2001-02  Neal Hertzmann

         1988-89    Randy Sherod                          2002-03  Richard Collins

         1989-90    John Trumbull                           2003-04  Ellie Lanigan

         1990-91    Pat Newman                             2004-05  Pat Bryant

         1991-92    Cooper Gwin                            2005-06  Bill Douglas

         1992-93    Tom Beede                              2006-07  Neal Hertzmann

         1993-94    Doe Saderup                           2007-08  Curt Bryant

         1994-95    Mark Brown                             2008-09  Pam Creighton

         1995-96    Gary Thielfoldt                          2009-10 Gail Dick