Leadership

UCT's Supreme Officers and Board of Governors

UCT's top leadership is elected by delegates from the organization's Grand councils each year at the organization's annual convention. These officers represent a diverse cross section of skills and experience from throughout the United States and Canada. The officers meet periodically at the Home Office in Columbus, Ohio, to work with the organization's Senior Management Team to establish the organization's policies and direction. UCT's Officers and Board of Governors for the current year include:

Supreme Counselor	Stewart Wagner, St. Anne, Ill.
Supreme Junior Counselor	Randy Young, Baton Rouge, La.
Chairman of the Board	James Walsh, Hookset, N.H.
Supreme Secretary-Treasurer	Gerald Thomas, Westerville, Ohio
Supreme Conductor	Larry Pilon, Calgary, Alta.
Supreme Page	Robert Kellogg, Jackson, Mich.
Supreme Sentinel	David Burt, Lancaster, Ohio
Supreme Board of Governor	George Bohn, Highland, Calif.
Supreme Board of Governor	Jerry Giff, Sudbury, Ont.
Supreme Chaplain	David Kraemer, Bourbonnais, Ill.

Senior Management Team

UCT's Home Office operations are led by a diverse senior management team, which works closely with the organization's Officers and Board of Governors to establish and implement UCT's policies. The senior management team includes:

Chief Executive Officer	Joseph Hoffman
Vice President and Controller	Kevin Hecker
Vice President, Information Services	Ronald Ives
Vice President, Marketing	Bob McCollins
Fraternal Director	Sandy Shafer
Chief Agent for Canada	Lindsay Maxwell

Supreme Counselor Stewart Wagner's travel itinerary

2010

August
9-12 - Western Canada

September
9-11 - NFCA Meeting, Chicago, Ill.
16-18 - Supreme Board of Governors Meeting, Columbus, Ohio
23-25 - Pennsylvania Visitation

October
23-30 - Ky.-Va.-W.Va.-Md.-D.C. Visitation

November
5-7 - Illinois Visitation
18-20 - Indiana Visitation

December
9-12 - Supreme Board of Governors Meeting, Columbus, Ohio

2011

January
7-8 - Swing Through Ohio, Alliance and Columbus, Ohio

March
10-12 - Supreme Board of Governors Meeting, Columbus, Ohio

April
15-16 - South Dakota Grand Session
22-23 - Oklahoma Grand Session
29-May 1 - Manitoba-Saskatchewan Grand Session

May
6-7 - Wisconsin Grand Session
12-14 - Illinois Grand Session
19-21 - Indiana Grand Session
27-29 - Michigan Grand Session

June
2-4 - Arkansas Grand Session
8-11 - Ohio Grand Session, Columbus, Ohio

July
13-21 - Supreme Board of Governors Meeting and Supreme Session, Jacksonville, Fla.

UCT's Supreme Counselor (International President) for 2010-2011 is Stewart A. Wagner of St. Anne, Ill.

Stewart joined UCT in 1968 as a member of Kankakee Council 687. He served through the line of local offices and received his Past Counselor (past local president) honors in 1977. He also served as the local chaplain and spent six years on the council's executive committee. Stewart has served on virtually every committee on the Grand (regional) council level and was Grand Chaplain in 2006 while his wife, Mary, was Grand Counselor for Illinois.

In 2001 he received the Jud Lair Award and in 2004 the Member of the Year Award from the Illinois Grand Council. Offices held include: President of the Illinois Grand Counselors' Association, Past Great Ruler of the Arabia Guild of AMOB (Illinois), Great Ruler of the Indra Guild of AMOB (Indiana) and President of the Illinois Fraternal Congress 1996-1997. He received his Past Grand Counselor honors in 1992.

On the Supreme level, Stewart has served on the Resolutions Committee, participated in the Supreme Necrology Service (2003), served on the Jurisprudence Committee (2005), served on the State of the Order Committee (chairperson, 2006), and in 2003 was honored by the Roses for the Living Committee. He was a representative to the National Fraternal Congress of America.