Board of directors

The Board of Directors of the Tall Clubs International Foundation, Inc. is composed of volunteer directors who have served Tall Clubs International™ in a variety of leadership positions. They represent a cross section of TCI™ membership in the United States and Canada.
The Board thanks Megan Lukens for her artistic contribution to this website.  The year shown is when that member joined the Board.

Billie Jean Morison (Chair, 2010)  was first introduced to Tall Clubs International as a member of the San Diego Tall Singles.  Years
later she moved to northern California and joined the Golden Gate Tip Toppers (GGTT) club in 1994.  She often served as an officer of GGTT as well as their TCI Convention delegate for many  years.  Billie Jean represented GGTT as Miss Tall San Francisco and was selected as Miss Tall International 2008.

Marie Austin (Finance, 2017) Marie has been a member of the Boston Beanstalks Tall Club since 1986. She has held several offices within the local club including President (current), VP, Secretary, Membership Chair, TCI Delegate and Alt Delegate, Meetup Liaison, Policies & Procedures Committee, Scholarship Committee, and Weekend Planning Committee.   Additionally, she was the 1993 TCI Convention Registrar in Boston and the 2001 TCI Convention Day Trip Coordinator in Portland, ME.  Marie is a devoted member of the Beanstalks Scholarship Committee and takes it as a personal responsibility to raise enough funds to provide a scholarship every year. The BBTC Scholarship was renamed the Robert Austin Memorial Scholarship to honor Marie's late husband, whom she introduced and recruited to the Club and shared her love and commitment. Marie works diligently on the Scholarship Committee each year.

Maureen Ricketts (Secretary, 2018) has been a member of the Tall Club of Silicon Valley since 1997.  Over the years, she has served on the board of TCSV as president, secretary, social, and editor.  She participated for several years in selecting the TCSV local scholarship winner.  Maureen represented TCSV as Miss Tall Silicon Valley at the 1998 TCI Convention and received a TCI Merit award in 2007.  Additionally, she has served many times as a delegate for TCSV  at the annual TCI Delegates' Meeting at Convention.  Maureen retired in 2016 after 33 years as a California public school educator (administrator and special education teacher) and now enjoys traveling, spending time with her granddaughter , and mentoring future teachers.

Edie Berman (Board Member, 2010) Edie Berman currently serves as secretary for the TCI Foundation. She has been an active member of TCI since 1995. Edie is a member of the Tall Club of Greater Washington, D.C., Tampa Tall and Terrific, and the Palmetto Tall Club. She has attended: all national TCI conferences (except one) since 1996 where she has repeatedly served as her clubs' delegate; five international conferences, once as the TCI representative who writes the report on the conference for the TCI Executive Board; and many TCI weekends. She has been active on the planning committees for the weekends her clubs have hosted. Edie is a retired educator whose educational credentials include a B.A. in English and a M.A. in Guidance and Counseling and Personnel Services.

Patty Huggett (Publicity, 2017) Patty first discovered Tall Clubs in 1985 and joined Redwood Empire Tall Club. When work took her to Sacramento, she joined Sacramento's club and has been an active member for almost 30 years. She has served on the board of STC as VP,  Secretary, Sgt at Arms, Marketing & Publicity, Scholarship Chair,
Weekend, and Pre-Convention chair. Patty also serves on the TCI Executive Board as the Alt-Executive Officer. Patty met her husband through tall clubs and was married in 1991 to Bob. Patty and Bob have been regular Weekend and Convention attendees over the last 10 years. Patty received a TCI Merit Award in 2014.

Kate Weigant (Treasurer, 2015) has been a member of Portland Skyliners Tall Club for almost 30 years, making her a lifetime member. During that long tenure she held every local office except treasurer, and was Miss Tall Portland in 1989. Kate was chair person of two TCI weekends hosted by Portland, and was day trip coordinator for the 1997 TCI Convention. She attended multiple conventions and weekends in other cities, and served the TCI Executive Board as Finance Officer for two terms. Kate was proud to receive a TCI Merit Award in 2009, and equally pleased to be selected three times as Portland's Woman of the Year. A retired special educator, Kate now enjoys a variety of activities and traveling with her husband, Bob Weigant. Bob is also a member of Portland Skyliners and served as an award-winning newsletter editor for several years. 
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Doris Chickering (Historian, 2017) Doris joined the Tip Toppers of Washington, D.C. in 1966 and moved to the Tower Club of Baltimore in 1973, where she served as Acting Treasurer and Editor for TTWDC and Editor for Tower Club of Baltimore. Doris was authorized by TCI to collect tall club and affiliation documents and serves as the TCI Archivist. She is the recipient of several TCI Executive Board awards and was designated as the only TCI Honorary Member in 1990. Doris became a supporter of the TCI Foundation in 1992, attending the convention held meetings. Early on she was asked to retain the TCIF archives. In July 2004 she became an honorary member of the TCIF board and as of July 2005 she began a five year regular term on the board. She served as Finance Chair 2005-2008 and has been serving as Publicity Chair for TCIF since July 2008.

Joe Harlukowicz (Website, 2009) has been a TCI member since 1982 and served as an officer for the Tall Club of Austin for almost every year from 1983 to 2006. Joe also served as the scholarship chairman for the Austin club,  joined the TCI foundation board in 2009, and has participated in the difficult process of picking the winners from among the outstanding scholarship applicants. His background is in Electrical Engineering and he retired from the computer industry in July 2013 after 39 years.