| Vice President | Visits: | Date. |
| Albuquerque | # 461 | 07-19-08 |
| Las Cruces | # 1119 | |
| Tucumcari | # 1172 | 05-31-08 |
| Artesia | # 1717 | 08-20-08 |
| Farmington | # 1747 | 11-08-08 |
| Lordsburg | # 1813 | |
| Grants-Milan | # 2053 | 08-30-08 |
| President | John Holbrook | |
| President Elect: | Jim Larrabee | |
| Vice President: | ||
| Secretary: | Lyle Weeks Jr. | |
| Treasurer: | Tom Brown | |
| Tiler: | Kandi Banks | |
| Chaplain: | Paul Stevens | |
| Sergeant-At-Arms: | Eugene Bratcher | |
| TRUSTEES | ||
| Trustee: 1yr. | John Barr | |
| Trustee: 2 yr. Chair | Jim L. Lehman | |
| Trustee: 3 yr. | Larry Curtis | |
| Trustee: 4 yr. Sec. | Billy L. Johnson | |
| Trustee: 5 yr. | Dean Calvani | |
| Committees under Vice President: | ||
NMEA Vice President
Contact: Rick Callaway
P.O. Box. 6355
Roswell, NM. 88202-6355
Res. 575-734-6325
Bus. 575-623-1988
e- mail: recper@plateautel.net
Rick was born in San Diego, California on August 9, 1955. He was raised in Spring Valley, California where he attended school. He graduated from Mt. Miguel High School in 1973. He moved to Roswell, NM in 1974 with his family and open up an auto repair business. He has been service manager of the family owned business for 31 years.
He married Tracy London of Roswell in 1982 and they have two daughters, Lindsey and Jessie.
Rick and his wife Tracy owned and operated Roswell Drag way for 20 years before selling the business in 2001. They operated El Paso Drag way for 8 years. Rick has drag raced all of his life and was sponsored by Anheuser Busch for 4 years. He is an avid hunter and enjoys music.
Rick is a Life Member of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
Rick joined the Roswell Elks Lodge in 1995 and became Chaplain in 1996.
He went on
to win All State Chaplain in 1997. The Roswell Team won All
State A honors. Falling in love with the ritual competition he went on to
Loyal Knight where he won All State Loyal Knight. In 2001 he returned to
become Leading Knight and took All State again. As Exalted Ruler in 2002
he won All State ER and lead the Roswell #969 Ritual Team to their first
AA State Championship with a score of 97.998. The Ritual Team competed in
St. Louis finishing second in the West and in the final 4 took second in
the Nation, giving NM its highest finish in Ritual Competition.
In 2003 Rick became the NMEA C&B Trust Chairman and was given the high honor of the 2003-2004 NM Elks Association Elk of the Year Award. Rick was named NM Elks Association Top Membership Recruiter in 2003 and has been awarded the GER Award every year since he became a member. He has received two membership watches.
Rick became Roswell Lodge #969 PER Association President in 2004 and then again in 2005. He was assistant ritual coach 2004. He was the NMEA State Tiler in 2004-2005. He was District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler NM Southeast, NMEA C&B Trust Chairman, and Southeast District New Lodge Chairman in 2005-2006. He was NMEA 5 year Trustee in 2006-2007- 4yr. Trustee in 2007-08 and also the NMEA State Ritual Chairman.