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Join the Working Tools Podcast Team; WB Steven Chung, VWB David Colbeth and VWB Matthew Appel as we interview attendees at the Conference of Grand Masters of North America (COGMNA)

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Ill. James D. Cole, 33° Sovereign Grand Commander & SGIG at Large

https://scottishrite.org/



James D. Cole, 33°, was installed as the nineteenth Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council, 33°, Southern Jurisdiction, USA on August 19, 2019.



A Mason since 1983, he served as Worshipful Master of Craighill Lodge No. 160, Elliston, Virginia, in 1987 and as Virginia's Grand Master in 2001. Coroneted a 330 Inspector General Honorary on October 3, 2001, on January 1, 2003, he was appointed Deputy of the Supreme Council in Virginia; on October 7, 2003, he was crowned as an Active Member, later serving as Grand Treasurer General and Lieutenant Grand Commander.



He is a Royal Arch Mason, a Knight Templar, a National Sojourner, a Shriner, a member of the York Rite College, a life member of the Royal Order of Scotland, a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, a life member of the Scottish Rite Research Society, a Past Puissant Sovereign of the Knights of the Red Cross of Constantine, a Past Sovereign Master of the Allied Masonic Degrees. He holds 9th Grade membership in the Masonic Societas Rosicruciana and remains active in the Grand Lodge of Virginia, serving as Grand Representative to the Grand Lodge of England and as a member of the Code Commission.



His honors include: honorary membership in eleven lodges; the Legion of Honor from DeMolay International and honorary membership on the International Supreme Council; the Grand Cross of Color from the Rainbow for Girls; the Pierpont Edwards Medal from the Grand Lodge of Connecticut for outstanding Masonic Service; the Grand Lodge of Virginia's highest award, the George Washington Distinguished Service Medal; commission as an honorary Kentucky Colonel; the Odie R. Howell Leadership Award from the Virginia DeMolay Foundation; the Albert Mackey Medal from the Grand Lodge of South Carolina; and Honorary membership in the Conference of Grand Secretaries of North America.



Born in Asheville North Carolina in 1958, he moved to Virginia in 1969, where he and his wife Mary Ann reside; they have two children and five grandchildren. Formerly employed as CEO of the Masonic Home of Virginia, Brother Cole is a CPA whose previous professional experience includes practice with an international accounting firm and almost twenty years in a variety of positions at Virginia Tech, a large public university. He holds both a Bachelor's and a Master’s degree from Virginia Tech. Both an author and consultant, he has served numerous companies, universities, and non-profit organizations, including Masonic groups, throughout the country and has been a frequent speaker at business conferences.



Brother Cole has been active in community and church service, including more than twenty-five years teaching an Adult Bible Class and serving as an active lay speaker since age fifteen. He has been a high school basketball referee, a baseball umpire, a youth basketball and baseball coach, and a high school football announcer. In his spare time, he enjoys playing with his grandchildren, reading, and golf.



Courtesy, Scottish Rite Journal * November/December 2019





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R.W. Fred Kitko-Senior Grand Warden, Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of North Dakota, member of Malta No. 131 in Grand Forks ND

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R.W. Dr. Omar Martinez, Grand Chancellor of the Dominican Republic

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MW Akram Elias, PGM of Washington DC and 2023 Prestonian Lecturer

There are too many links to refer, here are a couple notable ones:

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https://pubs.royle.com/publication/?i=794088&article_id=4593822&view=articleBrowser





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Grand Chancellor, VW Bro Lt Cdr Paul Engeham, UGLE 'Foreign Secretary'

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RW Arda Cilingir is the Senior Grand Warden of the American Canadian Grand Lodge of AF&AM Germany https://acgl.online





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RW Omar Morris is the sitting Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey

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MW Bill Berman is Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey and Treasurer of the Masonic Renewal Committee

https://www.masonicrenewal.org/





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