Mackenzie Lardie
2010 - 2011 Western Region Venturing President

Mackenzie Lardie, 19, joined Venturing in 2004 and helped start a local crew 970 where she served as president for three years.  She later joined crew 959 and is currently crew President.  She went on to serve three terms as the San Diego Imperial Council Venturing Officers' Association President and is currently the VOA Secretary.  In 2006 and 2007, she earned the U.S. Presidents Gold Award through her school for her scouting community service.  Mackenzie has served as youth leader on countless Council and District Venturing events and participated in a few Area and Region events. Kenzie has earned the Sports and Outdoor Bronze awards, and the Venturing Gold and Silver Awards.  She has also received the Venturing Leadership Award on a council level, been Kodiak and Kodiak-X trained, and is a Powder Horn graduate.

Mackenzie is currently attending community college studying for a career in the Emergency Medical Services field or in social services working with youth.  She is also working part time at Albertsons grocery store as a Customer Service Clerk.  Kenzie enjoys rock climbing, shooting sports, and water activities.  Kenzie enjoys going to the beach, being with family, and promoting the Venturing program whenever she can.

Mackenzie's email is venturetlc@gmail.com.

Venturing Training Coordinators

In order to strengthen Western Region, we have selected training coordinators for Powder Horn and Kodiak.  Ken Leja (western@powderhorn-bsa.org) will serve as the Powder Horn Coordinator and Jim Virgin (western@kodiak-bsa.org) as the Kodiak Coordinator.  If you have questions regarding Course Director Conferences (CDC), first check the appropriate web sites for the CDC listings:

• Powder Horn CDC
• Kodiak CDC

A change has been made to the Powder Horn website.  The change is that all new courses must go through Ken Leja in order to be listed on the list.  If any other information you want is not listed, please contact the appropriate training coordinator.

With the Areas being redefined in Western Region, we have selected new Area Venturing Training Coordinators.  (The new Areas and the Councils they cover can be seen on the Councils web page.)  The Coordinators are listed below and will be updated as changes are made.

Each Area Training Coordinator has been asked to have at least one, preferably two, Deputies in order to not spread themselves too thin.  As they are identified, they will be added to this page.