Joseph W Clancy
North Carolina State Elks Association
State President 2024 – 2025
I would like to thank the members of the North Carolina Elks Association for providing me the opportunity to serve them as their 2024 – 2025 State President. This is a true honor and assure you I will do my best to make the State Association an organization that we are all proud to be a member.
I relocated to Sanford, NC from New Jersey in 1997, shortly after becoming a member of the Sanford Elks Lodge #1679 in 2000. I have been an officer since 2012. I served as Exalted Ruler for two consecutive years from 2015-2017. Board Chairperson 2015 – 2018; Trustee from 2017 – 2020; Sanford PER Association President 2018 – 2021; Sanford Lodge Treasurer 2021 to present,
At the district level, in 2017 – 2018 I was Vice President East Central District; in 2018 – 2019 Esquire to the District Deputy; District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler for the East Central District 2019 – 2020.
On the state level I served as the State Past Exalted Ruler Association President 2020 – 2021; State Elks Association State Lodge Activities Chairman 2017 – 2024; Grand Lodge Special Representative to the State Sponsor 2020-2022; North Carolina State Financial Reporting System Coordinator 2020 to present; and I am active on the Long-Range Planning Committee.
I’ve been married to my lovely wife Yenly for seventeen years and together we have 7 children and 6 great grandchildren. I have been a Franchise Owner of Express Employment Professionals for 12 years serving the Sanford area.
In addition to the Elks, I have been active in my community for over 24 years. I served on the Central Carolina Hospital Board of Directors 2004 – 2012, Chairman from 2005 – 2008; Active member of the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Board of Directors 3 times, 2002- 2005, 2013 – 2015, 2019 to 2023, Chairperson 2021 – 2022; United Way of Lee County Board of Directors 2000 – 2008, 2013 – 2018, member of the Executive Committee 2013 – 2018; Lee County YMCA Board Member 2017 – 2023.
My wife Yenly and I are looking forward to the upcoming year and having the opportunity to visit many of the Lodges in North Carolina and meet more of our members. We will also be representing the State Association in Austin at the Elks National Convention in July.