State VOADs
While National VOAD members work to help its members coordinate efforts at the national level, State and local VOADs exist to ensure similar coordinating efforts occur among organizations at the state and local level.
The contact information below is for the person representing the State VOAD. Each listing includes the state, name of the contact person, their title with the State VOAD, the member organization they represent in VOAD, contact telephone, e-mail, and the State VOAD's website where applicable.
Alabama
Gilbert Jennings
President
Alabama VOAD
334-380-4084
gjennings@alvoad.org
Alaska
Richard Whetsell
President
Soldotna United Methodist Church
907-262-4657
907-398-2252 cell
whetsell@ak.net
American Samoa
Evelyn Stevens
Vice-President
Pualele Foundation
684-254-0554 or 684-733-0094
ogesosopo51@yahoo.com
Arizona
Cheryl Bender
Chairperson
ARC Southern Arizona
520-318-6740
www.azvoad.org
Connecticut
Chris Baker
Chair
American Red Cross, Charter Oak Chapter
860-678-2823
Florida
Rev. Marcus Hepburn
Chair
Georgia
Bob Tribble
President
Lutheran Social Services of Georgia
Hawaii
Maria Lutz
Chair
American Red Cross- Hawaii Chapter
Idaho
Raunie Aasland
President
The Salvation Army
503-544-9579
Illinois
David Roth
President
Lutheran Children Family Services, Illinois
708-488-5581
Indiana
Steven Cain
President
Purdue Extension
765-494-8410
Iowa
Kansas
Dee Smith
President
The Salvation Army
816-471-4337
Maine
Robert Van Deventer
President
National Emergency Response Team
207-948-3499
bobvnert@uninets.net
Maryland
Kevin M. Burr
Massachusetts
Keith Stefanelli
Chair
Michigan
Royce Snyman
President
517-316-1500
Minnesota
Seth Gardner
President
NECHAMA, Jewish Disaster Response
763-732-0610
Mississippi
Jay Huffstatler
President
Gulf Coast Community Foundation
228-897-4841
Montana
Guy Youngblood
President
406-458-9861
Nevada
Rev. Duane Sonnenberg
Acting Chairman
The Salvation Army, Clark County Nevada
702-870-4430 x116
New Hampshire
Chris Piotrwoski
NHVOAD Coordinator
Volunteer NH (VNH)
603-271-7205
New Mexico
Scott Snyder
Co-Chair
American Red Cross
505-262-6161
snydersc@usa.redcross.org
Co-chair
Mike Rose
Albuquerque CERT
505-284-0189
ms_rose28@msn.com
New York
Major Ronald Lee
Chair
The Salvation Army
607-722-2987
ron50linda@aol.com
North Carolina
Dianne Waddell
President
Adventist Community Services
president@ncvoad.org
http://www.ncvoad.org
North Dakota
Kit O’Neill, Chair
ND Psychological Assn. Disaster Response Network
701-231-5396
kit.oneill@ndsu.edu
Ohio
Mary Woodward
Chair
Oklahoma
Janelle Mulanax
Chairperson
Oregon
Phyllis Wright
President
Puerto Rico
Miguel Rivera
President
The Salvation Army
787-999-7000
Rhode Island
Janice Pothier Pac
Chair
Serve Rhode Island
South Carolina
Mike Patterson
Chair
The Salvation Army - North & South Carolina
704-972-3498
mike.patterson@uss.salvationarmy.org
South Dakota
Nancy Hanneman
President
Sioux Empire Red Cross
605-336-2448
St. Croix, USVI
Laurie Christian
Interim Chair
LDR, LSS of the USVI
340-719-6288
Tennessee
Gloria Loftin
President
American Red Cross - Nashville Area Chapter
Texas
Nikki J. Beneke
President
Chairperson
North Texas Long Term Recovery Council
www.texasvoad.org
Vermont
Rev. Bill Elwell
President
UMCOR
802-453-2321
Virginia
Terry Raines
President
Virginia Baptist Mission Board
(o) 804-925-5000 x7322
(c) 804-921-5235
terry.raines@vbmb.org
Washington
David Baylor
President
Diocese of Olympia (the Episcopal Church in Western Washington)
206-523-5662
206-579-0522
dbaylor.erd@comcast.net
West Virginia
Cheryl Ingraham
Chair
WV Council of Churches
304-344-3141
cheryli@wvcc.org
Wisconsin
Keith Lang
Chair
Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper MI, Inc.
(608) 834-4444 (o)
(608) 219-5848 (c)
klang@lsswis.org
Wyoming
Deb Nelson- Allender
President
Serve Wyoming
deb@servewyoming.org