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
Becky W. Booker
Chair
United Ways of Alabama
334-269-4505
becky@doingwhatmatters.org
Alaska
Richard Whetsell
President
Soldotna United Methodist Church
907-262-4657
907-398-2252 cell
whetsell@ak.net
American Samoa
Evelyn Stevens
Point of Contact
Territorial Emergency Management Coordinating Office
684-699-6481/2
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
Kevin Cox
President
Hope Crisis Response Network
574-522-2547
Iowa
Wilbur Litwiller
Co-Chair
Mennonite Disaster Service
319-936-3151
Kansas
Dee Smith
President
The Salvation Army
816-471-4337
Kentucky
Lousiana
Mike Manning
President
Maine
Robert Van Deventer
President
National Emergency Response Team
207-948-3499
bobvnert@uninets.net
Maryland
Kevin M. Burr
Massachusetts
Bill Ames
Chair
LSS Community Services
508-740-0652
Michigan
Royce Snyman
President
517316-1500
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
Chair
Adventist Community Services
ladydiann@hotmail.com
North Dakota
Bonnie Turner
Chair
Lutheran Disaster Response
800-950-2901
Ohio
Mary Woodward
Chair
Ohio Lutheran Social Services
740-732-6700
mwoodward_1@msn.com
Oklahoma
Janelle Mulanax
Chairperson
Oregon
Norene Goplen
Vice President
Puerto Rico
Miguel Rivera
President
The Salvation Army
787-999-7000
Rhode Island
Kamila Barzykowski
Chair
United Way, Rhode Island
401-444-0626
kamila.barzykowski
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
David Acres
President
Tennessee Baptist Convention Disaster Relief
Texas
Marty Nerren
Interim President
American Red Cross
Vermont
Jennifer Geary
President
Vermont Conference United Church of Christ
802-472-8765
Virginia
Jan Tobias
President
LDR, Grace Lutheran Church
866-946-4598
540-946-4598
West Virginia
Cheryl Ingraham
Chair
WV Council of Churches
304-344-3141
cheryli@wvcc.org
Wisconsin
Terri Leece
Chair
The Salvation Army
715-325-6376
800-949-3387
Wyoming
Deb Nelson- Allender