Regions

Region 1

Regional Director:
Kathy Walker, KOA-AM, Denver

State Coordinators:
Alaska: John Tracy, KTUU, Anchorage
Idaho: Mark Danielson, KTVB-TV, Boise
Montana: John Sherer, KBZK/KXLF-TV, Bozeman
Oregon: Vacant
Washington: Ursula Reutin, KIRO-AM, Seattle

Region 2

Regional Director: Brandon Mercer, FOX40, Sacramento

State Coordinators:
California: Cliff Albert, KOGO-AM, San Diego
Hawaii: Dan Dennison, KHNL/KHBC-TV, Honolulu
Nevada: Katie Nielsen, KREN-TV, Reno

Region 3

Regional Director:
Kathy Walker, KOA-AM, Denver

State Coordinators:
Arizona: vacant
Colorado: Jerry Bell, KHOW-AM,/KKZN-AM Denver
New Mexico: Sue Stephens, KOAT-TV, Albuquerque
Utah: Bryan Schott
Wyoming: Bob Beck, Wyoming Public Radio, Laramie

Region 4

Regional Director: Mark Willis, WIBW Radio and the Kansas Information Network

State Coordinators:
Minnesota: Scott Libin, WCCO-TV, Minneapolis
North Dakota: Dick Heidt, KFYR-TV, Bismarck
South Dakota: Jerry Oster, WNAX-AM/FM, Yankton
Wisconsin: Len Nelson, WAPL-AM, Appleton

Region 5

Regional Director: Mark Willis, WIBW Radio and the Kansas Information Network

State Coordinators:
Iowa: Polly Carver-Kimm, Des Moines Radio Group
Kansas: Dan Dillon, KFDI/KFTI-AM, Wichita
Missouri: Gene Hartley, KYTV, Springfield
Nebraska: Dennis Kellogg, KHAS0TV, Hastings

Region 6

Regional Director:
Carlton Houston, KTUL News Channel 8

State Coordinators:
Oklahoma: Steve Schroeder, KOTV, Tulsa
Texas: Mark Willis, ABC News Radio, Dallas

Region 7

Regional Director:
Jam Sardar, WLNS-TV

State Coordinators:
Illinois: Jim Garrott, WEEK-TV, East Peoria
Indiana: Wendell Hudson, WTWO-TV, Vincennes; Chuck Carney, WTIU-TV, Bloomington
Michigan:Jim Fordyce, WLAJ-TV, Lansing
Ohio: Vacant

Region 8

Regional Director:
Randy Bell, WMSI/WQJQ/WJDX, Jackson, MS

State Coordinators:
Kentucky: Terry Likes, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green
North Carolina: Vacant
South Carolina: Ken Elmore, WSPA-TV, Spartanburg
Tennessee: Christine Riser Kopidlansky, WJHL-TV, Johnson City
West Virginia: Vacant

Region 9

Regional Director:
Randy Bell, WMSI/WQJQ/WJDX, Jackson, MS

State Coordinators:
Alabama: Butler Cain, Alabama Public Radio, Tuscaloosa
Arkansas: Jim Warner, KFSM-TV, Fayetteville
Louisiana: Rick Boone, KTAL-TV, Shreveport
Mississippi: Teresa Collier, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Jackson

Region 10

Regional Director:
Andrew Vrees, WCVB - Boston

State Coordinators:
Connecticut: Steve Kalb, WELI-AM, Hamden
Maine: (Vacant)
Massachusetts: Bob Salsberg, Associated Press, Boston
New Hampshire: (Vacant)
Rhode Island: Joe Abouzeid Vermont: TBA

Region 11

Regional Director:
Bill Roswell, KYW Newsradio, Philadelphia

State Coordinators:
New Jersey: TBA
New York: Michael Rizzo, ABC News Radio, New York; and Edward Buttaccio, R News, Rochester
Pennsylvania: Vacant

Region 12

Regional Director:
Mark Kraham, WHAG, Hagerstown, MD

State Coordinators:
Delaware: Christopher Carl, WDEL-AM, Wilmington
District of Columbia: Vacant
Maryland: Vacant
Virginia: Deb Wenger, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond

Region 13

Regional Director:
Amy Tardif, WGCU, Fort Myers, FL

State Coordinators:
Florida: Vacant
Georgia: Condance Pressley, WSB-AM, Atlanta
Puerto Rico: Luis A. Gonzalez, WLII, Guaynabo
U.S. Virgin Islands: Vacant

Canada/International

Regional Director:
Terry Scott Director, News & Information-Broadcast, The Canadian Press, Toronto, ON