Membership Regions
Region 1
Regional Director:
Kathy Walker, KOA-AM, Denver
State Coordinators:
Alaska: Vacant
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:
Robert Long, KNBC-TV, Burbank, CA
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: Tom Bell, KPHO-TV, Phoenix
Colorado: Jerry Bell, KHOW-AM,/KKZN-AM Denver
New Mexico: Sue Stephens, KOAT-TV, Albuquerque
Utah: Bryan Schott, KCPW-FM, Salt Lake City
Wyoming: Bob Beck, Wyoming Public Radio, Laramie
Region 4
Regional Director:
Peggy Phillip, KSHB-TV, Kansas City, MO
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:
Peggy Phillip, KSHB-TV, Kansas City, MO
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:
Kevin Benz, News 8 Austin, Austin, TX
State Coordinators:
Oklahoma: Steve Schroeder, KOTV, Tulsa
Texas: Mark Willis, Sirius Satellite Radio, Allen, TX
Region 7
Regional Director:
Vincent Duffy, Michigan Radio, Ann Arbor, MI
State Coordinators:
Illinois: Andrew Finlayson, WFLD-TV, Chicago, 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: Vacant
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:
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, WMUR-TV, Manchester, NH
State Coordinators:
Connecticut: Steve Kalb, WELI-AM, Hamden
Maine: George Matz, WMTW-TV, Auburn
Massachusetts: Bob Salsberg, Associated Press, Boston
New Hampshire: Vacant
Rhode Island: Joe Abouzeid, WPRI-TV, East Providence
Region 11
Regional Director:
Lane Beauchamp, New York
State Coordinators:
New Jersey: TBA
New York: Michael Rizzo, ABC News Radio, New York; and Edward Buttaccio, R News, Rochester
Pennsylvania: Lydia Reeves, WCAU-TV, Bala Cynwyd; Tene' Croom, American Urban Radio, Pittsburg
Region 12
Regional Director:
Chris Carl, WDEL-AM,Wilmington, DE
State Coordinators:
Delaware: Vacant
District of Columbia: Sean McGarvy, LNS, Washington
Maryland: Mark Miller, WBAL-AM, Baltimore
Virginia: Deb Wenger, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
Region 13
Regional Director:
Steve Schwaid, WGCL-TV, Atlanta
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, The Canadian Press, Toronto
