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REGION 1

ALASKA

MONTANA

Lael Venta, President
People First of Alaska
2210 Arca Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508
907-272-8270 / 907-274-4802 (Fax)
peoplefirst@customcpu.com

Carl Evertsbusch, Advisor
People First of Alaska
2210 Arca Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508
907-272-8270 / 907-274-4802 (Fax)
anfce@uaa.alaska.edu

www.peoplefirstalaska.com
 

Colleen Nichols
People First of Montana
c/o P.O. Box 173
Helena, MT 59624
406-444-3955 / 406-444-3543 (Fax)
conichols@state.mt.us

www.pluk.org

OREGON

WASHINGTON

Self Advocates As Leaders (SAAL)

3886 Beverly Avenue NE, Suite I-21 Salem, Oregon 97305-1373

Phone: 503-589-1664

Toll free: 1-800-589-1664  

www.asksaal.org

Hannah Bowen
Self Advocate As Leaders
OHSU Center on Self Determination
3608 SE Powell Blvd
Portland, OR 97202
1-800-410-7069 x107
bowenh@pdx.edu

www.peoplefirstoforegon.org
 

Donna Lowary
People First of Washington
P.O. Box 648
Clarkston, WA 99403
800-758-1123
PFOW@clarkston.com

Bob Furman, Advisor
Self-Advocates of Washington
P.O. Box 825
Tacoma, WA 98401
253-565-3091

www.peoplefirstofwashington.org

 

IDAHO

 

Idaho Self-Advocate Leadership Network
Idaho Council on Developmental Disabilities
802 West Bannock Suite 308
Boise, ID 83702-5840
Phone: 208-334-2178/ Fax: 208-334-3417
cpisani@icdd.state.id.us

 

 

REGION 2

ARIZONA

CALIFORNIA

Monica Cooper- President-People First of Arizona

monicacooperofaz@yahoo.com

Lynn Black, ABIL

Advisor- People First of Arizona
2345 E. Thomas, Suite #290
Phoenix, AZ 85016
602-443-0729 / 602-443-0721 (Fax)
LynnB@abil.org

Teresa Moore
Advisor/Founder- People First of Arizona
11226 S. Bannock Street
Phoenix, AZ 85044
602-785-0171 / 602-785-2912 (Fax) mooreadvocacy@aol.com

 

Joe Meadours- Executive Director
People First of CA, Inc.
1225 8th Street, Suite 210
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-552-6625 / 916-387-2379 (Fax)
info@peoplefirstca.org

Mike Everson, PFCA Administrator
People First of CA, Inc.
1225 8th Street, Suite 210
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-552-6625 / 916-387-2379 (Fax)
info@peoplefirstca.org
meverson@evestamail.com

www.peoplefirstca.org
 

HAWAI’I

NEVADA

Mark Romoser
Self-Advocacy Coordinator
Hawaii Center for Independent Living
414 Kuwili Street
Honolulu, HI 96817
808-522-5400 / 808-522-5427 (Fax)

Mary Matsukawa
State Council on Developmental Disabilities
54 High St, 3rd Floor
Wailuku, HI 96793
Ph: 808-984-8218 / Fax: 808-984-8242
mauimatsu@yahoo.com

http://www.hawaii.gov/health/disability-services/developmental/cpass-grant/index.html

Mary Bryant, Project Coordinator
University Center for Excellence in DD
University of Nevada, Reno
College of Education/MS285
Reno, NV 89557
(775) 784-4921 ext. 2352
mhbryant@unr.edu

 

 

 

 

REGION 3

COLORADO

NEW MEXICO

Speaking for Ourselves
Ken Dwenger
1131 BIRDIE ROAD
BROOMFIELD CO 80020
303-831-7733 (o) / 303-466-6435 (h)
kdwenger@qwest.net

 

Sue Weiss
People First of New Mexico
c/o Arc of New Mexico
3655 Carlisle NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
505-883-4630 505-883-5564 (Fax)
stillstanding@aol.com

Mike Allen
708 Lexco Road
Moriarty, NM 87035
505-832-2110
mikepatallen@earthlink.net
 

UTAH

WYOMING

Utah People First
Utah Developmental Disabilities Council
155 South 300 West, Suite 100
Salt Lake City, UT  84101
801-533-3965 / 800-333-8824
 

www.utahddc.org  

James Moore, President
People First of Wyoming
c/o Briscoe
1402 Trent Ct.
Cheyenne WY 82009
307 632-8855
peoplefirstofwyoming@yahoo.com

Sarah Lorentz
2001 S. 4th Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82007
307-634-7828
salorentz@yahoo.com
 

http://ddcouncil.state.wy.us/peoplefirst.htm

 

 

REGION 4

KANSAS

MISSOURI

Craig Knutson
Coordinator
Self Advocate Coalition of Kansas
2518 Ridge Court #236
Lawrence, KS 66046
785-749-5588

 www.sackonline.org

 

Michelle Reynolds
People First of Missouri
Institute for Human Development
University of Missouri-KC
2220 Holmes Street, Room 303
Kansas City, MO 64108-2676
816-235-1759 (w) / 816-235-1762 (Fax)
reynoldsmc@umkc.edu

www.missouripeoplefirst.org
 

NORTH DAKOTA

NEBRASKA

People First of North Dakota
400 East Broadway, Suite 402
Bismarck, ND 58501
701-250-6745 or 1-888-695-9225 Toll Free
701-250-7946 (Fax)
pfnd@riverjordan.com

Carla S. Tice
Listen Self-Advocacy Solutions
1407 24th Ave. S., Suite 100
Grand Falls ND 58201
Ticecarla@hotmail.com
 

Joe Govier
People First of Nebraska
345 S. G Street
Broken Bow, NE 68822
308-872-6490 / 308-872-6417 (fax) / 308-872-6491
peoplefirstofnebr@lycos.com

 

SOUTH DAKOTA

 

Ron Frame
P.O. Box 180
Chamberlain, SD 57235
605-734-4216 

Arlene Poncelot                                               Hillsview Plaza E Hwy 34 c/o 500 E Capitol Pierre, SD  57501 605-773-6369

 

 

 

 

REGION 5

ILLINOIS

INDIANA

Leanne Taylor, State Coordinator
People First of Illinois
P.O. Box 4294
Bloomington, IL 61702-4294
309-820-8844 / 309-821-1954 (Fax)

Tia Nelis
271 West First Street, Apt. 1b
Elmhurst, IL 60126
312-413-1284 (w) / 312-996-6942 (Fax)
tianelis@juno.com

www.peoplefirstillinois.org

 

Darcus Nims, Vice President
1628 Orange Street
Indianapolis, IN 46203
317-788-7344

Betty Williams, President
P.O. Box 1091
Richmond, IN 47375
765-935-4319

Maribeth Mooney
Center on Aging and Community
2853 E. 10th Street
Bloomington, IN 47408
812-856-5543
mfmooney@indiana.edu
 

IOWA

MICHIGAN

 

Dan Moran
2011 EXECUTIVE HILLS BLVD
AUBURN HILLS MI 48326
PHONE 248 858-9160
HOME PHONE 248 922-7251
CELL PHONE 248 830-4807
 MORAND@OCCMHA.ORG


 

MINNESOTA

OHIO

People First of Minnesota.
c/o  Cliff Poetz and Matt Ziegler
Room 106 Pattee Hall
150 Pillsbury Drive SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612) 624-7322
ziegl010@umn.edu

Mary Kay Kennedy
Advocating Change Together
1821 University Avenue, Suite 306-S
St. Paul
, MN 55104

651-641-0297 / 651-641-4053 (Fax)
kennedy@selfadvocacy.org


 

Sadie Hunter, Director
People First of Ohio
P.O. Box 988
Mount Vernon, OH 43050
740-397-6100 or 1-888-959-8838
740-397-6118 (Fax) / 740-504-8412 (Cell)
PeopleFirst@ecr.net

www.peoplefirstofohio.org

WISCONSIN

 

Lisa Mills, Administrator
People First of Wisconsin
3195 S. Superior Street
Milwaukee, WI 53207
414-483-2568 (Fax) 414-483-2568
lmills@execpc.com

Dan Remick, President
People First of Wisconsin
3195 W. Superior Street
Milwaukee, WI 53207
414-483-2546 414-483-2568
dremick@execpc.com

www.peoplefirstwisconsin.org

 

 

 

REGION 6

ALABAMA

FLORIDA

Jeff Ridgeway, President
People First of Alabama
4031 Airport Blvd. #137
Mobile, AL 36608
251-414-5364

Brenda Doss, Advisor
People First of Alabama
85 N. Watson Bridge Road
Jasper, AL 35501
205-384-4943
tricomrdd@wmconnect.com 

Joe Meadours
Director of Consumer Empowerment
100 North Union Street

P.O. Box 301410
Montgomery, AL 36130-3410
334-353-7032
jmeadours@mh.state.al.us

www.pfofal.org
 

Tracy Rachensperger
988 Stonewood Lane
Maitland, FL 32751
407-830-4055
tdoggog@yahoo.com

People First of South Florida,
5555 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33137
smohler2000@bellsouth.net

 

GEORGIA

KENTUCKY

People First of Georgia

Bernard Baker - President 404-499-1991  

Glen Friedman - Vice President 678-663-0213

Cheri Mitchell - Secretary 678-755-6015  

Samuel Mitchell - Treasurer 678-479-0687  

c/o disABILITY LINK 755 Commerce Drive #105 Decatur GA 30030 p1stofga@yahoo.com  

Ruby Moore - Supporter The Georgia Advocacy Office 150 E Ponce de Leon Ave #430 Decatur GA 30030 404-885-1234 rubymoore@thegao.org  

 Linda Pogue - Supporter disABILITY LINK 755 Commerce Drive #105 Decatur GA 30030 404-687-8890 x114 GreenPogue@aol.com
 

Kentucky Self-Advocates for Freedom, Inc.
PO Box 23555
Lexington, KY 40523-3555
E-mail: ajgrizzell@insightbb.com

 

 

MISSISSIPPI

NORTH CAROLINA

Shedrick Coleman
754 President Street
Jackson, MS 39202
601-933-1412

 

Karen and Kenny Stallings
The Association of Self-Advocates
of North Carolina
P.O. Box 17271
Raleigh, NC 27619
919-782-4632 X120
Kmoyestallings@nc.rr.com
kenneth_s87@yahoo.com

Lee McCraven
Shifting the Power
CB# 7255, UNC-CH
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7255
 

SOUTH CAROLINA

TENNESSEE

Glenda Singletary
Our Voices Count Too
FCDSNB
P.O. Box 12810
Florence, South Carolina
843-667-5007 Ext 325
ghsingletary@fcdsn.org

Leann Boyce
People First of Tennessee
C/o McFadden Center
211 Bridge Avenue
Murfreesboro, TN 37129
615-898-0075 / 615-898-0057 (Fax)
Pftennmurf@aol.com

Gatha Logan
People First of Tennesee
900 Mountain Creek Road, #G89
Chattanooga, TN 37405

www.people1sttb.org
 

REGION 7

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

MARYLAND

Rebecca Salon
Project ACTION
c/o Kennedy Institute
680 Rhode Island Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002
rsalon@kennedyinstitute.org  

Sarah Basehart
People on the Go
c/o Arc Maryland
49 Old Solomon's Island Road, Suite 205
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-571-9320 / 410-974-6021 (Fax)
sbasehart@thearcmd.org
 

NEW JERSEY

PENNSYLVANIA

Takeena L. Deas, Director
The New Jersey Self-Advocacy Project
Tele: 732-926-8010
Fax: 732-926-8030


www.njselfadvocacyproject.org
 

 

Pam Kennedy
Speaking for Ourselves
502 West Germantwn Pike, Suite 550
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
610-825-4592 / 610-825-4595 (Fax)
pkennedy@speaking.org

Steve Dorsey, President
Speaking for Ourselves
502 West Germantown Pike, Suite 550
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
610-825-4592 / 610-825-4595 (Fax)
info@speaking.org

www.speaking.org

 

VIRGINIA

WEST VIRGINIA

Jill Egle at Jegle@thearcofnova.org

and Nancy Mercer at Nmercer@thearcofnova.org

 

 

People First of West Virginia
Center for Excellence in Disabilities
Outreach Training Coordinator
955 Hartman Run Rd.
Morgantown, WV 26508
304-293-4692 (phone) / 304-293-7294
hpanzironi@hsc.wvu.edu

 

                                      DELAWARE                             

People First of Delaware
1016 Centre Road, Suite 1
Wilmington, DE 19805
(302) 996-9400
Contact - Deb Nock, Outreach Coordinator
dnock@arcde.org

 

REGION 8

CONNECTICUT

MAINE

Jean Bowen, Advisor
People First of Connecticut
c/o WECAHR
211 Main Street
Danbury, CT 06811
203-792-3540 (w) 203-794-1620 (Fax)
Advozealot@aol.com 

Carol Grabbe, President
People First of Connecticut
c/o WECAHR
211 Main Street
Danbury, CT 06811
203-792-3540 (w) 203-794-1620 (Fax)
thomasmc4@webtv.net  

www.wecahr.org
 

Mary Schneckenburger
Laura Antranigian
Speaking Up For Us of Maine
233 Oxford St. Suite 30
Portland, ME 04101
207-268-9151
marys@gwi.net
SUFU@self-advocacy.org

www.ccids.umaine.edu

Self Advocacy in Southern Maine

Margaret Cardoza, Self Advocacy Coordinator

Community Partners, Inc.
PO Box 363
443 Main Street
Biddeford ME  04005

Tel:  207-282-7113 x115
Fax:  207-282-6810
 
www.cpime.org
selfadvocate@cpime.org

 

 

 

MASSACHUSETTS

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Ed Bielecki, State Coordinator
Massachusetts Advocates Standing Strong (M.A.S.S.)
P.O. Box 6025
N. Plymouth, MA 02362
Tel: 1-508-747-8111 Fax: 1-508-747-1744

mass1998@earthlink.net

John Anton, Chairperson
M.A.S.S.
P.O. Box 6025
N. Plymouth, MA. 02362
Tel/fax(781) 585-2422

www.massadvocatesstandingstrong.org
 

Janet Hunt-Hawkins
People First of NH
4 Park Street, Suite #201
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-568-2128 / Fax: 603-225-2125
janet.peoplefirstofnh@verizon.net

www.peoplefirstofnh.org

NEW YORK

RHODE ISLAND


The Self-Advocacy Association of New York State Inc.

David Liscomb, President

Clint Perrin
cclintPerrin@aol.com

Steve Holmes, Administrative Director

500 Balltown Road Schenectady, NY 124306
518-382-1454 / 518-382-1594 (Fax)
sholmes@sanys.org

 

www.sanys.org

 

Deb Kney
Advocates in Action
P.O. Box 41528
Providence, RI 02940-1528
401-785-2028 / 508-252-6618 (Fax)
deb@aina-ri.org

Kevin McHale
Advocates in Action
P.O. Box 41528
Providence, RI 02940-1528
401-785-2028
Kevin@aina-ri.org

Deanne Gagne
Advocates in Action
P.O. Box 41528
Providence, RI 02940-1528
401-785-2028
deanne@aina-ri.org

www.aina-ri.org
 

VERMONT

 

Patty Grassette
Green Mountain Self-Advocates
73 Main Street, Suite 401
Montpelier, VT 05602
802-229-2600 / 802-241-4224 (Fax)
gmsa@sover.net

Karen Topper, Advisor
Green Mountain Self-Advocates
73 Main Street, Suite 401
Montpelier, VT 05602
802-229-2600 / 802-241-4224 (Fax)
gmsa@sover.net  

 

 

 

REGION 9

ARKANSAS

LOUISIANA

Eric Treat, President
Julie Petty, State Coordinator
Arkasas People First
PO Box 85
10867 Hwy 62 East
Henderson, AR 72544
870-488-9000 voice / 879-488-8004 fax
peoplefirstark@YAHOO.COM

www.arkansaspeoplefirst.org

People First of Louisiana- Rebecca Zito

606 Colonial Drive, Suite I(not the number 1)

Baton Rouge La. 70809,

toll free(866)966-6062
 

OKLAHOMA

TEXAS

Nancy Ward and Linda Gonzales
Oklahoma People First
Univ. of OK Health Sciences Center
Tolbert Center at OK Assistive Technology
1600 N. Phillips
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
1-800-700-6282 405-271-707 (Fax)
Nancy-Ward@ouhsc.edu

Lora Bailey
Department of Rehabilitation Science
801 NE 13th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
 

Ricky Broussard
Texas Advocates
802 Tourea
Alvin, TX 77511
281-331-7413
rickyinachair@aol.com
arcgc2@swbell.net

Mark Vowell, President Texas Advocates                  8007 Westgate Blvd. Austin, Texas 78745  512-292-6580 (hm). 512-440-4058 (wk) markvowell@netzero.com  

Texas Advocates
8001 Centre Park Drive
Austin, Texas 78754
rstatman@thearcoftexas.org  

twinters@thearcoftexas.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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