Contact Our State Divisions
A proud division of the National Federation of the Blind.
State Contacts List By State
Below, you will find a listing of all of our affiliates with student contacts for each. Whether we have an established student division or a student point person, we encourage you to reach out.
| State | Student President | Phone | Affiliate President | Phone | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Student President | Phone | Affiliate President | Phone | ||
| Alabama | Jessica Williams | 251-554-7717 | Jaw1431@jagmail.southalabama.edu | Joy Harris | 205-515-5220 | joy.harris@dwx.com |
| Alaska | N/A | N/A | N/A | Kevin Whitley | (907) 538-9826 | Whitley.kevin@yahoo.com |
| Arizona | Bryan Duarte | (480) 652-3045 | bjduarte@asu.edu | Donald Porterfield | (520) 850-2180 | donaldpfield@cox.net |
| Arkansas | Elizabeth Sheeler | (479) 841-7193 | easheele@uark.edu | Terry Sheeler | (479) 582-0091 | tosheeler@cox.net |
| California | Matthew Gip | (559) 375-2068 | matthewhgip@gmail.com> | Ever Lee Hairston | (323) 252-9188 | ever.hairston@gmail.com |
| Colorado | Pipi Adams | (785) 231-4425 | blahblahblah@iampipi.com | Scott C. LaBarre | (303) 504-5979 | slabarre@labarrelaw.com |
| Connecticut | Ed Shaham | (860)) 597-3210 | personal.edward@gmail.com | Gary Allen | (860) 706-6774 | garyallenct@hotmail.com |
| Delaware | Liz Harrington | (302) 824-9929 | lizharrington97@gmail.com | Kathryn Bottner | (302) 368-2963 | kat.bottner@gmail.com |
| Florida | Joseph H. Chica | (305) 333-1035 | jhc102@miami.edu | Denise Valkema | 305-972-8529 | valkemadenise@aol.com |
| Georgia | Justin Heard | (678) 516-2464 | braillemasterjustin@gmail.com | Garrick Scott | (404) 371-1000 | gscott@nfbga.org |
| Hawaii | Justin Salisbury | (860) 989-7865 | president@alumni.ecu.edu | Nani Fife | (808) 595-6123 | nanifife@aol.com |
| Idaho | Enrique Lopez | (208) 308-9586 | elopez@iesdb.org | Dana Ard | (208) 345-3906 | danalynard@q.com |
| Illinois | Emma Meyer | (815) 735-4714 | meyeremma13@gmail.com | Denise Avant | (773) 991-8050 | davant1958@gmail.com |
| Indiana | Sarah Meyer | N/A | sarah.meyer55@gmail.com | Ron Brown | (317) 205-9226 | rb15@iquest.net |
| Iowa | Katy Olsen | (515) 783-4522 | President.iabs@gmail.com | Jerad Nylin | (319) 535-3723 | jerad.nfbi@gmail.com |
| Kansas | Luke Schwinck | N/A | luke.schwinck@hotmail.com | Tom Page | (316) 734-4839 | topage@swbell.net |
| Kentucky | Katie Atkins | (502) 533-5933 | kcpenn01@louisville.edu | Cathy Jackson | (502) 366-2317 | cathyj1949@gmail.com |
| Louisiana | Sophie Trist | (985) 373-3377 | sweetpeareader@gmail.com | Pam Allen | (318) 251-1511 | pallen@louisianacenter.org |
| Maine | N/A | N/A | N/A | Leon Proctor | (207) 212-1455 | leonproctorjr@yahoo.com |
| Maryland | Ellana Crew | (443) 758-7211 | eemcrew@gmail.com | Sharon Maneki | (410) 645-0632 | nfbmd@earthlink.net |
| Massachusetts | Precious Perez | (781) 521-2134 | pulyperez1@gmail.com | Amy Ruell | (617) 752-1116 | aruell@comcast.net |
| Michigan | Osman Koroma | (616) 710-8536 | ozzie0514@gmail.com | Larry Posont | (313) 727-3546 | president.nfb.mi@gmail.com |
| Minnesota | Cody Beardslee | (763) 291-3711 | codybeardslee@gmail.com | Jennifer Dunnam | (612) 872-9363 | jennifer.dunnam1829@gmail.com |
| Mississippi | Angel Yarbor | N/A | angelpangel13@yahoo.com | Patrina Pendarvis | (601) 540-6308 | president.nfbms@gmail.com |
| Missouri | Holly Carneal | (816) 835-2363 | hollyc2013@gmail.com | Gary Wunder | (573) 874-1774 | gwunder@earthlink.net |
| Montana | Joy Breslauer | (406) 750-2196 | bjb5757@bresnan.net | Joy Breslauer | (406) 750-2196 | bjb5757@bresnan.net |
| Nebraska | Staci Cloyd | (402) 301-8151 | stacilynn1892@gmail.com | Amy Buresh | (402) 440-4722 | amy.buresh74@gmail.com |
| Nevada | N/A | N/A | N/A | Terri Rupp | (702) 524-0835 | Terri.rupp@gmail.com |
| New Hampshire | Cassandra McKinney | 603-903-5855 | cemcnabb21@yahoo.com | Cassandra McKinney | (603) 903-5855 | cemcnabb21@yahoo.com |
| New Jersey | Vee Gaspa | (434) 989-1868 | veegaspa@gmail.com | Joe Ruffalo | (973) 743-0075 | nfbnj1@verizon.net |
| New Mexico | Kaity Ellis | (575) 694-4299 | Nmabspresident1@gmail.com | Adelmo Vigil | (575) 921-5422 | avigil74@gmail.com |
| New York | Nihal Erkan | (718) 309-9832 | nihalerkan@hotmail.com> | Carl Jacobsen | (718) 567-7821 | office@nfbny.org |
| North Carolina | Kenia Flores | (704) 476-6629 | kenia.flores@furman.edu | Sharon Weddington | (704) 302-7308 | weddington.sharon@gmail.com |
| North Dakota | N/A | N/A | N/A | Milton Ota | (701) 212-0154 | mota1252@gmail.com |
| Ohio | Lillie Pennington | N/A | lilliepennington323@gmail.com | Richard Payne | (937) 396-5573 | rchpay7@gmail.com |
| Oklahoma | Cammie Loehr | (580) 678-8222 | cammieloehr767@gmail.com | Jeannie Massay | (405) 600-0695 | jeannie.massay@nfbok.org |
| Oregon | David Bouchard | (443) 529-2976 | davidb521@gmail.com | Carla McQuillan | (541) 653-9153 | president@nfb-oregon.org |
| Pennsylvania | Lizzy Muhammad | (484) 624-9778 | lizzym0827@gmail.com | Jim Antonacci | (215) 988-0888 | president@nfbp.org |
| Puerto Rico | N/A | N/A | N/A | Alpidio Rolon | (787) 752-8494 | arguza@attglobal.net |
| Rhode Island | N/A | N/A | N/A | Grace Pires | (401) 433-2606 | info@nfbri.org |
| South Carolina | Alexus Blanding | N/A | alexus.blanding@gmail.com | Frank Coppel | (803) 237-5011 | frankcoppel@att.net |
| South Dakota | N/A | N/A | N/A | Kenneth Rollman | (605) 791-3939 | gatorbumps@rushmore.com |
| Tennessee | Shannon Hansen | (615) 249-8227 | president.tabs@nfb-tn.org | James Brown | (615) 412-9632 | nfb.tennessee@gmail.com |
| Texas | Harry Staley | (330) 718-1876 | Hstaley@nfbtx.org | Norma Crosby | (281) 968-7733 | ncrosby@nfbtx.org |
| Utah | Chelsea Peahl | N/A | chelsea.peahl@hotmail.com | Everette Bacon | (801) 631-8108 | baconev@yahoo.com |
| Vermont | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Virginia | Robert Parsons | (804) 801-7674 | rob.parso3389@gmail.com | Robert Parsons | (804) 200-3275 | rob.parso3389@gmail.com |
| Washington | Hannah Werbel | (425) 391-5232 | hwerbel@uw.edu | Marci Carpenter | (206) 604-5507 | mjc59@comcast.net |
| Washington DC | Conchita Hernandez | (530) 908-3547 | hernandezlegorreta@gmail.com | Shawn M. Callaway | (202) 352-1511 | callaway.shawn@gmail.com |
| West Virginia | N/A | N/A | N/A | Charlene Smyth | (304) 841-1111 | cs.nfbwv@frontier.com |
| Wisconsin | Joanne Stark | (920) 750-9351 | wabspresident@gmail.com | John Fritz | (608) 758-4800 | johnfritz66@gmail.com |
| Wyoming | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |