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State Contacts List By State
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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 | ||||
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| State | Student President | Phone | Affiliate President | Phone | ||||
| Alabama | Jessica Williams | 251-554-7717 | Jaw1431@jagmail.southalabama.edu | Barbara Manuel | 251-656-5165 | barbaram06@comcast.net | ||
| Alaska | Kelsey Talent | 907-727-6399 | n/a | Bonnie Lucas | 907-301-6808 | lucas.bonnie@gmail.com | ||
| Arizona | Jessica Rojas | 520-248-8307 | jrrojas06@gmail.com | Donald Porterfield | 888-899-6322 | nfb.az.president@gmail.com | ||
| Arkansas | Elizabeth Sheeler | 479-841-7193 | easheele@uark.edu | Terry Sheeler | 479-582-0091 | tosheeler@cox.net | ||
| California | Cricket Bidleman | cricketbidleman@gmail.com | Tim Elder | 916-382-0372 | president@nfbcal.org | |||
| Colorado | Cynthia Coffin | 720-610-1125 | cindy.coffin80@gmail.com | Scott C. LaBarre | slabarre@labarrelaw.com | |||
| Connecticut | Melissa Carney | 860-391-9319 | carne23m@mtholyoke.edu | Maryanne Melley | 860-212-5549 | mvcmelley@gmail.com | ||
| Delaware | Liz Harrington | 302-824-9929 | lizharrington97@gmail.com | Kathryn Bottner | 302-368-2963 | kat.bottner@gmail.com | ||
| Florida | n/a | n/a | n/a | Denise Valkema | 305-972-8529 | valkemadenise@aol.com | ||
| Georgia | Justin Heard | 678-516-2464 | braillemasterjustin@gmail.com | Dorothy Griffin | 404-371-1000 | dgriffin@nfbga.org | ||
| Hawaii | Gloria Tuuao | 562-283-7310 | gtuuao@hawaii.edu | Virgil Stinnett | 808-722-4243 | 808virgil@gmail.com | ||
| Idaho | Emma Kisner | Emmajem2@gmail.com | 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 | 317-402-6632 | sarah.meyer55@gmail.com | Ron Brown | 317-205-9226 | rb15@iquest.net | ||
| Iowa | Katy Olsen | 515-783-4522 | President.iabs@gmail.com | Scott Van Gorp | 515 720 5282 | scott.nfbi@gmail.com | ||
| Kansas | N/A | N/A | n/a | Tom Page | 316- 734-4839 | topage@swbell.net | ||
| Kentucky | n/a | n/a | n/a | Cathy Jackson | 502-366-2317 | cathyj1949@gmail.com | ||
| Louisiana | Ana Martinez | 318-737-0629 | martinezana770@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 | Qualik Ford | 301-312-9813 | qsford@outlook.com | Ronza Othman | 443-426-4110 | president@nfbmd.org | ||
| Massachusetts | Precious Perez | 781-521-2134 | pulyperez1@gmail.com | Amy Ruell | 617- 752-1116 | aruell@comcast.net | ||
| Michigan | Jeff Crouch | n/a | k8tvv2@gmail.com | Mike Powell | 586-754-1325 | president.nfb.mi@gmail.com | ||
| Minnesota | Samantha Flax | 917-657-4592 | samflax926@gmail.com | Ryan Strunk | 402-730-4092 | president@nfbmn.org | ||
| Mississippi | Larensy Rogers | 601-446-2285 | larensyr@gmail.com | Patrina Pendarvis | 601- 540-6308 | president.nfbms@gmail.com | ||
| Missouri | Roman Solano | n/a | romannumeral12@gmail.com | Shelia Wright | 816-741-6402 | sbwright95@gmail.comt | ||
| Montana | n/a | n/a | n/a | Jim Marks | 406-438-1421 | president@nfbofmt.org | ||
| Nebraska | Maura Loberg | 402-375-5032 | mauraloberg@gmail.com | Amy Buresh | 402- 440-4722 | amy.buresh74@gmail.com | ||
| Nevada | Tucker Benson | 775-771-7622 | tbxr400@gmail.com | 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 | Jonathan Zobek | 609-216-0181 | jrzobek@gmail.com | Joe Ruffalo | 973- 743-0075 | nfbnj1@verizon.net | ||
| New Mexico | Kaden Calahan | 505-290-4100 | president.nmabs@gmail.com | Adelmo Vigil | 575- 921-5422 | avigil74@gmail.com | ||
| New York | Justin Young | 585-730-2925 | nyabsdivision@gmail.com | Mike Robinson | 716-222-3632 | president@nfbny.org | ||
| North Carolina | Mary Fernandez | 732-857-7004 | trillian551@gmail.com | Sharon Weddington | 704-302-7308 | weddington.sharon@gmail.com | ||
| North Dakota | N/A | N/A | N/A | Jesse Shirek | 701-781-2526 |
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| Ohio | Kinshuk Tella | 937-708-9930 | kinshuk.tella@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 | Sean Carlson | 503-422-7517 | smcarlsonpdx@gmail.com | Carla McQuillan | 541- 653-9153 | president@nfb-oregon.org | ||
| Pennsylvania | Tom Brown | 724-640-3502 | tbrown.brl@gmail.com | Lynn Heitz | 215-208-7582 | president@nfbp.org | ||
| Puerto Rico | 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 | Derique Simon | 864-398-9437 | deriques@icloud.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 | 8652978381 | hansensr1@roanestate.edu | Christina Cliftn | 901-481-6180 | president@nfb-tn.org | ||
| Texas | Harry Staley | 330-718-1876 | Hstaley@nfbtx.org | Norma Crosby | 281- 968-7733 | ncrosby@nfbtx.org | ||
| Utah | David Carrillo | 801-979-2515 | davidcarrillo1289@gmail.com | Everette Bacon | 801- 631-8108 | baconev@yahoo.com | ||
| Vermont | N/A | N/A | N/A | Mo Cook | 802-989-0217 | moecookjr@gmail.com | ||
| Virginia | Nick Petrillo | 703-346-9981 | vabs.president@gmail.com | Tracy Soforenko | 202-285-4595 | tracy.soforenko@gmail.com | ||
| Washington | Isaac Heiman | 425-219-6307 | isaackheiman@gmail.com | Marci Carpenter | 206-604-5507 | mjc59@comcast.net | 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 | Lindsey Fritz | 608-387-9574 | lindsey.fritz9574@gmail.com | John Fritz | 608- 758-4800 | johnfritz66@gmail.com | ||
| Wyoming | N/A | N/A | N/A | Janet Smith | 208-284-9942 | mshilander@wbaccess.net |