State & Country Chairs

State Chair Job Description – Updated August 2023

ALABAMA

Brandon Kalinski

Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2027

ALASKA

Billie Denison

Kenai, AK
907-394-4858
Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2027

ARIZONA

Ryan Carrillo

Pheonix, AZ
Year Elected / Appointed: 2023
Year Term Ends: 2026

ARKANSAS

Jeff Phillips
312 West Main Street
Russellville, AR 72801
479-967-8100
479-967-7771
Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2027

AUSTRALIA

Sam Opat

CALIFORNIA

Tom Goodwin

Kurt Navarro
Nicole Thompson

Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2027

COLORADO

Rachel Crass

Year Elected / Appointed: 2023
Year Term Ends: 2026

CONNECTICUT

Ryan Gleason

Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2027

DELAWARE

Sabre Schnitzer - Interim

ENGLAND

Ollie Roberts

FLORIDA

Wes Zunker - Interim

Will Sandoval - Interim

GEORGIA

Siraj Saeed


Year Elected / Appointed: 2023
Year Term Ends: 2026

GUAM

Elvin De Leon
Romar Natividad
Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2024

HAWAII

Jaron Yamane

808-772-1823
Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2027

HONG KONG

Cheuk Kwan (Chapman) Leung
Year Elected / Appointed: 2023
Year Term Ends: 2026

IDAHO

Kaylee Veatch

Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2027

ILLINOIS

Bradley Bechel

Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2027

INDIANA

Alexander Walters

Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2027

IOWA

Gina Stepleton

Year Elected / Appointed: 2023
Year Term Ends: 2026

IRELAND

Gar Benn
Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2027

KANSAS

Eduardo Castaneda

Keenan Dung

Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2027

KENTUCKY

Jonathon Janes

Year Elected / Appointed: 2023
Year Term Ends: 2026

KOREA

Daniel Kim

LOUISIANA

Garrett Bailey

Year Elected / Appointed: 2023
Year Term Ends: 2027

MAINE

Andrew Graves

207-710-8380
Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2027

MARYLAND

Kristin Landi

Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2027

MASSACHUSETTS

Eric Cordeiro
59 Maplewood St
Watertown, MA 02472
617-797-6597
Jill Arnow

206-459-8594
Year Elected / Appointed: 2022
Year Term Ends: 2025

MEXICO

Diego Lopez-Bernal

MICHIGAN

Gina Galarza

Year Elected / Appointed: 2022
Year Term Ends: 2025

MINNESOTA

Shannon Murphy

Ken Graack

Year Elected / Appointed: 2023
Year Term Ends: 2026

MISSISSIPPI

Korian Padgett

Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2027

MISSOURI

Sean Dunston

James "Jimmy" Freeman Jr

Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2027

MONTANA

Vacant

NEBRASKA

Katey Dodge

Omaha, NE
Year Elected / Appointed: 2022
Year Term Ends: 2025

NETHERLANDS

Robin Kensenhuis
Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2027

NEVADA

Kehaulani Richardson

Year Elected / Appointed: 2022
Year Term Ends: 2025

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Katherine Berger

Eric LaPointe

Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2027

NEW JERSEY

John Dalessio

Branchburg, NJ
Year Elected / Appointed: 2022
Year Term Ends: 2025

NEW MEXICO

Wes Zunker - Interim

NEW YORK

Paulie Steinman
267 Douglass St, Ste 1
Brooklyn, NY 11217
718-243-2800
Jan Daurio

Year Elected / Appointed: 2023
Year Term Ends: 2026

NORTH CAROLINA

Jennifer Thompson
4408 Lake Shore Rd. N.
Denver, NC 28037
704-483-6332
Nick Hammer

Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2027

NORTH DAKOTA

Clinton Treichel

Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2027

OHIO

Corbin McGuffin-Noll

Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2027

OKLAHOMA

Vacant

OREGON

Wes Zunker - Interim

Vy Tran-Zunker - Interim

Year Elected / Appointed: 2023

PENNSYLVANIA

Lee Maccarone

Chris Semick

267-254-2844
Year Elected / Appointed: 2023
Year Term Ends: 2026

RHODE ISLAND

Ashlee Rapoza


Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2027

SOUTH CAROLINA

Robert Faas (B.J.)

843-343-2573
Heather Faas

Year Elected / Appointed: 2022
Year Term Ends: 2025

SOUTH DAKOTA

Andrew Priebe

Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2025

TENNESSEE

Wade Johnson

Year Elected / Appointed: 2023
Year Term Ends: 2026

TEXAS

Wes Zunker

Michelle Nguyen
Jade Dickens

Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2027

UTAH

Jen Avarell

Year Elected / Appointed: 2022
Year Term Ends: 2025

VERMONT

Kelly Parker

802-535-5434
Year Elected / Appointed: 2022
Year Term Ends: 2025

VIRGINIA

Sabre Schnitzer

Manassas, VA
Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2027

WASHINGTON

Danna Snow
PO Box 30046
Spokane, WA 99223
509-869-4800
Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2027

WEST VIRGINIA

Vacant

WISCONSIN

Jordan Whipple

Year Elected / Appointed: 2023
Year Term Ends: 2026

WYOMING

Bart Stricklin
5001 Vista Way
Casper, WY 82601
307-258-3543
Year Elected / Appointed: 2024
Year Term Ends: 2027