Welcome to your NEHA Leadership page! Search for your Regional Vice President by typing in the name of the state in which you live. If you live outside the 50 United States, please type "outside" in the search box. Serving outside the United States in the Armed Forces? Please type "armed forces" in the search box.
Region 1: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington
William B Emminger, Jr., REHS, CPM Phone: (541) 766-6842
Email: Region1RVP@neha.org
Term Dates: 2020 to 2023
Region 2: Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada
Michele DiMaggio, REHS Phone: 925-608-5534
Email: Region2RVP@neha.org
Term Dates: 2021 to 2024
Region 3: Colorado, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, and all NEHA members residing outside of the U.S. (except members of the U.S. armed forces)
Rachelle Blackham, MPH, REHS Phone: (801) 525-5128
Email: Region3RVP@neha.org
Term Dates: 2021 to 2024
Region 4: Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin
Kim Carlton, MPH, REHS/RS Phone: (651) 201-4511
Email: Region4RVP@neha.org
Term Dates: 2019 to 2022
Region 5: Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
Traci (Slowinski) Michelson, MS, REHS, CP-FS Phone: (972) 770-8856
Email: Region5RVP@neha.org
Term Dates: 2020 to 2023
Region 6: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio
Niki Lemin, RS/REHS, MEP Phone: (614) 525-3852
Email: Region6RVP@neha.org
Term Dates: 2019 to 2022
Region 7: Alabama, Florida, Georgia , Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee
Tim Hatch, MPA, REHS Phone: (334) 206-7935
Email: Region7RVP@neha.org
Term Dates: 2020 to 2023
Region 8: Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, DC, West Virginia, and all NEHA members of the U.S. armed forces residing outside of the U.S.
CDR James Speckhart, MS, USPHS, REHS Phone: (301) 796-3366
Email: Region8RVP@neha.org
Term Dates: 2021 to 2024
Region 9: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont
Larry Ramdin, REHS, CP-FS, HHS Phone: (617) 972-6446
Email: Region9RVP@neha.org
Term Dates: 2019 to 2022