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
Matthew Reighter, MPH, REHS, CP-FS Phone: (206) 200-2581
Email: mreighte@starbucks.com
Term Dates: 2018 to 2020
Region 2: Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada
Michele DiMaggio, REHS Phone: 925-608-5534
Email: Region2RVP@neha.org
Term Dates: 2018 to 2021
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, LEHS Phone: (801) 525-5128
Email: Region3RVP@neha.org
Term Dates: 2018 to 2021
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: 2016 to 2019
Region 5: Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
Tom Vyles, REHS/RS, CP-FS Phone: (972) 874-6332
Email: Region5RVP@neha.org
Term Dates: 2018 to 2020
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: 2018 to 2020
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.
LCDR James Speckhart, MS, USPHS, REHS Phone: (301) 796-3366
Email: Region8RVP@neha.org
Term Dates: 2018 to 2021
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: 2016 to 2019