TERT State Coordinators

Alabama

Jeff Dempsey
Jefferson County 9-1-1
dempseyj@jeffcoal911.com

Alaska

Tia Horton
Lead Dispatcher
Anchorage Fire Department
1301 East 80th
Anchorage, AK 99518
tiajean2@yahoo.com
907-267-4950

California

VACANT

Colorado

Cozett Davis
GJRCC Shift Supervisor
Incident Dispatch Team Supervisor
Grand Junction Regional Communications Center
cozettd@gjcity.org
970-242-6707
970-245-7206 fax

Connecticut

Kevin Webb
Communications Manager
Litchfield County Dispatch
111 Water Street
Torrington, Connecticut 06790
kwebb@lcd911.com
860-626-7525 Extension 2
860-496-0711 Dispatch
860-496-0753 Fax

Delaware

Ed Marecki, ENP
PSAP Manager
Delaware State Police
edward.marecki@state.de.us
302-739-5868

Florida

Natalie Duran
MDFR Retired
13380 SW 114 Lane
Miami, FL 33186
BFIT911@att.net
305-338-2751

Georgia

Michael Nix
State Coordinator
Executive Director
Georgia Emergency Communications Authority
Georgia Emergency Management Agency / Homeland Security
Michael.Nix@gema.ga.gov
(404) 624-2394

Jonathan Jones
Deputy State Coordinator
911 Communications Supervisor
Athens-Clarke County Police Department
3035 Lexington Road
Athens, Georgia 30605
(706) 613-3888 ext. 565
Jonathan.Jones@athensclarkecounty.com

Illinois

Jeanine Krull
Executive Director
E-COM Dispatch Center
1154 Ridge Road
Homewood, IL 60430
708-799-3787
jkrull@ecom911.net

Indiana

Tracy Lightfield (Provisional)
President
Indiana NENA
P O Box 172
Cedar Grove, IN 47016
Tracy_fc911@yahoo.com
765-265-4734

Nancy Lockhard
911doc@sbcglobal.net

Iowa

Carole Lund-Smith
Telecommunicator Training Coordinator
Iowa Law Enforcement Academy
Carole.lund-smith@iowa.gov
515-242-5475

Kansas

JL Ellis
Interoperable Communications Training Specialist Office of Emergency Communications National Guard Armory
470 S. Range Ave.
Colby, Ks. 67701
www.kansastag.gov/OEC.asp
Office: 785-861-3097
Cell: 785-438-0470
Fax: 785-462-2361
jimmy.l.ellisjr.nfg@mail.mil

Kentucky

Russ Clark, ENP
Director
Bluegrass 911 Central Communications
KY-TERT State Coordinator
278 Precision Ct.
Lancaster, Ky. 40444
859-792-3023

Louisiana

Tyrell T. Morris, MBA
Executive Director
Orleans Parish Communication District
118 City Park Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70019
tmorris@911nola.org
www.911nola.org
Office: 504-671-3615
Cell: 202-607-4612
Fax: 504-671-3919

Maine

Christopher Fox
Penobscot County RCC
97 Hammond Street
Bangor, ME 04401
(207) 945-4636
cfox@penobscot-county.net

Maryland

Scott G Roper
Training Coordinator
State of Maryland
Emergency Number Systems Board
115 Sudbrook Lane, Suite 20
Pikesville, MD 21208
sgroper@dpscs.state.md.us
410-585-3017

Gordon Deans
Dept. of Public Safety
Emergency Number System Board
gdeans@dpscs.state.md.us
410-585-3019

Massachusetts

Kevin Antonelli
Acton Police Department
371 Main Street
Acton, MA 01720
kantonelli@acton-ma.gov
978-264-9639
978-263-2911 Business
781-640-6028 Cell

Robin L. Remillard 
Public Safety Telecommunicator
911 Database Liaison
Mendon Police Department
22 Main Street
Mendon, MA 01756
Ph: 508-478-2737
Fax: 508-473-2741
Cell: 508-446-3274
rremillard@mendonpublicsafety.com

Minnesota

Don Smiley, COML 
Dispatch Supervisor
Fire/EMS Quality Assurance Coordinator
Ramsey County Emergency Communications Center
388 13th Street
St. Paul, MN. 55101
651-266-7716 office
651-775-8714 cell
don.smiley@co.ramsey.mn.us

Mississippi

Susan Perkins
Communications Branch Director
Mississippi Emergency Management Agency
P. O. Box 5644
Pearl, MS 39288-5644
sperkins@mema.ms.gov
601-933-68753

Missouri

Kima Burnett
Training Coordinator, Missouri TERT Committee Chair
Jasper County Emergency Services
13870 Dispatch Lane
P.O. Box 801
Carthage, MO 64836
kburnett@jasco.org
417-358-7000 office, extension 3378
417-359-9100 communications center non-emergency

Montana

Kimberly Burdick
Communications Manager
Chouteau County Sheriff’s Office
1215 Washington
Fort Benton, MT 59442
kburdick@chouteaucosomt.com
406-622-5451

Nebraska

Sharon Codr
Operations Coordinator
Emergency Communications/911
City of Lincoln
575 South 10th Street
Lincoln, NE 68508
scodr@lincoln.ne.gov
402-441-7250

Megan Witherspoon
Director of Communications
Univ. of Nebraska Police
300 N. 17th Street
Lincoln, NE 68588
(402) 472-8418
megan.witherspoon@unl.edu

Nevada

Matthew Grogan, ENP
NV TERT Coordinator
Las Vegas Fire and Rescue
mgrogan@lasvegasnevada.gov
630-740-8565
mgrogan@lasvegasnevada.gov

New Hampshire

Tom Andross
Director of Communications
Grafton County Sheriff’s Department
3785 Dartmouth College Highway
North Haverhill. NH 03774-4936
tandross@co.grafton.nh.us
603-787-2111 Ext. 115
603-991-3210 Cell

New Jersey

VACANT

New York

North Carolina

Brandy Lankford
Operations Manager
Charlotte Fire Alarm
Office: 704-336-4348
Cell: 980-297-4298
blankford@ci.charlotte.nc.us

Ohio

Monte Diegel
9-1-1 Administrator
Mercer County Sheriff’s Dept
monte.diegel@mercercountysheriff.org
419-586-7724

Oklahoma

Vicki Atchley
Northeast Oklahoma E911 Trust Authority
18930 S Highway 88
Claremore, OK 74017
vatchley@noeta911.org
Phone: 918-923-4754
Cell: 918-230-0696

Ontario

Terry Hubbard
Communications Coordinator
Burlington Fire Department
711 Appleby Line
Burlington, ON L7L 2Y6
terry.hubbard@cogeco.ca
905-633-8543

Oregon

George Long, RPL, ORCEMS
Assistant Operations Manager
Bureau of Emergency Communications
Portland, Oregon
George.Long@portlandoregon.gov
503-823-0911

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

Debra O. Plunkett, ENP
Floor Supervisor
Consolidated 911 Dispatch
8500 Palmetto Commerce Pkwy
North Charleston, SC 29456
843-539-3730
843-670-9029 Cell
843-529-3747 Fax
dplunkett@charlestoncounty.org

Tennessee

Brad Gass
TN TERT State Coordinator
Jefferson County E-911
P.O. Box 705
Jefferson City, TN 37760
Mobile: 865-659-8184
Work: 865-475-4911
Fax: 865-475-8881

Eddie Burchell
Deputy State Coordinator
Director of Technology
Tennessee Emergency Communications Board
Davy Crockett Tower, 11th Floor
500 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243
c. 615-210-3807
eddie.burchell@tn.gov
tn.gov/commerce
tn.gov/section/e911

Texas

Jason Smith
North Central Texas Council of Governments
9-1-1 Operations Supervisor
TX TERT State Coordinator
Phone. 817-704-2525
Cell. 940-393-9728
JSmith@NCT911.org

Lisa Dodson, ENP TERT-South
CAD/RMS System Administrator
Harris County ITC
330 Meadowfern, Suite 120
Houston, TX 77067
Lisa.dodson@itc.hctx.net
281-539-4591
281-539-4597

Virginia

Julie McKercher
Director
James City County Emergency Communications
Julie.McKercher@jamescitycountyva.gov
757-564-2146

Washington

Jay Atwood
Spokane Fire Department
1620 N. Rebecca Street
Spokane, WA  99217
509-625-6995

Cory Ahrens
Telecommunicator Project Manager
WA State Criminal Justice Training
19010 1st Avenue South
Burien, WA 98148
cahrens@cjtc.state.wa.us
206-835-7351

West Virginia

VACANT

Wisconsin

Wendy Maechtle
Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Department
1201 S. Spring St
Port Washington, WI 53074
wmaechtle@co.ozaukee.wi.us
262-284-8459

Wyoming

Chuck Trimble
Laramie County Combined Communications Center
309 W 20th Street
Cheyenne, WY 82001
trimblec@laramiecounty.com
307-637-6593