U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
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Alabama
Area Coordinator:COMO Rick Ives
State Liaison:
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 8ER and 8CR
Coast Guard District: 8th
Alaska
Area Coordinator:
COMO Gail Ramsey
State Liaison:
Jack Cadigan
Department of Natural Resources - Division of Parks & Outdoor Recreation - Office of Boating Safety
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 17
Coast Guard District: 17
Arizona
Area Coordinator:
COMO Gail Ramsey
State Liaison:
Tom Nunes
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 11SR
Coast Guard District: 11
Arkansas
Area Coordinator:
COMO Rick Ives
State Liaison:
Blaine Selby Jr.
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 8WR
Coast Guard District: 8th
California
Area Coordinator:
COMO Gail Ramsey
State Liaison:
Como. Gail Ramsey
Department of Boating & Waterways
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 11NR and 11SR
Coast Guard District: 11
Colorado
Area Coordinator:COMO Rick Ives
State Liaison:
Bill Furbee
Department of Natural Resources
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 8WR
Coast Guard District: 8th
Connecticut
Area Coordinator:
Stu Soffer
State Liaison:
Steven Biro
Department of Environmental Protection
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 1NR
Coast Guard District: 1st
Delaware
Area Coordinator:
Stu Soffer
State Liaison:
Harry Otto
Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 5NR
Coast Guard District: 5th
District of Columbia
Area Coordinator:
Stu Soffer
State Liaison:
Beth Wells
Metropolitan Police Department
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 5SR
Coast Guard District: 5th
Florida
Area Coordinator:
Stu Soffer
State Liaison:
William Griswold
Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
Georgia
Area Coordinator:
Stu Soffer
State Liaison:
George McGill
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
U.S. territory of Guam
Area Coordinator:
COMO Gail Ramsey
State Liaison:
Territory Legislature and Courts
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 14
Coast Guard District: 14
Hawaii
Area Coordinator:
COMO Gail Ramsey
State Liaison:
Jerry Mershon
Department of Land & Natural Resources
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 14
Coast Guard District: 14
Idaho
Area Coordinator:
COMO Gail Ramsey
State Liaison:
Larry Graves
Department of Parks & Recreation
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 13
Coast Guard District: 13
Illinois
Area Coordinator:
COMO Rick Ives
State Liaison:
Christopher Ware
Department of Natural Resources
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 8WR and 9WR
Coast Guard District: 8th and 9th
Indiana
Area Coordinator:
COMO Rick Ives
State Liaison:
Como. William Clarke
Department of Natural Resources
Iowa
Area Coordinator:
COMO Rick Ives
State Liaison:
COMO Gail Ramsey
Department of Natural Resources
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 8WR
Coast Guard District: 8th
Kansas
Area Coordinator:
COMO Rick Ives
State Liaison:
Travis Whitt
Department of Wildlife & Parks
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 8WR
Coast Guard District: 8th
Kentucky
Area Coordinator:
COMO Rick Ives
State Liaison:
Steven Riggs
Coast Guard Auxiliary Districts: 8ER
Coast Guard Districts: 8th
Louisiana
Area Coordinator:
COMO Rick Ives
State Liaison:
Henry Chandler
Department of Wildlife & Fisheries
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 8CR
Coast Guard District: 8th
Maine
Area Coordinator:
Stu Soffer
State Liaison:
Robert Johnson
Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 1NR
Coast Guard District: 1st
Maryland
Area Coordinator:
Stu Soffer
State Liaison:
Ruby Perkins
Department of Natural Resources
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 5SR
Coast Guard District: 5th
Maine
Area Coordinator:
Stu Soffer
State Liaison:
Robert Johnson
Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 1NR
Coast Guard District: 1st
Michigan
Area Coordinator:
COMO Richard Ives
State Liaison:
COMO Richard Ives
Department of Natural Resources
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 9ER and 9CR and 9WR
Coast Guard District: 9th
Minnesota
Area Coordinator:
COMO Rick Ives
State Liaison:
Douglas Cederholm
Department of Natural Resources
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 8WR and 9WR
Coast Guard District: 8th and 9th
Mississippi
Area Coordinator:
COMO Rick Ives
State Liaison:
R.G. “Bobby” Miller
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 8ER and 8CR
Coast Guard District: 8th
Missouri
Area Coordinator:
COMO Rick Ives
State Liaison:
Tom Rice
Department of Public Safety / Missouri State Water Patrol
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 8WR
Coast Guard District: 8th
Montana
Area Coordinator:
COMO Gail Ramsey
State Liaison:
L. Dean Culwell
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 13
Coast Guard District: 13
Nebraska
Area Coordinator:
COMO Rick Ives
State Liaison:
Skip Wolff
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 8WR
Coast Guard District: 8th
Nevada
Area Coordinator:
COMO Gail Ramsey
State Liaison:
Kenna Craig
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 11NR and 11SR
Coast Guard District: 11
New Hampshire
Area Coordinator:
Stu Soffer
State Liaison:
William Cavanaugh
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 1NR
Coast Guard District: 1st
New Jersey
Area Coordinator:
Stu Soffer
State Liaison:
1SR Agostino Formato
5NR Barbara Gilbert
New Mexico
Area Coordinator:
COMO Rick Ives
State Liaison:
Michael Williams
Energy Minerals & Natural Resources Department
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 8CR
Coast Guard District: 8th
North Carolina
Area Coordinator:
Stu Soffer
State Liaison:
Peter Bohler
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 5SR
Coast Guard District: 5th
North Dakota
Area Coordinator:
COMO Rick Ives
State Liaison:
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 8WR
Coast Guard District: 8th
Ohio
Area Coordinator:
COMO Rick Ives
State Liaison:
8ER: John Bentley
9ER: Robert Biehl
Department of Natural Resources
Oklahoma
Area Coordinator:
COMO Rick Ives
State Liaison:
Como. Marshall Bullard
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 8WR
Coast Guard District: 8th
Oregon
Area Coordinator:
COMO Gail Ramsey
State Liaison:
LeOra Johnson
State Legislature
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 13
Coast Guard District: 13
Pennsylvania
Area Coordinator:
Stu Soffer
State Liaison:
5NR Richard Raudabaugh
9ER
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 9ER and 9WR and 8ER and 5NR and 5SR
Coast Guard District: 9th and 8th and 5th
U.S. territory of Puerto Rico
Area Coordinator:
Stu Soffer
Territory Liaison:
Department of Environmental & Natural Resources
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 7th
Coast Guard District: 7th
Rhode Island
Area Coordinator:
Stu Soffer
State Liaison:
William Griffith II
Department of Environmental Management
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 1NR
Coast Guard District: 1st
South Carolina
Area Coordinator:
Stu Soffer
State Liaison:
Barbara & Festus Burchfield
Department of Natural Resources
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 7th
Coast Guard District: 7th
South Dakota
Area Coordinator:
COMO Rick Ives
State Liaison
Department of Game Fish & Parks
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 8WR
Coast Guard District: 8th
Tennessee
Area Coordinator:
COMO Rick Ives
State Liaison:
John Guffey
Coast Guard Auxiliary Districts: 8ER
Coast Guard Districts: 8th
Texas
Area Coordinator:
COMO Rick Ives
State Liaison:
Charles Maricle
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 8CR
Coast Guard District: 8th
Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands
Area Coordinator:
Stu Soffer
State Liaison:
Department of Planning & Natural Resources & Enforcement
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 7th
Coast Guard District: 7th
Utah
Area Coordinator:
COMO Gail Ramsey
State Liaison:
Como. Roger Meyer
Division of Parks & Recreation
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 11NR and 11SR
Coast Guard District: 11
Vermont
Area Coordinator:
Stu Soffer
State Liaison:
Michael Balch
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 1NR and 1SR
Coast Guard District: 1st
Virginia
Area Coordinator:
Stu Soffer
State Liaison:
Como. Everette Tucker
Department of Game & Inland Fisheries
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 5SR
Coast Guard District: 5th
Washington
Area Coordinator:
COMO Gail Ramsey
State Liaison:
Bonita Harding
State Parks & Recreation Commission
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 13
Coast Guard District: 13
West Virginia
Area Coordinator:
COMO Rick Ives
State Liaison:
Department of Natural Resources
Coast Guard Auxiliary Districts: 8ER
Coast Guard Districts: 8th
Wisconsin
Area Coordinator:
COMO Rick Ives
State Liaison:
John Van Dinter
Department of Natural Resources
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 8WR and 9WR
Coast Guard District: 8th and 9th
Wyoming
Area Coordinator:
COMO Rick Ives
State Liaison:
John Buffington
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 8WR
Coast Guard District: 8th