Regional Emergency Coordinators (RECs) serve as ASPR’s primary representatives throughout the country at the regional level. Building relationships with federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officials and healthcare representatives (partners and stakeholders) in order to conduct planning for effective federal emergency response, and to facilitate coordinated preparedness and response activities for public health and medical emergencies, is the main role of the RECs. This is accomplished in a variety of ways to include: enhancing cross discipline integration among public health and medical and emergency management partners; providing situational awareness to headquarters responding to events and providing command and control for deployed Departmental resources and assets; and providing exercise support to stakeholders.
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and its predecessor organizations have placed emergency coordinators in each of the Health and Human Services (HHS) regions for over 15 years. Today, there are RECs throughout the country, and each region has its own unique regional preparedness concerns. With a wide variety of backgrounds including healthcare, emergency management, environmental health, public administration, human services, public health, and engineering, the RECs offer a wealth of skills and experience in emergency planning and response. For more information about the program, please contact us via the Regional Emergency Coordinators Comment Form.
REGION |
STATES |
ADDRESS |
COORDINATORS
|
National Capitol Region |
Select Jurisdictions of Maryland, Virginia and all of the District of Columbia |
200 C Street, SW C1L12 Washington, DC 20224 |
Glenn Blanchette (Regional Administrator) Office: 202-205-0717 |
I |
Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont |
John F. Kennedy Federal Bldg 15 New Sudbury Street Suite 2126 Boston, MA 02203 Fax: 866-464-5885 |
Gary J. Kleinman (Regional Administrator) Office: 617-565-1159
Gregory T. Banner Office: 617-565-1485
Mark C.N. Libby Office: 617-565-1481 |
II |
New York New Jersey Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands
|
26 Federal Plaza Room 38-100 New York, NY 10278 Fax: 646-924-0513 |
Murad Raheem (Regional Administrator) Office: 212-264-4494
CDR Andrew Chen Office: 212-264-2745
Robert L. Rascher Office: 212-264-2744 |
III |
Delaware District of Columbia Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia |
150 S. Independence Mall W Suite 429 Philadelphia, PA 19106 Fax: 215-861-4363 |
Harry Mayer (Regional Administrator) Office: 215-861-4413
Emily Falone Office: 215-861-4390
CAPT Stephen Formanski Office: 215-861-4398 |
IV |
Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee |
61 Forsyth Street, SW Suite 5B-95 Atlanta, GA 30303 Fax: 404-562-7913 |
CAPT Thomas Bowman (Regional Administrator) Office: 404-562-7912
CAPT Charles Weir Office: 404-562-7936
Jeanne Eckes Office: 404-562-7937
Jeanette Dickinson Office: 202-557-1216 |
V |
Illinois Indiana Michigan Minnesota Ohio Wisconsin |
233 N. Michigan Avenue Suite 1300 Chicago, IL 60601 Fax: 312-353-3923 |
CAPT Janet Odom (Regional Administrator) Office: 312-886-0696
CAPT Todd Stankewicz Office: 312-353-4515
Anthony Voirin Cell: 415-385-6451
Diane Smith (Admin. Asst.) Office: 312-353-9763 |
VI |
Arkansas Louisiana New Mexico Oklahoma Texas |
MSC Dallas, 854 Avenue R Grand Prairie, TX 75050 Fax: 972-606-8940 |
CAPT Mick Cote (Regional Administrator) Office: 972-606-2629
CAPT Louis A. Lightner, Jr. Office: 972-606-6472
CDR Mark Byrd Office: 972-606-2869
CAPT Amy O. Taylor Office: 972-606-6190 |
VII |
Iowa Kansas Missouri Nebraska |
601 E. 12th Street Room S1801 Kansas City, MO 64106 Fax: 816-426-2178 |
CAPT Dana L. Hall (Regional Administrator) Office: 816-426-2828
CDR Michael Garner Office: 816-426-2203
CAPT Scott Lee Office: 816-426-3490 |
VIII |
Colorado Montana North Dakota South Dakota Utah Wyoming |
1961 Stout Street Room 08.148 Denver, CO 80294 Fax: 303-844-7274 |
CAPT Ronald R. Pinheiro (Regional Administrator) Office: 303-844-7273
CDR John Gibbons Office: 303-844-7272
Dr. Kenneth Sturrock Office: 303-844-7249 |
IX |
Arizona California Hawaii Nevada Guam American Samoa CNMI FSM RMI Republic of Palau |
90 7th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 STE/Fax: 415-437-8388 Email: ASPR.R9@hhs.gov
|
Mark Young (Regional Administrator) Office: 415-633-5500
CAPT Brad Austin Office: 415-437-8386
CAPT Erik Vincent Office: 415-500-1859
Jon Bartlett Office: 415-437-8388
|
X |
Alaska Idaho Oregon Washington |
701 Fifth Avenue Suite 1600-Mailstop 34 Seattle, WA 98104 Fax: 206-615-2481 |
Rick Buell (Regional Administrator) Office: 206-615-3600
LCDR Jennifer A. Cockrill Office: 202-868-9075
CAPT John Smart Office: 206-615-2506 |
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