OTHER STATE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATIONS

 

Alabama-Mississippi Telephone Assn. Jerry A. Renfroe Executive Vice President

100 North Union Street, Suite 826 Montgomery , AL 36104-3508

Tel: 334-265-1660 Fax: 334-834-1722 Cell: 334-399-0900

E-mail: trixieren@aol.com Website: www.amtelecom.org

 

Alaska Telephone Association James Rowe

201 East 56 th Avenue, Suite 114 Anchorage , AK 99518-1283

Tel: 907-563-4000 Fax: 907-562-3776

E-mail: jrowe@arctic.net Website: www.alaskatel.org

 

Arkansas Telecommunications Assn. Cheryl Padgett

1220 West 6 th Street Little Rock , AR 72201-3020

Tel: 501-375-0086 Fax: 501-375-7230

E-mail: cheryl@cei.net Website: www.ataweb.org

 

California Telephone Association (CalCom) Margaret C. Felts President / CFO

1851 Heritage Lane, Suite 255 Sacramento , CA 98515-4703

Tel: 916-567-6702 Fax: 916-922-3648 Cell: 916-201-2402

E-mail: mcf@calcomwebsite.com Website: www.calcomwebsite.com

 

Colorado Telecommunications Assn. Gary Witt Executive Vice President

P.O. Box 461288 Glendale , CO 80246

Tel: 303-795-8080 Fax: 303-795-1266

E-mail: gwitt@colotelecom.com Website: www.colotelecom.com

 

Florida Telecommunications Industry Association Susan K. Langston Executive Director

233 Pinewood Drive Tallahassee , FL 32303-1776

Tel: 850-877-5141 Fax: 850-878-3471

E-mail: susanlangston@earthlink.net Website: www.fltia.org

 

Georgia Telephone Association John P. Silk Executive Vice President

1900 Century Boulevard, Suite 8 Atlanta , GA 30345-3307

Tel: 404-321-5368 Fax: 404-728-0374

E-mail: jsilk@gta.org Website: www.gta.org

 

Idaho Telephone Association Molly Steckel Executive Director

P. O. Box 1638 Boise , ID 83701-1638

Tel: 208-229-1482 Fax: 208-229-0482 Cell: 208.866.2136

E-mail: molly@idatel.net Website: www.idatel.net

 

Illinois Independent Telephone Assn. Scott Rubins

111 East First Street Geneseo , IL 61254

Tel: 309-944-8002 Fax: 309-944-4406

E-mail: srubins@geneseo.net

 

Illinois Telecommunications Association Douglas Dougherty, CAE President

P.O. Box 730 Springfield , IL 62705

Tel: 217-572-1261 Fax: 217-753-8661 Cell: 217-414-0341

E-mail: doug@il-ita.com Website: www.il-ita.com

 

Indiana Telecommunications Association John Koppin, CAE President

54 Monument Circle, Suite 200 Indianapolis , IN 46204-2943

Tel: 317-624-4414 Fax: 317-635-0285

E-mail: john@itainfo.org Website: www.itainfo.org

 

Telephone Co-ops of Indiana Tim Hills Hancock Rural Telephone

P.O. Box 108 Maxwell , IN 46154-0108

Tel: 317-326-3131 Fax: 317-326-2289

E-mail: thills@hrtc.net

 

Iowa Telecommunications Association Dave Duncan, CAE President

2987 100 th Street Urbandale , IA 50322-3881

Tel: 515-867-2091 Fax: 515-867-9767 Cell: 515-321-3183

E-mail: dduncan@i-t-a.net Website: www.i-t-a.net

 

Rural Iowa Independent Telephone Assn. Tom Fisher Executive Director

1000 Walnut Street, Suite 324 Des Moines , IA 50309-3422

Tel: 515-243-1743 Fax: 515-283-1928

E-mail: tfisher@riita.com Website: www.riita.com

 

Kansas Telecommunications Industry Association David S. Rosenthal, President Joyce Hightower

4848 SW 21 st Street, Ste. 201 Topeka , KS 66604 -4415

Tel: 785-234-0307 Fax: 785-234-2304

E-mail: drosenthal@kstelecom.com Website: www.ktia.org

 

State Independent Telephone Association of Kansas Mark Caplinger

823 West Tenth Avenue Topeka , KS 66612 -1618

Tel: 785-232-0495 Fax: 785-232-0724

E-mail: mark@caplinger.net Website: www.sitaofks.org

 

Kentucky Telephone Association Forest M. Skaggs Executive Director

851 Corporate Drive, Suite 105 Lexington , KY 40503

Tel: 859-223-9001 Fax: 859-223-2601 Cell: 859-227-0518

E-mail: forest@ktaoffice.org Website: www.ktaoffice.org

 

Louisiana Telecommunications Assn. Larry G. Henning President

7266 Tom Drive, Suite 205 Baton Rouge , LA 70806-2307

Tel: 225-927-1377 Fax: 225-927-1378

E-mail: lhenning@ltassn.org Website: www.ltassn.org

 

Telephone Association of Maine Suzanne Dubois

P.O. Box 77 Unity , ME 04988-0077

Tel: 207-948-2121 Fax: 207-948-3021

E-mail: sdubois@uninet.net Website: www.tamnet.org

 

Telephone Association of New England Dana Twombly Executive Director

4 Russell Road Cumberland Foreside , ME 04110

Tel: 207-781-3034 Fax: 603-456-2852

E-mail: dtwombly@tane.org Website: www.tane.org

 

Michigan Exchange Carriers Association Agris Pavlovskis President

P.O. Box 20025 Lansing , MI 48933

Tel: 517-482-1083 Fax: 517-482-3548

E-mail: agris.pavlovskis@gmail.com Website: www.mecaone.com

 

Telecommunications Association of Michigan Scott Stevenson, President

124 West Allegan, Suite 1400 Lansing , MI 48933

Tel: 517-482-4166 Fax: 517-482-3548

E-mail: stevenson.scott@telecommich.org Website: www.telecommich.org

 

Minnesota Association for Rural Telecom Randy Young President

2778 Jackson Street St. Paul , MN 55117-5088

Tel: 651-784-2001 Fax: 651-784-7997 Cell: 612-219-2688

E-mail: ryoung@mnart.org Website: www.mnart.org

 

Minnesota Telecom Alliance Michael J. Nowick President

30 East 7 th Street, Ste. 1650 St. Paul , MN 55101-4091

Tel: 651-291-7311 Fax: 651-291-2795

E-mail: mnowick@mnta.org Website: www.mnta.org

 

Missouri Telecommunications Industry Association

Richard Telthorst, CAE President & Chief Operating Officer

P.O. Box 785 312 East Capitol Avenue Jefferson City , MO 65102-0785

Tel: 573-634-2527 Fax: 573-634-5792

E-mail: ric@mtia.org Website: www.mtia.org

 

Montana Independent Telecommunications Systems Michael Strand Chief Executive Officer

P.O. Box 5237 Helena , MT 59604-5237

Tel: 406-443-1940 Fax: 406-443-2880

E-mail: mikestrand@mitstel.com Website: www.mitstel.com

 

Montana Telecommunications Assn. Geoff Feiss General Manager

208 North Montana Avenue, Suite 105 Helena , MT 59601

Tel: 406-442-4316 Fax: 406-442-8243 Cell: 406-594-0424

E-mail: gfeiss@telecomassn.org Website: www.telecomassn.org

 

Nebraska Telecommunications Assn. Eric Carstenson, CAE President

121 South 13 th Street, Suite 801 Lincoln , NE 68508-2712

Tel: 402-476-2423 Fax: 402-476-2453

E-mail: nta-eric@navix.net Website: www.ntaonline.net

 

Nevada Telecommunications Association Karen Pearl Executive Director/Treasurer

P.O. Box 34449 Reno , NV 89533-4449

Tel: 775-827-0191 Fax: 775-827-2788

E-mail: nevtelassn@sbcglobal.net Website: www.nevtelassn.org

 

New Hampshire Telecommunications Association Trudy Gendron

P.O. Box 1165 Concord , NH 03302-1165

Tel: 603-930-9814

E-mail: trudy.gendron@tcsofamerica.com

 

New Mexico Exchange Carriers Group Jeff Moore

P.O. Box 1947 Clovis , NM 88102-1947

Tel: 505-389-5100 Fax: 505-389-3321

E-mail: jmoore@plateautel.com

 

New York State Telecommunications Association Robert Puckett, President

100 State Street , 6 th Floor, Ste. 650 Albany , NY 12207-1807

Tel: 518-443-2700 Fax: 518-443-2810

E-mail: rpuckett@nysta.com Web site: www.nysta.com

 

North Carolina Telecommunications Industry Association

Carole Woodward President/CEO

5910 Clyde Rhyne Drive Sanford , NC 27330

Tel: 919-708-7464 Fax: 919-708-5226 Cell: 919-306-4620

E-mail: woodward@nctia.org Website: www.nctia.org

 

Carolina-Virginias Telephone Membership Association Carole Woodward President/CEO

5910 Clyde Rhyne Drive Sanford , NC 27330

Tel: 919-708-7464 Fax: 919-708-5226 Cell: 919-306-4620

E-mail: woodward@nctia.org Website: www.cvtma.org

 

North Carolina Telephone Cooperative Coalition Dwight Allen

First Union Capital Center P.O. Box 2611 Raleigh , NC 27612

Tel: 919-838-8136 Fax: 919-821-6800

E-mail: dwightallen@intrex.net Website: www.carolinalink.org

 

The Alliance of North Carolina Independent Telephone Companies Robert Wells

3737 Glenwood Avenue, Ste. 100 Raleigh , NC 27612

Tel: 919-573-6162 Fax: 919-573-6062

E-mail: robertwells@mindspring.com

 

North Dakota Telephone Association Patricia Gisinger Manager

1615 Capitol Way P.O. Box 2614 Bismarck , ND 58502-2614

Tel: 701-223-6022 Fax: 701-223-6023

E-mail: pat@ndta.net Website: www.ndta.net

 

North Dakota Association of Telecom Cooperatives David Crothers Executive Vice President

P.O. Box 1144 Mandan , ND 58554

Tel: 701-663-1099 Fax: 701-663-0707 Cell: 701-471-3838

E-mail: dcrothers@yahoo.com Website: www.ndatc.com

 

Ohio Small Local Exchange Carriers Association K. Patrick Collins Secretary-Treasurer

1570 Fishinger Road, Suite 100 Columbus , OH 43221

Tel: 614-451-3864 Fax: 614-457-9441

E-mail: kposleca@aol.com

 

Ohio Telecom Association Charles R. Moses President

17 South High Street, Suite 600 Columbus , OH 43215

Tel: 614-221-3231 Fax: 614-221-0048

E-mail: moses@ohiotelecom.com Website: www.ohiotelecom.com

 

Oklahoma Telephone Association Bob Stafford Executive Vice President

301 N.W. 63 rd Street, Suite 410 Oklahoma City , OK 73116 -7906

Tel: 405-840-1800 Fax: 405-840-2377

E-mail: ota@brightok.net Website: www.oklata.org

 

Oregon Telecommunications Assn. Brant Wolf Executive Vice President

707 13 th Street, SE, Suite 280 Salem , OR 97301-4036

Tel: 503-581-7430 Fax: 503-581-7457

E-mail: bwolf@ota-telecom.org Website: www.ota-telecom.org

 

Pennsylvania Telephone Association Dave Freet President

P.O. Box 1169 30 North Third Street, Suite 300 Harrisburg , PA 17108-1169

Tel: 717-238-8311 Fax: 717-238-5352

E-mail: dave.freet@patel.org Website: www.patel.org

 

South Carolina Telephone Association Jerry Pate

220 Stoneridge Drive , Suite 302 Columbia , SC 29210-8018

Tel: 803-779-7282 Fax: 803-779-1623

E-mail: scta@bellsouth.net Website: www.sctateleassoc.com

 

South Dakota Independent Telephone Coalition Rich Coit

207 East Capitol Avenue, #206 P.O. Box 57 Pierre , SD 57501

Tel: 605-224-7629 Fax: 605-224-1637

E-mail: richcoit@sdtaonline.com

 

Tennessee Rural Communications Cooperative Association Ozie Allen

2755 Short Mountain Road McMinnville , TN 37110

Tel: 931-668-2030 Fax: 931-668-2030

 

Tennessee Telecommunications Assn. Larry Drake Executive Director

150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 480 Nashville , TN 37219

Tel: 615-256-8006 Fax: 615-244-4803 Cell: 615-483-9144

E-mail: tta2@dtccom.net Website: www.tenntel.org

 

Texas Telephone Association Brad Denton President

1001 Congress Avenue, Ste. 450 Austin , TX 78701-5009

Tel: 512-472-1183 Fax: 512-472-1293

E-mail: braddenton@tta.org Website: www.tta.org

 

Utah Rural Telecom Association Nancy Gibbs Executive Director

10714 South Jordan Gateway, #260 South Jordan , UT 84025

Tel: 801-619-6660 Fax: 801-619-6661

E-mail: nancyg@urta.org Website: www.urta.org

 

Telephone Association of Vermont James Rogler Secretary-Treasurer

7 Park Square P.O. Box 30 Northfield , VT 05663

Tel: 802-485-2919 Fax: 802-285-6551

E-mail: james.rogler@teldta.com

 

Virginia Telecommunications Industry Association

Earl Bishop Executive Vice President

1108 East Main Street, Suite 800 Richmond , VA 23219

Tel: 804-643-7429 Fax: 804-643-6156

E-mail: ebishop@vtia.org Website: www.vtia.org

 

Washington Independent Telephone Assn Terrence Stapleton Executive Vice President

P. O. Box 2473 Olympia , WA 98507-2473

Tel: 360-352-5453 Fax: 360-352-8886

E-mail: tstapleton@wita-tel.org Website: www.wita-tel.org

 

West Virginia Telecommunications Assn. Gladys Stephenson Executive Director

P.O. Box 248 Saint Mary's, WV 26170-0248

Tel: 304-684-1191 Fax: 304-684-2416

E-mail: wvta@frontiernet.net Website: www.wvta.org

 

Eastern Rural Telecom Association Ray J. Riordan Executive Director

7633 Ganser Way, Suite 202 Madison , WI 53719

Tel: 608-829-3530 Fax: 608-829-1754

E-mail: raywsta@aol.com Website: www.easternrta.org

 

Wisconsin State Telecommunications Association William C. Esbeck Executive Director

121 East Wilson Street, Suite 102 Madison , WI 53703

Tel: 608-256-8866 x14 Fax: 608-256-2676 Cell: 608-469-7171

E-mail: bill.esbeck@wsta.info Website: www.wsta.info

 

Wisconsin Locally Owned Telephone Association Robert Squires % Manawa Telephone

P.O. Box 130 Manawa , WI 54949

Tel: 920-596-2535 Fax: 920-596-3775

E-mail: manawa@wolfnet.net

 

Independent Telephone and Telecommunication Alliance Paul Raak Director of Legislative Affairs

975 F Street, NW Suite 550

Washington , DC 20004

Tel: 202-552-5847

E-mail: praak@itta.us Website: www.itta.us

 

NTCA Tom Wacker Director, Govt. Affairs

4121 Wilson Blvd. , 10 th Flr. Arlington , VA 22203

Tel: 703-351-2039 Fax: 703-351-2036

E-mail: twacker@ntca.org Website: www.ntca.org

 

OPASTCO Randy Tyree Director, Govt. Affairs

21 Dupont Circle NW Ste. 700 Washington , DC 20036

Tel: 202-659-5990

E-mail: RXT@opastco.org Website: www.opastco.org

 

Western Telecommunications Alliance Derrick Owens Director of Govt. Affairs

317 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Suite 300C , Washington , DC   20002

Tel: 202-548-0202 Fax: 202-548-7668

E-mail: derrick@w-t-a.org

Kelly Worthington Executive Vice President

1826 North Main Street, Ste. 100 P.O. Box 5655 Helena , MT 59604

Tel: 406-443-6377 Fax: 406-443-0591

E-mail: kelly@w-t-a.org Website: www.w-t-a.org