The Area Directors work in their volunteered regions. They act as contact persons with the agencies when we need to contact them for validation of cases, possible matches with missing and unidentified persons and information we receive from visitors.

You can contact the Area Directors directly with information about cases in their areas.

In the United States:

Alabama
Area Director	Brenda Worfel
Researcher	Susan Malacari
Media Rep	Shelley Denman
Alaska
Area Director	Pending
Arizona
Area Director	Cheri Ross
Researcher	Susan Malacari
Researcher	Lona Shelden
Arkansas
Area Director	Shannon Vita
Researcher	Brenda Worfel
Media Rep	Laura Allen
California
Area Director	Deanna Leip
Assistant Area Director	Cassandra Polemi
Researcher	Krystin Ryder
Colorado
Area Director	Karen Miller
Researcher	Krystin Ryder
Connecticut
Area Director	Diana S. Moore
Delaware
Area Director	Diana S. Moore
Florida
Area Director	Rocky Wells
Georgia
Area Director	Michele Gain
Media Rep	Jennifer Cook
Hawaii
Area Director	Daphne Owings
Idaho
Area Director	Joanne Russell
Illinois
Area Director	Barbara Lamacki
Researcher	Terra Wyckoff
Indiana
Area Director	Angie Bunch
Researcher	Angie Bowlin
Iowa
Area Director	Angie Bunch
Researcher	Tammy Hallen
Kansas
Area Director	Shelley Denman
Kentucky
Area Director & Media Rep	Todd Matthews
Assistant Area Director	Scott Caudill
Area Director	Angie Bunch
Lousiana
Karen Edwards	Karen Edwards
Maine
Area Director	Christina Siragusa
Researcher	Tony Evelina
Media Rep	Bruce St.Amand
Maryland
Area Director	Laurie Gilman
Media Rep	Kylen Johnson
Massachusetts
Area Director	Theresa Foxx
Media Rep	Dan Brady
Michigan
Area Director	Elizabeth Sinor
Researcher	Krystin Ryder
Researcher	Jaime Dobrzelewski
Minnesota
Area Director & Media Rep	Anita Moyer
Researcher	Krystin Ryder
Mississippi
Area Director	Cheryl Penrod
Researcher	Shannon Vita
Missouri
Media Rep	Tari Davis
Researcher	Diana S Moore
Montana
Area Director	Missy DesLonde
Researcher	Krystin Ryder
Nebraska
Area Director	Patty Beeken
Nevada
Area Director	Cheri Ross
Researcher	Lona Shelden
New Hampshire
Area Director	Christina Siragusa
Researcher	Tony Evelina
New Jersey
Area Director	Tony Evelina
Researcher	Michele DesLonde
New Mexico
Area Director & Media Rep	Shannon Vita
Researcher	Brenda Worfel
New York
Researcher	Joanne Russell
Area Director - Area 1	Brenda Worfel Cayuga County Cortland County Erie County Genesee County Jefferson County Livingston County Madison County Monroe County Niagara County Oneida County Onondaga County Ontario County Orleans County Oswego County Onondaga County Seneca County Schuyler County Tompkins County Wayne County Wyoming County Yates County Stanten Island
Area Director - Area 2	Tony Evelina Albany County Clinton County Essex County Franklin County Fulton County Hamilton County Herkimer County Lewis County Montgomery County Nassau County Otsego County Rennsselaer County Saratoga County Schenectady County Schohaire County St. Lawrence County Warren County Washington County Suffolk County Manhattan Queens
Area Director - Area 3	Shannon Vita Allegany County Broome County Cattaraugus County Chautaugua County Chenango County Chemung County Columbia County Dutchess County Delaware County Greene County Orange County Putnam County Rockland County Steuben County Sullivan County Tioga County Ulster County Westchester County Bronx Brooklyn
North Carolina
Area Director	Daphne Owings
North Dakota
Area Director	Anita Moyer
Researcher	Krystin Ryder
Ohio
Area Director	Rocky Wells
Oklahoma
Area Director & Media Rep	Tari Davis
Oregon
Area Director	Deanna Leip
Researcher	Jeannie Garms
Pennsylvania
Area Director	Nancy Monahan
Researcher	Susan Malacari
Media Rep	Theresa Foxx
Rhode Island
Area Director	Diana S. Moore
South Carolina
Area Director	Anna Hollis
South Dakota
Area Director	Kristy Schumacher
Researcher	Barbara Lamacki
Tennessee
Area Director	Todd Matthews
Assistant Area Director	Gail Williams
Assistant Area Director	Betsy Blair
Texas
Area Director & Media Rep	Dawn Workman
Researcher	Crystal Feier
Utah
Area Director & Media Rep	Deanna Leip
Vermont
Area Director & Media Rep	Christina Siragusa
Researcher	Tony Evelina
Virginia
Area Director & Media Rep	Jennifer Walters-McMillion
Media Rep	Kylen Johnson
Researcher	Sarah Burton
Washington
Area Director & Media Rep	Michele DesLonde
Washington DC
Area Director	Ruth Koontz
Researcher	Sarah Burton
Media Rep	Kylen Johnson
West Virginia
Area Director	Jennifer Walters-McMillion
Wisconsin
Area Director	Elizabeth Myers
Wyoming
Area Director	Joanne Russell

In Canada:

Alberta
Area Director	Pending
British Columbia
Interim Area Director & Researcher	Brenda Worfel
Manitoba
Area Director	Pending
New Brunswick
Area Director	Wendy Mazoway
Newfoundland
Area Director	Wendy Mazoway
Northwest Territories
Area Director	Pending
Nova Scotia
Area Director	Wendy Mazoway
Nunavut
Area Director	Pending
Ontario
Interim Area Director & Researcher	Brenda Worfel
Media Rep	Angela Ellis
Prince Edward Island
Area Director	Wendy Mazoway
Quebec
Area Director	Wendy Mazoway
Media Rep	Angela Ellis
Saskatchewan
Area Director	Pending
Yukon
Area Director	Pending