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Jessica Underberg CHAIR
Jessica Underberg, CFE
Erie County Fair, 5600 McKinley Pkwy
Hamburg, NY 14075-3933
Phone: 716-649-3900

Nancy Smith FIRST VICE CHAIR
Nancy Smith, CFE
South Carolina State Fair
PO Box 393
Columbia, SC 29202-0393
Phone: (803) 518-6703

Gene Cassidy SECOND VICE CHAIR
Gene Cassidy, CFE
Eastern States Exposition
1305 Memorial Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089-3578
Phone: (412) 737-2443

Bryon Lopez TREASURER
Bryon Lopez
Pima County Fair
11300 S. Houghton Rd
Tucson, AZ 85747-9755
Phone: (520) 762-9100

Marla Calico PRESIDENT/CEO
Marla Calico, CFE
IAFE Office, 3043 East Cairo St
Springfield, MO 65802
Phone: 800-516-0313
or 417-862-5771

Lisa Hinton STATE & PROVINCIAL ASSOCIATIONS REPRESENTATIVE
Lisa Hinton, CFE
Florida Federation of Fairs, 12802 Balm Boyette Rd.
Riverview, FL 33579-9109
Phone: (813) 763-0161

John Peco CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF FAIRS & EXHIBITIONS
John Peco
Canadian National Exhibition, 210 Princes Blvd., Toronto, ON M6K 3C3
Phone: (416) 263-3800

Peter Cooper REPRESENTATIVE FROM OUTSIDE THE US & CANADA
Peter Cooper
Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia, PO Box 135, Claremont, WA 6910
Phone: +61-08-6263-3100

Becky Brashear PAST CHAIR
Becky Brashear, CFE
Montgomery County Agricultural Fair (MD) Life Member


Rick Vymlatil PAST CHAIR
Rick Vymlatil, CFE
South Florida Fair & Palm Beach County Expositions Inc
PO Box 210367
West Palm Beach, FL 33421-0367
Phone: (561) 793-0333

Dominic Vivona Jr. DIRECTOR AT LARGE FROM ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Dominic Vivona Jr.
Amusements of America, PO Box 369
Tennent, NJ 07763-0369
Phone: 732-446-7144

Thomas Hodson DIRECTOR AT LARGE FROM ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Thomas Hodson, CCE
The Thomas Hodson Co., 1692 Old Highway 11
Gray, GA 31032-3222
Phone: (478) 986-5350

Mark St Jacques ZONE 1 DIRECTOR
Mark St. Jacques, CFE
Washington County Fair, 392 Old Schuylerville Rd
Greenwich, NY 12834-4615
Phone: (518) 692-2464

Zone 1 includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Chouris ZONE 2 DIRECTOR
Vicki Chouris, CFE
South Florida Fair & Palm Beach County Expositions Inc
PO Box 210367
West Palm Beach, FL 33421-0367
Phone: (561) 793-0333
 

Zone 2 includes Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Zis Parras ZONE 3 DIRECTOR
Zis Parras
Canadian National Exhibition, 20 Princes Blvd
Toronto, ON M6K 3C3
Phone: (416) 263-3800

Zone 3 includes Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and that portion of Ontario less than 85° longitude West of Greenwich.

Mathew Immel ZONE 4 DIRECTOR
Mathew Immel, CFE
Fond du Lac County Fair
PO Box 1466
Fond du Lac, WI 54936-1466
Phone: (920) 251-1199

Zone 4 includes Manitoba, Minnesota, North Dakota, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and the portion of Ontario more than 85° longitude West of Greenwich.

Jo Reynolds ZONE 5 DIRECTOR
Jo Reynolds, CFE
Warren County Agricultural Association, 701 W. 2nd Ave.
Indianola, IA 50125-2347
Phone: 515-961-6687

Zone 5 includes Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.

Scott Suchomski ZONE 6 DIRECTOR
Scott Suchomski, CFE
Tennessee Valley Fair
PO Box 6066
Knoxville, TN 37914-0066
Phone: (865) 215-1471

Zone 6 includes Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas.

Brianne Brower ZONE 7 DIRECTOR
Brianne Brower
Sublette County Fair, PO Box 1072
Big Piney, WY 83113-1072
Phone: (307) 276-5373

Zone 7 includes Idaho, Montana, Alberta, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

Leah Perkins-Hagele ZONE 8 DIRECTOR
Leah Perkins-Hagele, CFE
Washington County Fair Complex, 873 NE 34th Ave.
Hillsboro, OR 97124-6700
Phone: 503-648-1416

Zone 8 includes Alaska, California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington.