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Section Name

2007-08 President

Telephone &  Fax

Akron - S42

Vivian E. Malpass

Tel: +1 330-342-1120
Fax: +1 330-342-1134

Arkansas - S90 TBD

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Australia - New Zealand - S99

Kevin W. Thompson

Tel: +61 3 9925 2089
Fax: +61 3 9925 3746

Baltimore-Washington - S26

TBD

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Oklahoma - S41
formerly Bartlesville-Tulsa (S41) & Oklahoma City (S82)

Thomas O. Morton

Tel: +1 918-661-5217
Fax: +1 918-662-2220

Benelux - S68

Paul Habets

Tel: +31 46 433 7005
Fax: +31 46 4770101

Binghamton-Scranton - S37 TBD

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Brazil - S97 TBD

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Buffalo - S10 TBD Tel:
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Caribbean - S93

Carlos Maymi

Tel: +1 787-755-2001
Fax: +1 787-260-1056

Carolinas - S49

Robert L. Loftin

Tel: +1 704-797-9572
Fax: +1 704797-9573

Central Europe - S87

Klaus-Dieter Johnke

Tel: +49 171 879 1819
Fax: +49 536 197 8378

Central Florida - S63

TBD

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Central Indiana - S05

Perry S. Harwood

Tel: +1 317-252-4363
Fax: +1 317-252-4364

Central Ohio - S11 TBD

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Central Texas - S80

Domingo Auces

Tel: +1 210-525-0094 x102
Fax: +1 210-525-0094 x102

Chicago - S02

Joseph Traglia

Tel: +1 708-205-6741 (Cell)
Fax: +1 708-479-9054

Cleveland - S03

Jack J. Dibsky

Tel: +1 216-248-3012
Fax:

Columbia River - S60
(Portland, Oregon)

Sal Gonzalez

Tel: +1 503-693-7993
Fax:

Connecticut - S27

TBD

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Detroit - S01

Cynthia L Hammer Tel: +1 586-792-9930
Fax: +1 586-792-9936

Eastern New England - S16
(Boston/Maine)

Merrill E. Bush

Tel: +1 978-834-3202
Fax:

France - S69

TBD

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Golden Gate - S21
(Northern CA)

TBD

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Great Salt Lake - S77 TBD

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Gulf South Central - S61
(Baton Rouge, LA)
TBD Tel:
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Hong Kong - S95 Frederick S. P. Law

Tel: +85 226 800 500
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India - S81

Surinder S. Ahluwalia

Tel: +91 22 5597 4156
Fax: +91 22 517 5473

Iowa - S79 Brian L. Ellis

Tel: +1 515-240-6622
Fax: +1 515-508-2001

Israel - S75

TBD

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Italy - S62

Romeo Cociancich

Tel: 39 02 33407123
Fax: 39 02 33499007

Japan - S36

Shin-Ichi Izawa

Tel: +03-3975-2533
Fax:

Kansas City - S32 Paul R. Steinke

Tel:+1 913-856-7150
Fax:

Kentuckiana - S34 TBD

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Korea - S98 TBD

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Lehigh Valley - S86

John L. Gardiner

Tel: +1 610-317-4606
Fax: +1 610-317-0248

Lower Rio Grande Valley - S94 Oscar O. Garcia

Tel: +1 361-668-3969
Fax: +1 361-668-6969

Miami Valley - S08
(Cincinnati/Dayton, Ohio)

Joshua M. Ullrich Tel: +1 513-779-8913
Fax: +1 248-920-0524
Michiana - S73
(formerly South Bend & Northern Indiana (S24)
TBD Tel:
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Mid-Hudson - S57 TBD

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Mid-Michigan - S46

Joseph R. Powers

Tel: +1 989-631-6930
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Milwaukee - S09

Victor C. Baez

Tel: +1 414-313-0047
Fax: +1 414-357-7610

Mississippi - S88

Gary S. Blair

Tel: +1 662-563-1663
Fax: +1 662-563-0235

Nebraska - S53

Brian Clausen

Tel: +1 402-466-2136
Fax:

New Jersey - S07

Jack Ryan

Tel: +1 732-202-1580
Fax:

New York - S14

Gary Spalter

Tel:
Fax: +1 718-378-7611

North Texas - S39

Earl W. Balthazar

Tel: +1 817-719-0224
Fax: +1 817-719-3507

Northwestern Pennsylvania - S12

Catherine A. Mikovich

Tel: +1 814-866-0299
Fax: +1 814-866-0299

Ohio Firelands - S64 TBD

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Ontario - S28

Ronald Fisk

Tel: +1 416-293-7815
Fax: +1 416-740-2227

Pacific Northwest - S33 Eric S. Teoh

Tel: +1 425-820-0368
Fax: +1 425-741-1572

Palisades - S56 Brian L .Gibson Tel: +1 973-455-4601
Fax: +1 973-455-5120
Philadelphia - S13 Joe E. Sarver Tel: +1 856-782-8682
Fax: +1 302-992-1256

Piedmont Coastal - S71

Walter Carey

Tel: +1 919-894-8774
Fax: +1 919-894-6000

Pioneer Valley - S35
(Leominster, MA)

Stephen Gilvar

Tel: +1 603-472-3241
Fax:

Pittsburgh - S29

Bernard C. Henn

Tel: +1 412-563-0882
Fax:

Portugal - S100

Antonio S. Pouzada

Tel: +351 253 510 324
Fax: +351 253 5104 400

Quebec - S23

Caroline Vachon

Tel: +1 450-641-5185
Fax: +1 450-641-5105

Rochester - S20
(New York)

Dario R. Gonzalez

Tel: +1 585-624-8000 x256
Fax: +1 585-624-1262

Rock Valley - S47

Peter E. Ducato

Tel: +1 815-555-1212
Fax: +1 815-713-1513

Rocky Mountain - S18 Robert C. Olsen

Tel: +1 303-453-3990
Fax: +1 303-252-0223

Saint Louis - S06

Brent E. Taylor

Tel: +1 573-835-2071
Fax: +1573-835-2072

Scandanavia - S74 TBD

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Smoky Mountain - S92 Bhushan Deshpande Tel:
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South Florida - S43

Peter Perez-Castro

Tel: +1 305-597-4128
Fax: +1 305-597-4212

South Texas - S25

Donna S. Davis

Tel: +1 281-834-2036
Fax: +1 281-834-2993

Southeastern New England - S17

Shaun S. Bogan

Tel: +1 508-674-6049
Fax: +1 508-674-6089

Southern - S31
(GA, AL, Western SC)

Umberto F. Catignani

Tel: +1 770-390-0949
Fax: +1 707-276-4499

Southern California - S19

Vishu Shah

Tel: +1 714-791-5867
Fax: +1 714-674-1919

Spain - S101

Carlos J. Jimenez

Tel: +34 93 218 94 12
Fax: +34 93 218 15 89

Susquehanna - S67
(Central Pennsylvania)

David L. Hyson

Tel: +1 717-993-6026
Fax:

Taiwan - S72

TBD

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Tennessee Valley - S52 Nathan Prey

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Tex-La Gulf - S78 TBD

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Toledo - S04 Tom Lucius

Tel: +1 419-410-1749
Fax: +1 419-841-3066

Tri-State - S40
(Evansville, IN)

William Gillenwater

Tel: +1 812-422-0888 x210
Fax: +1 812-422-1005

Turkey - S102 Aslihan Arikan
Tel: + 90 216 545 49 48

United Kingdom & Ireland - S96

Ray J. Bush

Tel: +44 133 251 6186
Fax:

Upper Midwest - S22 Paul Rothweiler Tel: +1 651-341-5427
Fax:

Virgina - S91

TBD

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West Virginia / Southeastern Ohio - S30 Robert H. Wildi

Tel: +1 304-428-7189
Fax:

Western Michigan - S50

Robert B. Thompson

Tel: +1 616-794-1566
Fax: +1 603-484-8124

Western New England - S15 Gregory T. Prentiss.
Tel: +1 860-872-2278
Fax:
Wichita - S76 Mike Burke Tel: +1 620-241-2400
Fax: +1 620-241-2084

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