Media Contacts
Following is a media relations contact list for The Salvation Army in the United States. National media relations are handled by National Headquarters in Alexandria, VA, and its public relations consultant, Richards Partners.
All local media are asked to first contact their local Salvation Army representative for requests for spokespersons and other inquiries.
For national media queries, please contact:
Kurt Watkins
Richards Partners
214-891-7624
kurt_watkins@richards.com
Territorial Press Room Contacts
Southern Territory
Chris Priest
Southern Territory Director
chris.priest@uss.salvationarmy.org
(404) 728-6704 Office Phone
(678) 485-4735 Cell Phone
Central Territory
Jeff Curnow
Central Territory Director
Jeff_Curnow@usc.salvationarmy.org
(847) 294-2046 Office Phone
(847) 571-1868 Cell Phone
Eastern Territory
Trish Raines
Eastern Territory Director
Trish_Raines@use.salvationarmy.org
(845) 620-7316 Office Phone
Western Territory
Deborah Stekl Knutson
Western Territory Director
Deborah.Knutson@usw.salvationarmy.org
(562) 491-8351 Office Phone
DIVISIONAL PRESS ROOM CONTACTS LISTED BY STATE
Alabama
Alabama, Louisiana & Mississippi Division
Jon Kalahar
Jon.Kalahar@uss.salvationarmy.org
601-961-7709 Office Phone
601-941-7779 Cell Phone
Alaska
Alaska Division
Robert DeBerry
Robert.Deberry@usw.salvationarmy.org
(907) 339-3429 Office Phone
(907) 268-0113 Cell Phone
Arizona
Southwest Division
Scott Johnson
Scott.Johnson@usw.salvationarmy.org
602-267-4196 Office Phone
480-415-4911 Cell Phone
Arkansas
Arkansas & Oklahoma Division
Cindy Fuller
Cindy.Fuller@uss.salvationarmy.org
(405) 254-1156 Office Phone
(405) 830-6549 Cell Phone
California
Del Oro Division (East Bay, Northern California and Reno, Nevada)
Sydney Fong
Sydney.Fong@usw.salvationarmy.org
(916) 563-3731 Office Phone
Golden State Division (Central California and San Francisco Bay Area)
Jennifer Byrd
Jennifer.Byrd@usw.salvationarmy.org
(415) 553-3524 Office Phone
(628) 333-1799 Cell Phone
Sierra Del Mar Division (San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino and Imperial Counties)
Rachael Fowler
rachael.fowler@usw.salvationarmy.org
(619) 446-0294 Office Phone
Southern California Division (Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo Counties)
Robert Brennan
Robert.Brennan@usw.salvationarmy.org
(562) 264-3685 Office Phone
Colorado
Intermountain Division
Tahreem Pasha-Glenn
303-860-5460 Office Phone
720-402-4449 Cell Phone
Connecticut
Southern New England Division (Covering Connecticut and Rhode Island)
Laura A. Krueger
laura.krueger@use.salvationarmy.org
860-702-0033 Office Phone
860-937-8932 Cell Phone
Delaware
Eastern Pennsylvania & Delaware Division
Carl Colantuono
Carl.Colantuono@use.salvationarmy.org
(302) 472-0731
District of Columbia
National Capital & Virginia Division
Karen Yoho
Karen.Yoho@uss.salvationarmy.org
(202) 756-2631 Office Phone
(202) 577-3143 Cell Phone
Florida
Florida Division
Steve Dick
Steve.Dick@uss.salvationarmy.org
(813) 383-5619 Office Phone
(813) 918-0196 Cell Phone
Georgia
Georgia Division
Donald Felice
Donald.Felice@uss.salvationarmy.org
(678)418-4652 - Office Phone
Hawaii
Hawaiian & Pacific Islands Division
David Sayre
David@sayrepr.com
808-221-5025 Cell Phone
Idaho
Northwest Division (Northern Idaho)
Lora Marini Baker
Lora.Marini.Baker@usw.salvationarmy.org
(206) 217-1280 Office Phone
Cascade Division (Southern Idaho)
Jared Arnold
Jared.Arnold@usw.salvationarmy.org
503-794-3260 Office Phone
480-283-4310 Cell Phone
Illinois
Metropolitan Division (Chicago, IL) (Northern Illinois)
Leora Conway
Leora_Conway@usc.salvationarmy.org
(773) 205-3254 Office Phone
Heartland Division (Peoria, IL) (Central Illinois: Peoria, Decatur, Springfield, Champaign)
Marne Fauser
Director of Development
Marne_Fauser@usc.salvationarmy.org
(309) 655-1340 Office Phone
Midland Division (St. Louis, MO) (Southern Illinois)
Shawn Martin
Shawn_Martin@usc.salvationarmy.org
(314) 646-3017 Office Phone
Indiana
Indiana Division (Central and Southern Indiana)
Samantha Hyde
Samantha_Hyde@usc.salvationarmy.org
(317) 224-2000 Office Phone
Western Michigan & Northern Indiana Division (Northern/Northwest Indiana)
Roger Snider
Roger_Snider@usc.salvationarmy.org
(616) 459-3433 Ext. 1183 Office Phone
Metropolitan Division (Chicago, IL) (Northwest Indiana)
Leora Conway
Leora_Conway@usc.salvationarmy.org
(773) 205-3254 Office Phone
Iowa
Heartland Division (Peoria, IL) (Eastern Iowa)
Marne Fauser
Director of Development
Marne_Fauser@usc.salvationarmy.org
(309) 655-1340 Office Phone
Western Division (Omaha, NE) (Western Iowa)
Susan Eustice
Susan_Eustice@usc.salvationarmy.org
(402) 898-5908 Day Phone
(402) 981-6091 Night Phone
Kansas
Kansas & Western Missouri Division (Kansas City, MO)
Doug Donahoo
Doug_Donahoo@usc.salvationarmy.org
(816) 968-0367 Office Phone
Kentucky
Southwest Ohio & NE Kentucky Division
Julie C. Budden
Julie.Budden@use.salvationarmy.org
(513) 762-5669
Kentucky & Tennessee Division
Christopher McGown (Divisional Development Director)
Christopher.McGown@uss.salvationarmy.org
(502) 357-8538 Office Phone
(502) 777-6640 Cell Phone
Louisiana
Alabama, Louisiana & Mississippi Division
Jon Kalahar
Jon.Kalahar@uss.salvationarmy.org
601-961-7709 Office Phone
601-941-7779 Cell Phone
Maine
Northern New England Division (Covering Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont)
Patricia James
Patricia.James@use.salvationarmy.org
(207) 774-6304 Office Phone
Maryland
Maryland & West Virginia Division
Major Gene Hogg
gene.hogg@uss.salvationarmy.org
(410) 347-9944 Office Phone
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Division
Drew Forster
drew.forster@use.salvationarmy.org
(339) 502-5852 Office Phone
(617) 308-3547 Cell Phone
Michigan
Eastern Michigan Division (Detroit, MI)
Mary Healy Zaleski, APR
Mary_Zaleski@usc.salvationarmy.org
(248) 443-5500, Ext. 335 Office Phone
Western Michigan & Northern Indiana Division (Grand Rapids, MI)
Roger Snider
Roger_Snider@usc.salvationarmy.org
(616) 459-3433 Ext. 1183 Office Phone
Wisconsin & Upper Michigan Division (Upper Penninsula of Michigan, Wauwatosa, WI)
Amy Burke
Amy_Burke@usc.salvationarmy.org
(414) 302-4300 ext. 2291 Office Phone
(414) 333-5418 Cell Phone
Minnesota
Northern Division (St. Paul/Minneapolis, MN)
Debra Wilken
Director of Development
Debra_Wilken@usc.salvationarmy.org
(651) 746-3400 Office Phone
Mississippi
Alabama, Louisiana & Mississippi Division
Jon Kalahar
Jon.Kalahar@uss.salvationarmy.org
601-961-7709 Office Phone
601-941-7779 Cell Phone
Missouri
Midland Division (St. Louis, MO – covers most of Missouri except greater Kansas City area corner)
Shawn Martin
Shawn_Martin@usc.salvationarmy.org
(314) 646-3017 Office Phone
Kansas & Western Missouri Division (Greater Kansas City area of Missouri)
Doug Donahoo
Doug_Donahoo@usc.salvationarmy.org
(816) 968-0367 Office Phone
(816) 729-6684 Cell Phone
Montana
Intermountain Division (Eastern and Southwestern Montana)
Tahreem Pasha-Glenn
303-860-5460 Office Phone
720-402-4449 Cell Phone
Northwest Division (Northwestern Montana)
Lora Marini Baker
Lora.Marini.Baker@usw.salvationarmy.org
(206) 217-1280 Office Phone
Nebraska
Western Division (Omaha, NE)
Susan Eustice
Susan_Eustice@usc.salvationarmy.org
(402) 898-5908 Day Phone
(402) 981-6091 Night Phone
Nevada
Del Oro Division (East Bay, Northern California and Northern Nevada including Reno)
Sydney Fong
Sydney.Fong @usw.salvationarmy.org
(916) 563-3731Office Phone
Southwest Division (Clark County)
Scott Johnson
Scott.Johnson@usw.salvationarmy.org
602-267-4196 Office Phone
480-415-4911 Cell Phone
New Hampshire
Northern New England Division (Covering Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont)
Pat James
Pat_James@use.salvationarmy.org
(207) 774-6304 Office Phone
New Jersey
New Jersey Division
Alexandria Hammond
Alexandria.Hammond@use.salvationarmy.org
(908) 851-8227 Office Phone
(908) 403-3625 Cell Phone
New Mexico
Southwest Division
Scott Johnson
Scott.Johnson@usw.salvationarmy.org
602-267-4196 Office Phone
480-415-4911 Cell Phone
New York
Greater New York Division
Stephen M. Ditmer
Stephen.Ditmer@use.salvationarmy.org
212-337.7278 Office Phone
Empire State Division
Jon Rogers
Jon.Rogers@use.salvationarmy.org
(315) 434-1392 Office Phone
(315) 877-3412 Cell Phone
North Carolina
North & South Carolina Division
Shelley Henderson (Divisional Director of Communications)
Shelley.Henderson@uss.salvationarmy.org
(704) 972-3452 Office Phone
North Dakota
Northern Division
Debra Wilken
Director of Development
Debra_Wilken@usc.salvationarmy.org
(651) 746-3400 Office Phone
Ohio
Southwest Ohio & Northeast Kentucky Division
Julie C. Budden
Julie.Budden@use.salvationarmy.org
(513) 762-5669
Northeast Ohio Division
Stella Dilik
Stella_Dilik@use.salvationarmy.org
(216) 623-7485 Office Phone
Oklahoma
Arkansas & Oklahoma Division
Cindy Fuller
Cindy.Fuller@uss.salvationarmy.org
(405) 254-1156 Office Phone
(405) 830-6549 Cell Phone
Oregon
Cascade Division
Jared Arnold
Jared.Arnold@usw.salvationarmy.org
503-794-3260 Office Phone
480-283-4310 Cell Phone
Pacific Islands
Hawaiian & Pacific Islands Division (Guam, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia)
(808) 988-2136 Office Phone
Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania Division
Donna L. Fencik
Donna_Fencik@use.salvationarmy.org
(412) 446-1642 Office Phone
(412) 580-0627 Cell Phone
Eastern Pennsylvania Division (Covering Eastern PA and Delaware)
Phil Pagliaro
Phil.Pagliaro@use.salvationarmy.org
(215) 787-2834 Phone
Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands Divisions
Anabel Garcia
anabel.garcia@use.salvationarmy.org
(787) 999-7000 Office Phone
Rhode Island
Southern New England Division (Covering Connecticut and Rhode Island)
Laura A. Krueger
laura.krueger@use.salvationarmy.org
860-702-0033 Office Phone
860-937-8932 Cell Phone
South Carolina
North & South Carolina Division
Shelley Henderson (Divisional Director of Communications)
Shelley.Henderson@uss.salvationarmy.org
(704) 972-3452 Office Phone
South Dakota
Western Division
Susan Eustice
Susan_Eustice@usc.salvationarmy.org
(402) 898-5908 Day Phone
(402) 981-6091 Night Phone
Tennessee
Kentucky & Tennessee Division
Christopher McGown (Divisional Development Director)
Christopher.McGown@uss.salvationarmy.org
(502) 357-8538 Office Phone
(502) 777-6640 Cell Phone
Texas
Texas Division
Philip Burn
Philip.Burn@uss.salvationarmy.org
(214) 956-6243 Office Phone
(214) 418-9536 Cell Phone
Utah
Intermountain Division
Tahreem Pasha-Glenn
303-860-5460 Office Phone
720-402-4449 Cell Phone
Vermont
Northern New England Division (Covering Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont)
Patricia James
Patricia.James@use.salvationarmy.org
(207) 774-6304 Office Phone
Virginia
National Capital & Virginia
Karen Yoho
Karen.Yoho@uss.salvationarmy.org
(202) 756-2631 Office Phone
(202) 577-3143 Cell Phone
Washington
Northwest Division
Lora Marini Baker
Lora.Marini.Baker@usw.salvationarmy.org
(206) 217-1280 Office Phone
West Virginia
Maryland & West Virginia Division
Charles Nutt (Divisional Development Director)
Charles.Nutt@uss.salvationarmy.org
(410) 347-9944 Office Phone
(615) 775-4526 Cell Phone
Wisconsin
Wisconsin & Upper Michigan Division
Amy Burke
Amy_Burke@usc.salvationarmy.org
(414) 302-4300 ext. 2291 Office Phone
(414) 333-5418 Cell Phone
Wyoming
Intermountain Division
Tahreem Pasha-Glenn
303-860-5460 Office Phone
720-402-4449 Cell Phone