Roles. Responsibilities.Contact information

Who’s WHO!?You are probably wondering, “Who are all these new National APSE people who keep contacting me?” To lessen any confusion we want to share a bit more information about our Rol

Who’s WHO!?

You are probably wondering, “Who are all these new National APSE people who keep

contacting me?” To lessen any confusion we want to share a bit more information about our

Roles and Responsibilities…

Ryley Newport: APSE Public Policy Associate.

Ryley@apse.org / 301-279-0060

Ryley will be working with National APSE & State Chapters in various ways:

 Participate and represent APSE membership in public policy related meetings in Washington,

DC

 Coordinate the public policy and advocacy efforts nationally and within states

 Publicize efforts within states for letter-writing, calling, or contacting appropriate legislators

or other parties regarding Employment First initiatives and other employment related issues

 Coordinate meetings and facilitate activities with state Public Policy Liaisons

 Provide Public Policy updates on a regular basis to state chapters

 Assist State Chapters with public policy issues and Employment First initiatives

 Assist State Chapters with Financial Reporting and 990 completion

Macey Chovaz: APSE Chapter Liaison/AFP Coordinator

macey@apse.org / 517-896-8076 (cell)

Macey will be working with state chapters in the following ways:

 Monitor chapter activities regarding compliance with bylaws

 Connect University programs with state chapter leaders

 Work with chapter leaders to promote Employment First within their own organizations and their states

 Assist state chapters in implementing a structure for connecting with members across states (e.g., creating sell sheets and other membership materials, create regions within states for member and board member recruitment, assisting with conferences, newsletters, facebook page)

 Update chapter information on website

 Conduct annual chapter president survey

 Work to develop chapters in states with no current chapter

 Assist chapters with elections (as needed)

 Conduct bi-monthly webinars with Chapter leadership (e.g., provide updates on national information, identify needs of chapters, updates on what is happening in states in

collaboration with Public Policy Liaisons, webinar training for chapter presidents on how to

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use chapter section of the website, webinar training for chapter treasurers on information

needed for 990 and IRS, etc.)

Delegates: The Delegates are 5 APSE leaders whose roles include:

 Ensure that state chapters are “heard” by the national organization;

 Ensure state chapters receive timely and accurate information from the national

organization;

 Enhance the feeling of being part of a network of states belonging to an organization

larger than each individual state;

 Facilitate Chapters being connected to other Chapters to share and learn;

 Provide or secure technical assistance to help the state Chapter achieve their goals;

 Facilitate join ventures between states within a region to promote Chapter, as well as

national APSE goals

Your Delegate will be contacting you (if they have not already) to introduce themselves and to start planning quarterly calls within your region

Bryan Dague (VT)

bryan.dague@uvm.edu

Northeast Region: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey,

New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont (Delaware, New Hampshire, Rhode Island)

Deborah Goins (MD)

dgoins@thearcofpgc.org South Atlantic/Gulf Coast Region: Alabama, DC, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Virginia, West

Virginia (South Carolina)

Charles “Chaz” Nickolaus

(MO)

cnickolaus@mpcdd.com

Great Plains Region: Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New

Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas (Montana, South Dakota, Wyoming

Heidi Maghan (MN)

hmaghan@kaposia.com

Midwest Region: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan,

Minnesota, Ohio, Tennessee, Wisconsin

Jaimie Laitinen (WA)

jaimie@gowise.org

Western Region: California, Colorado, Oregon, Washington (Alaska,

Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada)

SueAnn Morrow

sue-morrow@uiowa.edu Delegate Council Chair

416 Hungerford Drive Suite 418 | Rockville, MD 20850

Phone: 301.279.0060 | Fax: 301.279.0075

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