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District Chairs

The District Chairs are the conduit between the local section Leadership and the Regional and Society level Directors. Their responsibilities include: building cohesiveness between the sections and districts, sharing best practices, communications up to the society and down to the sections.

If you are a Section officer with questions on policy, procedures or ideas on how to be more effective, your District Chair and vice-chair are your first-point of contact.

Northeast Region

District Chair #1

François-Xavier Morin, LC
Manager, Regional Specification
Canlyte a Philips Group Brand
3015 Louis A. Amos
Lachine, QC H8T 1C4

E-mail: Francois-xavier.morin@philips.com
Phone: (514) 636-0670 Ext. 1167
Fax: (514) 636-1375

States and Provinces Responsible for:
Canada: New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Nunavut Territories, Ontario, Prince Edwards Island, Quebec
US:
Maine

Vice-Chair District #2

Rick Paradis
EnerNOC
75 Federal St
Boston, MA 02110

E-mail: rparadis@enernoc.com
Phone: (617) 532-8101
Fax: (857) 221-9501

States Responsible for: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont

South Region

District Chair #3

Allan H. Long
Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division
Electric Dist Engineering: AB/01-437
PO Box 430
Memphis, TN 38101-0430

E-mail: along@mlgw.org
Phone: (901) 528-4193
Fax: (901) 528-7774

Vice-Chair District #3

Tanya Hernandez
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
1106 Park Glen Place
Durham, NC 27713

E-mail: tanya.hernandez@us.ul.com
Phone: (919) 549-1897

States and Territory Responsible for: Alabama, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia

District Chair #4

Jennifer Jaques
Lighting Application Sciences, LLC
206 Deerwood Drive
San Markos, TX 78666

E-mail :jjaques@austin.rr.com
Phone:(512) 353-3890

States and Country Responsible for: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mexico, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

Vice-Chair District #4

Frank Agraz
Maneri~Agraz LLC
1620 W Sam Houston Pkwy N
Houston, TX 77043

E-mail :frank@ma-llc.net
Phone:(832) 358-3900

States and Country Responsible for: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mexico, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

West Region

District Chair #5

Sandra Novales
Lighting Design Alliance
2830 Temple Ave
Long Beach, CA 92708

E-mail: sandra.novales@gmail.com
Phone: (562) 989-3843 ext 363

Vice-Chair District #5

James Highgate
The Lighting Group
9435 W. Tropicana Ave.
Suite 102244

E-mail: jameshighgate@gmail.com
Phone: (702) 367-3949

States Responsible for: Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah

District Chair #6

Doug Prusky
A.M. Agencies
118, 4029 - 8th Street S.E.
Calgary, AB

E-mail: dprusky@amagency.com
Phone: (403) 243-1161
Fax: (403) 243-1210

Vice-Chair District #6

Jim Potts
ELumen8
2240 N Interstate Ave Suite 150
Portland, OR 97227

E-mail: jim@e-lumen-8.com
Phone: (503) 432-7338
Fax: (503) 296-5885

States and Provinces Responsible for: Canada: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territories US: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming

Midwest Region

District Chair #7

Jim Radi
126 Park Charles Blvd. N
St. Peters, MO 63376

E-mail: jim.radi@philips.com
Phone: (414) 497-0533
Fax: (636) 395-6553

Vice-Chair District #7

Lisa Chaput
Lightspaces
333 South Seventh Street, Suite 1200
Minneapolis, MN 55402

E-mail: lchaput@michaudcooley.com
Phone: (612) 673-6866
Fax: (612) 673-6933

States and Provinces Responsible for: Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin

District Chair #8

Joe Oranchak
The Sidock Group
2151 Arundel Pl
Okemos, MI 48864

E-mail: joranchak@sidockgroup.com
Phone: (248) 349-4500 x148

Vice-Chair District #8

Amy Laughead
37 Volts Light Studio
1809 Sycamore St
Cincinnati, OH 45202

E-mail: amy.laughead@37volts.com
Phone: (513) 578-5410

States Responsible for: Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio

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