District Map
Regional Group Resources
Forms
- Membership Application (PDF) (DOC Fillable) (DOC Printable) (WEB)
- VA Membership Verification (VA Form 10-5345)
- Regional Group Bylaws Template (PDF) (DOC)
- Regional Group Officer Report (PDF) (DOC)
- Regional Group Finance Report Memo (PDF) (DOC)
- Regional Group Finance Report Form (WEB)
- Regional Group IRS Form 990-N Instructions (PDF) (DOC)
Documents
- Regional Group Manual (PDF) (DOC)
- Original Charter (PDF) (DOC)
- Revised Charter (PDF) (DOC)
- Bylaws (PDF) (DOC) (WEB)
- Proposed Bylaw Amendments (Coming in 2025)
- Policies (PDF) (DOC) (WEB)
- Resolutions (PDF) (DOC)
- Annual Proclamation (PDF) (DOC)
- Brochure (PDF)
- Historical Achievements (PDF) (DOC) (WEB)
- Historical Achievements Bulleted (PDF) (DOC)
- Official Convention Letter (Coming in 2025)
- How to Host a White Cane Awareness Day Celebration (PDF) (DOC)
VA Fact Sheets
- Special Mode Transportation (PDF) (DOC)
- Advanced Low Vision Clinic Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Blind Rehabilitation Center Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Blind Rehabilitation Service Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Intermediate Low Vision Clinic Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Visual Impairment Services Team Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Blind Rehabilitation Outpatient Specialist Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Guiding Veterans with a Visual Impairment Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Assisting Veterans with a Visual Impairment Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Visual Impairment Services Outpatient Rehabilitation Fact Sheet (PDF)
District Directors
District 1
John O’Connell
Email: joconnell@bva.org
Phone:
District States
District 2
Joe Link
Email: jlink@bva.org
Phone: (405) 426-7944
District States
District 3
Douglas Ingram
Email: dingram@bva.org
Phone: (850) 567-8123
District States
District 4
Randall “Randy” Lee Cantrell
Email: rcantrell@bva.org
Phone: (509) 954-4770
District States
State Contacts
Arkansas
Chris Sammons
Arkansas Regional Group
Email: chrisjsammons@gmail.com
Phone: (480) 215-3608
California
Eduardo Miranda
Charles Register Regional Group
Email: emirandabva@gmail.com
Phone: (626) 532-3835
William Montgomery
San Diego Regional Group
Email: bvmontw@cox.net
Phone: (619) 585-4596
Kennith Asam
Southern California Regional Group
Email: kenasam42@yahoo.com
Phone: (317) 441-7849
Colorado
William Mathis
Rocky Mountain Regional Group
Email: william.mathis3@yahoo.com
Phone: (719) 244-7561
Delaware
Michaun Harrison
Mid-Atlantic Regional Group
Email: vetrt66@yahoo.com
Phone: (703) 868-7883
Florida
Darryl Goldsmith
Emerald Coast Regional Group
Email: blindmarinevet@gmail.com
Phone: (850) 554-7819
Carlos Pere
Florida Regional Group
Email: pere0608@gmail.com
Phone: (813) 486-4817
Georgia
Dennis Darnes
Georgia Regional Group
Email: dennisdarnes56@gmail.com
Phone: (404) 645-9839
Idaho
Joseph Bogart
GEM State Regional Group
Email: joe.bogart.72@gmail.com
Phone: (573) 528-4960
Randall Cantrell
Spokane Inland Empire Regional Group
Email: knightcantrell@gmail.com
Phone: (509) 954-4770
Illinois
Anthony Woodson
Illinois Regional Group
Email: awhaia@yahoo.com
Phone: (815) 386-6346
Indiana
James P. McGuier
Indiana Regional Group
Email: jpmcgii@yahoo.com
Phone: (412) 855-2291
Iowa
Jeanie Murphy
Heartland Regional Group
Email: r.jeanine96@gmail.com
Phone: (785) 410-6575
Kansas
Jeanie Murphy
Heartland Regional Group
Email: r.jeanine96@gmail.com
Phone: (785) 410-6575
Louisiana
Raquel Welch
Louisiana / Mississippi Regional Group
Email: rdwelch21@gmail.com
Phone: (228) 563-4655
Maryland
Michaun Harrison
Mid-Atlantic Regional Group
Email: vetrt66@yahoo.com
Phone: (703) 868-7883
Massachusetts
Earl Caudill
Cape Cod & Islands Regional Group
Email: caudill.jill@gmail.com
Phone: (606) 748-2006
Robert Sanchas
Rhode Island & Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Group
Email: robert.sanchas@gmail.com
Phone: (401) 952-8929
Michigan
William Sanders
Michigan Regional Group
Email: whsanders83@gmail.com
Phone: (313) 828-6685
Minnesota
Eileen Vasquez
Midwest North Regional Group
Email: peppi485@gmail.com
Phone: (979) 224-8147
Mississippi
Raquel Welch
Louisiana / Mississippi Regional Group
Email: rdwelch21@gmail.com
Phone: (228) 563-4655
Missouri
Jeanie Murphy
Heartland Regional Group
Email: r.jeanine96@gmail.com
Phone: (785) 410-6575
Montana
No Regional Group
Nebraska
Jeanie Murphy
Heartland Regional Group
Email: r.jeanine96@gmail.com
Phone: (785) 410-6575
Nevada
Joe Tasby
Southern Nevada Regional Group
Email: jtasby2003@yahoo.com
Phone: (415) 572-8657
New Hampshire
Albert Matkowsky
New Hampshire Regional Group
Email: ics7almat@comcast.net
Phone: (603) 888-9440
New Jersey
William Graves
New Jersey Regional Group
Email: bgbw83@gmail.com
Phone: (201) 532-6384
New Mexico
John Woodcock
New Mexico Regional Group
Email: sbw0723@hotmail.com
Phone: (505) 639-4664
New York
Derek Pollitt
New York Regional Group
Email: dpollitt1@earthlink.net
Phone: (917) 848-2264
North Carolina
Lee M. Davis
Carolina Regional Group
Email: lmdavis@mindspring.com
Phone: (919) 256-4225
North Dakota
Eileen Vasquez
Midwest North Regional Group
Email: peppi485@gmail.com
Phone: (979) 224-8147
Ohio
Curtis Maxwell
Ohio Regional Group
Email: tavimax@roadrunner.com
Phone: (216) 333-5891
Oklahoma
William Bates
Oklahoma Regional Group
Email: williambates12354@gmail.com
Phone: (918) 402-7269
Oregon
No Regional Group
Pennsylvania
William Albert
Pennsylvania Regional Group
Email: walbert3223@gmail.com
Phone: (717) 507-7414
Puerto Rico
José R. Rivera Barris
Puerto Rico Regional Group
Email: jriverabarris@gmail.com
Phone: (787) 379-6299
Rhode Island
Robert Sanchas
Rhode Island & Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Group
Email: robert.sanchas@gmail.com
Phone: (401) 952-8929
South Carolina
Lee M. Davis
Carolina Regional Group
Email: lmdavis@mindspring.com
Phone: (919) 256-4225
South Dakota
Eileen Vasquez
Midwest North Regional Group
Email: peppi485@gmail.com
Phone: (979) 224-8147
Tennessee
Terry Richardson
Tennessee Regional Group
Email: cpoole1354@gmail.com
Phone: (901) 831-8075
Texas
Armsted J. Chambers
Greater Houston Regional Group
Email: armstedjchambers@gmail.com
Phone: (346) 804-3982
Guadalupe Guerraers
South Texas Regional Group
Email: walleyg@sbcglobal.net
Phone: (210) 639-4141
Utah
Nathan Ostergaard
Utah Regional Group
Email: nproelite@gmail.com
Phone: (801) 309-0910
Vermont
No Regional Group
Virginia
Michaun Harrison
Mid-Atlantic Regional Group
Email: vetrt66@yahoo.com
Phone: (703) 868-7883
Washington
Randall Cantrell
Spokane Inland Empire Regional Group
Email: knightcantrell@gmail.com
Phone: (509) 954-4770
Thomas Galasso
Washington Regional Group
Email: tomgalasso@ymail.com
Phone: (425) 269-1253
West Virginia
Michaun Harrison
Mid-Atlantic Regional Group
Email: vetrt66@yahoo.com
Phone: (703) 868-7883
Wisconsin
Daniel G. Defosse
Forward Wisconsin Regional Group
Email: defossedg@gmail.com
Phone: (608) 215-7888
Wyoming
No Regional Group