2025-2026 Board of Directors

Front row (L to R): Vanessa Diamond, Katie Abbott, Char Kremer, Kristen Bennett, Alexis Matthews, Brittany Crabtree, Kaira Esgate, Emily Litchfield; Back Row (L to R): Jordan Snipes, Chris Bugbee, Tray Deadwyler, Judd Jeansonne

*Designates Executive Committee
**Designates Youth Representative

Northeast Region (CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI, VT)

*Phil Kolling, Vice Chair / Public Policy Chair
Executive Director, SerVermont

Gretchen Stallings
Executive Director, Volunteer NH

Mid-Atlantic Region (DC, DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA, WV)

April Elkins Badtke
Commissioner, Volunteer West Virginia

Cameron McKenzie
Commissioner, New Jersey Commission on National and Community Service

Chelsea Scott
Program Officer, Maryland Governor's Office on Service and Volunteerism

Midwest Region (IL, IN, KY, MI, MN, OH)

Willie Brooks
Director of Programs, Serve Indiana

Alexis Matthews
AmeriCorps Grants Specialist, Serve Kentucky

North Central Region (IA, KS, MO, MN, ND, NE, SD, WI)

Brittany Crabtree
Executive Director, Missouri Community Service Commission

Julia Quanrud
CEO, ServeMinnesota

Southeast Region (AL, GA, FL, NC, SC, TN, PR)

Al Dixon
Commissioner, Serve Alabama

Jason Scott
Commissioner, Volunteer Tennessee

**Jordan Snipes
Youth Commissioner, South Carolina Service Commission

Mariane Torres Ruiz
Program Officer, Puerto Rico Commission for Volunteerism and Community Service

South Central Region (AR, LA, MS, OK, TX)

Celeste Brown
Commissioner, Volunteer Mississippi

*Chris Bugbee, Chair 
President & CEO, OneStar

Baruc Lara
Commissioner, Oklahoma Community Service Commission

Mountain Region (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, WY, UT)

*Emily Litchfield, Membership Chair
Director of AmeriCorps, Service & Volunteerism, Arizona Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith and Family

West Region (AK, CA, GU, HI, NV, OR, WA)

Daniel Altamirano Hernandez
Commissioner, OregonServes

Ia Moua
Director of AmeriCorps State and National Service, California Volunteers

At-Large

Kristen Bennett (Washington, DC)
CEO, Service Year Alliance

*Vanessa Diamond (Virginia)
Executive Vice President, Global Network and Nonprofit Programs, Points of Light

*Tray T.S. Deadwyler, Secretary (Georgia)
Director, Think for Good

Samélia Okpodu-Pyuzza, (Maryland)
Town Administrator, Town of Chesapeake Beach

*Melinda Points, Treasurer (Oklahoma)
Retired and Former Executive Director, Oklahoma AmeriCorps

New board members and officers are elected by the membership at ASC's Annual Membership Assembly each September. For more information, contact us.