Southern Division Staff
Division Director
Responsibilities
- Medical Supervisor
- Legal Advisor
- Meetings Supervisor
- Outdoor Emergency Care Supervisor
- Professional Director
- Treasurer
Assistant Division
Director
Administration
Responsibilities
- Alumni
- Archivist/Historian
- Awards
- Election Coordinator
- Host
- Instructor Development Program
- Internet – Website
- Leadership Development
- Safety Team
- Secretary
- Southern Cross Editor
- Telecommunications
- Women’s Program
- Young Adult Program
- Collects/Files End of Year Reports from all Program Supervisors
Assistant Division
Director
Skills
Responsibilities
- Avalanche
- Bike Patrol
- Certified
- Mountain Travel & Rescue
- Nordic/BC
- Outdoor Emergency Transportation
- Outdoor Risk Management
- Snowsports (Administration)
- Snowsports (Skills)
Assistant Division
Director
Regions
Open
Responsibilities
Region Directors
Southern Division Executive Committee
| Committee Chair | |
| Division Director | Mary Lou Legg [2023] |
Voting Members
| ADD – Admin | Gordon Pettit [2024] |
| ADD – Skills | Tony Tingle [2017] |
| Secretary | Sylvia Talley [2023] |
| Past Division Director | Tom Byron [2023] |
| Professional Director | Jeff Ayers [2024] |
| Blue Ridge Region Director | David Jamison [2023] |
| High South Region Director | Brent Galloway [2024] |
| Virginia Region Director | Landon Figg [2019] |
| West Virginia Region Director | Steve Cvechko [2021] |
| Treasurer | John Vasiloff [2025] |
Non Voting Members
| Division Director / Chair | Mary Lou Legg [2023] |
| Asst. Professional Director | Open |
| Asst. Treasurer | Frank Cooper [2025] |
| Legal Advisor | Bruce Stout [2019] |
| Asst. Legal Advisor | Ken Hale [2025] |
| OEC Supervisor | Tom Byron [2024] |
| Asst. OEC Supervisor | Steven Ebb [2020] |
| Asst. Blue Ridge Region Director | Brent Rockett [2023] |
| Asst. High South Region | Stephanie White [2024] |
| Asst. Virginia Region Director | Stephanie Otteni [2022] |
| Asst. West Virginia Region Director | Isaac Colvard [2016] |
Chair = May only vote to break a tie vote [Division Bylaws, Article IV, Section 4]
OEC Supervisor = Additional member not entitled to vote [Division Bylaws, Article IV, Sections 2, and 5]
Legal Advisor / Parliamentarian = legal counsel [Division Policies & Procedures Manual, – revised, Section 3, Program Structure – Legal Advisor]
Division Staff
| Alumni | Ed Saleem |
| Avalanche | Michael Olive |
| Awards | Diane Wilkey |
| Bike Patrol | Jeff Brown |
| Certified Program | Nathan Wageley |
| Instructor Development | Teresa Stewart |
| Nordic / Back Country | Penny Dimler |
| Outdoor Emergency Care | Tom Byron |
| Outdoor Emergency Transportation | Randy Rumer |
| Outdoor Risk Management | Clarke Chambers |
| Mountain Travel and Rescue | Scott Krein |
| Women’s Program | Ashley Laws |
| Youth Adult Program | Veronika Gunter |
| Leadership Development | Tom Wagner |
| Mountain Host | Scott Kersjes |
| Election Coordinator | Ron Lothrop |
| Safety Team | Brett Henyon |
| Telecommunications | Michael Stanford |
| Medical Advisor | David Weiss |
Southern Division Region Staff
| Blue Ridge Region | |
| Appalachian – PD | Marshall Fletcher |
| Appalachian – PR | Mitch Davis |
| Beech PD | Michael Stanford |
| Beech PR | Ken Hale |
| Sugar PD | Thomas Taylor |
| Sugar PR | Robin Griffith |
| ID Program | Theresa Varner |
| OEC Program | Jeff Birks |
| OET Program | Tom Gantt |
| Senior Program | Joann Ehlinger |
| High South Region | |
| Cataloochee PD | Richard Coyne |
| Cataloochee PR | Kelly Eyster |
| Cloudmont PR | Randy Bjornstad |
| Ober Mtn PD | Clarke Chambers |
| Ober MTN PR | Rob Mayer |
| Sapphire Valley PR | Dean Melton |
| Hatley Pointe PR | Jeremy Stowe |
| Smoky Mtn PR | Ben Long |
| ID Program | Kim Corrigan |
| OEC Program | Bob Brewster |
| OET Program | Jimmy Kuneman |
| Senior Program | Chris Polhemus |
| Virginia Region | |
| Bryce PD | Melanie Lewis |
| Bryce PR | Tyler La Vay |
| DIRT Medical PD/PR | Glenn Jackson |
| Homestead PD | James DeBoe |
| Homestead PR | Jim Birchfield |
| Massanutten PD/PR | Nancy Bradburn |
| Shenandoah Nordic PD | Penny Dimler |
| Shenandoah Nordic PR | Ken Pankow |
| Wintergreen PD | Clint Butts |
| Wintergreen PR | Meggan Robbins |
| ID Program | Carol Bartus |
| OEC Program | Linda Humphries |
| OET Program | David Carroll |
| Senior Program | Geoff Stagg |
| West Virginia Region | |
| Blackwater Nordic PR | Lisa Robinson |
| Snowshoe PD | Shane Bradley |
| Snowshoe PR | Charlotte Bradley |
| Timberline PD/PR | Jeff Ayers |
| Winterplace PD | Ryan Kelly |
| Winterplace PR | Cindy Boehling |
| ID Program | Byrd White |
| OEC Program | Chris Greenwood |
| OET Program | Ted Cady |
| Senior Program | Dan Dombrowski |
Southern Division Committees
| Strategic Planning Committee: | |
| Chair | Gordon Pettit |
| Landon Figg | |
| Steve Cvechko | |
| Finance Committee: | |
| Chair | John Vasiloff |
| Richard Yercheck | |
| David Jamison | |
| Legal Committee: | |
| Chair | Bruce Stout |
| Ken Hale | |
| Tom Byron | |
| Medical Committee: | |
| Chair | David Weiss |