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Thursday, March 20, 2008
PPA names state directors
By Sarah Polson
The Poker Players Alliance is further extending its nationwide reach in the United States by naming members to serve as directors of the organization for their respective states.
The State Directors program is part of the PPA's comprehensive strategy to become a player in national and state-level policy debates to protect the rights of poker players across the nation.
"With close to one million members, the PPA is fortunate to have a dedicated and active membership base, but we need eyes and ears on the ground to help us," said PPA Chairman and former Senator Alfonse D'Amato.
"With the state directors program, we will have a leader in each state who can update us on local news stories or legislation and who can quickly mobilize their fellow local PPA members to help carry the PPA banner in their home state. We are proud of the state directors we have named today and look forward to working with them."
More than 1,000 applicants were considered for the state director positions, and according to the PPA, the people chosen were not only active PPA members, but also leaders in their communities who can advocate on behalf of the PPA.
A few positions haven't been filled yet, but the state directors appointed to date are:
| Alabama: Bret Atiyeh | Alaska: Wayne McGregor |
| Arizona: Steven J. Yeager | Arkansas: Jennifer O'Steen |
| California: Steven Miller | Colorado: Gary Reed |
| Connecticut: James Freehan | Delaware: TBA |
| District of Columbia: Norman Smith | Florida: Dick Campbell |
| Georgia: Kelli Mix | Hawaii: David Wallace |
| Idaho: Wendy Nutting | Illinois: Steve Brubaker |
| Indiana: Lynda Morgan | Iowa: Jim Hudson |
| Kansas: Susan Thacker | Kentucky: Rich Muny |
| Louisiana: Brian Brinser | Maine: Curt Fletcher |
| Maryland: Bruce Seidel | Massachusetts: Randall Castonguay |
| Michigan: Dave Crocker | Minnesota: Matt Werden |
| Mississippi: Bill Goff | Missouri: Nancy Krause |
| Montana: Mike Barger | Nebraska: Dave Willman |
| Nevada: Ken Illgen | New Hampshire: Patrick Fleming |
| New Jersey: Bill Brottman | New Mexico: TBA |
| New York: Vincent Papasodero | North Carolina: Paul Boome |
| North Dakota: Todd Anderson | Ohio: Donshey Peoples |
| Oklahoma: Greg Peters | Oregon: Nick Wellman |
| Pennsylvania: Tripp Amick | Rhode Island: Andrew Knutton |
| South Carolina: John Ridgeway | South Dakota: Vincent Amato |
| Tennessee: Dwayne Mann | Texas: TBA |
| Utah: Ryan Wilkinson | Vermont: C. David Sawyer |
| Virginia: Jeff Gregson | Washington: Lee Rousso |
| West Virginia: Robert Walker | Wisconsin: Steven Verrett |
| Wyoming: Daniel Prevedel |
The directors will be responsible for monitoring poker-related issues and events in their states and alerting the national PPA office to emerging trends or issues. Part of their job will also be to recruit new members for the PPA, organize groups of local PPA members to attend poker-related events or rallies, contact their elected officials and serve as spokespersons for local media.
The PPA also plans to help state directors set up state PPA committees that will help strengthen the organization's grassroots efforts in the future.
The State Directors program is one component of the PPA's aggressive campaign to boost member benefits, augment its grassroots efforts and position the organization and its members as a strong voice in national, state and local policy debates.
To further enhance its campaign for poker rights, the PPA will be launching a political action committee, a voter registration campaign, a new Web site and new membership incentives later this spring.
Currently the PPA, which is a nonprofit membership organization, has more than 900,000 online and offline poker players and enthusiasts as members, who have joined together to promote the game of poker and protect poker players' rights.
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