Contact Us

Board of Directors

Ryc Lyden, President

  • ARRL/Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES)
  • Red Cross, Twin Cities Chapter, Community Engagement Partnerships Lead and Disaster Services Technology Co-Lead
  • The Salvation Army, Emotional and Spiritual Care
  • NVOAD Community Preparedness, Chair
  • NVOAD Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Committee
  • 651-434-4399; ryclyden@gmail.com

David Kaplan, 1st Vice President

  • St. Paul Jewish Federation, CEO
  • dkaplan@stpaulfed.org

Dorothy Maples, 2nd Vice President

  • The Salvation Army, Divisional Emergency and Disaster Services Director
  • dorothy.maples@usc.salvationarmy.org

Steve Hartman, Secretary

  • American Red Cross, Minnesota Dakotas Regional Community Engagement Lead
  • steve.hartman3@redcross.org

Dan Peitso, Treasurer

  • dan-pietso43@comcast.net


Members at Large

Chief Donald Vance

Michael Dyer

  • Civil Air Patrol

Markian Romanyshyn

  • Nechama, Operations Manager
  • markian@nechama.org


Liaisons

Jeanne Rasmussen

Marlyn Halvorsen

Bethany Aulner

  • NVOAD, Program Associate
  • Bethany.aulner@nvoad.org

Kim Johnson

  • FEMA
  • Kim.johnson@fema.dhs.gov

To request MNVOAD or Individual Member Organizations in times of disaster, choose one of the following options:

  • Call MNVOAD Director-On-Call 612-268-1788.
  • Call the MN State Duty Officer (651-649-5451 or 1-800-422-0798).
  • Make the request to the MNVOAD Desk at the SEOC, if activated.
  • Contact MNVOAD leadership, listed on this page.
  • Ask a member voluntary agency already on the ground in your community.

 Be sure to have completed the “MNVOAD/HSEM Request for Assistance Form”