The Jane Austen Society of North America - United States Regional Groups

JASNA Regions in the United States - Contact Information

For information on starting a new Regional Group or to add one to the directory, contact the JASNA Vice President-Regions, Claire Bellanti, claireqb07@yahoo.com. To update your existing Region listing, send details to webmaster@jasna.org.

Alabama
Region Website: http://webpages.charter.net/austenal/
Dr. Theodore M. Benditt
Birmingham, AL
(205) 879-5399
Email: tbenditt@charter.net

Alaska
Dr. Toby Widdicombe
Anchorage, AK
(907) 786-4377
Email: afrtw@uaa.alaska.edu

Arizona, Northern
Perry Krowne
Lake Montezuma, AZ
(928) 567-2832
Email: perrypk@sedona.net

Arizona, Southern
Region Website: http://www.jasnasaz.org
Teri Fontes
Tucson, AZ
(520) 750-0631
Email: teresa_fontes@hotmail.com

Arkansas
There is no organized regional group in Arkansas. See Louisiana or Missouri.

California, Central Valley
Region Website: http://www.jasnacenvalcal.com/
Carrie Flores
Fresno, CA
(559) 709-8924
Email: jasnarcfresno@yahoo.com

California, Northern
(Zip codes 93700-94999)
Region Website: http://www.JasnaNorCal.org
Sheppard B. Kominars
San Francisco, CA
(415) 863-0901
Email: RC@JasnaNorCal.org

Anne Krause
Daly City, CA
(650) 755-3062
Email: krause@math.sfsu.edu

California, Sacramento Area
(Zip Codes: 942XX-952XX, 954XX-959XX)
Eileen Burke-Trent
Gridley, CA
(530) 846-4444
Email: e.burketrent@yahoo.com

California, San Diego Area
Leila Dooley
Vista, CA
(760) 726-7815
Email: ldooley1@cox.net

California, Shasta Cascade
Teresa Rust
Redding, CA
(530) 221-1985
Email: jasnasc@yahoo.com

Rebecca Rust
Redding, CA
(530) 917-0432
Email: rustytrails@yahoo.com

California, Southwest
Region Wegsite: http://www.jasnasw.org/
(Zip codes 90000-93699)
Nancy Gallagher
Pasadena, CA
(626) 449-2984
Email: ohhemma@sbcglobal.net

Colorado, Denver/Boulder
Region Website: www.jasnadenverboulder.org/
Rae Wiseman
Littleton, CO 80129
(720) 348-1219
Email: rae.wiseman@comcast.net

Colorado, Pikes Peak
Leee Overmann
Colorado Springs, CO
(719) 440-2653
Email: pikespeakJASNA@gmail.com

Connecticut
Region Wegsite: http://www.jasnact.org/
Caitlin Augusta
Shelton, CT
(203) 929-8122
Email: caitlinreads@gmail.com

Claire Smith
Westbrook, CT
(860) 399-6842
Email: clairesmith@snet.net

Delaware
See Eastern Pennsylvannia Region.

District of Columbia
Region Website: http://www.capaccess.org/jasna
Debra Roush
University Park, MD
(301) 927-1496
Email: criamia1@aol.com

Linda Slothouber
Gaithersburg, MD
(301) 926-3117
Email: lindasnewmail@gmail.com

Florida, North
(Zip codes 32000-32799)

Dr. Muriel Kay Heimer
Lake City, FL
(386) 752-1607
E-mail: drheimer@me.com

Florida, South
Region Website: http://sfl-jasna.tripod.com/member.htm
Susan Jones
Royal Palm Beach, FL
(561) 790-4965
Email: susan_jones@pba.edu

Kathleen Anderson
West Palm Beach, FL
(561) 803-2265
Email: Kathleen_Anderson@pba.edu

Florida West Coast
Terezinha (Terry) Hubener
Clearwater, FL
(727) 573-2511
Email: jasnawcf@yahoo.com

Georgia, Atlanta
Region Website: http://jasnaatlanta.org/
Nancy K. Mayer
Sandy Springs, GA
(770) 671 0252
Email: nmayer@bellsouth.net

Idaho
Carole Stokes
Boise, Idaho
(208) 344-5037
Email: ncstokes@cableone.net

Illinois, Greater Chicago
Region Website: http://www.jasnachicago.org
Natalie Goldberg
Chicago, IL
(773) 493-1250
Email: jasnachicago@gmail.com

Indiana, Indianapolis Area
(Zip codes 46250, 46240, 46236, 46135, 46033, 46268, 46902, 46947, 47304, 47306, 47401, and 47804)
Region Website: http://sites.google.com/site/jasnairsite/
Sue Landaw
Indianapolis, IN
(317) 251-8284
Email: jslandaw@gmail.com

Iowa
There is no organized regional group in Iowa. See Minnesota or Missouri.

Kansas
Metropolitan Kansas City
(Includes MO zip codes 640XX, 641XX, 64400-64799)
Ellen Schwaller Goebel
Kansas City, MO
(816) 531-6317
Email: jasna.metrokc@yahoo.com

Kentucky, Greater Louisville
(Includes Kentucky zip codes 402XX and Indiana zip codes 471XX)
Region Website: www.jasnalouisville.com
Bonny Wise
Floyds Knobs, IN
(812) 923-7808
Email: wises4@insightbb.com

Louisiana
Samantha Rusk Caplinger
New Orleans, LA
(504) 899-8750
Email: serusk@hotmail.com

Maine
Ann C. Morrissey
Brunswick, Maine
(207) 373-1660
Email: annm@suscom-maine.net

Maryland
Region Website: http://www.jasnamd.org
Joyce A. Loney
Linthicum, MD
(410) 859-1397
Email: JoyceLoney@msn.com

Van Sapp
Bowie, MD
(301) 464-3941

Baltimore Reading Group: Rena Kelly
Email: rkelly658@yahoo.com

Northern Baltimore County Reading/Study Group: Marge Critcher
Email: mcritcher@comcast.net

Massachusetts
(Includes NH and RI)
Region Website: http://jasnama.org/
Nancy Yee
Waban, MA
(617) 965-5699
Email: jasna.yee@gmail.com

Michigan
Dr. Barbara Laughlin Adler
Ann Arbor, MI
(734) 663-8489
E-mail: adlerb@cuaa.edu

Minnesota
Gail Parker
Plymouth, MN
(763) 473-2655
Email: gparkerassoc@aol.com

Mississippi
There is no organized regional group in Mississippi. See Alabama, Louisiana, or Tennessee.

Missouri, Central
(Zip codes 64000-65999)
Nancy Mebed
Columbia, MO
(573) 234-1510
Email: n.mebed@mchsi.com

Dr. Julie Melnyk
Columbia, MO
(573) 445-2958
Email: melnykj@missouri.edu

Missouri, Metropolitan St. Louis
(Zip codes 620XX, 622XX, 630XX, 631XX, and 633XX)
Ms. Mary Beth Wilczak
St. Louis, MO
(314) 822-4831
Email: mbwilczak@earthlink.net

Montana
There is no organized regional group in Montana.

Nebraska
Ruth Heer
Blair, NE
(402) 426-0425
Email: ruthmheer@gmail.com

Nevada
There is no organized regional group in Nevada. See Arizona, California, or Oregon.

New Jersey, Central
Region Website: http://cnjjasna.blogspot.com/

Meredith Barnes
Toms River, NJ
(908) 910-9277
Email: minimeredith@yahoo.com

New Jersey, Northern
See Metropolitan New York

New Jersey, Southern
See Eastern Pennsylvania

New Mexico
Joanne McCloskey
Albuquerque, NM
(505) 266-3588
Email: joannemccloskey@prodigy.net

New York, Metropolitan
(Includes all NY [except the Rochester and Syracuse Regions], and Northern NJ zip codes 07XXX)
Region Website: http://www.jasnaNY.org/
Facebook Group: JASNA-NY
Nili Olay and Jerry Vetowich
New York, NY
(212) 666-9170
Email: jasnany@yahoo.com

New York, Rochester
(Zip codes 14000-14816, 14818-14849, 14855-14866, 14868-14880,14884-14885,14887-14999)
Region Website: http://jasnaroc.wordpress.com/
Celia A. Easton
Rochester, NY
(585) 442-5716
Email: easton@geneseo.edu

New York, Syracuse
(Zip codes 13XXX, 14817, 14850-14854, 14867, 14881-14883, 14886)
Region Website: http://janeaustensyr.blogspot.com/
A. Marie Sprayberry
Syracuse, NY
(315) 446-7787
E-mail: amsprayberry@gmail.com

Lisa Brown
Syracuse, NY
(315) 479-8231
E-mail: lbrown2@twcny.rr.com

North Carolina
Region Website: http://www.capaccess.org/jasna
Virginia Clare Tharrington
Raleigh, NC
(919) 605-0400
Email: tharr328@meredith.edu

North Dakota
There is no organized regional group for North Dakota. See Minnesota or South Dakota.

Ohio, Dayton
(Zip codes 43000-43999 & 45000-45999)
Region Website: http://www.jasnadayton.org/
Gary Mitchner
Dayton, OH
(937) 299-1663
Email: gary.mitchner@gmail.com

Ohio, North Coast
(Zip codes 44000-44999)
Region Website: http://www.jasnaonc.com/
Patricia Fernberg
Lakewood, OH
(216) 228-6439
Email: pfernberg@hotmail.com

Oklahoma
There is no organized regional group in Oklahoma. See Kansas or Texas.

Oregon and SW Washington
(Includes WA zip codes 986XX)
Bill Boyd and Marna Tisdel
Portland, OR
(503) 230-9099
Email: wboyd@teleport.com

Oregon, Southern Region
(Includes OR zip Codes 974XX-977XX and CA zip codes 960XX)
Linda Madge Thomas
Ashland, Oregon
(541) 482-3262
email: lindamadge@yahoo.com

Patricia Sempowich
Ashland, Oregon
(541) 552-0870
email: comco219@yahoo.com

Pennsylvania, Eastern
(Includes DE and Southern NJ zip codes 08XXX)
Region Website: http://www.jasnaeastpa.org/
Marietta Rizzone
Media, PA
(215) 345-1158
Email: mrizzone@hotmail.com

Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
Region Website: http://www.janeaustenpgh.org/
Mell Steven Cosnek
Pittsburgh, PA
(412) 487-1075
email: akadesdemona@yahoo.com

South Carolina
Region Website: http://www.capaccess.org/jasna
Sally Fisher
Mt. Pleasant, SC
(843) 647-2124
Email: citadelrn@yahoo.com

South Dakota
RoseMarie Brashier
Madison, SD
(605) 256-2823
Email: rosieb@sio.midco.net

Tennessee, Middle
Region Website: http://jasnatn.blogspot.com/
Mildred Tilley
Nashville, TN
email: tilleym@montgomerybell.com

Texas, Austin
Lynda Handman Chiu
Austin, TX
(512) 292-9307
mail: lynchiu2000@yahoo.com

Texas, Greater Houston
Region Website: http://jasnagreaterhouston.wordpress.com/
(Includes zipcodes 77XXX)
Amanda Day
Bacliff, TX
(832) 428-4458
Email: jasna_greaterhouston@yahoo.com

Texas, North
(Zip codes 75000-76599)
Region Website: http://www.jasnanorthtexas.com
Rosalie Sternberg
Frisco, TX
(214) 676-1995 Email: Rosalie9@sbcglobal.net

Utah
Facebook Page: Jane Austen Society of North America Utah Region
Aspen Anderson
Salt Lake City, UT
(801) 860-3515
Email: austenfans411@gmail.com

Vermont
Region Website: http://janeausteninvermont.wordpress.com/
Deborah Barnum
Burlington, VT
(802) 864-0517
Email: JASNAVermont@gmail.com

Virginia, Fredericksburg
(Zip codes 20100-22999 & 24000-24999)
Region Website: http://www.capaccess.org/jasna
Martha Hutzel
Fredericksburg, VA
(540) 370-4251
Email: mhutzel@crrl.org

Virginia, Southeastern
(Zip codes 23000-24999)
Kathleen Rose
Williamsburg, VA
(757) 259-9037
Email: georgekathy@verizon.net

Washington, Puget Sound
Region Website: http://www.austenps.com/
Marian LaBeck
Redmond, WA
(425) 558-1519
Email: mtlabeck@gmail.com