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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
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State Specific Orientation Requirements by State and District Newsletters

For additional questions or clarification, contact your local NVAP Coordinator
State State Specific Required Contact Email Contact Phone Newsletters
AL No     AL-Newsletter
AK Yes debra.j.freelove@aphis.usda.gov 360-753-9430
AZ Yes kimberly.j.olson@aphis.usda.gov 505-761-3163
AR Yes jean.m.rush@aphis.usda.gov 573-658-9840 District 4 Newsletter
CA Yes todd.d.carnes@aphis.usda.gov 916-854-3903
CO Yes debra.a.escobedo@aphis.usda.gov 303-334-2105
CT Yes charmaine.davis@ct.gov 860-713-2504 District 1 Newsletter
DE No     District 1 Newsletter
FL Yes Nelly.Amador-Jehn@FreshFromFlorida.com 803-462-2924
GA Yes margie.l.entzminger@aphis.usda.gov 803-462-2910

HI Yes todd.d.carnes@aphis.usda.gov 916-854-3903
ID Yes jon.p.mainord@aphis.usda.gov 208-373-1628 District 5 Newsletter
IL No    
IN No    
IA Yes lisa.m.roling@aphis.usda.gov 515-323-2110
KS No     District 4 Newsletter
KY Yes tamara.h.sharp@aphis.usda.gov 502-848-2049
LA Yes michael.j.logan@aphis.usda.gov 601-936-8580 District 4 Newsletter
ME Yes Melissa.Freeman@maine.gov 207-287-3701 District 1 Newsletter
MD Yes robin.t.greene@aphi.usda.gov 804-343-2560 District 1 Newsletter
MA Yes kathleen.wilson@aphis.usda.gov 508-363-2274 District 1 Newsletter
MI Yes valencia.t.watts@aphis.usda.gov 517-337-4701
MN Yes lisa.m.liddell@aphis.usda.gov 651-234-5683
MS No     District 4 Newsletter
MO Yes jean.m.rush@aphis.usda.gov 573-658-9840 District 4 Newsletter
MT Yes kristen.l.jaumotte@aphis.usda.gov 406-437-9458 District 5 Newsletter
NE Yes Nebraska State Contacts   District 4 Newsletter
NV Yes todd.d.carnes@aphis.usda.gov 916-854-3903
NH Yes nicole.m.giguere@aphis.usda.gov 603-545-2560
NJ Yes bridget.k.urrutia@aphis.usda.gov 717-651-3786 District 1 Newsletter
NM Yes kimberly.j.olson@aphis.usda.gov 505-761-3163 
NY Yes brenda.s.via@aphis.usda.gov 717-540-2772 District 1 Newsletter
NC Yes jeffery.t.denton@aphis.usda.gov 919 855-7705 District 1 Newsletter
ND Yes skeller@nd.gov 701-328-2655 District 5 Newsletter
OH Yes craig.a.ashlaw@aphis.usda.gov 614-856-4748
OK Yes jean.m.rush@aphis.usda.gov 573-658-9840 District 4 Newsletter
OR Yes debra.j.freelove@aphis.usda.gov 360-753-9430
PA Yes bridget.k.urrutia@aphis.usda.gov 717-651-3786 District 1 Newsletter
PR Yes sandra.escobar@aphis.usda.gov 787-766-6050 or 787-919-7782
RI Yes peter.belinsky@dem.ri.gov 401-222-2781 District 1 Newsletter
SC No    
SD No     District 5 Newsletter
TN Yes patricia.m.whitmore@aphis.usda.gov 615-781-5059
TX Yes nadra.t.khan@aphis.usda.gov 512-383-2404 District 4 Newsletter
UT Yes debra.weeks@aphis.usda.gov 801-524-5010
VT Yes joel.m.russo@aphis.usda.gov 802-238-5110 District 1 Newsletter
VA Yes Abbey Sage 804-786-2483 District 1 Newsletter
WA Yes debra.j.freelove@aphis.usda.gov 360-753-9430
WV Yes jeffery.t.denton@aphis.usda.gov 919-885-7705 District 1 Newsletter
WI Yes valencia.t.watts@aphis.usda.gov 517-337-4701
WY Yes amy.j.simms@aphis.usda.gov 307-432-7960 District 5 Newsletter
WYOMING ACCREDITED VETERINARIAN’S HANDBOOK
WASHINGTON, DC No     District 1 Newsletter
AMERICAN Samoa Yes todd.d.carnes@aphis.usda.gov 916-854-3903
Guam Yes todd.d.carnes@aphis.usda.gov 916-854-3903
US Virgin Islands

 
Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Yes todd.d.carnes@aphis.usda.gov 916-854-3903


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