Find a State Coordinator

State coordinators are located across the U.S. and are available for in-person, e-mail or phone support regarding SM and related resources in your area. Some states have more than one state contact. Others don’t yet have one.

Treating your child can require the care of a qualified health care professional and SMA State Coordinators may be able to provide you with local recommendations based on their own experiences and feedback they have heard from other families dealing with SM.

If you are interested in becoming a State Contact in your area, please contact our Connections Coordinator to sign up or to learn more about the program.

The following is a complete list of SMA State Coordinators located in the United States, organized by state. Find International Selective Mutism coordinators here.

United States

Alabama
Jamie Kirby Tuscaloosa jamietkirby@gmail.com

Arizona
Jenny Foster Mesa jennyfoster3@hotmail.com

Arkansas
Teresa White Watson teresaw.smg@gmail.com

California
Nancy Chan Los Altos clearlysolutions@gmail.com
Lina Conk Laguna Niguel linaconk@gmail.com
Erin Glow Los Angeles erin.silvia@gmail.com
Carrie Maria Higgins Long Beach carriemariahiggins@gmail.com
Ivy Moon Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Long Beach, and Newport ivymoon13@me.com
Loida Ravid Los Angeles ravidloida@gmail.com

Colorado
Sheila Lepkin Englewood srlepkin@gmail.com

Florida
Joleen Fernald Trinity joleen@joleenfernald.com
Lisa Kovac Orlando lmkoll@aol.com

Georgia
Carolyn Broner Rosewell c.broner@att.net
Colleen Sandick Atlanta colleen.sandick@gmail.com

Idaho
Mary Bossart Boise majimosa@gmail.com

Illinois
Bryan Bugay Northfield b-r-y-a-n@comcast.net
Johanna Kurtz-Osborne Woodstock johannak63@hotmail.com
Sitsofe Luh Nutsukpui Glen Carbon sitsoluh@yahoo.com
Kathy Slattery Arlington Heights kslattery@cntrmail.org

Indiana
Hsiu-Ying Ransburg Carmel ransburgcounseling@gmail.com

Kansas
Barbra Bartz Salina barbrabartz@yahoo.com
Michelle Smith Valley Center/Park Center michellesmg@cox.net

Kentucky
Bonnie Scalf Mayfield bonnienkirk8897@sbcglobal.net

Louisiana
Nick Alphonso Covington nickalphonsoSMA@yahoo.com

Maine
Annie DiVello Annie@AnnieDivello.com

Maryland
Sakina Reza Eldersburg sakina74@hotmail.com
Kristie Trousdale Silver Springs katrousdale@gmail.com

Massachusetts
Annie DiVello Annie@AnnieDivello.com
Jennifer Lemoine Athol j_fiffy@hotmail.com

Minnesota
Patsy Butterworth Rosemount patsy.butterworth@gmail.com
Emily Hoffman Plymouth smadvocacy@gmail.com
Kelly Melhorn Nowthen kelly_melhorn@yahoo.com

Missouri
Nicholas Miller St. Louis nickmillerstl@gmail.com
Liza Terrazas St. Peters, St. Louis LTerrazas09@gmail.com

Nebraska
Paula Dejka Papillion ajsmomx3@hotmail.com

New Hampshire
Annie DiVello Annie@AnnieDivello.com

New Jersey
Jun Reitman Annandale jun08837@yahoo.com
Annette Ristoro Burlington annette20sing@gmail.com

New York
Haley Cooper New York City hcooper@childtherapynyc.com
Catharina Kleuskens Merrick catrijr@gmail.com
Ivy Moon New York City ivymoon13@me.com
Pam Newman St. James martidon@aol.com
Kathryn Triano Staten Island kathryntriano@gmail.com

Ohio
Gillian Kiel Chagrin Falls gilliankiel@gmail.com

Oregon
Rachel Alston Milwaukie alston.rachel@yahoo.com

Pennsylvania
Joseph Constantine California constantine@calu.edu
Brittany Glenn Philadelphia brittaglenn@gmail.com
Beth Levy Jenkintown BethLevy66@gmail.com
Ivy Moon-Rumsey State College ivysmg@gmail.com

Rhode Island
Kristen Fuller Providence kristendfuller@gmail.com
Rebecca Laptook Providence rebecca_laptook@brown.edu

South Carolina
Shari Saffer Mt. Pleasant sharijsaffer@yahoo.com

Tennessee
Leslye Lane Memphis leslyelane05@gmail.com

Texas
Jessica Gonzalez Edinburg jesssoto22@yahoo.com
Nianhua Xu Conroe nxu9918@gmail.com

Virginia
Rosa Derricott Madison Heights rosa.derricott@gmail.com
Debra George Midlothian debrageorge87@yahoo.com

Find an International Coordinator

SMA has an International Coordinator who helps link up families, teachers and treating professionals across the world with the valuable information and resources that they need. Find United States Selective Mutism coordinators here.

In addition, the Selective Mutism Information and Research Association (SMira) is a UK-based, English language resource for selective mutism. In addition to referral information in the UK, they also have links to other groups worldwide that can provide referral information. SMira’s website is www.smira.org.uk. To contact SMira please email info@selectivemutism.co.uk.

Selective Mutism Association of China (中华选择性缄默症协会，SMAC) is a Chinese language resource for selective mutism. SMAC was founded by a group of overseas Chinese volunteers and now has members in mainland China as well as across the world. In addition to educational and referral information in China, SMAC’s website also has links to other groups worldwide that provide SM-related resources. SMAC’s website is www.selectivemutism.org.cn. To contact SMAC please email info@selectivemutism.org.cn or connect with WeChat (微信) ID: SMartVillage.

Argentina
Fabiana Baracchini Florida, BsAs fbaracchini@psi.uba.ar

Canada

British Columbia
Darilyn Alexander Surrey, BC spawithdar@gmail.com

Manitoba
Yan Zhang Winnipeg zhangyan603@gmail.com

China, People’s Republic of
ShuQiong Chai ShenZhen, GuangDong smartamychina@yahoo.com
Jun Wang Annandale, NJ, US jun08837@yahoo.com

Germany
Sabine Laerum info@mutig-sprechen.com
Anja Starke Dortmund anja.starke@tu-dortmund.de

Ireland
Bernadette Fox Belfast bernadettefox225@gmail.com

Israel
Meidar Sharoni Givat Shmuel meidars@gmail.com

Mexico
Karen Fastag Bosques de las Lomas karenfastag@gmail.com

Switzerland
Sabine Laerum info@mutig-sprechen.com