State Associations are independent nonprofit organizations in their own right—the following state associations are affiliate members of the NAD, in good standing. For a list of organizational affiliates, explore here.
State | Region | Affiliate Name | Website | President |
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Alabama | III | Alabama Association of the Deaf (AAD) | https://deafalabama.org/ | Ryan McDonald |
Alaska | IV | Alaska Deaf Council | http://www.alaskadeafcouncil.org/ | Jennifer Gates |
Arizona | IV | Arizona Association of the Deaf (AZAD) | http://www.azadinc.org/ | Jason Schmidt |
Arkansas | III | Arkansas Association of the Deaf (AAD) | http://www.arkdeaf.org | Kitsonia Hancock |
California | IV | California Association of the Deaf (CAD) | http://www.cad1906.org/ | Kavita Pipalia |
Colorado | IV | Colorado Association of the Deaf (CAD) | http://cadeaf.org/ | Jake Pfau-Martinez |
Connecticut | I | Connecticut Association of the Deaf (CAD) | https://www.deafcad.org | Luisa Gasco-Soboleski |
Delaware | I | Delaware Association of the Deaf (DAD) | http://delawaredeaf.org/ | Feta Fernsler |
District of Columbia | I | District of Columbia Association of the Deaf (DCAD) | http://www.dcadeaf.org/ | Dominique Williams (Middlebrook) |
Florida | III | Florida Association of the Deaf | https://fadcentral.org | Derick Horne |
Georgia | III | Georgia Association of the Deaf (GAD) | http://www.deafga.org/ | Philip Sublett |
Hawaii | IV | Aloha State Association of the Deaf (ASAD) | http://www.deafaloha.org/ | Galinda Goss-Kuehn |
Idaho | IV | Idaho Association of the Deaf (IAD) | http://www.idahodeaf.org/ | Darcy Peterson-Sinsley |
Illinois | II | Illinois Association of the Deaf (IAD) | http://www.iadeaf.org/ | Raymond Francini |
Indiana | II | Indiana Association of the Deaf (IAD) | http://www.iadhoosiers.org/ | Daniel Pfaff |
Iowa | II | Iowa Association of the Deaf (IAD) | http://www.iowadeaf.com/ | Susan MacDonald |
Kansas | II | Kansas Association of the Deaf (KAD) | http://www.deafkansas.org/ | Kim Anderson |
Kentucky | II | Kentucky Association of the Deaf (KAD) | https://kadkentucky.wixsite.com/website | Jason Smith |
Louisiana | III | Louisiana Association of the Deaf (LAD) | http://www.lad1908.org/ | Sherry Crosby |
Maine | I | Maine Association of the Deaf (MeAD) | http://www.maine.gov/rehab/dod/resource_guide/orgs_deaf.shtml | Sitara Sheikh |
Maryland | I | Maryland Association of the Deaf (MDAD) | http://www.mdad.tv/ | Tina Joyner |
Massachusetts | I | Massachusetts State Association of the Deaf (MSAD) | https://www.massdeaf.org/ | Stephanie Clark |
Michigan | II | Michigan Deaf Association (MDA) | http://www.michdeaf.org/ | Jenna Giesey |
Minnesota | II | Minnesota Association of Deaf Citizens (MADC) | http://www.minndeaf.org/ | Kathleen Smith |
Mississippi | III | Mississippi Association of the Deaf (MAD) | Linda Dodd | |
Missouri | II | Missouri Association of the Deaf (MoAD) | http://www.moadeaf.org/ | Lawrence Yates |
Montana | IV | Montana Association of the Deaf (MAD) | http://montanadeaf.org/ | Tyler Hansen |
Nebraska | II | Nebraska Association of the Deaf (NeAD) | http://www.nead1902.com/ | Jonathan Arteaga |
Nevada | IV | Nevada Association of the Deaf (NVAD) | http://www.nvad.org/ | Tim Smalley |
New Hampshire | I | New Hampshire Association of the Deaf (NHAD) | http://www.nhadinc.org/ | Michael Schock |
New Jersey | I | New Jersey Association of the Deaf (NJAD) | http://www.deafnjad.org/ | Annmarie Buraczeski |
New Mexico | IV | New Mexico Association of the Deaf (NMAD) | https://www.facebook.com/groups/434778170012515/about/ | Meena Mann |
New York | I | Empire State Association of the Deaf (ESAD) | http://www.esad.org/ | Steve Lovi |
North Carolina | III | North Carolina Association of the Deaf (NCAD) | http://www.ourncad.org/ | Michael Lupo |
North Dakota | II | North Dakota Association of the Deaf (NDAD) | http://www.nddeaf.org/ | Michele Rolewitz |
Oklahoma | III | Oklahoma Association of the Deaf (OAD) | http://www.ok-oad.org/ | Logan Evans |
Oregon | IV | Oregon Association of the Deaf (OAD) | http://www.oad1921.org/ | Steven M. Brown |
Pennsylvania | I | Pennsylvania Society for the Advancement of the Deaf (PSAD) | https://www.psad.org/ | Robert Probst |
Rhode Island | I | Rhode Island Association of the Deaf (RIAD) | http://riadeaf.org/ | Danielle Loughlin |
South Carolina | III | South Carolina Association of the Deaf (SCAD) | https://www.sc-deaf.org/ | Glenda McCary |
South Dakota | II | South Dakota Association of the Deaf (SDAD) | http://www.sdad.org/ | Tanya Miller |
Tennessee | III | Tennessee Association of the Deaf (TAD) | Randall Haggard | |
Texas | III | Texas Association of the Deaf (TAD) | http://www.txad.org/ | Norma Castillo |
Utah | IV | Utah Association for the Deaf (UAD) | http://www.uad.org/ | Kim Lucas |
Vermont | I | Vermont Association of the Deaf (VTAD) | http://www.deafvermont.com/ | Elena Shapiro |
Virginia | I | Virginia Association of the Deaf (VAD) | http://www.vad.org/ | Michelle Long |
Washington | IV | Washington State Association of the Deaf (WSAD) | http://www.wsad.org/ | Karen Atwood |
West Virginia | I | West Virginia Association of the Deaf (WVAD) | http://www.wvad.org/ | Christopher Mick |
Wisconsin | II | Wisconsin Association of the Deaf (WAD) | http://www.wisdeaf.org/ | Lisa Demmon |