Local Support
Make the Connection with a CDF group in your area. Connections/Chapters provide an informal forum for members and anyone needing information, education and support. Get the word out in your community about Celiac Disease and help yourself, support other celiacs and encourage family and friends to understand the gluten-free way.
If there is not a group in your area, volunteer to join the CDF team – Together we can make a difference.
Contact Deborah - Deborah@celiac.org or call the CDF office at (818)
990-2354.
Teens
- Samantha Hamroff (516) 829-0718 - srh3281@aol.com
Young Adults
- Matthew Schames (310) 293-9783 – mschames@hotmail.com
- Ruth Gonzalez (831) 566-9791 - rkgonzalez@gmail.com
- Alexis Jonnson - alexisjonnson@mac.com
- Ryan Mitchell (727) 599-9071 - rm81dragon@yahoo.com
- www.myspace.com/theceliaxcrew
Adults (listed by state)
Alabama
Birmingham Celiac Disease Support Group www.birminghamceliac.spaces.live.com
- Rebecca Kinney (205) 542-6165 - birminghamceliac@hotmail.com
Southeast (Hartford)
- Martha Wright (334) 588-2156
Arizona
Celiac Support of Greater Phoenix www.phoenixceliac.com
- Ruth Arieli (480) 922-7492 - arieliline@cox.net
- Diane Lake (623) 587-8885 - dlake41@cox.net
Verde Valley Celiac Support Group http://verdevalleyceliac.googlepages.com
- Glenna Carline (928) 284-9078 – gkcarline@gmail.com
Arkansas
Searcy
- Kathi Raines (501)-268-8011- ladyartist@sbcglobal.net
South East
- Connie Miller - cmillerspecial@yahoo.com
California
Bakersfield
- Cheryl Tarver (661) 863-7506 – cheryl.tarver@gmail.com
- Mike Kane (661) 392-0974 – rndmtn1@netzero.net
Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena
- Tenny Custer (626) 287-5436 - tenaya3@earthlink.net
Central Valley
- Porterville / Visalia area
Brad & Melanie Dunlap (559) 788-0820 - mdstylist@hotmail.com
Coachella Valley
- Linda Borses (760) 899-6474 - CVConnections@dc.rr.com
East San Gabriel Valley
- Lynne Turner (626) 915-2196 - travelynne812@verizon.net
Fresno http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/glutenfreefresno/files/
- Paul Jackson (559) 233-3786 – p.jackson53@yahoo.com
High Desert / Barstow / Hesperia / Victorville
- Kathleen Hemingway (760) 253-7764 - dkhemingway@san.rr.com
Inland Empire
- Kellee Shearer (951) 242-8448 - treshearer@aol.com
Napa
- Mary Ann Lowe (707) 224-1469 - madlowe@sbcglobal.net
Northern California
- North Bay Celiacs - www.NorthBayCeliacs.org
- Jennifer Iscol (707) 824-5830 – iscol@aim.com
Orange County
- Barbara Nielsen (949) 644-4966 - Barbara126@cox.net
San Fernando Valley
- Vi Orloff (818) 345-8966 - cdf@celiac.org
San Francisco / Oakland
- Ellen Switkes (510) 655-0215 - ellen.switkes@ucop.edu
San Luis Obispo County
- Central Coast Celiacs - www.centralcoastceliacs.com
Betty Guthrie (805) 473-8415 - centralcoastceliacs@charter.net
Isabella Porter (805) 541-3360 - areuaceliac@charter.net
Santa Barbara
- Suzanne Weintraub (805) 682-2254– suzannew2@cox.net
Santa Clarita Valley - health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SCVCeliacs/
- Susan Singley (661) 251-2952 - susansingley@hotmail.com
- Mary Courtney (310) 998-8487– mary@courtney.org (celiac in subject)
Santa Cruz
- Pam Newbury (831) 423-6904 - pknewbury@earthlink.net
Santa Maria Valley Celiacs
- Michelle MacKinnon (805) 937-0087 – smvceliacs@msn.com
South Bay
- El Segundo to Long Beach
Marion White (310) 514-3773 - marionwhite792@sbcglobal.net
Mimi French (310) 372-1884
Stanford
- Kelly Rohlfs (650) 625-1708 (Evenings) - krohlfs@celiacsprue.org
Stockton
- Susan Gorospe (209)952-1935 - susantg3@comcast.net
Temecula
- Ramona Inman (951) 676-0651 – ramonacdf@aol.com
Truckee/North Tahoe
- Betsy Taylor, R.D. (530) 587-1041 - taylor_betsy@hotmail.com
Ventura County - www.venturaceliac.org
- http://celiac.6.forumer.com/index.php
- Kathy Button (805) 650-0520 - venturaceliac@sbcglobal.net
Walnut Creek
- Walter Moeller (925) 979-0060 – glutenfreewc@yahoo.com
Westside
- Hollywood to Santa Monica
Suzanne Frieder (310) 306-2331 - sfrieder@earthlink.net - http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Los_Angeles_Celiac/
Colorado
Colorado Springs
- Tamala Stewart (719) 282-3200 – tam6530@yahoo.com
Denver
- Gigi West (720) 225-9401 – gigi_west@yahoo.com
Roaring Fork Valley
- Deb Bamesberger (970) 618-8595 – dbames@comcast.net
Vail
- Julie Shedko (970) 949-1669 – jshedko@msn.com
Western Colorado
- Darnell Place-Wise 970-201-1530 - dplacewise@yahoo.com
Connecticut
Danbury
- Shelia Anderson (203) 730-2902 - dancollc@aol.com
Farmington River Valley
- Cynthia Sicilia (360) 920-7440 – cindy@coffeepot.org
Hartford
- Greater Hartford Celiac Connection
- Ashley Odell (860) 977-0561 - jashleyodell@gmail.com
Florida
Palm Beach County Celiac Support Group - www.pbcceliacsupportgroup.org
- Phyllis Kessler (561) 637-0396 -- pkessler23@aol.com
Tampa Bay
- Ryan Mitchell (727) 599-9071 - rm81dragon@yahoo.com
- www.myspace.com/theceliaxcrew
Georgia
Atlanta
- Melody Haines (404) 307-6337 – meditationcoach@comcast.net
Columbus
Celiac Support Group of the Greater Chattahoochee Area
- Mona Nelson (706) 569-1053 – dane192667@aol.com
Hawaii
- Nalani Grace (808) 282-5303 - nalanigrace@gmail.com
Maui
- Thia Smithwick (808) 572-0786 – tspinkroses@hotmail.com
Idaho
North Idaho/Eastern WA - Gluten Free - http://celiacdisease.meetup.com/78/
- Jeanne Dickson (208) 687-8225 - gfjeanne@msn.com
- Carrie Wilkening (208)772-6694 - cpwilk@adelphia.net
Idaho Falls
- LeeAnne Sherwin (208) 522-4000– sherwinL@ohsu.edu
- Pamela Kantack (208) 529-5150 – pamk@gtgi.org
Illinois
McHenry
- Elizabeth Secora (815) 363-1523 – emorgan816@comcast.net
Northern Illinois
- Cheryl Plencner - plencnerc@yahoo.com
Indiana
Indianapolis -
- Diane Hosek (317) 569-9670 - dianehosek@gmail.com
- http://glutenfreeindy.com
- Hilary Spalding (310) 502-5619 – hillygoatgruff@gmail.com
Kentucky
Lexington
- Jan Falwell (870) 833-1508 – janfalwell@gmail.com
- www.glutenfreelex.org
Pulaski County Celiac Disease Support Group
- Elaine Wilson (606) 677-1573 – pastorandnurse2@windstream.net
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
- Mary Mack Jeansonne (225) 766-8872 - celiacsbr@aol.com
Colfax
- Karen Richardson (318) 664-0832 – karenla03@aol.com
Maine
Bangor
- Kathleen Stephens (207) 223-5409 – kath8181@roadrunner.com
Maryland
Baltimore
- Rachel Williams (410) 751-6412 – rwilliams2006md@yahoo.com
Chevy Chase
- Andrea Neusner (301) 656-6646 – ajneusner@yahoo.com
Ocean City
- Betty Bellarin (410) 250-2813 – bbrboc@comcast.net
Massachusetts
Boston
- Children’s Hospital Celiac Support Group (617) 355–2127 celiacsupportgroup@childrens.harvard.edu
- www.childrenshospital.org/celiac
- Greater Boston Celiac/DH Support Group – "The Healthy Villi" (888-4Celiacs)
www.healthyvilli.org
Michigan
Saginaw Bay Region
- Marie Girard (989) 362-5409 – mdgirard@sbcglobal.net
Minnesota
Celiac Friends Twin Cities Support Group
- Carol Ansolabehere (952) 934-8940 - cansolabehere@comcast.net
- Ken Huira (952) 925-1737 - khuiras@earthlink.net
Range Area Celiac Support Group
- Angeline Edgar (218) 328-5731 – rangeceliac@yahoo.com
Missouri
Southeast Missouri
- Marianne Lindner (573) 785-3630
- Karen Penney (573) 785-4776 – penney3@tcmax.net
Nevada
Carson City
- Roberta Jefferson (775) 673-8558 - robertajefferson@sbcglobal.net
Las Vegas
- Jennifer Sullivan (702) 985-7664 - lvceliacsupport-owner@yahoogroups.com
- Catherine Hammelrath (702) 733-7633 - vegascat53@cox.net
New Hampshire
Concord Area
- Judith Englander (603) 428-7086 - jseje@comcast.net
Seacoast Celiac Sprue Support Group
- Dan Davis (603) 778-1938 - djdavis107@comcast.net
New Mexico
Southern New Mexico
- Susan Pieper (505) 522-8182 - spieper@huntel.com
New York
Celiac Support Group of the Mohawk Valley www.csgmv.org
- Pam Fahy (315) 865-4247 - csgmv@yahoo.com
Linda Buck (315) 853-6473 - csgmv@yahoo.com
Hudson Valley Celiac Support Group www.hvceliac.com
- Linda Freeman (845) 236-3939 - Hudsonvalleyceliac@yahoo.com
- Diane Harris (845) 297-3328 - dianeharris57@verizon.net
Nassau County/New York City - www.nyceliac.com
- Karen Chasin (516) 883-1519 - kec2@optonline.net
Northern New York (Watertown)
- Lynne Reynolds (315) 646-1832 - lreynol3@twcny.rr.com
Suffolk
- Suffolk County Celiacs – www.suffolkcountyceliacs.com
Les Doti (631) 513-9521 - ldoti@verizon.net
Syracuse
- Ruth Wyman (315) 463-4616 - jwyman1@twcny.rr.com
Westchester County
- Chris Spreitzer (914) 737-5291 - chris@mike-chris.spreitzer.com
North Carolina
Eastern Carolina - http://hardingfamily05.spaces.live.com/
- Aaron Harding (910) 938-7245 – maajh96@hotmail.com
North Eastern Carolina
- Lisa Baker (252) 482-8980 – lisa.baker@mchsi.com
South Western North Carolina
- Gloria Ratchford (704) 922-8635 – secgr@bellsouth.net
Western North Carolina
- Terri Swanson (828) 726-8893 – ncceliacs@charter.net
Ohio
Bellevue
- Dennis & Cheryl Dendinger (419) 483-6529 – thedenpeople@hotmail.com
Columbus - www.glutenfreepost.com
- Jay Thurston (614) 775-0400 - jayt@glutenfreepost.com
Richland County Celiac Support Group
- Bev Messner (419) 589-5972 - bevmessner@aol.com
Trumbull County CDF Connections
- Teresa Wilson (330) 550-5064 - trumbullCDFConnections@hotmail.com (email preferred)
Pennsylvania
Central Pennsylvania - www.simplyhealth-calm.com
- Simply Health.calm (717) 248-8621 - nikki@simplyhealth-calm.com
Eastern Pennsylvania - www.celiacsofeasternpa.com
- Clare Quigley – clare@celiacsofeasternpa.com
State College Celiac Support Group
- Heidi Watson (814) 237-5413 - sunshinehid@yahoo.com
South Carolina
Greenville/Spartanburg - www.greatergreenvilleceliacs.ning.com
- Beverly Gunter (864) 845-5238 - bevgunter@gmail.com
South Dakota
Black Hills Celiac Support Group
- Sue Guetter (605) 341-0336 – sue57709@yahoo.com
Tennessee
- Chris Bonar (865) 933-9926 – gfintn@bellsouth.net
Texas
El Paso
- Susan Pieper (505) 522-8182 - spieper@huntel.com
Wichita Falls
- Stacey Geer (940) 569-0565 - WXgirlSLG@aol.com
Utah
Logan/Ogden
- Jeanine Andersen (435) 753-9011 - jba463@aol.com
- Marie Kawaguchi (801) 732-9363 – mariekawaguchi@comcast.net
Vermont
Montpelier
- Charity Pratt (802) 229-9426 – csmith0402@hotmail.com
Virginia
Chesapeake Tidewater Celiacs
- Trish Cyrs (757) 495-9622 – pcyrs@cox.net
Culpeper
- Christine Vipond (540) 547-4359 – cmvipond@adelphia.net
Northern Virginia
- Theresa Thompson (703) 815-1127 – tthomp6699@aol.com
South Central Virginia
- Nancy Phillips (276) 632-1850 – nphillips@ph.vccs.edu
Strasburg
- Sonia Baker (540) 465-4837 – slshaner@shentel.net
Williamsburg
- Cynthia Shiver (757) 564-0229 – 2shive@gmail.com
Washington
Seattle-Metro
- Annette Van Dyke (425) 377-2163 - ja.kks@verizon.net
North Idaho/Eastern WA - Gluten Free - http://celiacdisease.meetup.com/78/
- Lori McElhaney (509) 535-7668 - glutenfreespokane@msn.com
- Melba Tschirley (509) 922-4366 - bobnmelbatee@juno.com
Wisconsin
Northern Wisconsin
- Jesica Retzleff (715) 891-5353 – nwoodsconnection@sonicnet.us
Sheboygan County
- Eleanor Hass 920-565-6041 - fehass@tds.net
Wyoming
Central Wyoming
- Karla Bollinger (307) 332-5003 – ckbollinger@squawcreekranch.com
Northwest Wyoming
- Jim Blick (307) 250-3861 - scorpion@tctwest.net
