Leadership of the USA Martial Arts Federation

The United States (USA) Martial Arts Federation's leadership is made up of Board of Directors , Senior Masters Caucus, and various committees.

The USMAF Officers are responsible for handling the day to day affairs of the organization, while the Directors are responsible for coordinating events and other matters.

All USMAF Officers, and Board of Directors serve on a voluntary basis, and receive no compensation for their duties.

You can read more about the USMAF's Leaders by clicking their name to read their biography. Or view Biography Index.

Read more about Deceased Past Leaders in the USA who we have lost due to their passing by clicking our "Gone but Not Forgotten" section.

USMAF BOARD OF DIRECTORS



Bruce R. Bethers	Jeffrey A. Cook	Ernest G. McPeek
President & CEO	Vice President	General Secretary
Washington D.C.	Florida	New York
Email	Email	Email



Carl Wilcox	Robert Carver	Donna K. Cosper
Chairman, CTC	Media Adviser	Treasurer
North Carolina	Louisiana	Oklahoma
Email	Email	Email




Richard Dunn	Shiro Kinmoku	Patrick M. Hickey
National Director	National Director	National Director
US Taiho Jutsu Program	USMAF Kendo Program	USA-TKJ Program
Nevada	Virginia	Ohio
Email	Email	Email



John F. Chatwood	Curtis Hale	Nadeem Ansari
Affiliates Director	Director At-Large	Marketing Director
Nevada	Oklahoma	Virginia
Email	Email	Email

SENIOR MASTERS CAUCUS

Delva Mandrell
Mike Knight
Shiro Kinmoku
John Linebarger
Barry Moyer
Brian Pendleton, PhD
Toshiaki Takikawa
Charles Voerster
Udo Frankenberg
Patrick M. Hickey
John Linebarger
Ernest G. McPeek
Richard M. McPeek
Larry Overholt
David E. Parritt
Michael Piaser
Delbert Rounds
John Snevel, DDS
Carl Wilcox
Oren Gorgov

USMAF REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES

Alabama: Mark Barlow
Arkansas: Brian Dugger
Arizona: John Linebarger, Walt Sweet
California: Gene LeBell, Gokor Chivichyan
California: Willy Cahill, Neil Ohlenkamp
Colorado: Mathew Bayley, Bob Davis
Connecticut: David Burs
Delaware: Michael Graves
Florida: Jeffrey A. Cook, Joseph Connolly, David E. Parritt, Earl Delvalle
Georgia: Toshiaki Takikawa & Matt Larsen
Hawaii: Samuel C. Luke
Illinois: Ben Bergwerf & John Ryan III
Indiana: Billy Ray Smith & John Nanay
Iowa: Bill Cooley
Israel: Oren Gorgov
Kansas: Robert Boggs
Kentucky: Kathy Howdieshell, John Looney
Louisiana: Robert M. Carver
Maryland: Fernando Yamasaki
Massachusetts: Santos Hernandez, Sean Gately
Michigan: Shaunton Davis
Minnesota: K. Joel Coles
Mississippi: Christopher Dewey
Missouri: Roger Crocker
Montana: Jim Harrison
Nebraska: James Caldwell

Nevada (Northern): John F. Chatwood, Richard Dunn, Charles Carter
New Hampshire: Mikel LaChapelle
New Jersey: Stuart Rosenberg
New Mexico: Robert Rutley
New York: Ernest G. McPeek
North Carolina: Carl Wilcox & David Sgro
Ohio: Patrick Hickey, Michael Dunphy, Ph.D
Oklahoma: Billy L. Sharp, Mike Knight, Curtis Hale, Delva Mandrell, Charles Voerster, Michael Dillard
Oregon: Steve Van Fleet
Pennsylvania: Richard M. McPeek, Pat Byrnes, Michel Reshef
South Carolina: Ridgely Abele
South Dakota: Julio Usera
Tennessee: Bill Ryan
Texas: Matt Stokes, James Webb, Dr. Her Yue Wong, David G. Mata Jr.
Utah: Ronald K. Bennett
Virginia: Nadeem Ansari, Quyen Phan Le
US Army, Japan: Kim Zornes
Washington: Greg Sluys
Washington D.C.: Bruce R. Bethers
W. Virginia: Lawrence A. Emmons
Wisconsin: Ben DeLeon
Puerto Rico : Vazquez Wilfredo

USMAF SENIOR INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATES
Francisco Birnstill Guillermo (William) Cortes Udo Frankenberg Oren Gorgov Khalil A. Khan Ragib Karamehmedovic Nishiuchi Mikio Saiko Dr. Llyr Jones	Janak Subedi Toshiaki Takikawa Her Yue Wong Ivica Zdravkovic Nasrallah Kakavand Tomo Borrisov Saad A. Ani Peter Rosendahl
COMMITTEES
Executive Committee Bruce R. Bethers - Chairman
Robert M. Carver Jeffrey A. Cook Lawrence A. Emmons Curtis Hale	Jim Harrison Delva R. Mandrell Toshiaki Takikawa Her Yue Wong
Central Technical Committee Carl Wilcox, Chairman and Senior Technical Advisor
Bruce R. Bethers Michael Bukala Jim Harrison Robert M. Carver Joesph Connolly, J.D. Michael Dunphy, Ph.D.	Patrick M. Hickey Ernest G. McPeek Toshiaki Takikawa Carl Wilcox Willy Cahill Dr. Her Yue Wong
Finance Committee John F. Chatwood, Chairman
Bruce R. Bethers Ann Osborne, CPA	Robert M. Carver Donna K. Cosper
Membership Committee Ernest G. McPeek, Chairman
Bruce R. Bethers	Robert M. Carver Donna K. Cosper
Information Management Committee Robert M. Carver, Chairman
Lawrence A. Emmons Neil Ohlenkamp	Richard M. McPeek Kevin Woods
Law and Legislation Committee
Ernest G. McPeek Joesph Connolly, J.D. LTC Richard Blower, JD	LTC David Pennington, JD Joel McTague, JD Robert Bobinski, JD
Marketing Committee Donna K. Cosper, Chairwoman
Bruce R. Bethers	Robert M. Carver
Medical Committee
Dr. Michael Dunphy John Snevell, DDS	David G. Mata
Martial Arts Sub-Committees
Kwanmukan Karate Committee Jeff Ellis Patrick Hickey Brian Pendleton Carl Wilcox David S. Ames	Kwanmukan Ju-Jitsu Committee Michael Piaser Patrick Hickey Carl Wilcox Jeff Ellis David S. Ames
Traditional Kodokan Judo Committee Patrick M. Hickey- Chairman Joseph F. Connolly, II Toshiaki Takikawa Jim Harrison Gene LeBell Bruce R. Bethers Billy L. Sharp Ernest G. McPeek Benjamin A. DeLeon Patrick M. Hickey	Shihan-Ryu Ju-Jitsu Committee Bruce R. Bethers - Chairman Robert M. Carver Shihan-Ryu Karate Committee Bruce R. Bethers - Chairman Robert M. Carver Okinawa Kobudo Committee Mikio Nishiuchi - Chairman