Debbi Criswell, President
Debbi is married to Jack and has 2 grown children and 1 dog; Lois Lane, who travels full time with them. Debbi and Jack are members of the San Luis Obispo County Chapter in California and are active DSHR members. Debbi worked in San Francisco as a legal administrator for a number of years and Jack's a retired Fire Chief from the City of Oakdale and the City of Grover Beach, in California. Debbi started taking classes with the Red Cross in 1989 and has responded to several DR's. She enjoys the DOVE's because she still can be involved with the Red Cross and at the same time travel full time. Its the best experience one can have!
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George and Virginia Roth, Vice Presidents
George and Virginia Roth have been with the Red Cross since Hurricane Katrina and have been on many Disaster Relief Operations. They are based in Southern Oregon and enjoy camping, gardening and almost any outdoor activity. They became DOVES in 2006. Both are retired from Umpqua Community College. Virginia was a teacher and George was Director of Information Technology. George is an officer in ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Services) and operates short wave radios at home and on the road. They are enjoying their role as new grandparents. email the VPs, click here

Leslie Earnst, Secretary.
Leslie Earnst is the secretary for the DOVEs.   She is a retired college professor who has been full-timing with her husband W.C. since August 2003.  Leslie and W. C. were high school sweethearts and have been married since December of 1968. They are the parents of three (Randy, Brian, and Amy) and the grandparents of four (Abigail, Jax, Bo, and Joshua).  Leslie enjoys traveling, photography, genealogy, fishing, reading, sewing, rake-knitting, handbell choir, and music. Much of Leslie's teaching was with Deaf college students using American Sign Language (ASL) and she has many dear friends in the Deaf community.  Leslie and W.C. are both trainers in disaster services for the American Red Cross (ARC).  Click here to email Leslie

Rose Marie and Richard Hartman, Dove Training Coordinators
Dick is a retired teacher and Rose Marie is a retired nurse anesthetist.  We are transplanted Pennsylvanians to Michigan, and now claim to be ersatz Texans, such is life. We have been full-timers for the past 14 years of our 50+ years of marriage. We have five children, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild. We are active DSHR members and active DAT member in our home chapter in Monroe, MI; also, we serve as DAT team members in the winter months in the Phoenix area. We have been members of the DOVEs since it was formed. We are also members of the Woodcarvers on Wheels BoF. We enjoy traveling and have visited all 50 states and every province of Canada, also have done several motor home tours in Europe. Click Here to Email Dick and Rose Marie

Jean Watson, Membership
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John Watson, The WebGuy
I've been a programmer for the last 38 years, so it was a natural fit that I take care of the dove web site.  My wife Jean and I have been with disaster services for about 6 years now, and have found our home in FSI and DST.  We travel fulltime in our Allegro Bus.  You can see our blog at http://www.watsonrv.com/.  If you want to email me, Click Here.  If you are curious about how we stay on line and keep my business running, there are pictures and drawings here: http://www.jwcomp.com/.  Please continue to use this site and the Dove Forum and Dove Members Map that go with it. 

Frances Smith, Historian
Frances Smith is our new DOVES historian. Fran is a Pennsylvania-born woman who is happily married for 36 years, has one son, a daughter-in-law, and two grand-daughters in Pennsylvania. She retired from 25 years of Delaware State government employment and volunteerism in 2003 and began full-time RVing in 2003. She is a cancer survivor since 2003, a SKP member since 2004, and a DOVE BOF and Boondockers BOF member since 2006. Fran is affiliated with the Delmarva Red Cross Chapter and has taken several ARC classes on-line but has not yet been assigned to Disaster Service. She has been employed by Walt Disney World and volunteered for American Cancer Society Relay for Life, National Park Service, Servants of Our Savior, National Right to Life, various churches and senior centers, several local Republican Committees, and a Colorado ranch since retirement.