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!
click here to email Debbi

Steve Masterson, Vice President
Steve retired as the Director of Labor Relations and Training from the NYS Office of the State Comptroller and has been full-timing since 2005.  He has two children and three grandchildren.  Steve and his partner Kathy have a beach house in Jupiter, Florida where they winter.  Our new DOVE Vice President started volunteering with the Red Cross (ARC) in 1980 as a CPR and First Aide Instructor.  As his career advanced, he continued to manage ARC health and safety programs for state employees.  Currently, Steve is a volunteer with the Martin County Chapter in Florida and is an active Disaster Services Human Resource (DSHR) member. email Steve, 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

Candalyn Fryrear, Treasurer.
Our new treasurer, Candalyn Fryrear, took early retirement from her position as a Unit Business Administrator at the University of Louisville in 2003 in order to travel full-time with her husband Jeff (DOVEs former president). They have been married for 41 years. Candalyn teases that they were married in kindergarten. They have two daughters, two grandsons, and are hoping to adopt their perspective granddaughter later this year. Candalyn's hobbies are sewing, quilting, and crocheting.  Click here to email Candalyn

Anita and John Laffey, Membership.
Anita and John Laffey are fulltimers who have been Red Cross DSHR and Dove volunteers since 2005, deployed 10 times as of December, 2008. Their home chapter is Red Cross Dallas, with strong ties to Red Cross Sacramento. Anita's primary Red Cross activities are Disaster Mental Health, Instructor of Disaster Classes, and Mass Care. She is a retired family therapist who enjoys fishing, art quilting, and mentoring young people. John's primary Red Cross activities are Material Support Services, Instructor of Disaster Classes, and Mass Care. His hobbies include woodcarving, gold panning, and figuring out how anything mechanical works. They share 3 adult children and one granddaughter. click here to email Anita and John

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

Mike Mitchell, Merchandise .
Mike and Roberta still live in a stick home most of the year, but strive to increase their amount of time on the road. For the past year, Roberta has been busy planning our two daughter's weddings while still volunteering with Adopt-a-Pet and the Grove Heritage Association, a national historic landmark. Mike is a full time volunteer with the Greater Chicago Chapter of the Red Cross as well as the National Coordinator for the ECRV (Emergency Communications Response Vehicle) program at national headquarters. Click Here to email Mike

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. 

CC Ramsey, Former Treasurer and Membership Chairperson for 7 years,
Don and Cecilia have been married for 25 years. They have one daughter, one son and 2 grandsons. Cecilia worked for ChevronTexaco for 25 years before retiring from the company to travel full time. Don and Cecilia are members of the Greater Houston Area Chapter and are DSHR members. We love to meet new people and have a great time. click here to email cc

Jeff Fryrear, Former President
We are both basically retired and we live in Louisville, KY. We are not yet full-timers, but are working toward that goal also. I am a Christian Minister doing pulpit supply in area churches and other church related projects. We are members of the Christian Fellowship BOF and really do appreciate the opportunities for service we have found through the Escapees.