COADs (Community Organizations Active in Disaster) are voluntary associations of community organizations who prepare to address all four phases of emergency management: mitigation, prevention, preparedness, response and recovery. For an up-to-date list of Indiana COADs please visit https://www.indianavoad.org/about-us/.
Tools and strategies used by COADs include disaster education, training/simulation exercises, hazard analysis, regional and community emergency management plans, and leadership development.
1. Northwest Indiana COAD Gary Nagy – Vice Chair g.nagy.tlc.hobart@hotmail.com cell: (219) 688-3455 | 12. Vigo County COAD Billy Hubbard – Chair billyjoe.hubbard@terrehaute.in.gov cell: (812) 243-3870 |
2. Noble County COAD Doug Keenan – Chair keenand@purdue.edu office: (260) 636-2111 | 13. Owen County COAD Mark Rogers – Chair mark@owencountycf.org |
3. Allen County COAD Amy-Jo Sites – Chair amy-jo.sites@cityoffortwayne.org office: (260) 449-7395 cell: (260) 241-0739 | 14. Johnson County COAD Jill Bode – Chair recoverydir@aol.com |
4. West Central Indiana COAD Steve Cain – Chair cain@purdue.edu office: (765) 494-8410 cell: (765) 427-8881 | 15. Shelby County COAD Angie Davis – Chair angie@scuffy.org office: (317) 398-6231 |
5. Hamilton County COAD | 16. Rush County COAD Chet Walker – Chair bandgclub@myomnicity.com office: (765) 932-2765 |
6. Madison County COAD Kim Rodgers-Hatfield – Chair rsvp@unitedwaymadisonco.org office: (765) 643-7493 | 17. Monroe County COAD Lucy Schaich – Secretary monroecountycoad@gmail.com office: (812) 349-3433 |
7. Delaware County COAD Jason Rogers – Chair jrogers@co.delaware.in.us office: (765) 747-7719 | 18. Bartholomew County COAD Lanny Lawler – Chair lanny@northchristian.com office: (812) 372-1531 |
8. Putnam County COAD Bill Dory – Chair economic_development@greencastle.com office: (765) 653-2472 | 19. Knox County COAD Robert Murawski – Chair knoxuw@sbcglobal.net office: (317) 233-6545 |
9. Hendricks County COAD | 20. Daviess County COAD Brenda Sobecki uway1038@att.net office: (812) 254-1038 |
10. Marion County COAD Mary Jones – Chair maryjones@uwci.org office: (317) 250-1779 cell: (317) 921-1208 | 21. Southwest Indiana COAD Clem Behme – Chair clembehme@yahoo.com office: (812) 453-6788 |
11. Hancock County COAD Jim Peters – Chair iichron7v14@gmail.com | 22. Southern Indiana COAD Annette Lawler – Chair aclawler@purdue.edu office: (812) 738-4236 |