Contact Safety Education Staff
Contact the regional volunteer services coordinator in your area with questions related to safety education courses, becoming a volunteer safety education instructor, etc. If you have a question about a different topic, please find the appropriate contact on the contact us page.
Volunteer Service Coordinators
Region 1
Boone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, Fulton, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Knox, La Salle, Lee, Marshall, McDonough, Mercer, Ogle, Peoria, Putnam, Rock Island, Stark, Stephenson, Tazewell, Warren, Whiteside, Winnebago, and Woodford Counties
Brett Taylor, 309-854-2453
Region 2
Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties
Hunter Nikolai, 447-448-0663
Region 3
Champaign, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Dewitt, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Ford, Iroquois, Jasper, Livingston, Macon, McLean, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby, and Vermillion Counties
Gavin Keefauver, 217-843-1401
Region 4
Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, Fayette, Greene, Hancock, Jersey, Logan, Macoupin, Madison, Mason, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Sangamon, Schuyler, and Scott Counties
Shelli Jones, 217-494-7320
Region 5
Alexander, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lawrence, Marion, Massac, Monroe, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Richland, Saint Clair, Saline, Union, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, White, and Williamson Counties
Joni Patterson, 618-663-7308
Mailing Address:
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Office of Law Enforcement, Safety Education
One Natural Resources Way
Springfield, IL 62702-1271