The Disability Services Division (DSD) regional resource specialists (RRSs) are DHS staff who provide support to lead agency staff who administer DSD services, programs and waivers. Each lead agency has an assigned RRS.

We provide:

We often facilitate regional meetings with lead agency staff to provide this support.

Lead agency staff should use the DSD Contact Form to contact their agency's RRS.

RRS Geographic Area, DHS-4850B (PDF) is a map of this information.

Regions 1, 2 and 4

Chad Erdmann is the RRS for the following counties: Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Pope, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, Stevens, Traverse and Wilkin.

Region 3

Kerwin McKay is the RRS for the following counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.

Regions 5, 7 W and 7 E

Lisa Nolan is the RRS for the following counties: Benton, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pine, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd, Wadena and Wright.

Regions 6 and 8

Corrie Vollmer is the RRS for the following counties: Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Swift and Yellow Medicine.

Regions 9 and 10

Emily J. Miller is the RRS for the following counties: Blue Earth, Brown, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Le Sueur, Martin, Mower, Nicollet, Olmsted, Rice, Sibley, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca, Watonwan and Winona.

Region 11

Felicia Young, Cassie Tulp and Jodi Lewis are the RRSs for the following counties: Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington counties.

Tribal nations

Lisa Nolan and Kerwin McKay are the RRSs for Leech Lake and Mille Lacs.

Chad Erdmann is the RRS for White Earth and Red Lake.