Look for:
  Consultants who happen to be working in the area
  Agile Alliance speaker program
  Yahoo group: agile testing
  LinkedIn
  Magazine article authors who happen to be in the area
  Testing conference speakers who happen to be in the area
  Trainers... 

Talk to:
  Other regional groups
  Those who can give insight into how they work with testers:
    Developers
    Business analysts
    product owners
    product managers
    sales
    client liasons