Using Profile in a Public class

When I try to use a value stored in the Profile in a public class I receive the following error message.

?currentProfile.DBServerIP15string
A first chance exception of type 'System.Configuration.SettingsPropertyNotFoundException' occurred in System.dll

Previously I asked how to access the Profile values in a public class. It was answered. That solution had me add.
Dim currentProfile as new ProfileCommon to each of the subroutines in the public class.

It is working. There is a subroutine which assigns the values to all of the properties in my Profile. This works fine.

It is later after opening several other pages that the problem occurs. When the page Load event fires the Profile.DBServerIP15String does contain a value. The next line in the page load event calls the Public class. I dimensioned the variable currentProfile just as I did earlier when I assigned values to my Profile. But this second time is when I get the error.

What am I doing wrong?

The Profile variables are defined in the web.config and stored in Sql 2005.

Page Load event
Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        If Not IsPostBack Then
'AT THIS POINT PROFILE.DBSERVERIP15STRING CONTAINS A VALUE
            LogInCtl.PopulateStateDropDownList(Me.StateDropDownList1)
            DataCtl.PopulateCountryCodes(Me.CountryDropDownList1)
            LoadAdminInfo()
        Else

        End If
    End Sub

The subroutine in the Public Class LOGINCTL

Public Shared Sub PopulateStateDropDownList(ByRef objDDL As DropDownList)
        Dim AdminConnSqlConnection As New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection
        Dim Dr1SqlDataReader As System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader
        Dim Dr1SqlCommand As New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand
        Dim Parmstring As String
        Dim strStateCode As String
        Dim strStateName As String
        Dim currentProfile As New ProfileCommon
'AT THIS POINT currentProfile.DBServerIP15String HAS NOT BEEN ASSIGNED A VALUE. WHY?????
        Parmstring = "Server=" & currentProfile.DBServerIP15string.Trim & "\" & currentProfile.ServerSqlInstanceName20string & _
        "; Database=Admin01; User ID=" & currentProfile.DBUserName15string.Trim & "; Password=" & currentProfile.DBPassword15string.Trim

      end sub