Alabama
James Nuckles
Education Administrator
Alabama Department of Education
P. O. Box 302101
Montgomery, AL 36130-2101
Phone: 334-242-8444
E-mail: jnuckles@alsde.edu
Website: http://www.alsde.edu
Alaska
Hal Spackman
Deputy Commissioner
Alaska Department of Education
801 West 10th St., Ste. 200
Juneau, AK 99801-1849
Phone: 907-465-8677
Fax: 907- 465-4156
E-mail: hal.spackman@alaska.gov
Website: http://www.eed.state.ak.us/
American Samoa
Claire Tuia Poumele
Sex Equity Coordinator for Vocational Education Department of Education
P.O. Box 656
Pago Pago, AS 96799
Phone: 684- 633-7117
Arizona
Manuel V. Cisneros
Director Governor's Office of Equal Opportunity
1700 West Washington
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Phone: 602-542-3711
E-mail: EqualOpportunity@az.gov
Website: http://www.ade.state.az.us/
Arkansas
Oliver Dillingham
Title IX and Title IV Contact Arkansas Department of Education
#4 Capitol Mall
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: 501-682-4212
E-mail: Oliver.Dillingham@arkansas.gov
Website: http://arkansased.org/
California
Sharon Felix-Rochon
Director and Title IX Coordinator
California Department of Education
1430 N. St., Suite 6019
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-445-9174
Fax: 916-324-9818
E-mail: sfelix@cde.ca.gov
Alternate Gender Equity Contact:
R. Mary Gallet, Ph.D.
California Department of Education Secondary, Post-secondary & Adult Leadership Division
1430 N Street, Suite 4503
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-445-5723
Fax: 916-322-1757
Email: mgallet@cde.ca.gov
Website: www.cde.ca.gov/index.asp
Colorado
Arti Winston
Senior Consultant, Professional Development , School Support, Consolidated Federal Programs
Colorado Department of Education
201 East Colfax Avenue
Denver CO 80203
Phone: 303-866-6905
Fax: 303-866-6637
E-mail: winston_a@cde.state.co.us
Website: www.cde.state.co.us/index_home.htm
Connecticut
William A. Howe, Ed.D.
Education Consultant for Multicultural Education & Gender Equity
Connecticut State Department of Education – Bureau of Choice Programs
25 Industrial Park Rd.,
Middletown, CT 06457
Phone: 860-807-2031
Fax: 860-807-2195
Email: william.howe@ct.gov
Website: http://www.sde.ct.us/sde
Delaware
William S. Bowles, III
Director, Human Resources and Quality Management
Delaware Department of Education
401 Federal Street, Suite #2
Dover, Delaware 19901
Phone: 302-739-4604
Fax: 302-739-4654
E-mail: wbowles@doe.k12.de.us
Website: http://www.doe.state.de.us/
District of Columbia
Julia Martas
Civil Rights and Gender Equity Coordinator, State Office of Career and Technical Education
Office of the State Superintendent of Education
District of Columbia Department of Education
51 N. Street, NE, Room # JJ
Washington, D.C. 20009-4232
Phone: 202-741-0279 or 202-321-4933
Fax: 202-741-0229
E-mail: julia.martas@dc.gov
Website: http://www.osse.dc.gov
Renae Lee
Human Resources Specialist
University of the District of Columbia
Office of Human Resources
4200 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Building 38 - Suite 301-14
Washington, D. C. 20008
Phone: 202-274-5452
Fax: 202-274-6300
Email: rlee@udc.edu
Website: www.udc.edu
Florida
Adeola Fayemi, Ph.D.
Director, K-20 Office of Equity & Access
1446 Turlington Building,
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400
Phone: 850-245-0511
Fax: 850-245-9551
E-mail: adeola.fayemi@fldoe.org
Website: http://www.firn.edu/doe/eeop/
Georgia
Julie Lewis
Deputy General Counsel
Georgia Department of Education
2054 Twin Towers East
Atlanta, GA 30334
Phone: 404-656-4689
Fax: 404-657-8376
E-mail: jlewis@doe.k12.ga.us
Website: http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/doe/legalservices/equity.asp
Guam
Margaret E. Cruz
Acting Equal Employment Opportunity Officer
P.O. Box DE
Hagatna, Guam 96932
Phone: 671-475-0496/0502
Fax: 671- 477-0698
Email: mecruz@gdoe.net
Website: www.gdoe.net
Micki L. Lonsdale
Education Equity Officer
Guam Community College
P.O. Box 23069
GMF, GU 96921-0307
Phone: 671-735-4422
Website: www.Guam_Community_College.edu
Guam Public School system: www.gdoe.net
Office of the supt. Louis P. Reyes lreyes@gdoe.net
Elaine Faculo-Gogue
EEO / Compliance Officer University of Guam
Mangilao, Guam 96923, USA
Phone: 671 482-1001
Fax: 671-734-0430
E-mail: efgogue@uguam.uog.edu
Hawaii
Susan H. Kitsu
Director, Department of Education Civil Rights Compliance Office
P.O. Box 2360
Honolulu, HI 96804
Phone: 808-586-3322
Fax: 808-586-3331
Raymond Fujino
Civil Rights Compliance Office
Hawaii Department of Education
P.O. Box 2360 Honolulu, Hawaii 96804
Phone: 808-586-3327
Fax: 808-586-3331
Email:Raymond_Fujino@notes.k12.hi.us
Website: http://doe.k12.hi.us/
Beth Schimmelfennig
Civil Rights Compliance Specialist
Phone: 808-586-3328
Idaho
Shannon Page
Idaho Department of Education
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0027
Phone: 208-332-6942
Fax: 208-334-4664
E-mail: slpage@sde.idaho.gov
Website: http://www.sde.idaho.gov
Illinois
Cheryl Bradley
Principal Education Consultant
Accountability Division
llinois State Department of Education
100 North First Street
Springfield, IL 62777
Phone: 217-782-2948
Fax: 217-524-8750
E-mail: cbradley@isbe.net
Website: http://www.isbe.net/accountability/html/equity_contacts.htm
Alternate Gender Equity Contact
Deborah L. Hopper
Chair Gender Equity Advisory Committee
Illinois State Department of Education
100 North First St
Springfield, IL 62777
Phone: 217- 782-4620
E-mail: dhopper@isbe.net
Website: http://www.isbe.net
Indiana
Note: Indiana has Title IX Coordinators for districts.
Contact your district for more information.
To find your school’s district go to: http://www.doe.state.IN.US
Or contact: Risa Regnier
Indiana Department of Education
Room 229, State House
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2798
Phone: 317-232-0506
Fax: 317-232-0504
E-mail: rregnier@doe.state.in.us
Website: http://www.doe.state.IN.US
Iowa
Helene Grossman
Adult Education and Equity
Iowa Department of Education
Grimes State Office Building
Des Moines, IA 50319-0146
Phone: 515-281-3640
Fax: 515-242-5988
E-mail: Helene.Grossman@iowa.gov
Website: http://www.state.ia.us/educate/
Kansas
Rod Bieker
Title IX Coordinator
120 SE 10th Ave.
Topeka, KS, 66612-1182
Phone: 785-296-3204
Fax: 785-296-7933
E-mail: rbieker@ksde.org
Website: http://www.ksbe.state.ks.us/Welcome.html
Kentucky
Laura Graham, Program Consultant
Title IX Instructional Equity and MOA Coordinator
Kentucky Department of Education
Division of Federal Programs & Instructional Equity
500 Mero Street, Room 822
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-564-3791
Email: Laura.Graham@education.ky.gov
Website: http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/
Louisiana
Patrick Weaver
Deputy Undersecretary/Title IX
Agency Coordinator
Louisiana Department of Education
Executive Office of the Superintendent
P.O. Box 94064
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9064
Phone: 225-342-2098
E-mail: Patrick.weaver@la.gov
Website: http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/index.html
Maine
Mr. Leslie "Buzz" Gamble
Education Specialist
Career and Technical Education Team
23 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0023
Phone: 207-624-6747
Fax: 207-624-6731
E-mail: Buzz.gamble@maine.gov
Website: http://www.state.me.us/education/vocequity/
Maryland
Linda Shevitz
Senior Educational Equity Specialist
Equity Assurance & Compliance Office
Office of the State Superintendent
200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410-767-0428
E-mail: lshevitz@msde.state.md.us
Website: http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE
Massachusetts
Ms. Valian Norris
Human Resources
350 Main Street
Malden, MA 02148-5023
Phone: 781-338-6100
Fax: 781- 338-3387
E-mail: hrservices@doe.mass.edu
Website: http://www.doe.mass.edu/
Michigan
Roberta E. Stanley
Director, Office of Administrative Law and Fed. Relations
Michigan Department of Education
608 W. Allegan Street
P.O. Box 30008
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: 517-335-0436
Fax: 517-373-9238
E-mail: stanleyr@michigan.gov
Website: http://www.michigan.gov/mde
Norma Tims
Gender Equity Consultant
Michigan Department of Labor and
Economic Growth Office of Career and Technical Preparation
P.O. Box 30712
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: 517-241-2091
E-mail: timsn@michigan.gov
Minnesota
Sara Winter
Compliance and Assistance Office
Due Process Specialist
Minnesota Department of Education
1500 Highway 36 West
Roseville, MN 55113-4266
Phone: 651-582-8237
E-mail: sara.winter@state.mn.us
Website: http://education.state.mn.us/html/mde_home.htm
Whitney Harris
Executive Director for Diversity and Multiculturalism
Minnesota State Colleges & Universities
Wells Fargo Place, 30 7th St. E., Suite 350
St. Paul, MN 55101-7804
Phone: 651-296-5313
Email: whitney.harris@so.mnscu.edu
Reneé Hogoboom
Equal Opportunity Manager & Investigator
Minnesota State College & Universities
Wells Fargo Place, 30 7th St. E., Suite 350
St. Paul, MN 55101-7804
Phone: 651-201-1592
Email: renee.hogoboom@so.mnscu.edu
Alternate Gender Equity Contact
Eva Scates-Winston
Specialist, Equity and Collaboration
Minnesota State Colleges & Universities
30 East 7th St., Suite 350
St. Paul, MN 55101-7804
Phone: 651- 297-3792
Fax: 651- 296-3214
E-mail: eva.scates-winston@so.mnscu.edu
Mississippi
Ethel Cain Carson
Director, Office of Human Resources
Mississippi Department of Education
359 North West Street
P.O. Box 771
Jackson, MS 39205
Phone: 601-359-3511
Fax: 601-359-1748
E-mail: ecarson@mde.k12.ms.us
Website: http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/
Missouri
Shawn Brice
Director of Career Education Special Needs
Director of Civil Rights Compliance and Title IX Coordinator
Director of Missouri Option Program
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
P.O. Box 480
Jefferson City 65102
Phone: 573-522-1775
Fax: 573-526-4261
Website: http://dese.mo.gov/
Email: Shawn.brice@dese.mo.gov
Alternate gender equity contact Jean.Cole@dese.mo.gov
Montana
Kathy Bramer
Personnel Director
P.O. Box 202501
Helena MT 59620-2501
Phone: 406-444-3161
Fax: 406-444-2893
E-mail: kbramer@mt.gov
Website: www.opi.state.mt.us
Nebraska
Nancy Rowch
Director ELL and Immigrant Education
Nebraska Department of Education
301 Centennial Mall South
P.O. Box 94987
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: 402-471-2477
Fax: 402-471-8127
E-mail: nancy.rowch@nde.ne.gov
Website: http://www.nde.state.ne.us/
Additional Gender Equity Contact
Rebecca Hasty
Nontraditional/Equity Programs Specialist
Nebraska Department of Education
301 Centennial Mall South
P.O. Box 94987
Lincoln, NE 68509-4987
Phone: 402- 471-4823
Fax: 402-471-4565
E-mail: rebecca.hasty@nde.ne.gov
Nevada
Garry Wyatt
Title IX Coordinator & Career Ed. Consultant
Office of Career, Tech. & Adult Ed.
Nevada Department of Education
700 E. Fifth Street
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: 775-687-9197
Cell: 775 721-3087
Fax: 775-687-9101
E-mail: gwyatt@doe.nv.gov
Website: http://www.doe.nv.gov/
New Hampshire
Brenda Cochrane
New Hampshire Department of Education
101 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301-3860
Phone: 603-271-3743
Fax: 603-271-1953
E-mail: bcochrane@ed.state.nh.us
Website: http://www.ed.state.nh.us/education/
New Jersey
Mary Conrad
Equity Coordinator
New Jersey State Department of Education
P.O. Box 500 Trenton, NJ 08625
Phone: 609-984-5909
Fax: 609-292-1211
E-mail: mary.conrad@doe.state.nj.us
Website: www.state.nj.us/education
New Mexico
PED Issues
Bernard Raymond
New Mexico Public Education Dept.
300 Don Gaspar
Santa Fe, NM 87501-2786
Phone: 505-827-5829
E-mail: bernard.raymond@state.nm.us
Website: http://www.ped.state.nm.us/
Program Issues
Dr. Sheila Hyde Quality Assurance Bureau, Director
300 Don Gaspar, Room G-15
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
Phone: 505-827-4275
Fax: 505-827-4242
E-mail: sheila.hyde@state.nm.us
New York
Michael Moon
State Education Department
464 Education Building Annex
Albany, New York 12234
Phone: 518-473-7155
E-mail: mmoon@mail.nysed.gov
Website: http://www.nysed.gov/
Notes: Civil Rights (Race and sex equity)
North Carolina
Belinda S. Black, Ed.D.
Chief of Staff Innovation and School Transformation NC Department of Public Instruction
Raleigh, North Carolina
E-mail: bblack@dpi.state.nc.us
Phone: 919-807-3827
Fax: 919-807-3767
Website: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/
North Dakota
John Dasovick
Assistant Director
USDA Food Distribution Programs
Office of Child Nutrition
600 E Boulevard Ave.
Bismarck, ND 58505
Phone: 701-328-2732
E-mail: jdasovick@nd.gov
Website: http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/
Notes: Has been designated to handle inquires regarding non-discrimination.
Ohio
Elizabeth Badurina
Ohio Department of Education
Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education
25 Front St, Mail Stop 610
Columbus, OH 43215-4101
Phone: 614-387-2243
Fax: 614-466-2573
Email: elizabeth.badurina@ode.state.oh.us
Website: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/
Oklahoma
Joni Younts
Title IX Coordinator
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education
2500 N. Lincoln Boulevard, Room 111
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105
Phone: 405-522-3319
E-mail: joni_younts@sde.state.ok.us
Website:http://sde.state.ok.us/home/defaultie.html
Oregon
Winston Cornwall
Civil Rights Specialist and Title IX Coordinator
Oregon Department of Education
255 Capitol Street NE
Salem, OR 97310-0203
Phone: 503-947-5675
Fax: 503-378-5156
E-mail: winston.cornwall@state.or.us
Website: http://www.ode.state.or.us/
Alternate Gender Equity Contact
Mary Bunn
Education Specialist Oregon Department of Education
255 Capital St., N.E.
Salem, OR 97310-0203
Phone: 503 947-5706
Fax: 503-378-5156
E-mail: mary.bunn@state.or.us
Pennsylvania
Marian Echols-Clark
School Services Unit Director
Pennsylvania Department of Education
333 Market Street
Harrisburg, PA 17126
Phone: 717-772-3618
Fax: 717-783-6802
E-mail: mecholscla@state.pa.us
Website: http://www.pde.state.pa.us/
Puerto Rico
Hilda Ortiz
Technological Education Programs Puerto Rico
Dept. of Education
P.O. Box 190759
San Juan, PR 00919-0759
Phone: 787-763-5355
Rhode Island
Marvin L. Abney
RI Dept. of Ed.
225 Westminister St.
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: 401-222-8437
E-mail: marvin.abney@ride.ri.gov
Website: http://www.ride.ri.gov/
South Carolina
Michael Addison
Human Resources Director and Title IX Coordinator
South Carolina Department of Education
1429 Senate Street
Columbia, SC 29202
Phone: 803-734-8505
E-mail: maddison@ed.sc.gov
Website: http://ed.sc.gov
Alternate Gender Equity Contact
Patrice T. Green Education Associate
MOA/Gender Equity Coordinator Office of Career and Technology
1429 Senate Street RM 917
Columbia SC 29201
Phone: 803-734-0070
Fax: 803-734-3525
E-mail: pgreen@ed.sc.gov
Website: http://ed.sc.gov/
South Dakota
Shelby Frame
Office of Career & Technical Education
South Dakota Dept. of Ed.
700 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: 605-773-4527
Fax 605-773-4236
E-mail: Shelby.Frame@state.sd.us
Alternate Gender Equity Contact
Gloria Smith-Rockhold
Office of Career & Technical Education
South Dakota Dept. of Ed.
700 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: 605-773-4747
Fax 605-773-4236
E-mail: Gloria.Smith-Rockhold@state.sd.us
Website: http://www.state.sd.us/deca/DWCP/civil/index.htm
Tennessee
Note: LEA coordinators only. For more information contact:
Tiffany Baker Cox, Esq.
Director – Office for Civil Rights
Tennessee Department of Education
710 James Robertson Parkway
Andrew Johnson Tower, 6th Floor
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: 615-253-1550
Fax: 615-532-2599
E-mail: Tiffany.Bakercox@state.tn.us
Website: http://www.state.tn.us/education/
Texas
Elvis.Shoaf
NCLB Program Coordination
Texas Education Agency
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas, 78701
Phone: 512-463-9734
E-mail: elvis.shoaf@tea.state.tx.us
Website: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/
Note: Title IX Coordinators are in sections:
--Consolidated Administrative Funds
--Persistently Dangerous Schools
--Private Schools
--Maintenance of Effort
Formula Funding
Phone: 512-463-8525 --School Prayer
--Boys Scouts of America Equal Access Act
--Equal Access to Public School Facilities Legal Chris.Maska@tea.state.tx.us
Phone: 512-463-9720
Utah
Richard Gomez
Utah State Office of Education
250 East 500 South
P.O. Box 144200
Salt Lake City, Utah
Phone: 801-538-7643
Fax: 801-538-7596
E-mail: rgomez@schools.utah.gov
Website: http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/equity/
Notes: Gomez is monitor for state civil rights compliance for Title IX and
State Civil Rights Monitory Officer for Title VI, Title IX, Sec. 504, Title VII
Vermont
Barbara Crippen, Legal Counsel
Vermont Department of Education
120 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05620-2501
Phone: 802-828-5937
E-mail: barbara.crippen@state.vt.us
Website: http://www.state.vt.us/educ/
Virginia
Patricia I. Wright
Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction
Virginia Department of Education
P.O. Box 2120
Richmond, VA 23218-2120
Phone: 804-786-5834
E-mail: Patricia.Wright@doe.virginia.gov
Website: http://www.pen.k12.va.us
Notes: It is preferred to contact Ms. Wright’s assistant Juanita Tabor by
e-mail (Juanita.taylor@doe.virginia.gov) or by the phone number listed above.
Washington
Shirley McCune
Old Capitol Building
P.O. Box 47200
Olympia, WA 98504-7200
WA Phone: (360) 725-6035
DC Phone: (202) 547-3150
DC Fax (202) 544-6765
E-mail: shirley.mccune@k12.wa.us
Website: www.k12.wa.us/Equity/default.aspx
West Virginia
David Perine
Executive Director
Office of Human Resources West Virginia Department of Education
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East, Building 6, Room 264
Charleston, WV 25305-0330
Phone: 304-558-2702
Fax: 304-558-0882
Website: http://wvde.state.wv.us/
E-mail: dperine@access.k12.wv.us
Wisconsin
Barbara Bitters
125 S. Webster St.
PO Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707-7841
Phone: 608- 266-9609
Fax: 608-266-3643
E-mail: barbara.bitters@dpi.state.wi.us
Website: http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/
Wyoming
Kenya Haynes
Title I Part D Program Manager
Wyoming Dept. of Education
2300 Capitol Avenue Hathaway Building, 2nd Floor
Cheyenne, WY 82002-0050
Phone: 307-777-3672
E-mail: khayne@educ.state.wy.us
Website:www.state.k12.wy.us
Source: The Feminist Majority (2008)