APPENDIX A

Healthy People State Action Contacts

Bradley J. Whistler, D.M.D.
Health Planner, II
Division of Public Health
Medicaid Services Unit
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
350 Main Street, Room 509
P.O. Box 11061
Juneau, AK 99811-0611
Voice: 907-465-8628
Fax: 907-465-2898

Donald E. Williamson, M.D.
State Health Officer
Alabama Department of Public Health
RSA Tower, Suite 1552, 201 Monroe Street
P.O. Box 303017
Montgomery, AL 36130
Voice: 334-206-5200
Fax: 334-206-2008

Ms. Nancy Kirsch
Deputy Director for Planning and Policy
Arkansas Department of Health, Slot 55
4815 West Markham Street
Little Rock, AR 72205
Voice: 501-661-2238
Fax: 501-661-2414

Joseph Tufa, D.S.M., M.P.H.
Director
Division of Preventive and Environmental Health
American Samoa Department of Health
Government of American Samoa
LBJ Topical Medical Center
Pago Pago, AS 96799
Voice: 011-684-633-4606
Fax: 011-684-633-1869

Aubin Tyler M.S.
Arizona 2000 Coordinator
Office of Health Planning, Evaluation/ Statistics
Arizona Department of Health Services
1740 West Adams Street, Room 301
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Voice: 602-542-2997
Fax: 602-572-1244

Mr. Fred Richards
Research Analyst
Center for Health Statistics
Department of Health Services
304 S Street, 3rd Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
E-mail: frichard@hw1.cahwnet.go
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Voice: 916-445-6338
Fax: 916-324-5599

Isamu J. Abraham, M.D.
Health Official
Mariana Islands Department of Public Health
P.O. Box 409CK
Saipan, CM 96950
Voice: 011-670-234-8950
Fax: 011-670-234-8930

Mr. Chuck Bayard
Advisor to the Director
Colorado Department of Health
Office of Health
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South, OH-05
Denver, CO 80222-1530
E-mail: chuck.bayard@state.co.us
Voice: 303-692-2303
Fax: 303-782-0095

Marie V. Roberto, Ph.D.
Chief
Office of Health Policy, Planning and Evaluation
Connecticut Department of Public Health
410 Capitol Avenue, Mailstop #13PPE
P.O. Box 340308
Hartford, CT 06134-0308
Voice: 860-509-7120
Fax: 860-509-7160

Ms. Regina Knox Woods
Director
State Health Planning and Development Agency
District of Columbia Department of Health
800 Ninth Street, SW., 3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20024
Voice: 202-645-5525
Fax: 202-645-4112

Terrance Zimmerman, Ph.D.
Director of Strategic Planning and Budget
Coordination
Division of Public Health
Delaware Department of Health and Social Services
P.O. Box 637
Dover, DE 19903-0637
E-mail: TZimmerman@state.de.us
Voice: 302-739-3034
Fax: 302-739-3008

Mr. C. Meade Grigg
Chief
Planning, Evaluation and Data Analysis
Florida Department of Health
Building 6, Room 206
1317 Winewood Boulevard
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0700
Voice: 904-487-1515
Fax: 904-921-1898

Elluel K. Pretrick, M.O., M.P.H.
Health Official
Government of the Federal States of Micronesia
P.O. Box PS70
Palikir Station
Pohnpei, FM 96941
Voice: 691-320-2619
Fax: 690-320-5263

Ms. Marjorie H. Young
Assistant Director
Division of Public Health
Georgia Department of Human Resources
Two Peachtree Street, NW.
Suite 7-300
Atlanta, GA 30303
E-mail: mhy@ph.dhr.state.ga.us
Voice: 404-657-2711
Fax: 404-657-6709

Mr. Dennis G. Rodriguez
Director
Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services
P.O. Box 2816
Agana, GU 96910
E-mail: dr3@nih.gov
Voice: 011-671-735-7102
Fax: 011-671-734-5910

Douglas G. Kreider, M.A., M.P.H.
Healthy Hawaii 2000
Hawaii Department of Health
1250 Punchbowl Street, Room 340
P.O. Box 3378
Honolulu, HI 96801
E-mail:
dgkreide@health.state.hi.us
Voice: 808-586-4190
Fax: 808-586-4193

Ron Eckoff, M.D.
Medical Director
Division of Substance Abuse Prevention and Health Promotion
Iowa Department of Public Health
Lucas State Office Building
321 East 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319-0075
Voice: 515-281-5914
Fax: 515-281-4535

Mr. Richard H. Schultz
Administrator
Division of Health
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
450 West State Street, Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0036
Voice: 208-334-5945
Fax: 208-334-6581

John R. Lumpkin, M.D., M.P.H.
Director
Illinois Department of Public Health
535 West Jefferson Street
Springfield, IL 62761
E-mail: Director@idph.state.il.us
Voice: 217-782-4977
Fax: 217-782-3987

Hazel Katter, R.N.
Director, Local Liaison Office
Indiana State Department of Health
Two North Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46206
E-mail: hkatter@source.isd.state.in.us
Voice: 3172337679
Fax: 317-233-7701

Jennie C. Tasheff, M.P.H.
Healthy Kansas 2000 Coordinator
Kansas Department of Health and
Environment
Bureau of Chronic Disease and Health Promotion
Landon State Office Building, Room 901-N
900 SW Jackson
Topeka, KS 66612
Voice: 913-291-3742
Fax: 913-296-8059

Rice Leach, M.D.
Commissioner of Health
Kentucky Department of Health Services
275 East Main Street
Frankfort, KY 40621
Voice: 502-564-3970
Fax: 502-564-6533

Ms. Liz Sumrall
Director of Policy, Planning and Evaluation
Louisiana Office of Public Health
P.O. Box 3214
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
E-mail: Lsumrall@dhhmail.state.la.us
Voice: 504-342-8093
Fax: 504-342-8098

Linda Jo Doctor, M.P.H.
Director
Division of Prevention
Bureau of Family and Community Health
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
259 Washington Street, 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02111
Voice: 617-624-5483

Jeannette Jenkins M.H.S.
Office of Health Policy
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
201 West Preston Street, Room 546
Baltimore, MD 21201
Voice: 410-767-5045
Fax: 410-333-7392

Randy H. Schwartz, M.S.P.H.
Director
Division of Community and Family Health
Maine Bureau of Health
State House Station #11
151 Capitol Street
Augusta, ME 04333
E-mail: hwrschw@state.me.us
Voice: 207-287-5385
Fax: 207-287-4631

David R. Johnson, M.D., M.P.H.
Chief Executive and Medical Officer
Michigan Department of Community Health
3423 North Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard
P.O. Box 30195
Lansing, MI 48909
Voice: 517-335-8024
Fax: 517-335-9476

Ms. Debra Burns
Section Manager, Division of Community Health Services
Minnesota Department of Health
P.O. Box 64975
St. Paul, MN 55164
E-mail: debra.burns@health.state.mn.us
Voice: 612-296-8209
Fax: 612-296-9362

Robyn Burnett M.A.
Budget and Policy Analyst
Missouri Department of Health
P.O. Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Voice: 573-751-6418
Fax: 573-526-6049

Kaye Bender R.N., M.S.
Chief of Staff
Office of State Health Officer
Mississippi State Department of Health
2423 North State Street
P.O. Box 1700
Jackson, MS 39215-1700
Voice: 601-960-7951
Fax: 601-960-7931

Ms. Laurie Ekanger
Director
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
111 North Sanders, SRS Building, 3rd Floor
P.O. Box 4210
Helena, MT 59604
Voice: 406-444-5622
Fax: 406-444-1970

Ms. Mary Bobbitt-Cook
D
irector, Office of Healthy Carolinians
Division of Health Promotion
North Carolina Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources
P.O. Box 29605
Raleigh, NC 27626-0605
Voice: 919-715-0416
Fax: 919-715-0433

Steven L. McDonough, M.D.
Chief, Preventive Health Section
North Dakota Department of Health
600 East Boulevard Avenue
State CapitolJudicial Wing
Bismarck, ND 58505-0200
Voice: 701-328-2493
Fax: 701-328-1412

Mr. David Palm
Division of Strategic and Financial Planning
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
P.O. Box 95026
Lincoln, NE 68509
Voice: 402-471-2337
Fax: 402-471-0180

Paul Gorman Ed.D.
Director, Division of Behavioral Health
New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
105 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301
Voice: 603-271-5007
Fax: 603-271-5058

Nancy Fiorentino, Ph.D.
Program Manager, Division of Health Care Systems Analysis
Research and Development Unit
New Jersey Department of Health
CN360, 6th Floor, Room 601
Trenton, NJ 08625
E-mail: nf1@doh.state.nj.us
Voice: 609-292-9354
Fax: 609-292-6523

Ms. Pat Cleaveland
Director, Public Health Division
New Mexico Department of Health
1190 St. Francis Drive
P.O. Box 26110
Santa Fe, NM 87502-6110
Voice: 505-827-2389
Fax: 505-827-2329

Yvonne Sylva, M.P.A.
State Health Administrator
Nevada Division of Health
505 East King Street, Room 201
Carson City, NV 89701-4797
Voice: 702-687-3786
Fax: 702-687-3859

George Di Ferdinando M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Division of Family and Local Health
New York State Department of Health
Empire State Plaza
Room 890, Corning Tower
Albany, NY 12237
E-mail: GDF01@health.state.ny.us
Voice: 518-473-7922
Fax: 518-473-2015

Thomas J. Halpin, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant to the Director for Public Health
Ohio Department of Health
246 North High Street
P.O. Box 118
Columbus, OH 43266-0118
Voice: 614-728-7417
Fax: 614-644-7740

Neil Hann, M.P.H., CHES
Deputy Chief, Health Promotion and Policy Analysis
Oklahoma State Department of Health
1000 NE 10th Street
P.O. Box 53551
Oklahoma City, OK 73117-1299
E-mail: neil@health.state.ok.us
Voice: 405-271-5601
Fax: 405-271-2865

Lore Lee, M.P.H.
Healthy People 2000 Contact
Health Statistics
Oregon Health Division
800 NE Oregon Street
Portland, OR 97232-2109
Voice: 509-731-4479
Fax: 509-731-4084

Patricia Potrzebowski, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Health Statistics/ Research
Pennsylvania Department of Health
555 Walnut Street, 6th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17101-1900
Voice: 717-783-2548
Fax: 717-772-3258

Carmen Feliciano de Melecio, M.D.
Secretary for Health
Puerto Rico Department of Public Health
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Building A
Call Box 70184
San Juan, PR 00936
Voice: 809-274-7600
Fax: 809-250-6745

William J. Waters, Jr., Ph.D.
Deputy Director
Rhode Island Department of Health
Three Capitol Hill
Providence, RI 02908
Voice: 401-277-2231
Fax: 401-277-6548

Ms. Debbie Lee
Year 2000 Coordinator
Office of Planning and Policy Development
South Carolina Department of Health and
Environmental Control
2600 Bull Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Voice: 803-734-5134
Fax: 803-734-5042

Ms. Doreen B. Hollingsworth
Secretary
South Dakota Department of Health
Sigurd Anderson Building
445 East Capitol Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501-3185
Voice: 605-773-3361
Fax: 605-773-5683

Fredia S. Wadley, M.D., M.S.P.H.A.
State Health Officer
Tennessee Department of Health
3rd Floor, Cordell Hill Building
426 Fifth Avenue, North
Nashville, TN 37247-0101
Voice: 615-741-3111
Fax: 615-741-2491

Dora McDonald, M.P.A.
Chief, State Health Data and Policy Analysis Bureau
Texas Department of Health
1100 West 49th Street, Room M660
Austin, TX 78756
E-mail: dmcdonald@dpa.state.tx.us
Voice: 512-458-7261
Fax: 512-458-7344

Robert Rolfs, M.D.
Director, Office of Public Health Data
Utah Department of Public Health
288 North 1460 West
P.O. Box 142828
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2875
E-mail: rrolfs@state.ut.us
Voice: 801-538-6108
Fax: 801-538-6036

Mr. Paul Matthias
Healthy People 2000 Contact
Virginia Department of Health
1500 East Main Street
P.O. Box 2448
Richmond, VA 23218
E-mail: pmatthias@vdh.state.va.us
Voice: 804-371-2909
Fax: 804-371-0116

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