The National Issues Forums network participants include an array of civic, educational and professional groups, organizations, and individuals that promote nonpartisan public deliberation in communities across the country. Within this network are organizations and institutions that provide organized workshops to help people develop understanding and skills for the purpose of convening and moderating National Issues Forums.
Bill McGowan
Sussex County Extension
(302) 856-7303 billmcg@udel.edu
FLORIDA
Deborah Mikolajczyk
Entrepreneurial & SBDC/Lifelong Learning
Gulf Coast Community College
(850) 872-3814 dmikolajczyk@gulfcoast.edu
GEORGIA
Jill R. Severn
Head of Access and Outreach
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
(706) 542-5766 jsevern@uga.edu
Veronica Adams-Cooper
Estus Smith Vineyard Healing Foundation (ESVHF) Center for Public Deliberation and Engagement
Department of History, Political Science, & Public Administration
Albany State University
Phone: (229) 420-1135
Fax: (229) 430-7895 veronica.adams-cooper@asurams.edu
HAWAII
Dolores Foley
Dept. of Urban & Regional Planning
University of Hawaii
(808) 956-2780 Dolores@hawaii.edu
ILLINOIS
Cynthia Johnson
Community Development Specialist
Community Development
College of DuPage
(630) 942-3872 johnsncg@cdnet.cod.edu
William J. Ball
Political Science/International Studies Dept.
The College of New Jersey
(609) 771-2747 ball@tcnj.edu
NEW YORK
Michael D'Innocenzo
Department of History
Hofstra University
(516) 463-5606 hismzd@hofstra.edu
NORTH CAROLINA
Sylvia H. Pate, Director
Regional Center for Economic
Community & Professional Development
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke
(910) 775-4000 sylvia.pate@uncp.edu
OHIO
Kim Sebaly, Ph.D.
College of Education
Kent State University
(330-672=0603 ksebaly@kent.edu
David S. Stein
Workforce Development and Education
The Ohio State University
Ph: 614-292-0988 stein.1@osu.edu
OKLAHOMA
Renee Daugherty
Oklahoma Partnership for Public Deliberation
Oklahoma State University
(405) 744-6231 renee.daugherty@okstate.edu
OREGON
Neal Naigus
Portland Community College
(503) 977-4122 nnaigus@pcc.edu
PENNSYLVANIA
Harris J. Sokoloff
Center for School Study Councils at the Graduate School of Education
(215) 898-7371 harriss@gse.upenn.edu
Bill DiMascio
Pennsylvania Prison Society
(215) 564-6005 ex113 wd@ix.netcom.com
