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NATIONAL LISTINGS The American Library Association (ALA)

Nancy Kranich
Chair, ALA Center for Public Life Advisory Committee
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
nancy.kranich@rutgers.edu
732-985-1599

Mary Ghikas
Staff Liaison, ALA Center for Public Life
Senior Associate Director Library Association
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611
mghikas@ala.org 1-800-545-2433, x. 2518

ALABAMA

Bob McKenzie
David Mathews Center for Civic Life
P.O. Box 11018
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486
205-348-2642
mckenzie@kettering.org
info@mathewscenter.org
http://mathewscenter.org

ALASKA

Bill Hall
Engagement and Outreach Coordinator
University of Alaska Fairbanks
2221 East Northern Lights Blvd., #118
Anchorage, Alaska
(907) 786-6345
awhall@alaska.edu

ARIZONA

Alberto Olivas
Director
Center for Civic Participation
Maricopa Community Colleges
Tempe, Arizona
(480) 461-6140
alberto.olivas@domail.maricopa.edu

ARKANSAS

Ruth Craw
Center For Public Collaboration
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
2801 S. University Avenue
Little Rock, Arkansas 72204
Ph: 501-569-8562
Fax: 501-569-8514
rxcraw@ualr.edu
http://ualr.edu/iog/publiccollaboration

CALIFORNIA

Carole A. Paterson
UC Cooperative Extension
Fairfield, California 94533
(707) 784-1318
capaterson@ucdavis.edu
www.delibcanet.org

Maxine & Jerry Ewig
Center for Public Deliberation in Southern California
Temecula, California
(951) 694-6582
maxineewig@aol.com
jewig71441@aol.com

Katrina Rogers, Director
Institute for Social Innovation
Fielding Graduate University
2112 Santa Barbara Street
Santa Barbara, California 93105-3538
(805) 898-2924
krogers@fielding.edu

COLORADO

Paul Alexander
Regis University
Institute on the Common Good
Denver, Colorado 80221-1099
(303) 458-4336
palexand@regis.edu
http://www.icgregis.org

Martin Carcasson
Center for Public Deliberation
Eddy 210, Campus Delivery 1783
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado 80523
www.cpd.colostate.edu
(970) 491-5628
mcarcas@colostate.edu

DELAWARE

Bill McGowan, Ed.D.
University of Delaware Cooperative Extension
16483 County Seat Highway
Georgetown, Delaware 19947
302-856-2585
billmcg@udel.edu

FLORIDA

Deborah Mikolajczyk
Entrepreneurial & SBDC/Lifelong Learning
Gulf Coast Community College
Panama City, Florida
(850) 872-3814
dmikolajczyk@gulfcoast.edu

Bill Ball
Dept Political Science
Stetson University
421 N. Woodland Blvd.
DeLand, Florida 32723
(386) 822-7536
wball@stetson.edu

GEORGIA

Jill R. Severn
Head of Access and Outreach
Richard B. Russell Library for
Political Research and Studies
Athens, Georgia
(706) 542-5766
jsevern@uga.edu
http://www.libs.uga.edu/russell/rfclg

Veronica Adams-Cooper
Center for Public Deliberation and Engagement
Vineyarrrd Healing
230 S. Jackson Street, Ste. 244
Albany, Georgia 31701
Phone:(229) 317-2274
info@vineyarrrd.org
www.vineyarrrd.org

HAWAII

Dolores Foley
Dept. of Urban & Regional Planning
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii
(808) 956-2780
Dolores@hawaii.edu

ILLINOIS

Cynthia Johnson
Community Development Specialist
Community Development
College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137
(630) 942-3872
johnsncg@cdnet.cod.edu

IOWA

David Wilkinson
Iowa State Education Association
777 Third St.
Des Moines, IA 50309-1301
(515) 471-8054
dwilkinson@isea.org
www.isea.org www.halliburtonassociates.com

KANSAS

David E. Procter, Director
Erika Mason-Imbody, Project Coordinator
Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy
Kansas State University
202 Ahearn Field House
Manhattan, Kansas 66506
Ph: 785-532-6875
dprocter@k-state.edu
erika@k-state.edu
www.k-state.edu/icdd

KENTUCKY

Ron Hustedde
Community & Leadership Development
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
(859) 257-3186
rhusted@uky.edu

MARYLAND

Michelle Scott
Office of Equity & Diversity
Montgomery College
Rockville, Maryland
(240) 567-5276
michellet.scott@montgomerycollege.edu

Doris R. Goodlet
Center to Promote Public Deliberation
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland
(301) 384-2104
dgoodl@worldnet.att.net

MASSACHUSETTS

Madhawa "Mads" Palihapitiya
Associate Director
MA Office of Dispute Resolution & Public Collaboration (MODR)
Boston, Massachusetts
Tel: 617.287.4036 | Fax: 617.287.4049
E-mail: Madhawa.Palihapitiya@umb.edu
Website: www.modr.umb.edu and www.mass.gov/modr

MICHIGAN

Jan K. Hartough
MSU Extension-Barry County
State Coordinator for Public Deliberation
Community Development-SW Region
3700 East Gull Lake Drive
Hickory Corners, Michigan 49060
(269) 671-2444
Fax: 269-671-2409
hartough@msu.edu

John Burkhardt
School of Education
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
(734) 615-8882
jcbforum@umich.edu

MINNESOTA

Matthew Brandt
Minnesota Humanities Center
St. Paul, Minnesota 55106
651-772-4248
matthew@minnesotahumanities.org
www.minnesotahumanities.org

MISSISSIPPI

Phil Hardwick
Coordinator of Capacity Development
Stennis Institute of Government
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi
(601) 354-6011
phil.hardwick@msstate.edu
http://www.msgovt.org

MISSOURI

Sandra Hodge
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
(573) 882-4435
HodgeS@missouri.edu
www.ssu.missouri.edu/commdev/pubdelib/index.htm


MONTANA

Matthew McKinney
Public Policy Research Institute
University of Montana
Helena, Montana
(406) 457-8475
matt@umtpri.org
www.umtpri.org

NEBRASKA

Charles Parker
111K Gardner Hall
Department of Business & Economics
Wayne State College
Wayne, Nebraska
(402) 375-7036
chparke1@wsc.edu

NEVADA

Bill Verbeck
Director
Pahrump Valley Campus
Great Basin College
Pahrump, Nevada
(775) 527-2000
billy@gwmail.gbcnv.edu

NEW HAMPHIRE

Joni Doherty
Director
New England Center for Civic Life
Franklin Pierce College
007 Edgewood Hall
Rindge, NH 03461
(603) 899-1025
dohertyj@franklinpierce.edu www.franklinpierce.edu/neccl

NEW MEXICO

Paul Biderman
Institute of Public Law
The University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
(505) 277-8789
biderman@law.unm.edu

NEW YORK

Michael D'Innocenzo
Department of History
Hofstra University
Hempstead, New York
(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
Pembroke, North Carolina
(910) 775-4000
sylvia.pate@uncp.edu

OHIO

Kim Sebaly, Ph.D.
College of Education
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio
(330-672=0603
ksebaly@kent.edu

David S. Stein
Workforce Development and Education
The Ohio State University
305 W. 17th Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210
Ph: 614-292-0988
stein.1@osu.edu

OKLAHOMA

Renee Daugherty
Oklahoma Partnership for Public Deliberation
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Phone: 918-995-2261
renee.daugherty@okstate.edu
www.OKdeliberates.org

OREGON

Neal Naigus
Assistant to the District President
Portland Community College
CC241
P.O. Box 19000
Portland, Oregon 97280-0990
(503) 977-4122
Fax: 503-977-4960
nnaigus@pcc.edu

PENNSYLVANIA

Harris J. Sokoloff
Center for School Study Councils at the Graduate School of Education
Graduate School of Education
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(215) 898-7371
harriss@gse.upenn.edu

Bill DiMascio
Pennsylvania Prison Society
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(215) 564-6005 ex113
wd@ix.netcom.com
http://www.gse.upenn.edu/ppce

SOUTH CAROLINA

Barbara Brown
Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina
(803) 773-5561
babrwn@clemson.edu

SOUTH DAKOTA

John Usera
South Dakota Public Policy Institute
South Dakota Issues Forums
Chiesman Center for Democracy
1641 Deadwood Avenue
Rapid City, South Dakota 57702
(605) 341-4311
jusera@chiesman.org john.usera@bhsu.edu

TENNESSEE

Thomas Kohntopp, Ph.D.
Institute for Public Service
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0213
865-974-6689
Tom.Kohntopp@tennessee.edu

TEXAS

Taylor L. Willingham
LBJ Presidential Library and Museum
Central Texas Region
P.O. Box 1255
Salado, Texas
(254) 947-3793
taylor@texasforums.org
www.lbjnow.org
www.texasforums.org

Windy Lawrence
Associate Professor Communication
Dept. of Arts & Humanities
University of Houston-Downtown
Houston, Texas
(713) 221-8472
lawrencew@uhd.edu

UTAH

Jeffrey Nielsen, Director
The Utah Institute for Public Deliberation: Seeking Civility through Dialogue
Utah Humanities Council
Salt Lake City, Utah
(801-226-9056)
jnielsen@westministercollege.edu

VIRGINIA

Bill Corbett
National Issues Forums of Northern Virginia
McLean, Virginia
BillCorbett@nifnva.org
www.nifnva.org

Larkin Dudley
Center for Public Administration & Policy
Virgnia Tech
104 Draper Road
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0520
(540) 231-5197
Fax: 540-231-7067
dudleyl@vt.edu

Nancy Gansneder
Civic Engagement Initiative
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
(434) 982-4770
njg5w@virginia.edu

WEST VIRGINIA

Betty Knighton
West Virginia Center for Civic Life
Charleston, West Virginia
(800) 296-5038
knighton@wvciviclife.org
www.wvciviclife.org

WISCONSIN

Eric Giordano
Institute for Public Policy & Service
University of Wisconsin, Marathon County
Wausau, Wisconsin
(715) 261-6270
eric.giordano@uwc.edu

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