National Issues Forums: Network

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.


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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