Who We Are

Staff Directory

Listed below are names of 157 NEH staff members, along with their offices or divisions. You may get additional information (e-mail address, telephone number) by clicking on a name. Updated 12/04/2008.

Office of Accounting (7)
Gloria Fox (Accounting Technician)
John Gleason (Director)
John Iannone (Systems Accountant)
Laurie Kovalik (Accounting Technician)
Jackie Parker (Accountant)
Joan Parker (Accountant)
Melissa Watkins (Accounting Technician)

Administrative Services Office (5)
Alia Blackford (Administrative Services Clerk)
Lenora Markham (Records Management Assistant)
Barry Maynes (Director)
Willie McGhee (Assistant Director)
Carl West (Support Services Specialist)

Office of the Chairman (12)
Mindy Berry (Associate Chairman for External Affairs)
Gina Bono (Secretary for the Assistant Chairmen)
Gale Buster (Secretary to the Chairman)
Bruce Cole (Chairman)
Andrew Hazlett (Chief of Staff, Congressional Liaison, and Counselor to the Chairman)
Annie Hsiao (Special Assistant to the Chairman and Director of Government and Community Relations)
Thomas Lindsay (Deputy Chairman and Director of We the People)
Malcolm Richardson (Senior Partnership Officer)
Jeffrey Thomas (Assistant Chairman for Planning and Operations)
Carole Watson (Assistant Chairman for Partnerships and National Affairs)
Tracie Willis (Assistant to the Assistant Chairman for Partnerships and National Affairs)
Adam Wolfson (Assistant Chairman for Programs)

Office of Challenge Grants (3)
Andrea Anderson (Senior Program Officer)
Kay Gienger (Staff Assistant)
Steve Ross (Director)

Office of Communications (5)
Lee Bockhorn (Assistant Director)
Lucy Cutrona (Public Affairs Specialist)
Elizabeth Fisher (Public Affairs Specialist)
Brian Lee (Director)
Lindsey Mikal (Public Affairs Specialist)

Edsitement Partnership (4)
Michael Hall (Senior Program Officer)
Carol Peters (Director)
Joseph Phelan (Program Analyst)
Adrian Reilly (Webmaster)

Division of Education Programs (14)
Douglas Arnold (Senior Program Officer)
Barbara Ashbrook (Assistant Director)
Jinlei Augst (Senior Program Officer)
Coralie Avery (Secretary)
Jason Boffetti (Program Analyst)
Rebecca Boggs (Senior Program Officer)
Wilsonia Cherry (Deputy Director)
Julie Goldsmith (Senior Program Officer)
Julia Nguyen (Senior Program Officer)
Norma Norris (Administrative Officer)
Richard Pettit (Program Analyst)
William Craig Rice (Director)
Robert Sayers (Senior Program Officer)
Rasmi Simhan (Program Analyst)

Office of Federal/State Partnership (4)
Edythe Manza (Director)
Kathleen Mitchell (Senior Program Officer)
Shirley Newman (Program Assistant)
Dwan Reece (Senior Program Officer)

Office of General Counsel (6)
Michelle Ghim (Attorney Advisor)
Heather Gottry (Deputy General Counsel)
Mary Jeffcoat (Paralegal Specialist)
Michael McDonald (General Counsel)
Brenda Taylor (Secretary)
Lisette Voyatzis (Attorney Advisor)

Office of Grant Management (7)
Susan Daisey (Director)
Anne Lopez-Buitrago (Grants Administrator)
Peter Scott (Grants Administrator)
Jerri Shepherd (Grants Administrator)
Robert Straughter (Grants Administrator)
Barbara Tatge (Grants Administrator)
Steve Veneziani (Assistant Director)

Office of Human Resources (6)
Tim Connelly (Director)
Becky LaQuay (Human Resources Specialist)
Mia Lawson (Human Resources Specialist)
Renee Lyles (Human Resources Assistant)
Alice Parks (Human Resources Specialist)
Susan Sienkiewich (Deputy Director)

IMLS (Detail) (1)
Nancy Rogers (Special Project)

Office of Information Resource Management (10)
Naveed Gill (Information Technology Specialist)
Kitty Green (Information Technology Specialist)
Charles Hester (Systems Operations Supervisor)
Peter Losin (Technology Program Officer)
Talana Morton-Smith (Information Technology Specialist)
Tanya Peltz (Director)
Lynda Phuong (Information Technology Specialist)
Cedric Southerland (Information Technology Specialist)
Beth Stewart (Information Technology Specialist)
Clay Vaughan (Information Technology Specialist)

Office of Inspector General (5)
Sheldon Bernstein (Inspector General)
Laura Davis (Auditor)
Charles Garfinkel (Deputy Inspector General)
Gary McGough (Auditor)
Brenda Singleton (Secretary)

Enayet Rahim Memorial Library (1)
Donna McClish (Library Technician)

Office of Digital Humanities (3)
Brett Bobley (Chief Information Officer and Director)
Jason Rhody (Senior Program Officer)
Jennifer Serventi (Program Officer)

Division of Preservation and Access (13)
Helen Agüera (Senior Program Officer)
Ralph Canevali (Deputy Director)
Nadina Gardner (Director)
Elizabeth Joffrion (Senior Program Officer)
Charles Kolb (Senior Program Officer)
Barbara Paulson (Senior Program Officer)
Sandy Ranno (Program Analyst)
Oumou Samb (Secretary to the Director)
George Stokes (Clerk)
Cathleen Tefft (Program Analyst)
David Weinstein (Senior Program Officer)
Laura Word (Senior Program Officer)
Joel Wurl (Senior Program Officer)

Office of Public Affairs (2)
Christopher Flynn (Public Affairs Specialist)
Noel Milan (Director)

Division of Public Programs (17)
Sonia Feigenbaum (Deputy Director)
Paulette Gillian (Program Analyst)
Bonnie Gould (Senior Program Officer)
Jeff Hardwick (Senior Program Officer)
Clay Lewis (Senior Program Officer)
David Martz (Senior Program Officer)
John Meredith (Senior Program Officer)
Karen Miles (Senior Program Officer)
Karen Mittelman (Senior Program Officer)
Kathleen Mulvaney (Senior Program Officer)
Tom Phelps (Director)
Talisha Saddler (Program Assistant)
Margaret Scrymser (Lead Program Analyst)
Danielle Shapiro (Senior Program Officer)
Michael Shirley (Senior Program Officer)
Rana Taneja (Program Assistant)
Frances Yeh (Program Assistant)

Office of Publications (5)
Maria Biernik (Visual Information Specialist)
Anna Gillis (Writer-Editor)
Meredith Hindley (Senior Writer-Editor)
Amy Lifson (Assistant Editor)
David Skinner (Director)

Division of Research Programs (17)
Carolyn Addey (Program Analyst)
Jane Aikin (Assistant Director)
Elizabeth Arndt (Senior Program Officer)
Azar Attura (Program Assistant)
Leon Bramson (Senior Program Officer)
Cathy Dennis (Program Analyst)
Annie Judkins (Program Assistant)
Claudia Kinkela (Senior Program Officer)
Lydia Medici (Program Analyst)
Ann Meyer (Acting Director)
Joel Schwartz (Senior Program Officer)
Steven Snodgrass (Administrative Officer)
Gwen Terrell (Program Assistant)
Bernadette Thomas (Program Assistant)
Jim Turner (Program Analyst)
Lisa Pace Vetter (Senior Program Officer)
Russell Wyland (Assistant Director)

Office of Strategic Planning (5)
Gladys Coleman (Budget Analyst)
David Dohanic (Budget Officer)
Christine Kalke (Senior Analyst and International Coordinator)
Larry Myers (Director)
Frank Shaw (Program Analyst)

We the People Office (4)
Barbara Bays (Senior Program Officer)
Judy Regelman (Secretary)
Kathy Toavs (Program Analyst)
Patti Van Tuyl (Senior Program Officer)