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as of May 6, 2009

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ALABAMA  (03/29/04 update)
Don Wambles
Administrator, Alabama Farmers Market Authority
RSA Plaza Ste. 330
770 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, Alabama 36130
phone: (334) 242-2618
fax : (334) 242-0536
website: http://www.fma.alabama.gov
email: don.wambles@fma.alabama.gov
ALASKA (12/05/05 update)
Kathleen Wayne, MS, RD, WIC Director
Family Nutrition Services Unit, WIC Program
Office of Children’s Services
Goldstein Building, Room 508
130 Seward Street
Juneau, AK 99801
phone: (907) 465-3100
fax: (907) 465-3416
email: kathleen_wayne@health.state.ak.us
FMNP Coordinator: Chris Kelly
phone: (907) 465-8630
Email: chris_kelly@health.state.ok.us
 
ARIZONA (05/15/08 update)
Allison Armenta, Manager
Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program
Bureau of USDA Nutrition Programs
Arizona Department of Health Services
150 N. 18th Avenue, Suite 310
Phoenix, AZ 85007
voice: (602) 542-0389
fax: (602) 542-1890
email: armenta@azdhs.gov
ARKANSAS (05/07/04 update)
Marcell Jones, WIC Director
Arkansas Department of Health
Slot 43
4815 West Markham Street
Little Rock, Arkansas 72205-3867
phone: (501) 661-2598
fax (501) 661-2004
FMNP Coordinator: Elbert Strong
phone: (501)661-2177
email: estrong@healthyarkansas.com
CALIFORNIA (08/21/08 update)
Linnea Sallack
Department of Health Services
WIC Supplement Nutrition Branch
3901 Lennane Drive
Sacramento, CA 95834
FMNP Contact: Leslie Kaye, MPH, MS
phone: (916) 928-8746
fax: 916-928-0519
email: leslie.kaye@cdph.ca.gov
The CHICKASAW NATION, OKLAHOMA (10/29/02 update)
Melinda Newport, Director of Nutrition Srvcs.
Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma
Health System
P.O. Box 1548
Ada, OK 74820-1548
phone: (580) 436-2603 X7296
fax: 580-436-7225
FMNP Coordinator: Jennifer Hayes
phone: (580) 436-7292
email: jendhayes@yahoo.com
CONNECTICUT (07/03/07 update)
Robert R. Pellegrino, Director
Bureau of Marketing and Technology
Connecticut Department of Agriculture
165 Capitol Avenue, Room 129
Hartford, CT 06106
FMNP Coordinator: Richard Macsuga
phone: (860) 713-2544
fax: (860) 713-2516
email: Richard.Macsuga@PO.STATE.CT.US
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (12/02/05 update)
Sabrina Lewis
Public Health Advisor
WIC State Agency  
2100 Martin Luther King Avenue, SE, Suite 409  
Washington, DC  20020  
phone: (202) 645-5663  
Toll-free: 1-800-345-1WIC or 1-800-345-1942 
fax:  (202) 645-0516  
website: http://www.dchealth.dc.gov
email: sabrina.lewis@dc.gov
FIVE SANDOVAL INDIAN PUEBLOS (04/09/07 update)
Karen Griego, WIC Director
Five Sandoval Indian Pueblos, Ind.
1043 Highway 313
Bernalillo, NM 87004
phone: (505) 771-5386
fax: (505) 867-3514
email: kriegokite@fsipinc.org
FLORIDA   (10/29/02 update)
Gloria Van Treese, Chief
Bureau of Food Distribution
Florida Dept of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Mayo Building, 2nd Floor, M-39
407 South Calhoun Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0800
phone: (850) 487-4322
fax: (850) 488-9006
FMNP Contact: Carl Penn
phone: (850)487-4322
fax: (850) 488-9006
email: pennc@doacs.state.fl.us
GEORGIA   (11/19/08 update)
Candace Jones, WIC Director
Division of Public Health
Georgia Department of Human Resources
Two Peachtree Street, N.W.
10th Floor, Suite 476
Atlanta, GA 30303
email: cjones2@dhr.state.ga.us
FMNP Contact:
Doris Evans-Gates, MS, CHES
Manager, Farmers' Market Nutrition Program
Georgia WIC Branch
2 Peachtree Street, NW
Suite 10-444
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3142
e-mail: degates@dhr.state.ga.us
Phone: (404) 657-2900
Fax: (404) 657-651-6728

GUAM (04/30/09 update)
Charles H. Morris, MPH, RD, WIC Director
Department of Public Health & Social Services
Government of Guam
15-6100 Mariner Avenue
Barrigada, GU 96913-1601
phone: (671) 475-0287
fax: (671) 477-7945
email: charles.morris@dphss.guam.gov

FMNP Manager: David SN Gumataotao
phone: 671- 475-0300
email: david.gumataotao@dphss.guam.gov
FMNP Coordinator: Remy Oshiro
phone: 671-475-0292
email: remy.oshiro@dphss.guam.gov

ILLINOI (12/05/05 update)
Penny Roth, Acting Chief
Bureau of Family Nutrition
Illinois Department of Human Services
535 West Jefferson Street
Springfield, IL 62702
telephone: (217) 782-2166
fax: (217) 785-5247
email: dhspat@dhs.state.il.us
FMNP Coordinator: Barb Reeves
telephone:  217-782-2166
Email: dhshp67@dhs.state.il.us
Illinois WIC hotline:  1-800-323-4769

INDIANA   (09/12/07 update)
Patrice Wolfla
WIC Director
Indiana State Dept. of Health
2 North Meridian 2-J
Indianapolis, IN 46204
phone: 1-800-522-0874
fax: (317) 233-5609
email: pchristo@isdh.state.in.us
FMNP  Coordinator: Denise Giddens
 phone: 317-233-7871
 fax: 317-233-5609
 email: dgiddens@isdh.in.gov
IOWA   (10/29/02 update)
Mike Bevins
Bureau of Horticulture and Farmers' Markets
Iowa Dept. of Agriculture & Land Stewardship
Wallace State Office Building
Des Moines, IA 50319
phone: (515) 242-5043
fax: (515) 242-5015
email:  mike.bevins@idals.state.ia.us
FMNP Administrator: Margaret Long
phone: (515) 242-6239
email: margaret.long@idals.state.ia.us
KENTUCKY  (05/06/09 update)
Fran Hawkins, MS, RD, LD, Manager
Nutrition Services Branch
Division of Maternal and Child Health
Kentucky Department of Public Health
Cabinet for Health and Family Services
275 East Main Street HS2W-D
Frankfort, KY 40621
voice: (502) 564-3827 x 3831
fax: (502) 564-8389
email: Fran.Hawkins@ky.gov
LOUISIANA (09/10/08 update)
Rebecca Riecke
State FMNP and SFMNP Director
Marketing Specialist
Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry
5825 Florida Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
phone: (225) 952-8088
fax: (225) 237-5788
email: rriecke@ldaf.state.la.us
MAINE (07/03/07 update)
Director,ME WIC Nutrition Program
Division of Family Health
ME Center for Disease Control & Prevention
ME Dept. of Health & Human Services
286 Water Street
11 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
FMNP Coordinator: Christopher DeRaps
phone: (207) 287-5339
email: Christopher.DeRaps@maine.gov
MARYLAND (04/02/09 update)
Amy Crone
MD Dept. of Agriculture
Farmers’ Director of Marketing
50 Harry St. Truman Parkway
Annapolis, MD 21401
telephone: 410-841-5770 or 800-492-5590
fax: 410-841-5987
email: croneag@mda.state.md.us
website: http://www.mda.state.md.us
MASSACHUSETTS (07/03/07 update)
Mary Jordan, Director
Division of Agricultural Development
MA Dept of Agricultural Resources
251 Causeway Street, Suite 500
Boston, MA 02114-2151
FMNP Coordinator: David Webber
phone: (617) 626-1754
Fax: (617) 626-1850
email: David.Webber@STATE.MA.US
MICHIGAN  (12/05/05 update)
Alethia Carr, Director, WIC Division
MI Dept of Community Health
2150 Apollo Drive, P.O. Box 30195
Lansing, MI 48909
phone: (517) 335-8951
fax: (517) 335-9444
Toll-free number: 1-800-942-1636
Email: CarrA@michigan.gov
FMNP Contact: Karla Stratton
Project FRESH Coordinator
phone: (517) 335-8625
fax: (517) 335-8835
email: StrattonKa@michigan.gov
MINNESOTA (12/05/05 update)
Gene Hugoson, Commissioner
MN Dept. of Agriculture
625 Robert Street., N.
St. Paul, MN 55155
(651) 296-6906
Fax: (651) 297-5522
FMNP Coordinator: Carol Milligan
phone: (651) 201-6606
fax: (651) 201-6125
email: carol.milligan@state.mn.us
MISSISSIPPI   (10/29/02 update)
Lester Spell, Jr., Commissioner
Mississippi Department of Agriculture
P.O. Box 1609
Jackson, Mississippi 39215-1609
phone: (601) 359-1100
fax: (601) 354-6290
FMNP Coordinator: Purvie Green
phone: (601) 359-1168
email: purvie@mdac.state.ms.us
MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS    (10/29/02 update)
Iva Denson, Program Director
WIC Program
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
P.O. Box 6010
Philadelphia, MS 39350
phone: (601) 650-1845
fax: (601) 650-1860
email: Idenson@choctaw.org
 
MISSOURI (04/06/07 update)
Lyn C. Konstant, Ph.D., R.D.
Chief, WIC and Nutrition Services
WIC and Nutrition Services
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
930 Wildwood
P.O. Box 570
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0570
phone: (573) 751-6204
fax: (573) 526-1470
website: http://www.dhss.mo.gov/
FMNP Coordinator: Randy Walton p
phone: (573) 751-6204 (at the prompt press “2”, then press ”6” and ask for Randy Walton)
email: Randy.Walton@dhss.mo.gov
MONTANA  (10/29/02)
Chris Fogelman
Montana WIC Program
Dept of Public Health & Human Services
Cogswell Bldg., P.O. Box 202951
Helena, MT  59620-2951
phone: (406) 444-4747
NEW HAMPSHIRE (05/01/08 update)
Margaret Murphy, Administrator
Nutrition and Health Promotion Section
NH Division of Public Health Services
29 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301-6504
FMNP Coordinator: Margaret Murphy
phone: 603-271-4545
fax: 603-271-4779
email: mmurphy@dhhs.state.nh.us
NEW JERSEY   (08/21/08 update)
Jean Malloy, Director
New Jersey State WIC Program
Department of Health
CN 364
Capitol Center Building 6th Floor
Trenton, NJ 08625-0364
phone: (609) 292-9560
fax: (609) 292-3580
FMNP Coordinator: Dorothy Ngumezi
email: dngumezi@doh.state.nj.us
NEW MEXICO  (08/21/08 update)
Richard Rodriguez
FDMNP and CSFP Manager
New Mexico Dept. of Health
Family Food and Nutrition Section
2040 S. Pacheco Street
Santa Fe, NM 87505
phone: 505-476-8803
email: Richardp.Rodriguez@state.nm.us
NEW YORK (07/03/07 update)
William Kimball, Director
Div of Agricultural Protection & Development Services
10-B Airline Drive
Albany, NY 12235
FMNP Coordinator: Jonathan Thomson
phone: 518-457-7076
fax: 518-457-2716
email: Jonathan.Thomson@agmkt.state.ny.us
NORTH CAROLINA (09/09/05 update)
Alice Lenihan, RD, MPH, LDN, Director  
Nutrition Services Branch
NC Division of Public Health
Department of Health and Human Services  
1914 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC  27699-1914
FMNP Coordinator: Cory Menees
phone: (919) 707-5765
fax: (919)870-4818
email: cory.menees@ncmail.net
 
OHIO  (07/15/08 update)
Michele Frizzell, Chief
Bureau of Women Infants and Children
Ohio Dept. Of Health
246 North High Street P.O. Box 118
Columbus, OH 43266-0118
phone: (514) 644-7868
fax: (614) 564-2470
email: Michele.Frizzell@odh.ohio.gov
FMNP Coordinator: Kelly Hetrick
phone: (614) 644-8257
fax: (614) 564-2470
email: Kelly.Hetrick@odh.ohio.gov
OREGON   (05/16/08 update)
Susan Woodbury, WIC Director  
Oregon WIC Program  
Nutrition and Health Screening
800 NE Oregon Street, 
Suite 865  
Portland, OR  97232
telephone:  (971) 673-0040
toll-free in-state:  1-800-SAFENET or 1-800-723-3638  
TDD:  1-800-SAFENET 
fax:  (971) 673-0071
email: susan.woodbury@state.or.us  

FMNP Coordinator: Maria Menor
phone: (971) 673-0056
email: maria.i.menor@state.or.us
OSAGE TRIBAL COUNCIL, OKLAHOMA (04/19/08 update)
Renee Harris, WIC Director
Osage Tribal Council
1301 Grandview
Pawhuska, OK 74056
phone: (918) 287-1040
fax: (918) 287-1050
email:  osagewic@osagetribe.org
FMNP Coordinator:  Debbie Simpson
email: dsimpson@osagetribe.org
PENNSYLVANIA  (06/28/07 update)
Geoff Dunaway
Director, Bureau of Government Donated Foods
Dept of Agriculture, Bureau of Food Distribution
2301 N. Cameron Street, Room 410
Harrisburg, PA 17110-9408
phone: (717) 787-2940
fax: (717) 787-2387
email: gdunaway@state.pa.us
FMNP Coordinator: Sandy Hopple
phone: (717) 772-2693
fax: (717) 772-2693
email: shopple@state.pa.us
PUEBLO OF SAN FELIPE (12/22/05 update)
Mary Lucero, WIC Director
Pueblo of San Felipe
P.O. Box 4339
San Felipe, NM  87001
phone: (505) 867-2169
fax: (505) 867-5916
email: meucero@quest.net
PUERTO RICO   (12/02/05 update)
Pablo A. Cardona Rosa
FMNP Coordinator
HC33, Box 5512
Dorado, PR  00646
phone: (787) 439-0468
fax:  (787) 796-5231
email:
RHODE ISLAND (10/10/07 update)
Ann Barone, LDN
Chief, Rhode Island WIC Program
State of Rhode Island Dept of Health
Division of Family Health
3 Capital Hill, Room 303
Providence, RI 02908-5097
FMNP Coordinator: Tracy Berg
phone: (401) 222-4630
fax: (401) 222-1442
website: www.health.ri.gov
email: tracy.berg@health.ri.gov
SOUTH CAROLINA   (04/26/07 update)
Burnese Walker, WIC Director
Division of Preventive and Personal Health
South Carolina Dept. of Health & Environmental Control
Mills/Jarrett Complex
P.O. Box 101106
1751 Calhoun Street
Columbia, SC 29201-2911
phone: (803) 898-0743
fax: (803) 898-0383
email: walkerbw@colum60.dhec.state.sc.us
FMNP Coordinator: Yolanda Kennedy
email: kennedyb@colum60.dhec.state.sc.us
TENNESSEE  (08/23/05 update)
Ann Hopton, FMNP Coordinator
WIC/TN Supplemental Food Programs
Tennessee Dept. of Health
Cordell Hull Building, 5th Floor
425 Fifth Avenue, North
Nashville, TN  37247-5310
phone: (615) 532-8184
fax: (615) 532-7189
email: ann.hopton@state.tn.us
TEXAS (12/22/05 update)
Mike Montgomery, Director
Texas Department of State Health Services
Nutrition Services Section
110O West 49th Street
Austin, TX 78756-3199
phone: (512) 458-7444
fax: (512) 458-7446
email: mike.montgomery@dshs.state.tx.us

VERMONT (07/03/07 update)
Joseph Patrissi, Deputy Commissioner
Economic Services Division
VT Dept. for Children and Families
103 South Main St.
Waterbury, VT 05671-1201
FMNP Coordinator: Mary Carlson
Food & Nutrition Program Coordinator
PPR Unit, Economic Services Division
VT Dept for Children and Families
103 South Main St.
Waterbury, VT 05671-1201
phone: (802) 241-2458
fax: (802) 241-3934
email: mary.carlson@ahs.state.vt.us

WASHINGTON  (08/21/08 update)
Janet Jackson Charles, WIC Director
WA State Dept. of Health
Office of Community Wellness and Prevention
P.O. Box 47886
Olympia, WA 98504-7886
phone: (360) 236-3697
fax: (360) 236-2345
email: janet.charles@doh.wa.gov
FMNP Coordinator: Sandra Cruz
phone: (360) 236-3660
fax: (360) 236-2320
email: Sandra.cruz@doh.wa.gov
WEST VIRGINIA (01/09/09 update)
Denise Eagan, WIC/FMNP Coordinator
350 Capitol Street
DHHR/BPH/ONS
Charleston, WV 25301-3717
phone: (304) 558-7156
fax: (304) 558-1541
email: Denise.B.Eagan@wv.gov
WISCONSIN  (12/05/05 update)
Patti Herrick, Director
Wisconsin WIC Program
Wisconsin Dept. of Health & Family Services
P.O. Box 2659
Madison, WI 53701-2659
telephone: (608) 266-3821
fax: (608) 266-3125
FMNP Coordinator: Judy Allen
phone:  608-261-8867
email: allenjl@dhfs.state.wi.us

If you have updates to this list of state agency contacts, please email us at wichq-web@fns.usda.gov

Supplemental Food Programs Division
Food & Nutrition Service, USDA
3101 Park Center Drive, Room 520
Alexandria, VA 22302
(703) 305-2746
Fax: (703) 305-2196
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