 Appendix D
State Refugee Coordinators
Alabama
David E. McCarley
State Refugee Coordinator
Department of Human Resources
S. Gordon Persons Building
50 Ripley Street, P.O. Box 304000
Montgomery, AL 36130-4000
Tel: (334) 242-1773
Fax: (334) 242-0513
E-mail Address: dmccarley@dhr.state.al.us
Mr. Tri H. Tran
Refugee Program Coordinator
Dept. of Economic Security
Community Services Administration
P.O. Box 6123 - Site Code 086Z
Phoenix, AZ 85005
Tel: (602) 542-6652
Fax: (602) 542-6400
E-mail:
Ms. Betty Hodson
Refugee Resettlement Coordinator
Division of Human Services
Slot #1224, P.O. Box 1437
Little Rock, AR 72203-1437
Tel: (501) 682-8263
Fax: (501) 682-1597
E-mail: betty.hodson@mail.state.ar.us
California
Ms. Rita L. Saenz, Director
Department of Social Services
744 P Street, MS 17-11
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: (916) 657-2598
Fax: (916) 654-6012
Ms. Thuan Nguyen, Chief Refugee Coordinator
Refugee Program Bureau
744 P Street, Ms 6-646
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: (916) 654-1115
Fax: (916) 654-7187
E-mail: Thuan.Nguyen@dss.ca.gov
Colorado
Ms. Laurie Bagan
State Refugee Coordinator
Department of Human Services
Colorado Refugee Services Program
789 Sherman, Suite 250
Denver, CO 80203
Tel: (303) 863-8211
Fax: (303) 863-0838
E-mail Address: laurie.bagan@state.co.us
Mr. William Rufleth
State Refugee Coordinator
Department of Social Services
25 Sigourney Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Tel: (860) 424-5381
Fax: (860) 424-4957
E-mail: william.rufleth@po.state.ct.us
Ms. Nina Licht
Refugee Coordinator
Division of Social Services
P.O. Box 906, Lewis Building
Herman M. Holloway Sr. Campus
1901 North Dupont Highway
New Castle, DE 19720
Tel: (302) 577-4880 ext. 237
Fax: (302) 577-4405
E-mail: nlicht@state.de.us
Darlene Herring
Refugee Coordinator
Office of Refugee Resettlement
Department of Human Services
2146 24th Place, N.E.
Washington, DC 20018
Tel: (202) 541-3949
Fax: (202) 529-4365
E-mail: dherring@dhs.dcgov.org
Florida
Ms. Jane C. Criswell
Refugee Program Administrator
Dept. Children and Family Services
1317 Winewood Boulevard
Building 2, Room 202
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0700
Tel: (850) 488-3791
Fax: (850) 487-4272
E-mail Address: jane_criswell@dcf.state.fl.us
Ms. Barbara Burnham
State Refugee Coordinator
DHR/DFCS Community Services Section
2 Peachtree Street, NW Room 19-273
Atlanta, GA 30303-3142
Tel: (404) 657-3428
Fax: (404) 657-4480/3299
E-mail Address: bcburnha@dhr.state.ga.us
Mr. Mark Forman
Executive Director
Office of Community Services
830 Punchbowl Street, Room 420
Honolulu, HI 96813
Tel: (808) 586-8675
Fax: (808) 586-8685
Mr. Paul Pladera, Program Manager
Office of Community Services
830 Punchbowl Street, Room 420
Honolulu, HI 96813
Tel: (808) 586-8675
E-mail: ocspaul@hotmail.com
For refugee cash and services:
Mr. Jan Reeves
Director, Idaho Refugee Resettlement Project
Mountain States Group, Inc.
1607 W. Jefferson Street
Boise, ID 83702
Tel: (208) 336-5533x262
FAX: (208) 336-0880
E-mail: jreeves@mtnstatesgroup.org
P.O. Box 83720, Towers Building
Boise, ID 83720-0036
Tel: (208) 334-4951
Fax: (208) 334-5817
E-mail: campbell@dhw.state.id.us
Mr. Edwin Silverman
State Refugee Coordinator
Refugee & Immigrant Services
Department of Human Services
401 South Clinton, 7th Floor
Chicago, IL 60607
Tel: (312) 793-7120
Fax: (312) 793-2281
E-mail: dhsd6024@dhs.state.il.us
Mr. Jeffrey Campell
State Refugee Coordinator
FSSA, Family and Children's Division
402 West Washington Street
Room W-363
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Tel: (317) 232-4919
Fax: (317) 233-0828
E-mail: jcampbell2@fssa.state.in.us
Mr. Wayne Johnson/John Wilken
Chief, Bureau for Refugee Services
Iowa Department of Human Services
1200 University Avenue, Suite D
Des Moines, IA 50314-2330
Tel: (515) 283-7904
Fax: (515) 283-9224
E-mail: wjohnso@dhs.state.ia.us
E-mail: jwilken@dhs.state.ia.us
Mr. Lewis Kimsey
Kansas Refugee Program
Dept. of Social & Rehabilitation Services
Docking State Office Building - 681-W
915 SW Harrison
Topeka, KS 66612-1570
Tel: (785) 368-8115
Fax: (785) 368-8114 or (785) 296-6960
E-mail: lak@srskansas.org
Becky Jordan
Wilson/Fish Coordinator
Catholic Charities of Louisville
2911 South Fourth Street
Louisville, KY 40208
Tel. (502) 636-9263
Fax: (502) 637-9780
E-mail: bjordan@archlou.org
E-mail: refugee@archlou.org
Mr. Steve Thibodeaux
State Refugee Coordinator
Contracts Management & Evaluation
Department of Social Services
1001 Howard Avenue, Suite 1735
New Orleans, LA 70113
Tel: (504) 568-8958
Fax: (504) 599-0931
E-mail: 71steven@ocs.dss.state.la.us
Mr. Pierre Rugaba
Refugee Coordinator
Department of Human Services
11 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0011
Tel: (207) 287-5007
Fax: (207) 287-5031
E-mail: pierrot.rugaba@state.me.us
Mr. Ed Lin
State Refugee Coordinator
Maryland Office of New Americans
Department of Human Resources
Saratoga State Center
311 West Saratoga Street, Room 222
Baltimore, MD 21201
Tel: (410) 767-7514
Fax: (410) 333-0244
E-mail: elin@dhr.state.md.us
Ms. Juliette Nguyen, Director
Office for Refugees and Immigrants
18 Tremont Street, Suite 600
Boston, MA 02108
Tel: (617) 727-8190
Fax: (617) 727-1822 or 727-7888
E-mail: juliette.nguyen@state.ma.us
Mr. Rob Cecil
Director
Office of Adult Services
Michigan Family Independence Agency
235 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 501
P.O. Box 30037
Lansing, MI 48909
Tel: (517) 373-7383
Fax: (517) 241-7943
E-mail: cecilr@state.mi.us
Mr. Al Horn, Refugee Program Manager
Tel: (517) 241-7819
Fax: (517) 241-7826
E-mail: horna@state.mi.us
Tim Gordon
State Refugee Coordinator
Department of Human Services
Human Services Building, 3rd Floor
444 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155-3837
Tel: (651) 297-5831
Fax: (651) 215-1818
E-mail: tim_gordon@state.mn.us
Ms. Vicki Stephenson
State Refugee Coordinator
Family and Children's Services
P.O. Box 352
Jackson, MS 39202
Tel: (601) 359-4983 Fax: (601) 359-4978
E-mail: vstephenson70@yahoo.com
Attn: Vicki Stephenson
Ms. Patricia Wilde
Missouri Department of Social Services
Division of Family Services
Refugee Resettlement Program
P.O. Box 88
Jefferson City, MO 65103
Tel: (573) 526-5605
Fax: (573) 526-4837
E-mail: pwilde@mail.state.mo.us
Jim Rolando
State Refugee Coordinator
Office of Public Assistance
2677 Palmer, Suite 100
Missoula, MT 59808
Tel: (406) 329-1266
Fax: (406) 329-1240 or 1270
E-mail: rolando@selway.umt.edu
Ms. Maria L. Diaz
State Refugee Resettlement Coordinator
Department of Services
P.O. Box 95044
Lincoln, NE 68509-5044
Tel: (402) 471-9200
Fax: (402) 471-9597
E-mail Address: Maria.Diaz@hhss.state.ne.us.
Wilson/Fish Coordinator
Ms. Karen Galatz
Mr. Redda G. Mehari
Co-directors, Refugee Program
Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada
4730 South Pecos Road
Las Vegas, NV 89121
Tel: (702) 383-8387
Fax: (702) 385-7748
E-mail: kgalatz@yahoo.com
rmehari_2000@yahoo.com
National Voluntary Agency
Contact: Connie Combs
United States Catholic Conference
Migration and Refugee Services
3211 4th Street NE
Washington, DC 20017-1194
Tel: (202) 541-3224
Fax: (202) 541-3447
E-mail: ccombs@nccbuscc.org
Ms. Barbara Seebart
State Refugee Coordinator
Governor's Office of Energy and Community Services
57 Regional Drive, Suite 3
Concord, NH 03301-8519
Tel: (603) 271-2611
Fax: (603) 271-2615
E-mail Address: bseebar@gov.state.nh.us
Ms. Audrea Dunham
State Refugee Coordinator
Dept. of Human Services
Division of Youth and Family Services
50 East State Street - CN 717
Trenton, NJ 08625
Tel: (609) 984-3154
Fax: (609) 292-8224
E-mail: adunham@dhs.state.nj.us
Ms. Jane Burger
Refugee Program Manager
Division of Youth and Family Services
P.O. Box 717
Trenton, NJ 08625
Tel: (609) 292-8395
E-mail: jburger@dhs.state.nj.us
Ms. Teri Sena
State Refugee Coordinator
Department of Human Services
ISD-Community Assistance Section
P.O.Box 2348 - Pollon Plaza, Rm 127
Santa Fe, NM 87504-2348
Tel: (505) 827-7759
Fax: (505) 827-7259
E-mail: teri.sena@dhs.state.nm.us
Scott Chamberlin Tel: (505) 827-7254
Paul Lucero Tel: (505) 827-1328
Molly Wilkinson
State Refugee Coordinator
40 North Pearl Street
NYS/OTSP/BRIA
Albany, NY 12243
Tel: (518) 402-3096
Fax: (518) 402-3029
E-mail: an4440@dfa.state.ny.us
Ms. Toyo Biddle
Director
Refugee and Immigrant Affairs
Human Resource Administration
180 Water Street, Room 2449
New York, New York 10038
Ms. Marlene Myers
State Refugee Coordinator
Family Services Section
Department of Human Resources
325 North Salisbury Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
Tel: (919) 733-4650
Fax: (919) 715-0023
E-mail: Marlene.Myers@ncmail.net
Don Snyder
DHS State Capitol Judicial Wing
600 East Boulevard
State Capitol Building
Bismarck, North Dakota 58505
701-328-2316
Fax: 701-328-3538
email sosnyd@state.nd.us
Ms. Becky Aaland
Grants Manager
LSS of North Dakota
Center for New Americans
720 Main Avenue
Fargo, ND 58103
Tel: (701) 271-1604
Fax: (701) 451-0377
E-mail Address: baaland@lssnd.org
Mr. Richard G. Morgan, Phd.
State Refugee Coordinator
Department of Human Services
Office of County Operations
65 East State Street 9th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
Tel: (614) 752-6207
Fax: (614) 728-0761
E-mail: morgar@odhs.state.oh.us
Ms. Melanie Silva
Refugee Program Manager
Family Support Service Division
P.O. Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
Tel: (405) 521-4402
Fax: (405) 521-4158
E-mail: melanie.silva@okdhs.org
Ms. Marge Reinhardt
State Refugee Coordinator
Department of Human Resources
500 Summer Street NE, 2nd Floor N.
100 Public Service Building
Salem, OR 97310
Tel: (503) 945-6093
Fax: (503) 378-3782
E-mail: marge.reinhart@state.or.us
Ms. Carolyn Chester
Refugee Coordinator
Department of Public Welfare
Office of Social Programs
1401 North 7th Street, 2nd Floor
Bertolini Building
Harrisburg, PA 17105
Tel: (717) 783-4505
Fax: (717) 772-2093
E-mail: cchester@state.pa.us
Ms. Gail Dunphy
State Refugee Coordinator
Department of Human Services
Contract Management
600 New London Avenue
Cranston, RI 02920
Tel: (401) 462-3375
Fax: (401) 462-2975
E-mail: gdunphy@gw.dhs.state.ri.us
Mr. Phane Phomsavanh
State Refugee Coordinator
Department of Social Services
P.O. Box 1520
Columbia, SC 29202-1520
Tel: (803) 737-9241
Fax: (803) 737-9296
E-mail:pphomsavanh@dss.state.sc.us
Ms. Carrie Flakus
State Refugee Coordinator
Department of Social Services
700 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 57501-2291
Tel: (605) 773-4678
Fax: (605) 773-7183
E-mail: Carrie.Flakus@state.sd.us
Wilson/Fish Coordinator
Lutheran Social Services
Refugee and Immigration Programs
620 W. 18th St.
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
Tel. 605-731-2002
Fax: 605-731-2009
E-mail: DMagnus@lsssd.org
Tennessee
Mr. Steven Meinbresse
State Refugee Coordinator
Department of Human Services
Community Assistance Services
400 Deadrick Street, 14th Floor
Nashville, TN 37209
Tel: (615) 313-4761
Fax: (615) 532-9956
E-mail:
Ms. Anne Sapp
State Refugee Coordinator
Texas Department of Human Services
701 West 51st Street, Mail Code W-619
Austin, TX 78714-9030
Tel: (512) 438-4814
Fax: (512) 438-3884
E-mail: anne.sapp@orion.dhs.state.tx.us
Mr. Norman Nakamura
State Refugee Coordinator
Utah Department of Workforce Services
140 East 300 South, 5th Floor
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Tel: (801) 526-9749
Fax: (801) 526-9789
E-mail Address: nnakamu@ws.state.ut.us
Denise Lamoureaux
State Refugee Coordinator
Agency of Human Services
108 Cherry Street - P.O. Box 70
Burlington, VT 05402
Tel: (802) 241-2950
Fax: (802) 865-7754
E-mail
Ms. Kathy Cooper
State Refugee Coordinator
Department of Social Services
VA Office of Newcomer Services
730 East Broad Street
Theater Row Building
Richmond, VA 23219-1849
Tel: (804) 692-1206
Fax: (804) 692-1699
E-mail: kqc2@dss.state.va.us
Dr. Thuy Vu
State Refugee Coordinator
Department of Social and Health Services
Office of Immigrant and Refugee Assistance
1009 College Street
P.O.Box 45420
Olympia, WA 98504-5420
Tel: (360) 413-3213
Fax: (360) 413-3494
E-mail: vutq@dshs.wa.gov
Mrs. Cona H. Chatman
State Refugee Coordinator
Office of Family Support
DHHR, Capitol Complex
Building 6, Room 749
Charleston, WV 25305
Tel: (304) 558-8290
Fax: (304) 558-2059
E-mail: conachatman@wvdhhr.org
Ms. Susan G. Levy
State Refugee Coordinator
Office of Refugee Services
Department of Workforce Development
201 E. Washington Ave., Room 200
P.O. Box 7935
Madison, WI 53707-7935
Tel: (608) 266-0578
Fax: (608) 267-4897 or
E-mail Address: levysu@dwd.state.wi.us