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 (800) 545-2433, x. 2518

ALABAMA	Chris McCauley David Mathews Center for Civic Life P.O. Box 6 Montevallo, Alabama 35115 (205) 665-9005 cmccauley@mathewscenter.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	Christina Standerfer, PhD Associate Professor University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service Sturgis Hall Room 104 1200 President Clinton Avenue Little Rock, AR 72201 Phone: (501) 683-5215 ccstanderfer@clintonschool.uasys.edu http://ualr.edu/iog/publiccollaboration

CALIFORNIA	Carole & Craig Paterson California NIF Network Fairfield, CA 94534 (707) 864-0419 capaterson@ucdavis.edu craig_paterson@yahoo.com www.delibcanet.org Maxine & Jerry Ewig Center for Public Deliberation in Southern California Temecula, California (951) 694-6582 maxineewig@aol.com jewig71441@aol.com Charles McClintock, PhD Director, Institute for Social Innovation Professor, Human and Organizational Development Doctoral Program Fielding Graduate University 2020 De La Vina Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105

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

CONNECTICUT	Rebecca M. Townsend, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Communication, Manchester Community College Great Path, MS #19, PO Box 1046 Manchester, CT 06045-1046 Office: Learning Resource Center A 212 Phone: (860) 512-2685 Fax: (860) 512-3201 RTownsend@mcc.commnet.edu http://www.icgregis.org Endia DeCordova, M.B.A. Acting Associate Dean for Institutional Advancement Phone: (860) 512-2902 Email: EDeCordova@mcc.commnet.edu Institute for Community Engagement and Outreach Manchester Community College Great Path, P.O. Box 1046 Manchester, CT 06045-1046 Linnette Velazquez Institutional Advancement and Community Engagement Assistant (860) 512-2905 http://www.mcc.commnet.edu/engage

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

FLORIDA	Elizabeth Trentanelli Professor, Political Science Gulf Coast State College 5230 West US Hwy. 98 Social Sciences Building, 217 Panama City, FL 32401 (850) 769-1551 x2831 etrentanelli@gulfcoast.edu Virginia York Panama City, FL 32404 ggyork@comcast.net Bill Ball Dept Political Science Stetson University 421 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida 32723 (386) 822-7536 wball@stetson.edu Laila A. Racevskis Assistant Professor, Food and Resource Economics Department Director, Florida Natural Resources Leadership Institute University of Florida Florida Natural Resources Leadership Institute PO Box 110240 Gainesville, FL 32611 Phone: (352) 392-1826 x324 Email: racevskis@ufl.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, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Public Administration Master of Public Administration Program Center for Public Deliberation and Participation (Formerly the ESVHF-CPDE at ASU) Albany State University 504 College Drive Albany, GA 31705 Phone: (229) 420-1135 vacooper@asurams.edu www.asurams.edu Melvina Turner King Interim Executive Director, Leadership Center Willie Rockward Director, Center for Public Life in Ethical and Dynamic Discourse Charles Moses Collaborating and Co-Director, Clark Atlanta Marionette Holmes Collaborating Co-Director, Spelman College Leadership Center at Morehouse College The Center for Public Life in Ethical and Dynamic Discourse 830 Westview Dr. SW Atlanta, GA 30314 Phone: (404) 614-8565 Email: leaders@morehouse.edu http://morehouse.edu/centers/leadershipcenter/index.html Gregg Kaufman Jan Clark The Public Voice Partnership Georgia College Milledgeville, Georgia Phone: (478) 445-1711 gregg.kaufman@gcsu.edu jan.clark@gcsu.edu http://www.gcsu.edu/adp/dialogue.htm

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

ILLINOIS	Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement University of Illinois at Chicago www.ipce.uic.edu www.civicsource.org Joseph Hoerth, Director Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs 1253 S. Halsted Street, Suite #310 Chicago, IL 60607 Phone: (312) 355-0096 Fax: (312) 355-0545 jhoereth@uic.edu Norma Ramos Director, Marketing/Communications College of Urban Planning & Public Affairs 412 S. Peoria Street, Suite 400 Chicago, IL 60607-7067 Phone: (312) 355-0095 Fax: (312) 355-0545 neramos@uic.edu Thea Crum Economic Development Planner Great Cities Institute 412 S. Peoria Street, Suite 400 Chicago, IL 60607 Phone: (312) 996-4617 tcrum3@uic.edu Kim Casey Director Midwest Center for Civic Engagement 7424 S Normal Chicago, Illinois 60621 Phone: (773) 723-5383 kcasey@ameritech.net

INDIANA	Lisa-Marie Napoli Indiana University Political and Civic Engagement Program — PACE Community Deliberation Project Ballantine Hall 132 1020 E Kirkwood Ave. Bloomington, IN 47405-7103 (812) 856-1747 lnapoli@indiana.edu http://pace.indiana.edu/cdp.shtml

IOWA	Gerald Ott, Convener Iowa Partners in Learning 4124 NE Hillcrest Ct. Ankeny IA 50021 (515) 964-3903 gerald@butlerconsult.net Cindy Swanson Iowa State Education Association 777 Third St. Des Moines, IA 50309-1301 (515) 471-8054 cindy.swanson@isea.org

KANSAS	David E. Procter, Director Myles Alexander, Project Coordinator Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy Kansas State University 202 Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas 66506 Phone: (785) 532-6875 dprocter@k-state.edu mylesks@k-state.edu www.k-state.edu/icdd

LOUSIANA	Tulane University Amanda Buberger Campus Community Partnerships Center for Public Service 201D Alcee Fortier 6823 St. Charles Avenue New Orleans, LA 70118-5665 Phone: (504) 862-8058 Fax: (504) 862-8061 abuberg@tulane.edu Julianna Padgett Tulane University School of Social Work 6823 St. Charles Avenue New Orleans, LA 70118-5665 Phone: (504) 862-3490 jpadget@tulane.edu

MARYLAND	Michelle Scott Office of Equity & Diversity Montgomery College Rockville, Maryland (240) 567-5276 michellet.scott@montgomerycollege.edu Sharon Simson, Ph.D. Center on Civic Literacy 3310G School of Public Health University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 ssimson@umd.edu

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	Central Michigan University Thomas Greitens Associate Professor, Political Science Anspach Hall, 301A Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 Phone: (989) 774-3862 greit1t@cmich.edu J. Cherie Strachan, Interim Director Women & Gender Studies Program Associate Professor, Political Science 247 Anspach Hall Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 Phone: (989) 546-7438 Fax: (989) 774-1136 strac1jc@cmich.edu Claire Layman Public Policy Education Specialist Michigan State University Extension Greening Michigan Institute East Lansing, MI TXT/Cell: (517) 648-6446 Skype name: claire.layman1 laymancl@anr.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 Marla Kanengieter Wildeson Department of Communication Studies St. Cloud University Riverview 103A 720 Fourth Avenue South St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498 Phone: (320) 308-4981 Email: mkanengieter@stcloudstate.edu Elaine Eschenbacher, Associate Director Thomas Morgan Augsburg College, Center for Faith and Learning, Sabo Center for Citizenship and Learning 2211 Riverside Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55454 Phone: (612) 330-1492 (Elaine) Phone: (612) 330-1773 (Thomas) Email: eschenba@augsburg.edu Email: morgan@augsburg.edu

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 Johanna Reed Adams, Ph.D. Community Leadership Development State Extension Specialist, University of Missouri Extension Community Development Program and Extension Assistant Professor, Department of Rural Sociology 223 Gentry Hall Columbia, MO 65211-7040 Sanda's Phone: (573) 882-4435 Sanda's Email: HodgeS@missouri.edu Johanna's Phone: (573) 882-3978 Johanna's Fax: (573) 882-5127 Johanna's Email: adamsjr@missouri.edu http://www.communitydevelopment.missouri.edu www.ssu.missouri.edu/commdev/pubdelib/index.htm Jennifer Wilding Director, KC Consensus Kansas City, Missouri (816) 531-5078 jenwilding@consensuskc.org www.consensuskc.org

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

NEVADA	The Nevada Forum Center Dina Williamson-Erdag League of Women Voters of Pahrump Valley 1020 East Wilson Road, Room #4 Pahrump, NV 89048 Phone: (775) 764-7425 nvforumcenter@aol.com www.nvforumcenter.org

NEW HAMPHIRE	Joni Doherty Director The Center for Civic Life at Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce University 007 Edgewood Hall 40 University Drive Rindge, NH 03461 (603) 899-1025 dohertyj@franklinpierce.edu www.franklinpierce.edu/institutes/neccl/

NEW MEXICO	Paul Biderman 829 Allendale Street Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 983-3698 biderman429@gmail.com Amelia Murphy 1209 Highland Rd. Roswell, NM 88201 Cell: (505) 514-7180 amelia.ar.murphy@gmail.com

NEW YORK	Michael D'Innocenzo Department of History Hofstra University Hempstead, New York (516) 463-5606 hismzd@hofstra.edu Lisa Strahley and Scott Corley Broome Community College Center for Civic Engagement Broome Community College PO Box 1017 Binghamton, NY 13902 Office #T211B Phone: (607) 778-5219 (Secretary Leslie Scalzo) strahleyla@sunybroome.edu or corley_s@sunybroome.edu

OHIO	David S. Stein Workforce Development and Education The Ohio State University 305 W. 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43210 Phone: (614) 292-0988 stein.1@osu.edu Sarah Woiteshek Center for Civic Engagement Miami University Hamilton 1601 University Blvd. Hamilton, OH 45011 Phone: (513) 785-3015 Email: woitesse@muohio.edu www.ham.muohio.edu/cce Center for Civic Life Ashland University Louise Fleming Professor of Education 401 College Avenue Ashland OH 44805 Phone: (419) 289-5347 Fax: (419) 207-4948 lfleming@ashland.edu Judy White 1193 County Road 620 Ashland, OH 44805 Phone: (419) 962-4959 soaringhawks2@frontier.com

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	Center for Civic Participation at Portland Community College Shirlee Geiger Portland Community College P.O. Box 19000 Portland, OR 97280 (971) 722-4659 sgeiger@pcc.edu John Farnum Department of Philosophy Portland Community College, Sylvania Campus 12000 SW 49th Ave. Portland, OR 97219 Office: (971) 722-4574 Cell: (503) 933-0611 Jfarnum@pcc.edu Neal Naigus Assistant to the College President Portland Community College, CC 241 P.O. Box 19000 Portland, OR 97280 Phone: (971) 722-4122 Fax: (971) 722-4960 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	St. Edward's University http://think.stedwards.edu/ethics/deliberative-forum Jack Green Musselman Center for Ethics and Leadership (CEL) 3001 South Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78704-6489 Phone: (512) 428-1026 jackgm@stedwards.edu Vicki Totten Coordinator of Human Services 3001 South Congress Avenue Holy Cross Hall #312 Austin, TX 78704-6489 Phone: (512) 416-5889 Mail Box #1008 Fax: (512)448-8767 vickit@stedwards.edu Windy Lawrence Associate Professor Communication Dept. of Arts & Humanities University of Houston-Downtown Houston, Texas Phone: (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@westminstercollege.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 Todd Solomon Betsy McBride Hampton Roads Center for Civic Engagement Address 5200 Hampton Blvd. Norfolk, VA 23508 (757) 667-8533 (757) 617-9253 tsolomon@hrcce.org bmcbride@hrcce.org www.hrcce.org

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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