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ALABAMA

Bob McKenzie
Alabama Center for Civic Life
713 Kirkwood Drive
Northport, AL 35473
(888)-593-1228
mckenzie@kettering.org

ALASKA

Bill Hall
Alaska Common Ground
UAF Cooperative Extension Service
2221 E. Northern Lights Blvd. Suite 118
Anchorage, AK 99508
(907) 786-6345
fnawh@uaf.edu

ARIZONA

Bernie Ronan
Director
Center for Civic Participation
Maricopa Community Colleges
145 N. Centennial Way, Suite 207
Mesa, AZ 85201
(480) 461-6123
bernie.ronan@mcmail.maricopa.edu

ARKANSAS

Ruth Craw
Center For Public Conflict Solutions
2801 S. University Ave. Ross Hall 600
Little Rock, Arkansas 72204-1099
Ph: 501-569-8562
rxcraw@ualr.edu

CALIFORNIA

Carole A. Paterson
UC Cooperative Extension
501 Texas Street
Fairfield, CA 94533
(707) 784-1318
capaterson@ucdavis.edu
www.nifica.org

COLORADO

Paul Alexander
Regis University
Institute on the Common Good
3333 Regis Boulevard
Denver, CO 80221
(303) 458-4336
palexand@regis.edu

Martin Carcasson
Center for Public Deliberation
www.colostate.edu
Colorado State University(CSU)
217 Willard Eddy Building
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1783
(970) 491-5628
mcarcas@colostate.edu

DELAWARE

Bill McGowan
Sussex County Extension
16684 County Seat Highway
Georgetown, DE 19947
(302) 856-7303
billmcg@udel.edu

FLORIDA

Deborah Mikolajczyk
Entrepreneurial & SBDC/Lifelong Learning
Gulf Coast Community College
5230 West Highway 98
Panama City, FL 32401
(850) 872-3814
dmikolajczyk@gulfcoast.edu

GEORGIA

Jill R. Severn
Head of Access and Outreach
Richard B. Russell Library for
Political Research and Studies
UGA Libraries
Athens, GA 30602-1641
(706) 542-5766
jsevern@uga.edu

Veronica Adams-Cooper
Estus Smith Vineyard Healing Foundation (ESVHF) Center for Public Deliberation and Engagement
Department of History, Political Science, & Public Administration
Albany State University
504 College Drive – Simmons Hall 314
Albany, GA 31705-2717
Phone: (229) 420-1135
Fax: (229) 430-7895
veronica.adams-cooper@asurams.edu

HAWAII

Dolores Foley
Dept. of Urban & Regional Planning
University of Hawaii 96822
(808) 956-2780
Dolores@hawaii.edu

ILLINOIS

Cynthia Johnson
Community Development Specialist
Community Development
College of DuPage
425 Fawell Blvd.
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-6599
(630) 942-3872
johnsncg@cdnet.cod.edu

IOWA

David Wilkinson
Iowa State Education Association
777 Third St.
Des Moines, IA 50309
(515) 471-8054
dwilkinson@isea.org
www.isea.org

KANSAS

David E. Procter
Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy
129 Nichols Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506-2301
Ph: 785-532-6875
dprocter@k-state.edu

KENTUCKY

Ron Hustedde
Community & Leadership Development
University of Kentucky
500 Garrigus Building
Lexington, KY 40514-2214
(859) 257-3186
rhusted@uky.edu

MARYLAND

Michelle Scott
Office of Equity & Diversity
Montgomery College
900 Hungerford Drive, Room 245
Rockville, MD 20850
(240) 567-5276
michellet.scott@montgomerycollege.edu

Doris R. Goodlet
Center to Promote Public Deliberation
University of Maryland
13725 Bridgewater Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20904
(301) 384-2104
dgoodl@worldnet.att.net

MASSACHUSETTS

Loraine M. Della Porta
MA Office of Dispute Resolutioon
University of Massachusetts, Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd.
McCormack Bldg 1st Floor, Rm 627
Boston, MA 02125-3393
(617) 287-4048
loraine.dellaporta@umb.edu

MICHIGAN

Jan Hartough
MSU Extension-Barry County
220 West Court Street
Hastings, MI 49058
(269) 671-2444
hartough@msu.edu

John Burkhardt
School of Education
University of Michigan
610 East University Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1259
(734) 615-8882
jcbforum@umich.edu

MINNESOTA

Matthew Brandt
Minnesota Humanities Center
987 E. Ivy Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55106
651-772-4248
matthew@minnesotahumanities.org
www.minnesotahumanities.org

MISSISSIPPI

Phil Hardwick
Coordinator of Capacity Development
Stennis Institute of Government
509 East Capitol St.
Mississippi State University
Jackson, MS 39201
(601) 354-6011
phil.hardwick@msstate.edu

MISSOURI

Sandra Hodge
University of Missouri
230 Gentry Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
(573) 882-4435
HodgeS@missouri.edu
www.ssu.missouri.edu/commdev/pubdelib/index.htm


MONTANA

Matthew McKinney
Public Policy Research Institute
University of Montana
516 N. Park Ave.
Helena, MT 59601
(406) 457-8475
matt@umtpri.org
www.umtpri.org

NEBRASKA

Charles Parker
111K Gardner Hall
Department of Business & Economics
Wayne State College
1111 Main St.Wayne, NE 68787
(402) 375-7036
chparke1@wsc.edu

NEW HAMPHIRE

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

NEW JERSEY

William J. Ball
Political Science/International Studies Dept.
The College of New Jersey
P O Box 7718 - 2000 Pennington Rd.
Ewing, NJ 08628-0718
(609) 771-2747
ball@tcnj.edu

NEW YORK

Michael D'Innocenzo
Department of History
Hofstra University
115 Heger Hall
Hempstead, NY 11549
(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
P O Box 1510/115 @COMtech.
Pembroke, NC 28372-1510
(910) 775-4000
sylvia.pate@uncp.edu

OHIO

Marilyn Bokrass
College of Continuing Studies
Kent State University
P O Box 5190/294Student Service Center
Kent, OH 44242-0001
(330) 672-7947
marilyn@ccs.kent.edu
www.OhioPPI.org

David S. Stein
Workforce Development and Education
The Ohio State University
1945 N. High St.
283 Arps Hall
Columbus, OH 43210
Ph: 614-292-0988
stein.1@osu.edu

OKLAHOMA

Renee Daugherty
Oklahoma Partnership for Public Deliberation
233 Human Environmental Sciences Building
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078-6111
(405) 744-6231
renee.daugherty@okstate.edu

OREGON

Neal Naigus
Portland Community College
P O Box 19000
Portland, OR 97280-0990
(503) 977-4122
nnaigus@pcc.edu

PENNSYLVANIA

Harris J. Sokoloff
Center for School Study Councils at the Graduate School of Education
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6216
(215) 898-7371
harriss@gse.upenn.edu

Bill DiMascio
Pennsylvania Prison Society
245 N. Broad Street
Suite 300
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 564-6005 ex113
wd@ix.netcom.com

SOUTH CAROLINA

Barbara Brown
Clemson University
Cooperative Extension Service
P O Box 2377
(803) 773-5561
babrwn@clemson.edu

William Molnar
Institute of Economic & Community Development
Clemson University P O Box
23205 Columbia, SC 29224-3205 (803) 788-5700 ext. 25
wmolnar@clemson.edu

SOUTH DAKOTA

John Usera
Chiesman Foundation for Democracy
1641 Deadwood Ave
Rapid City, SD 57702
(605) 341-4311
jusera@chiesman.org

TENNESSEE

Izetta Slade
UT Municipal Technical Advisory Service
University of Tennessee
600 Henley St. Ste.120
Knoxville, TN 37996-4105
(865) 974-0411
izetta.slade@tennessee.edu

TEXAS

Taylor L. Willingham
LBJ Presidential Library and Museum
P.O. Box 1255
Salado, TX 76571
(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
One Main St. #C1009-S
Houston, TX 77002
(713) 221-8472
lawrencew@uhd.edu

VIRGINIA

Bill Corbett
Center for Voter Deliberation
6704 Pine Creek Court
McLean, VA 22101
(703) 927-0531
BillCorbett@CitSov.org

Larkin Dudley
Center for Public Administration & Policy
0520 Virginia Tech
104 Draper Rd.
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-5197
dudleyl@vt.edu

Nancy Gansneder
Civic Engagement Initiative
University of Virginia
918 Emmet North, Suite 300
Charlottesville, VA 22903
(434) 982-4770
njg5w@virginia.edu

WEST VIRGINIA

Betty Knighton
West Virginia Center for Civic Life
2300 MacCorkle Ave. SE
Charleston, WV 25304
(800) 296-5038
knightonb@aol.com

CANADA

Richard Delaney
Candaian Institute for Public Engagement
1735 Bellechasse Place
Ottawa, Canada K1C 6W4
(613) 837-5890
delaney@rmdelaney.com

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