State Directors, Addresses, Telephone and Facsimile Numbers
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Updated 01/2007
ALABAMA
Steve Shivers
Director
Department of Rehabilitation
Services
2129 East South Boulevard
Post Office Box 11586
Montgomery, Alabama 36116-2455
334 - 281 - 8780
334 - 281 - 1973 FAX
ALASKA
Cheryl A. Walsh
Director
Juneau Central Office
801 W. 10th St. Suite A
Juneau, AK 99801
Phone: 907 465-2814
Fax: 907 465-2856
AMERICAN SAMOA
Pete Galea'i
Director
Vocational Rehabilitation
American Samoa Government
ASG Mail 3492
Pago Pago,
American Samoa 96799
011 - 684 - 699 - 1371
011 -
864 - 633 - 2393 FAX
ARIZONA
Katharine Levandowsky
Acting Administrator
Rehabilitation Services Administration
1789 West Jefferson, 2nd Floor N.W.
Site Code 930A
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
602 - 542 - 3332
602 - 542 - 3778 FAX
ARKANSAS
Robert P. Treviño
Commissioner
Arkansas Rehabilitation Services
Department of Workforce Education
1616 Brookwood Drive
Post Office
Box 3781
Little Rock, Arkansas 72203
501 - 296 -
1616
501 - 296 - 1141 FAX
Katy Morris
Interim Director
State Services for the Blind
Department of Human Services
700 Main Street, Slot S101
Little Rock, AR 72201
501-682-0361
501-682-0366 (Fax)
CALIFORNIA
Anthony Sauer
Director
California Department of Rehabilitation
2000 Evergreen Street
Post Office Box 94422
Sacramento, California 95815-3832
916 – 558- 5800
916 - 263 - 7474 FAX
asauer@dol.ca.gov
COLORADO
Nancy Smith
Director
Colorado Department
of Human Services
Colorado Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation
Administration Office
1575 Sherman Street,
4th Floor
Denver, Colorado 80203
303-866-4150
303-866-4905 FAX
CONNECTICUT
Brenda Moore
Director
Bureau of Rehabilitation
Services
Department of Social Services
25 Sigourney
Street, 11th floor
Hartford, Connecticut 06100
860-424-4848
860 - 424 - 4850 FAX
Brian Sigman
Executive Director, Vocational Rehabilitation Division
Board of
Education and Services for the Blind
184 Windsor Avenue
Windsor, Connecticut 06095
860 - 602 - 4008
860 - 602 - 4030 FAX
DELAWARE
Andrea Guest
Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Labor
4425 North Market Street
Post Office Box 9969
Wilmington, Delaware 19809-0969
302 - 761 - 8275
302
- 761 - 6611 FAX
Cynthia Lovell
Director
Division for the Visually Impaired
Health and Social Services
Biggs Building
1901 North DuPont Highway
New Castle,
Delaware 19720
302 – 255-9800
(302) 255-9964 FAX
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Ted Daniels
Acting Administrator
Rehabilitation Services Administration
810 First Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20002
202 - 442 - 8663
202 - 442 - 8742 FAX
FLORIDA
Bill Palmer
Director, Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation
2002 Old St. Augustine Road, Building A
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Tele: 850-245-3311
Fax: 850-245-3316
Steven. G. Ritacco
Director
Division of Blind Services
Department of Education
325 West Gaines Street
Turlington Building, Room 1114
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400
850-245-0331
850-245-0363 FAX
GEORGIA
Peggy Rosser
Assistant
Commissioner
Rehabilitation Services
Georgia Department of
Labor
Suite 510
148 Andrew Young International Boulevard
NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1751
404 - 232 - 3910
404 - 232 - 3912 FAX
GUAM
Albert San Agustin
Director
Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
1313
Central Avenue
Tiyan, Guam 96910
1 - 671 - 475 -
4637/8
1 - 671 - 475 - 4626 (Direct)
1 - 671 - 477 - 2892
FAX
1 - 671 - 475 - 4661 (Direct FAX)
HAWAII
Joe Cordova
Administrator
Vocational Rehabilitation and Services for the Blind
Department of Human Services
Room 515, 601 Kamokila
Boulevard
Kapolei’, Hawaii 96707
808 - 692 - 7720
808 - 692 - 7727 FAX
IDAHO
Michael Graham
Administrator
Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation
650 West State Street, Room 150
Post
Office Box 83720-0096
Boise, Idaho 83720-0096
208-287-6477
208-334-3390
208 - 334 - 5305 FAX
Angela Roan
Administrator
Commission for the Blind &
Visually Impaired
341 West Washington Street
Post Office
Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 82720-0012
208 - 334 - 3220
208 - 334 - 2963 FAX
ILLINOIS
Robert Kilbury Rh.D
Director
Division of Rehabilitation Services
Department
of Human Services
100 S. Grand Avenue, 1st Floor
Springfield, Illinois 62762
217-782-2094
217 - 558 -
4270 FAX
INDIANA
Michael
Hedden
Deputy Director
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Family and Social Service Administration
402 West
Washington Street
Post Office Box 7083
Indianapolis,
Indiana 46207-7083
317 - 232 - 1319
317 - 232 - 6478
FAX
IOWA
Steve Wooderson
Administrator
Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Department of Education
510 E. 12th Street
Des
Moines, Iowa 50319
515-281-6731
515 - 281 - 4703 FAX
Allen Harris
Administrator
Iowa Dept for the
Blind
524 Fourth Street
Des Moines, IA 50309-2364
515-281-1334
515-281-1263 FAX
KANSAS
Michael Donnelly
Director
Kansas Rehabilitation
Services
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation
Services
915 SW Harrison, 9th Floor North
Docking State Office Building
Topeka, KS 66612
785-368-7471
785-368-7467 FAX
KENTUCKY
Beth Smith
Acting Executive Director
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Education Cabinet
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
209 St. Clair Street
502 - 564 - 6745 FAX
502 - 564 - 4440
Stephen Johnson
Executive Director
Department for
the Blind
209 St. Clair Street
Post Office Box 757
Frankfort, Kentucky 40602
502 - 564 - 4754
502 - 564 - 2951 FAX
LOUISIANA
Roseland Starks
Director
Rehabilitation Services
P.O. Box 91297
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821-9297
225 – 219-2225
225-219-2942 FAX
MAINE
Penny A. Plourde
Director,
Div. Of Voc Rehab
2 Anthony Avenue, 2nd Floor
State House
Station 150
Augusta, Maine 04333-0150
207 -
624 - 5975
207 - 624 - 5980 FAX
John McMahon
Director
Division for the Blind & Visually Impaired
150 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333-0150
207 – 623 - 7956
207 - 624 - 5980 FAX
MARYLAND
Robert A. Burns
Assistant
State Superintendent
Division of Rehabilitation Services
State Department of Education
2301 Argonne Drive
Baltimore, Maryland 21218
410 - 554 - 9385
410 - 554
- 9384 FAX
MASSACHUSETTS
Charlie Carr
Commissioner
Rehabilitation Commission
Fort Point Place
27-43 Wormwood Street
Boston, Massachusetts 00210
617-204-3600
617-727-1354 FAX
Janet LaBreck
Commissioner
Commission for the Blind
48 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
617-727-5550
617-626-7685 FAX
MICHIGAN
Jaye Shamsiddeen
Director
Michigan Rehabilitation Services
201 North
Washington Square
Post Office Box 30010
Lansing, Michigan
48909
517- 373- 3390
517 - 335 - 7277 FAX
TTY 888-605-6722
Pat Cannon
Director
Michigan
Commission for the Blind
201 N. Washington Square
Post
Office Box 30652
Lansing, MI 48909
517-373-2062
TTY
888-864-1212
517-335-5140 FAX
MINNESOTA
Kimberley T. Peck
Director
Rehabilitation
Services Branch
Minnesota Dept of Employment & Economic Dev
First National Bank Building, Suite #E200
332 Minnesota
Street
St. Paul, MN 55101-1351
651 – 296 -7510
651
- 297 -5159 FAX
Chuk Hamilton
Director
State
Services for the Blind
2200 University Avenue West, Suite 240
St. Paul, MN 55114-1840
651-649-5927 FAX
651-642-0500
MISSISSIPPI
H.S. "Butch"
McMillan
Executive Director
Department of Rehabilitation
Services
1281 Highway 51 (Madison, MS 39110)
Post Office
Box 1698
Jackson, Mississippi 39215
601 - 853 - 5203
601 - 853 - 5205 FAX
MISSOURI
Dr. Jeanne Loyd
Deputy Director
Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
3024 Dupont Circle
Jefferson
City, Missouri 65109
573 - 751 - 3901
573 - 751 -
1441 FAX
Mark Laird
Acting Deputy Director
Rehabilitation Services for the Blind
615 Howerton Court
Jefferson City, MO 65102
573-751-4249
573 - 751 - 4984 FAX
Joe A.
Mathews
Administrator, Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Public Health and Human Services
Disabilities
Services Division
111 Sanders Street,
Post Office Box
4210
Helena, Montana 59604-4210
406 - 444 - 2590
406 - 444 - 3632 FAX
NEBRASKA
Frank Lloyd
Assistant Commissioner and Director
Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Education
6th Floor, 301 Centennial Mall
Post Office Box 94987
Lincoln, Nebraska 68509
402 - 471 - 3649
402 - 471 -
0788 FAX
Pearl VanZandt
Director
NE Commission for
the Blind & Visually Impaired
4600 Valley Road, Suite 100
Lincoln, Nebraska 68510
402 - 471 - 3009 FAX
402 - 471
- 2891
NEVADA
Michael T. "Mick" Coleman Ed.D.
Administrator
Rehabilitation Division
Nevada Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation
1370 S. Curry Street
Carson City, Nevada 89703-5146
Phone: 775-684-4040
TTY: 775-684-8400
Fax: 775-684-4184
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Paul Leather
Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
State
Department of Education
21 S. Fruit Street, Suite 20
Concord, NH 03301
603 - 271 - 3801
603 - 271 - 7095 FAX
NEW JERSEY
Thomas Jennings
Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services
135 East
State Street
Post Office Box 398
Trenton, New Jersey
08625-0398
609 - 292 - 7318
609 - 292 - 4033 FAX
Vito De Santis
Executive Director
Commission for
the Blind & Visually Impaired
Post Office Box 47017
153
Halsey Street
Newark, New Jersey 07101
973 - 648 -
2324
973 - 648 - 7364 FAX
NEW MEXICO
Gary Beene
Director
Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation
Department of Education
435 St. Michael's
Drive, Building D
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
505 -
954 - 8517
505 - 954 - 8562 FAX
Greg Trapp, J.D.
Executive Director
Commission for the Blind
Albuquerque, NM 87106
2200 Yale Blvd, SE
505-841-8844
505-841-8850 FAX
NEW YORK
Dr. Rebecca Cort
Deputy
Commissioner
New York State Education Department
Vocational & Educational Srvcs for People w/ Disabilities
One
Commerce Plaza, Room 1606
Albany, NY 12234
518 - 474 –
2714
518 - 474 - 8802 FAX
Brian Daniels
Associate Commissioner
Commission for the Blind and Visually
Handicapped
South Building - Room 201
52 Washington
Street
Rensselaer, NY 12144-2796
518 – 474 - 6812
518 - 48 6 – 5819 FAX
NORTH CAROLINA
Linda Harrington
Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Department of Health and Human Services
2801 Mail Service
Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-2801
919 - 855
- 3500
919 - 733 - 7968 FAX
Debbie Jackson
Director
Division of Srvcs for the Blind
309 Ashe
Avenue-Fisher Bldg
2601 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC
27699-2601
919 - 733 - 9822 ext, 212
919 - 733 - 9769 FAX
NORTH DAKOTA
Nancy McKenzie
Director
Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Human Services
600 South Second Street, #1B
Bismarck, North Dakota 58504
701 - 328 - 8958
701 - 328 - 8969 FAX
NORTHERN MARIANAS
Margarita R. Olopai-Taitano
Director
Office of
Vocational Rehabilitation
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
P. O.
Box 501521
Navy Hill,Bldg. #N2
Saipan, MP 96950
(670)322-6537/8
OHIO
John Connelly
Executive Director
Rehabilitation Services Commission
400 E. Campus View Boulevard
Columbus, Ohio 43235-4604
(614) 438-1210
(614) 785-5010 FAX
OKLAHOMA
Linda S. Parker
Director
Department of Rehabilitation Services
3535
NW 58th Street, Suite 500
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73112
405 - 951 - 3400
405 - 951 - 3529 FAX
OREGON
Stephaine Taylor
Administrator
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Department of Human Services
500 Summer Street, N.E., 87
Salem, Oregon 97301-1120
503 - 945-6201
503 - 947 - 5025 FAX
Linda Mock
Administrator
State Commission for the Blind
535 S.E. 12th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97214
971 673 1601
971 673 1570 fax
PENNSYLVANIA
William Gannon
Director
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Labor
and Industry
1521 North 6th Street
Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania 17102-2913
717 - 787 - 7312
717 – 772-1629 FAX
PUERTO RICO
Dorcas Fernandez
Interim Administrator
Vocational
Rehabilitation Administration
P.O. Box 191118
San
Juan, PR 00919-1118
787 - 727 – 0445
787 - 729 –
0160 – ext. 2300 or 2301
787 - 728 - 8070 FAX
RHODE ISLAND
Stephen Brunero
Acting Administrator
Office of Rehabilitation Services
Department of Human Services
40 Fountain Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
401 - 421 - 7005
401 - 222 - 3574 FAX
SOUTH CAROLINA
Larry C. Bryant
Commissioner
Vocational Rehabilitation Department
1410 Boston Avenue
e
Post Office Box 15
West Columbia, South Carolina
29171
803 - 896 - 6504
803 - 896 - 6529 FAX
James Kirby
Commissioner
Commission for the
Blind
1430 Confederate Avenue
Post Office Box 2467
Columbia, South Carolina 29202
803-898-8852 FAX
803
- 898 - 8800 FAX
SOUTH DAKOTA
Grady Kickul
Director
Division of
Rehabilitation Services
East Highway 34
c/o 500 East
Capitol
Pierre, South Dakota 57501
605 - 773 -
3195
605 - 773 - 5483 FAX
Gaye Mattke
Director
Services for the Blind
East Highway 34
c/o
500 East Capitol
Pierre, South Dakota 57501
605 -
773 - 5114
605 - 773 - 5483 FAX
TENNESSEE
Andrea Cooper
Assistant
Commissioner
Division of Rehabilitation Services
Department of Human Services
400 Deaderick Street, 15th
Floor
Nashville, Tennessee 37243
615 -
313 - 4714
615 - 741 - 4165 FAX
TEXAS
Jim Hanophy
Assistant Commissioner
Texas DARS: Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
4900 N. Lamar Blvd., Suite 5667
Austin, TX 78751-2399
512 - 424-4220
512 - 424-4277 FAX
Barbara J. Madrigal
Assistant Commissioner
Texas DARS: Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
for the Blind
4800 North Lamar Blvd, Suite 310
Austin, Texas 78756
512 - 377 - 0602
512 - 377 - 0551 FAX
UTAH
Donald R. Uchida
Executive Director
Utah State
Office of Rehabilitation
250 East 500 South
PO Box
144200
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4200
(801) 538-7530
(801) 538-7522 FAX
VERMONT
Diane Dalmasse
Director
Vocational Rehabilitation Division
Department of Aging
103 South Main Street
Waterbury,
Vermont 05676
802 - 241 - 2186
802 - 241 -
3359 FAX
Fred Jones
Director
Division of
Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired
Department of
Aging
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, Vermont
05671-2304
802 - 241 - 3359 FAX
802 - 241 - 2210
VIRGIN ISLANDS
Beverly
Plaskett
Director
Division of Disabilities and
Rehabilitation Services
Department of Human Services
Knud Hansen Complex, Building A
1303 Hospital Ground
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802
340 - 774 - 0930
340 - 774 - 7773 FAX
VIRGINIA
James Rothrock
Commissioner
Department of Rehabilitative Services
8004 Franklin Farms
Drive
Richmond, Virginia 23229
804 - 662 - 7010
804 - 662 - 7644 FAX
Joseph A. Bowman
Commissioner
Dept for the
Blind & Vision Impaired
397 Azalea Avenue
Richmond,
Virginia 23227
804 - 371 - 3145
804 - 371 - 3157 FAX
WASHINGTON
Lynnae Ruttledge
Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
PO Box
45340
Olympia WA 98504-5340
(360) 725-3610
(360) 438-8011 FAX
Lou Oma Durand
Director
Department of Services for the Blind
PO Box 40933
Olympia, Washington 98504-0933
360 - 725 - 3835
360 - 407 - 0679 FAX
WEST VIRGINIA
Deborah
Lovely
Director
Division of Rehabilitation Services
State Capitol
Post Office Box 50890
Charleston,
West Virginia 25305-0890
304 - 766 - 4601
304 -
766 - 4905 FAX
WISCONSIN
Charlene Dwyer
Administrator
Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Workforce
Development
201 E. Washington Avenue, Room A100
Post
Office Box 7852
Madison, WI 53707-7852
608 - 261 -
2126
608-260-3163 FAX
WYOMING
Jim McIntosh
Administrator
Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Employment
1100 Herschler Building
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002
307 - 777 - 7389
307 - 777 - 5939 FAX
