State Coordinators
Find your coordinator below!
Ms. Rosemary Mobley
Alabama Department of Education
P.O. Box 302101
Gordon Persons Building, Room 5348
50 North Ripley Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
Phone: (334) 242-8167
Fax: (334) 242-0496
Email:
Ms. Sondra Meredith
Alaska Department of Education and Early Development
801 West 10th Street, Suite 200
Juneau, AK 99801-1878
Phone: (907) 465-8706
Fax: (907) 465-2989
Email:
Ms. Allison Landy
Arizona Department of Education
Arizona Even Start
1535 West Jefferson Street Bin #15
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Phone: (602) 364-1528
Fax: (602) 542-2730
E-Mail:
Ms. Sally Downing
Early Childhood Unit
AZ Department of Education
1535 West Jefferson Street, Bin #15
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Phone: (602) 364-1972
Fax: (602) 258-2730
Email:
Ms. Susan Underwood
Arkansas Department of Education
Homeless and Even Start Family Literacy Programs
Arch Ford Education Building
#4 Capitol Mall, Room 402-A
Little Rock, AR 72201-1071
Phone: (501) 682-5761
Fax: (501) 682-9026
Email:
Ms. Maria N. Trejo
California Department of Education
Even Start Office/Child Development Division
1430 N Street, Suite 3410
Sacramento, CA 95814-5901
Phone: (916) 319-0621
Fax: (916) 319-0135
Email:
Ms. Karen Carr
Colorado Department of Education
201 East Colfax Ave. Room 409
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: (303) 866-6920
E-Mail:
Gail Brooks-Lemkin
Connecticut Department of Education
Division of Teaching and Learning Programs and Services
Bureau of Early Childhood, Career and Adult Education
25 Industrial Park Rd.
Middletown, CT 06457
Phone: (860) 807-2121
Fax: (860) 807-2062
Email:
Ms. Frances Tracy-Mumford
Delaware Department of Public Instruction
P.O. Box 1402
Townsend Building, 401 Federal St.
Dover, DE 19903
Phone: (302) 857-3340
Fax: (302) 739-1770
Email:
Ms. Lilli J. Copp
Office of Early Learning (FL)
107 East Madison Street, MSC #140
P.O. Box 7416
Tallahassee, FL 32399-4143
Phone: (904) 794-9112
Phone: (850) 294-2169
Fax: (850) 921-3188
Email:
Ms. Melanie Schrowang
Office of Early Learning (FL)
107 E. Madison Street, MSC #140
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Phone: (850) 921-3211
Fax: (850) 921-3188
E-Mail:
Mr. Carlos Cantu
Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning
Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning
10 Park Place South, Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: (404) 656-6464
Fax: (404) 651-7184
E-Mail:
Mr. Solomon Kaulukukui
Hawaii Department of Education
595 Pepeekeo St., Bldg. H-1
Honolulu, HI 96825
Phone: (808) 394-1380
Fax: (808) 394-1388
E-Mail:
Ms. Sharon Nakagawa
Hawaii Department of Education
595 Pepeekeo St., Bldg. H-1
Honolulu, HI 96825
Phone: (808) 394-1380
Fax: (808) 394-1388
E-Mail:
Ms. Irene Chavolla
Idaho State Department of Education
School Readiness, Even Start, Vista
P.O. Box 83720
Len B. Jordan Office Bldg., 650 West State St.
Boise, ID 83720-0027
Phone: (208) 332-6909
Fax: (208) 334-4664
Email:
Ms. Cindy Zumwalt
Illinois State Board of Education
100 North First St., E-225
Springfield, IL 62777-0001
Phone: (217) 524-4835
Fax: (217) 785-7849
E-Mail:
Ms. Kay Henderson
Illinois State Board of Education
100 North First St., E-225
Springfield, IL 62777-0001
Phone: (217) 524-4835
Fax: (217) 785-7849
E-Mail:
Ms. Berneta Sherck
Indiana Department of Education
Division of Adult Education
Room 229, State House
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: (317) 232-0524
Fax: (317) 233-0859
Email:
Mr. Tom Rendon
Iowa Department of Education
Bureau of Children, Family, and Community Services
Grimes State Office Building
400 East 14th St.
Des Moines, IA 50319
Phone: (515) 242-6024
Fax: (515) 242-6019
E-Mail:
Ms. Norma Cregan
Kansas Department of Education
State and Federal Programs Team
120 South East 10th Ave.
Topeka, KS 66612
Phone: (785) 296-4906
Fax: (785) 296-5867
Email:
Mr. Bill Buchanan
Kentucky Department of Education
Even Start Family Literacy Program
500 Mero Street, 17th Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: (502) 564-7056 ext. 4730
Fax: (502) 564-6952
Email:
Ms. Debi Faucette
Louisiana Department of Education
Division of Family, Career, and Technical Education
P.O. Box 94064
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9064
Phone: (225) 342-3336
Phone: (225) 219-4440
Fax: (225) 219-4439
Email:
Ms. Kay Nelson
Louisiana Department of Education
Division of Family, Career, and Technical Education
P.O. Box 94064
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9064
Phone: (225) 342-3340
Fax: (225) 219-4439
Email:
Ms. Becky Dyer
Maine Department of Education
23 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0023
Phone: (207) 624-6755
Fax: (207) 624-6731
Email:
Ms. Valerie A. Ashton
Maryland Department of Education
Even Start and Family Literacy
200 West Baltimore St., 4th floor
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: (410) 767-0314
Fax: (410) 333-8148
Email:
Ms. Arlene Dale
Massachusetts Department of Education
Even Start
350 Main St.
Malden, MA 02148
Phone: (781) 338-3878
Fax: (781) 338-3394
Email:
Ms. Renee DeMars-Johnson
Michigan Department of Education
Office of Early Childhood Education and Family Services
P.O. Box 30008
608 West Allegan Street, Hannah Building, 4th Floor
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: (517) 373-8483
Phone: (517) 241-0162
Fax: (517) 335-0592
Email:
Mr. Wayne Kuklinski
Minnesota Department of Education
Early Learning Services
1500 Highway 36 West
Roseville, MN 55113
Phone: (651) 582-8385
Fax: (651) 582-8494
Email:
Ms. Katrina McDowell
Mississippi Department of Education
Office of Reading/Early Childhood and Language Arts
P.O. Box 771
Jackson, MS 39205-0771
Phone: (601) 359-3299
Fax: (601) 359-1818
Email:
Ms. Kim Oligschlaeger
Missouri Department of Education
Federal Discretionary Grants
P.O. Box 480
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (573) 522-8763
Fax: (573) 526-6698
Email:
Ms. Joan Morris
Montana Department of Education
Office of Public Instruction
State Capitol
P.O. Box 202501
Helena, MT 59620-2501
Phone: (406) 444-3083
Fax: (406) 444-3924
Email:
Ms. Eleanor Kirkland
Nebraska Department of Education
301 Centennial Mall South
Box 94987
Lincoln, NE 68509-4987
Phone: (402) 471-3501
Fax: (402) 471-0117
Email:
Ms. Fawn Lewis
Nevada Department of Education
Title I/Even Start
700 East 5th St. #113
Carson City, NV 89701-5096
Phone: (775) 687-9214
Fax: (775) 687-9120
Email:
Ms. Sue Stepick
New Hampshire Department of Education
101 Pleasant St.
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 271-7306
Fax: (603) 271-2760
Email:
Ms. Ebony Cintron
New Jersey Department of Education
P.O. Box 500
100 River View Plaza
Trenton, NJ 08625-0500
Phone: (609) 292-5935
Fax: (609) 633-9655
E-Mail:
Ms. Lovell Pugh-Bassett
New Jersey Department of Education
P.O. Box 500
100 River View Plaza
Trenton, NJ 08625-0500
Phone: (609) 984-6498
Fax: (609) 633-9655
E-Mail:
Vonell Huitt
New Mexico Public Education Department
Even Start State of New Mexico
Public Education Department
300 Don Gaspar
Santa Fe, NM 84501-2786
Phone: (505) 827-6443
Fax: (505) 827-7611
Email:
DeSylvia W. Dwyer
NY State Education Department
Early Education and Reading Initiative
89 Washington Avenue, Room 381EBA
Albany, NY 12234
Phone: (518) 474-5807
Fax: (518) 474-7290
Email:
Mr. Don Carter
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Early Childhood Section
6347 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6347
Phone: (919) 807-3851
Fax: (919) 807-3826
Email:
Dale Patrick
North Dakota Department of Public Instruction
Educational Support and Community Learning
600 East Boulevard Ave., Dept. 201
Bismarck, ND 58505-0440
Phone: (701) 328-1644
Fax: (701) 328-4770
Email:
Ms. Helen O'Leary
Ohio Department of Education
Office of Early Learning and School Readiness
25 S. Front St., Mail Stop 305
Columbus, OH 43215-4183
Phone: (614) 752-5807
Fax: (614) 728-2338
Email:
Ms. Carol Lingreen
Oklahoma Department of Education
Even Start Family Literacy Program
2500 North Lincoln Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Phone: (405) 521-2846
Fax: (405) 521-2998
E-Mail:
Ms. Amy Davis
Oklahoma Department of Education
Title I/Even Start
2500 North Lincoln Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Phone: (405) 522-3251
Phone: (405) 521-2998
Fax: (405) 521-2998
E-Mail:
Ms. Marina L. Merrill
Oregon Department of Education
Office of Student Learning at Partnerships
255 Capitol Street, NE
Salem, OR 97310
Phone: (503) 378-3600 ext. 2653
Fax: (503) 378-5156
E-Mail:
Mr. Mike Sobkowski
Pennsylvania Department of Education
333 Market St., 12th floor
Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333
Phone: (717) 787-6344
Fax: (717) 783-0583
Email:
Ms. Charlotte Diffendale
Rhode Island Department of Education
Room 400, Shepard Building
255 Westminster St.
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 222-8808 ext:2202
Fax: (401) 222-2048
E-Mail:
Ms. Ruth Nodine
South Carolina Department of Education
Office of Early Childhood Education
3700 Forest Drive, Suite 101
Columbia, SC 29204-4010
Phone: (803) 734-3540
Fax: (803) 734-8343
Email:
Ms. Betsy Pollock
South Dakota Department of Education
Richard F. Kneip Building
700 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 57501-2293
Phone: (605) 773-4640
Fax: (605) 773-3782
Email:
Ms. Rebecca Goldstein
Tennessee Department of Education
Family Literacy Programs
5th floor, Andrew Johnson Tower
710 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 253-5215
Fax: (615) 532-4989
Email:
Ms. Joanie Rethlake
Texas Department of Education
Adult Education and Family Literacy
6311 Irvington Blvd.
Houston, TX 77022
Phone: (713) 696-0700
Fax: (713) 696-0797
Email:
Ms. Beth Thompson
Texas LEARNS
6311 Irvington Blvd.
Houston, TX 77022-5618
Phone: (713) 696-0765
Phone: (866) 696-4233
Fax: (713) 696-0797
Email:
Ms. Shauna South
Utah Department of Education
P.O. Box 144200
250 East 500 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4200
Phone: (801) 538-7849
Fax: (801) 538-7868
Email:
Ms. Wendy Ross
Vermont State Department of Education
120 State St.
Montpelier, VT 05620
Phone: (802) 828-5148
Fax: (802) 828-0573
Email:
Ms. Cheryl P. Strobel
Virginia Department of Education
101 N. 14th St.
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: (804) 371-7578
Fax: (804) 786-1703
E-Mail:
Ms. Debra Williams-Appleton
Washington Department of Education
Early Childhood Education and Even Start Program
P.O. Box 47200
Olympia, WA 98504-7200
Phone: (360) 725-6049
Fax: (360) 664-3575
Email:
Ms. Cathy R. Jones
West Virginia Department of Education
Early Childhood/Even Start
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Building 6, Room 730
Charleston, WV 25305
Phone: (304) 558-2691 ext. 200
Fax: (304) 558-6268
Email:
Ms. Monica Notaro
Wisconsin State Department of Education
Title I/Even Start Family Literacy
125 South Webster St.
P.O. Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707
Phone: (608) 267-9141
Fax: (608) 267-0364
Email:
Ms. Lori Morrow
Wyoming Department of Education
Riverton Office, 320 W. Main St.
Riverton, WY 82501
Phone: (307) 777-2570
Fax: (307) 777-2556
Email:
Laloulu Tagoilelagi
American Samoa Department of Education
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799
9-011-684-633-5237
Ms. Peggy A. Minnis
District of Columbia Even Start
Webb Elementary School, DCPS
1375 Mt. Olivet Rd., NE Room 145
Washington, DC 20020
Phone: (202) 724-4383
Fax: (202) 727-3328
Email:
Ms. Georgia Taton
Guam Department of Education
Federal Programs
P.O. Box DE
Agana, GU 96910
Phone: 9-011-671-472-8901
Mr. William Matson
Northern Mariana Islands Department of Education
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
P.O. Box 1370
Saipan, MP 96950
Phone: (607) 322-6405
Phone: (607) 322-6402
Fax: (607) 322-4056
Maria del Carmen MartÃnez Alonso
Puerto Rico Department of Education
Office of Federal Affairs
P.O. Box 190759
San Juan, PR 00919-0759
Phone: (787) 759-8910 ext. 496
Fax: (787) 751-7469
E-Mail:
Mr. Hugh Smith Jr.
Virgin Islands Department of Education
44-46 Kongens Gade
Charlotte Amalie
St. Thomas, VI 00802
Phone: 08 (809) 774-8315 ext:279