State Section 619 Coordinators

Data Current as of September 2, 2010

Note: Because the following information is highly subject to change, NECTAC cannot ensure the accuracy of this contact list. Please E-mail corrections to this list to cathy_festa@unc.edu. The outlying jurisdictions (American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Virgin Islands), DOD, and BIE are not eligible to receive Section 619 funds but do have Preschool Coordinators listed below.

Alabama

Cathy Jones, 619 Coordinator

Special Education Services
State Department of Education
Gordon Persons Building, 50 North Ripley Street
PO Box 302101
Montgomery, AL 36130-2101
Phone: (334) 242-8762
Fax: (334) 242-9192
Email: cjones@alsde.edu
Website: http://www.nectac.org/shortURL.asp?sURL=AL-sec619

Alaska

Sharon Fishel, 619 Coordinator

Office of Special Education
Department of Education and Early Development
801 West Tenth Street, Suite 200
Juneau, AK 99801-1894
Phone: (907) 465-2824
Fax: (907) 465-2806
Email: sharon.fishel@alaska.gov
Website: http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/sped/

American Samoa

Segia Tuia, Preschool Contact

Special Education Division
Department of Education
PO Box 4120
Pago Pago, AS 96799
Phone: (684) 633-1323
Fax: (684) 633-1641
Email: ioane_tuia@yahoo.com

Arizona

Valerie Andrews James, 619 Coordinator

Arizona Department of Education
1535 West Jefferson, Bin #15
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Phone: (602) 364-1948
Fax: (602) 542-2730
Email: valerie.james@azed.gov
Website: http://www.ade.az.gov/earlychildhood/preschool/programs/presch/

Arkansas

Sandra Reifeiss, Coordinator

Special Education
State Department of Education
1401 West Capitol Mall, Suite 450
Little Rock, AR 72201-1021
Phone: (501) 682-4225
Fax: (501) 682-5168
Email: sandra.reifeiss@arkansas.gov
Website: http://arksped.k12.ar.us/

Bureau of Indian Education

Debbie Lente-Jojola, Supervisory Ed Specialist, Early Childhood

Division of Performance and Accountability
Bureau of Indian Education/Albuquerque Service Center
1011 Indian School Road, NW, Suite 332
Albuquerque, NM 87104
Phone: (505) 563-5258
Fax: (505) 563-5281
Email: debra.lentejojola@bie.edu
Website: http://www.bie.edu/

California

Chris Drouin, 619 Coordinator

CA Department of Education (CDE)
1430 N Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 327-3547
Fax: (916) 327-3730
Email: cdrouin@cde.ca.gov

Colorado

Susan Smith, 619 Coordinator

Colorado Department of Education
201 East Colfax Avenue #210
Denver, CO 80203-1799
Phone: (303) 866-6712
Fax: (303) 866-6662
Email: smith_s@cde.state.co.us
Website: http://www.cde.state.co.us/early/PreschoolSpecialED.htm

Connecticut

Maria Synodi, 619 Coordinator

Bureau of Special Education
State Department of Education
165 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860) 713-6941
Fax: (860) 713-7023
Email: maria.synodi@ct.gov
Website: http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2626&q=320750

Delaware

Verna Thompson, 619 Coordinator

Education Specialist, Early Childhood Education
Delaware Department of Education
Townsend Building
401 Federal Street, Suite 2
Dover, DE 19901-1402
Phone: (302) 735-4295
Fax: (302) 739-2388
Email: vthompson@doe.k12.de.us
Website: http://www.nectac.org/shortURL.asp?sURL=DE-sec619

Department of Defense

Lorie Sebestyen, Chief

SPED/Student Services
DoDEA
4040 North Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone: (703) 696-4492 X1940
Fax: (703) 696-8924
Email: lorie.sebestyen@hq.dodea.edu
Website: http://www.nectac.org/shortURL.asp?sURL=DoD-sec619

Cindy Chen, Coordinator

Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools
Area Service Center
Education Division, 3rd Floor
700 West Park Drive
Peachtree City, GA 30269
Phone: (678) 364-8010
Fax: (770) 632-8720
Email: cindy.chen@am.dodea.edu
Website: http://www.nectac.org/shortURL.asp?sURL=DoD-sec619

District of Columbia

Chandra Williams, Interim 619 Coordinator

Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)
Division of Special Education
810 First Street, NE, 5th Floor
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 481-3758
Fax: (202) 741-0227
Email: chandra.williams@dc.gov

Fed. States of Micronesia

Arthur Albert, Director of Special Education

FSM Special Education
HESA
P O Box P
Kolonia, Pohnpei, FM 96941
Phone: (691) 320-8982
Fax: (691) 320-5404
Email: arthur.albert@fsmed.fm

Cynthia Saimon, Early Childhood Special Education Coordinator

Department of Education
Federated States of Micronesia
P O Box P
Kolonia, Pohnpei, FM 96941
Phone: (691) 320-8982
Fax: (691) 320-5404
Email: csaimon@fsmed.fm

Florida

Marilyn Hibbard, 619 Coordinator
Carole West, Part C Liaison

Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services
State Department of Education
325 West Gaines Street, Suite 601
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
Phone: (850) 245-0478 (Hibbard)
Fax: (850) 245-0955
Email: marilyn.hibbard@fldoe.org
Email: carole.west@fldoe.org
Website: http://www.fldoe.org/ese/

Georgia

Jan Stevenson, 619 Coordinator

Divisions for Special Education Services and Supports
State Department of Education
1870 Twin Towers East
205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, SE
Atlanta, GA 30334
Phone: (404) 657-9965
Fax: (770) 344-4463
Email: jstevenson@doe.k12.ga.us
Website: http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ci_exceptional.aspx

Guam

May Camacho, Assistant Superintendent
Cathy Tydingco, Preschool Coordinator

Division of Special Education
Department of Education
PO Box DE
Hagåtña, GU 96932
Phone: (671) 300-1323 (Camacho)
Phone: (671) 300-1329 (Tydingco)
Fax: (671) 647-4401
Email: maycamacho52@gmail.com
Email: cbtydingco@gdoe.net

Hawaii

Anne Kokubun, 619 Coordinator

Educational Specialist
OCISS, Special Education Section
Building 302, Room 108B
475 22nd Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96816
Phone: (808) 203-5562
Fax: (808) 733-4475
Email: anne_kokubun@notes.k12.hi.us
Website: http://doe.k12.hi.us/specialeducation/preschoolsped.htm

Idaho

Shannon Dunstan, 619 Coordinator

State Department of Education
650 West State Street
PO Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0027
Phone: (208) 332-6908
Fax: (208) 334-4664
Email: sdunstan@sde.idaho.gov
Website: http://www.sde.idaho.gov/site/special_edu/

Illinois

Pam Reising-Rechner, Principal Consultant

Division of Early Childhood Education
State Board of Education
100 North First Street, E-230
Springfield, IL 62777-0001
Phone: (217) 524-4835
Fax: (217) 785-7849
Email: preising@isbe.net
Website: http://www.isbe.net/earlychi/Default.htm

Indiana

Ryan Brown, Interim 619 Coordinator

Education Consultant
Differentiated Learning
State Department of Education
151 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2798
Phone: (317) 232-9065
Fax: (317) 232-0589
Email: rpbrown@doe.state.in.us
Website: http://www.doe.in.gov/exceptional/

Iowa

Dee Gethmann, ECSE Consultant

Iowa Department of Education
Early Childhood Services
400 E. 14th Street, Grimes Building
Des Moines, IA 50319-0146
Phone: (515) 281-5502
Fax: (515) 242-6019
Email: dee.gethmann@iowa.gov
Website: http://www.nectac.org/shortURL.asp?sURL=IA-sec619

Kansas

Carol Ayres, Education Program Consultant

Special Education Services
State Department of Education
120 SE 10th Avenue
Topeka, KS 66612
Phone: (785) 296-1944
Fax: (785) 296-6715
Email: cayres@ksde.org
Website: http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=101

Kentucky

Paula Goff, 619 Coordinator

Office of Teaching & Learning
Department of Education
500 Mero Street, 18th Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: (502) 564-7056
Fax: (502) 564-6952
Email: paula.goff@education.ky.gov
Website: http://www.nectac.org/shortURL.asp?sURL=KY-sec619

Louisiana

Mary Louise Jones, 619 Coordinator

Louisiana Department of Education
1201 N. Third Street
PO Box 94064
Baton Rouge, LA 70804
Phone: (225) 342-3372
Fax: (225) 342-4474
Email: marylouise.jones@la.gov
Website: http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/saa/1879.html

Maine

Debra Hannigan, Director

Child Development Services
Department of Education
State House Station #146
Augusta, ME 04333
Phone: (207) 624-6660
Fax: (207) 624-6661
AltPhone1: (800) 355-8611
Email: debra.hannigan@maine.gov
Website: http://www.maine.gov/education/speced/cds/index.html

Marshall Islands

Rudy Lokeijak, Special Education Coordinator

RMI Ministry of Education
P O Box 911
Majuro, MH 96960
Phone: (692) 625-5262
Fax: (692) 625-3861
Email: rlokeijak@yahoo.com

Ramona Albert, Special Education Specialist

Special Education Program
P O Box 3179
Majuro, MH 96960
Phone: (692) 625-8398
Fax: (692) 625-3861
Email: spedmoe@ntamar.net

Maryland

Nancy Vorobey, Section Chief

Early Childhood Intervention and Education
Division of Special Education/Early Intervention Services
State Department of Education
200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: (410) 767-0234
Fax: (410) 333-2661
AltPhone1: (410) 767-0261
Email: nvorobey@msde.state.md.us
Website: http://www.nectac.org/shortURL.asp?sURL=MD-sec619

Massachusetts

Evelyn Nellum, 619 Coordinator

Policy Analyst
Department of Early Education and Care
51 Sleeper Street, 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02210
Phone: (617) 988-6646
Fax: (617) 988-2451
Email: evelyn.nellum@state.ma.us
Website: http://www.nectac.org/shortURL.asp?sURL=MA-sec619

Donna Traynham, 619 Liaison/Coordinator

Elementary & Secondary Education
State Department of Education
75 Pleasant Street
Malden, MA 02148-5023
Phone: (781) 338-6372
Fax: (781) 338-3371
Email: dtraynham@doe.mass.edu
Website: http://www.nectac.org/shortURL.asp?sURL=MA-sec619

Michigan

Noel Cole, 619 Contact

Office of Early Childhood Education and Family Services
State Department of Education
John A. Hannah Building, Fourth Floor
608 West Allegan, PO Box 30008
Lansing, MI 48909-7508
Phone: (517) 241-6354
Fax: (517)335-0592
Email: colen@michigan.gov
Website: http://www.michigan.gov/ecse

Minnesota

Lisa Backer, 619 Coordinator

State Department of Education
Special Education Policy
1500 Highway 36 West
Roseville, MN 55113-4266
Phone: (651) 582-8473
Fax: (651) 582-8494
Email: lisa.backer@state.mn.us
Website: http://www.nectac.org/shortURL.asp?sURL=MN-sec619

Mississippi

Ann Moore, Associate State Superintendent

Department of Education
359 North West Street, Suite 301
PO Box 771
Jackson, MS 39205-0771
Phone: (601) 359-3498
Fax: (601) 359-2078
Email: anmoore@mde.k12.ms.us
Website: http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Special_education/

Missouri

Pam Williams, 619 Coordinator

Special Education Compliance
Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
205 Jefferson Street
PO Box 480
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480
Phone: (573) 751-4909
Fax: (573) 526-4404
Email: pam.williams@dese.mo.gov
Website: http://dese.mo.gov/divspeced/

Montana

Danni McCarthy, Compliance Specialist

Division of Special Education
Office of Public Instruction
PO Box 202501
Helena, MT 59620-2501
Phone: (406) 444-0452
Fax: (406) 444-3924
Email: dmccarthy@mt.gov
Website: http://opi.mt.gov/Programs/SpecialEd/Index.html

Nebraska

Jan Thelen, 619 Coordinator

Office of Special Education
State Department of Education
301 Centennial Mall South
PO Box 94987
Lincoln, NE 68509-4987
Phone: (402) 471-4319
Fax: (402) 471-5022
Email: jan.thelen@nebraska.gov
Website: http://www.nde.state.ne.us

Nevada

Sherry Halley, 619 Coordinator

Early Childhood Special Education
State Department of Education
9890 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 221
Las Vegas, NV 89183
Phone: (702) 486-6460
Fax: (702) 486-6624
Email: shalley@doe.nv.gov
Website: http://nde.doe.nv.gov/SpecialEducation_Resources.htm

New Hampshire

Ruth Littlefield, 619 Coordinator

Bureau of Special Education
State Department of Education
101 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301-3860
Phone: (603) 271-2178
Fax: (603) 271-1099
Email: rlittlefield@ed.state.nh.us
Website: http://www.education.nh.gov/instruction/special_ed/index.htm

New Jersey

Barbara Tkach, 619 Coordinator

Office of Special Education Programs
CN 500
Riverview Executive Plaza, Building 100
Trenton, NJ 08625
Phone: (609) 984-4950
Fax: (609) 292-5558
Email: btkach@doe.state.nj.us
Website: http://www.state.nj.us/education/specialed/

New Mexico

Ida Tewa, 619 Coordinator

Special Education Bureau
Public Education Department
120 South Federal Place, Room 206
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Phone: (505) 827-1466
Fax: (505) 954-0001
Email: idam.tewa@state.nm.us
Website: http://www.ped.state.nm.us/seb/

New York

Michael Plotzker, Coordinator

Central Office, Admin Support Services Team
State Education Department
Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities
99 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12234
Phone: (518) 486-4734
Fax: (518) 486-1027
Email: mplotzke@mail.nysed.gov
Website: http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/specialed/preschool/home.html

North Carolina

Vivian James, 619 Preschool Coordinator

State Dept. of Public Instruction & Exceptional Children's Program
NC Office of Early Learning
2075 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2075
Phone: (919) 855-6855
Fax: (919) 855-6840
Email: vivian.james@ncpublicschools.gov
Website: http://www.osr.nc.gov/

North Dakota

Nancy Skorheim, 619 Coordinator

Office of Special Education
Department of Public Instruction
600 East Boulevard Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58505-0440
Phone: (701) 328-2277
Fax: (701) 328-4149
Email: nskorheim@nd.gov
Website: http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/speced/

Northern Mariana Islands

Suzanne Lizama, 619 Coordinator

CNMI Public School System
PO Box 1370 CK
Saipan, MP 96950
Phone: (670) 664-3754
Fax: (670) 664-3774
Email: lizamasuzanne@gmail.com

Ohio

Kim Carlson, Assistant Director & 619 Coordinator

Office of Early Learning & School Readiness
Ohio Department of Education
25 S. Front Street, Mail Stop 305
Columbus, OH 43215-4183
Phone: (614) 644-6065
Fax: (614) 728-2338
AltPhone1: (614) 466-0224
Email: kim.carlson@ode.state.oh.us
Website: http://www.nectac.org/shortURL.asp?sURL=OH-sec619

Oklahoma

Jenny Giles, 619 Coordinator

Special Education Services
State Department of Education
2500 North Lincoln Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Phone: (405) 522-4513
Fax: (405) 522-1590
Email: jenny_giles@sde.state.ok.us
Website: http://sde.state.ok.us/Curriculum/SpecEd/Early_Childhood.html

Oregon

Nancy Johnson-Dorn, 619 Coordinator

Office of Special Education
State Department of Education
255 Capitol Street NE
Salem, OR 97310-0203
Phone: (503) 378-3600 x2339
Fax: (503) 373-7968
AltPhone1: (503) 378-2892
Email: nancy.johnson-dorn@state.or.us
Website: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=252

Palau

Helen Sengebau, Special Education Director

Ministry of Education
Republic of Palau
PO Box 1944
Koror, Palau, PW 96940
Phone: (680) 488-2568
Fax: (680) 488-2830
Email: sengebau@hotmail.com
Email: spedcor@palaunet.com

Elizabeth Watanabe, Supervisor

Early Childhood Program
Ministry of Education
Republic of Palau
PO Box 189
Koror, Palau, PW 96940
Phone: (680) 488-2537
Fax: (680) 488-2830

Pennsylvania

Maureen Cronin, 619 Coordinator

Bureau of Early Intervention Services
Office of Child Development & Early Learning
Department of Public Welfare & Education
333 Market Street
Harrisburg, PA 17105-2675
Phone: (717) 783-7213
Fax: (717) 772-0012
AltPhone1: (800) 692-7288
Email: mcronin@state.pa.us
Website: http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/About/OCDEL/003676718.htm

Puerto Rico

Marta Sanabria, 619 Coordinator

Special Education Programs
Department of Education
PO Box 190759
San Juan, PR 00919-0759
Phone: (787) 773-6156
AltPhone1: (787) 773-6231
Email: sanabria_ma@de.gobierno.pr
Website: http://www.de.gobierno.pr/tags/educacion-especial

Rhode Island

Ann Turrell, Early Childhood Educational Specialist

Department of Education
Shepherd Building
255 Westminster Street
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 222-8947
Fax: (401) 222-6030
Email: ann.turrell@ride.ri.gov
Website: http://www.nectac.org/shortURL.asp?sURL=RI-sec619

South Carolina

Norma Donaldson-Jenkins, 619 Coordinator

Programs for Exceptional Children
State Department of Education
Rutledge Building
1429 Senate Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: (803) 734-8811
Fax: (803) 734-4824
Email: njenkins@ed.sc.gov
Website: http://www.nectac.org/shortURL.asp?sURL=SC-sec619

South Dakota

Ann Larsen, Special Education Director

Office of Special Education
Department of Education
800 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: (605) 773-3678
Fax: (605) 773-3327
AltPhone1: (800) 305-3064 (in SD)
Email: ann.larsen@state.sd.us
Website: http://doe.sd.gov/oess/specialed/619.asp

Tennessee

Jamie Kilpatrick, Director

Office of Early Childhood Services/Division of Special Education
State Department of Education
Andrew Johnson Tower, 7th Floor
710 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243-0375
Phone: (615) 741-3537
Fax: (615)532-9412
Email: jamie.kilpatrick@tn.gov
Website: http://www.state.tn.us/education/speced/

Texas

Jonel Huggins, 619 Coordinator

Texas Education Agency
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701-1494
Phone: (512) 463-9414
Fax: (512) 463-9560
Email: jonel.huggins@tea.state.tx.us
Website: http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/special.ed/preschool/

Utah

Connie Nink, 619 Coordinator

Department of Education
250 East 500 South
PO Box 144200
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-3204
Phone: (801) 538-7948
Fax: (801) 538-7991
Email: connie.nink@schools.utah.gov
Website: http://www.schools.utah.gov/sars/servicesinfo/preschool.htm

Vermont

Kate Rogers, 619 Coordinator

State Department of Education
120 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05620-2501
Phone: (802) 828-5115
Fax: (802) 828-3146
Email: kate.rogers@state.vt.us
Website: http://education.vermont.gov/new/html/pgm_sped.html

Virgin Islands

Carrie Johns, State Director

State Office of Special Education
Orange Grove Shopping Center
Christiansted, St. Croix, VI 00823
Phone: (340) 719-7682
Email: cjohns@usviosep.org
Website: http://www.usviosep.org/

Kathleen Merchant, Federal Grants & Program Monitor

State Office of Special Education
Department of Education
2133 Hospital Street
St. Croix, VI 00820
Phone: (340) 719-7286
Email: kmerchant@usviosep.org
Website: http://www.usviosep.org/

Virginia

Phyllis Mondak, 619 Coordinator

Office of Special Education
State Department of Education
James Monroe Building, 101 N. 14th Street
PO Box 2120
Richmond, VA 23218-2120
Phone: (804) 225-2675
Fax: (804) 371-8796
Email: phyllis.mondak@doe.virginia.gov
Website: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/special_ed/early_childhood/index.shtml

Washington

Sheila Ammons, 619 Coordinator

Office of the Superintendent for Public Instruction (OSPI)
Special Education Department
Old Capitol Building, 600 Washington Street S.E.
PO Box 47200
Olympia, WA 98504-7200
Phone: (360) 725-6075
Fax: (360) 586-0247
Email: sheila.ammons@k12.wa.us
Website: http://www.k12.wa.us/specialed/

West Virginia

Ginger Huffman, 619 Coordinator

Office of Special Programs, Extended & Early Learning
State Department of Education
Capitol Complex, Building 6, Room 304
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Charleston, WV 25305-0330
Phone: (304) 558-2696
Fax: (304) 558-3741
Email: vhuffman@access.k12.wv.us
Website: http://wvde.state.wv.us/osp/

Wisconsin

Erin Arango-Escalante, Early Childhood Special Education Consultant

State Department of Public Instruction
125 South Webster Street
PO Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707-7841
Phone: (608) 267-9172
Fax: (608) 267-3746
Email: erin.arango-escalante@dpi.wi.gov
Website: http://dpi.wi.gov/ec/ecspedhm.html

Wyoming

Diana Currah, Special Programs Consultant

Wyoming Department of Education
320 West Main Street
Riverton, WY 82501
Phone: (307) 777-7538
Fax: (307) 777-2556
Email: dcurra@educ.state.wy.us
Website: http://wdh.state.wy.us/ddd/earlychildhood/index.html

Carol Maliszewski, 619 Coordinator

Division of Developmental Disabilities
Early Intervention Council
186E Qwest Building
6101 Yellowstone Road
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Phone: (307) 777-8762
Fax: (307) 777-3337
Email: carol.maliszewski@health.wyo.gov
Website: http://wdh.state.wy.us/ddd/earlychildhood/index.html