Civil Rights Listing :

Agricultural Research Service Civil Rights Staff www.ars.usda.gov/crs
	Korona I. Prince Director kprince@ars.usda.gov		Joseph E. Hairston Deputy Director jehairston@ars.usda.gov
	Tammy Lowry Office Manager tlowry@ars.usda.gov
	USDA/ARS/OA/CRS 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Room 3552 - South Building Washington, DC 20250-0304	Phone: (202) 720-6161 Fax: (202) 690-0109 TDD: (202) 720-3303 Toll Free: 1(800) 340-4289 or (202) 720-3410 (complaints)

Complaints Program

Name

Title/Duties

Telephone/E-mail

Sheila Cheeks

EEO Manager
Formal EEO Complaints

(202) 720-6161
scheeks@ars.usda.gov

Calvin Jacob

EEO Specialist
Informal EEO Complaints
Counselor

(202) 720-6161
cjacob@ars.usda.gov

Bessie Neverson

EEO Specialist
Informal EEO Complaints
Counselor

(202) 720-6161
bneverson@ars.usda.gov

Helena Thompson

EEO Specialist
Informal & Formal EEO Complaints

(202) 720-6161

hthompson@ars.usda.gov

Affirmative Employment Program

Debra Vandergrift

Program Analyst
AEP Data Analysis
EEO Awards/Diversity Committee
Civil Rights Impact Analysis

(202) 720-2147

dvandergrift@ars.usda.gov

Mary Ward

EEO Manager
Disability Program
Reasonable Accommodation
Special Emphasis
Civil Rights Training

(202) 690-0372
mward@ars.usda.gov

Lisa Purnell

Program Analyst

White House Initiatives

(202) 720-2092

lpurnell@ars.usda.gov

Augustus Pasha

Office Automation Clerk
EEO Video Library Coordinator

(202) 720-6161
apasha@ars.usda.gov

Rev. 06-16-04

AREA CIVIL RIGHTS MANAGERS/COORDINATORS
AREA	NAME & TITLE	ADDRESS	TELEPHONE & FAX NUMBER	E-MAIL ADDRESS
Beltsville	Vacant	USDA/ARS/BA Building 003 BARC-West Room 122 Beltsville, MD 20705	Ph (301) 504-5392
Metropolitan Washington DC Servicing Unit	Cleaster Neely Civil Rights Manager	USDA/ARS/HQ 1400 Independence Avenue Room 3552 –South Building, S.W. Washington, DC 20250-0304	Ph (202) 720-6161 Fax (202) 690-0109	cneely@ars.usda.gov
National Agricultural Library	Joyce Rice Outreach Coordinator	USDA/ARS/NAL 10301 Baltimore Avenue Room 201 NAL Building Beltsville, MD 20705	Ph (301) 504-6575 Fax (301) 504-5472	jrice@nal.usda.gov
North Atlantic	Winnie Owens EEO Specialist/Area CR Coordinator	USDA/ARS/NAA 600 E. Mermaid Lane Wyndmoor, PA 19038	Ph (215) 233-6625 Fax (215) 233-6434	Winifred.owens@ars.usda.gov
Mid West	Marie Bishop Civil Rights Manager	USDA/ARS/MWA 1815 North University Street Peoria, IL 61604	Ph (309) 681-6632 Fax (309) 681‑6683 Fax (309) 681-6684	bishopm@mwa.ars.usda.gov
Southern Plains	Debra Owens Equal Opportunity and Outreach Coordinator	USDA/ARS/SPA 7607 Eastmark Drive Suite 230 College Station, TX 77840	Ph (979) 260‑9416 Fax (979) 260‑9415 Fax (979) 260-9344	dowens@spa.ars.usda.gov
South Atlantic & Mid South	Anthony B. Edmund Civil Rights Manager	USDA/ ARS/SAA 950 College Station Road Athens, GA 30604	Ph (706) 546‑3614 Fax (706) 546-3469 Fax (706) 546-3398	tedmund@ars.usda.gov
Mid South	Rita Keeling Civil Rights Contact	USDA/ARS/MSA 141 Experiment Station Road Stoneville, MS 38776	Ph (662) 686-5201 Fax (662) 686-5373	rkeeling@ars.usda.gov
Pacific West	Charmaine Scardina Equal Employment Specialist	USDA/ARS/PWA 800 Buchanan Street Room 3025 Albany, CA 94710	Ph (510) 559-6076 Fax (510) 559-5634 Fax (510) 559-5779	cscardina@pw.ars.usda.gov
Northern Plains	Barbara King Equal Employment Specialist Kathi White Civil Rights Contact	USDA/ARS/NPA 2150 Centre Ave. Bldg. D, Suite 300 Fort Collins, CO 80526 Suite 310	Ph (970) 492-7053 Ph (970) 492‑7003 Fax (970) 492-7036	Barbara.king@ars.usda.gov Kathleen.white@ars.usda.gov

Civil Rights Staff

Equal Employment Specialist

Kathi White

Civil Rights Contact