State
Women's Health Contacts
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information:
Region I
(CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
CONNECTICUT
Lisa Davis, BSN, M.B.A.
Supervising Nurse Consultant
Connecticut Department of Public Health
410 Capitol Avenue, MS #11MAT
P.O. Box 340308
Hartford, CT 06134-0308
Telephone: (860) 509-8074
Fax Number: (860) 509-7720
E-Mail: lisa.davis@po.state.ct.us
MAINE
Sharon Leahy-Lind
Women's Health Coordinator
Bureau of Health
Maine Department of Human Services
Key Bank Plaza, 7th Floor
11 SHS
Augusta, Maine 04333-0011
Telephone: (207) 287-4577
Fax Number: (207) 287-5355
E-Mail: sharon.leahy-lind@maine.gov
MASSACHUSETTS
Janice Mirabassi
Director, Office of Women's Health Policy
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
250 Washington Street, 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02108-4619
Telephone: (617) 624-5905
Fax Number: (617) 624-6062
E-Mail: Janice.Mirabassi@state.ma.us
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Kathy Desilets
Program Manager, Family Planning Program
Office of Community and Public Health, DHHS
6 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 271-4527
Fax: (603) 271-3827
Email: kdesilet@dhhs.state.nh.us
RHODE ISLAND
Nancy Libby Fisher
Coordinator Office of Women's Health
Rhode Island Department of Health
3 Capitol Hill, Room 408
Providence, RI 02908
Telephone: (401) 222-7621
Fax Number: (401) 222-4415
E-Mail: nancyl@doh.state.ri.us
VERMONT
Suzanne Kelley, MSW
Program Chief, Office on Women's Health
Vermont Department of Health
108 Cherry Street
Burlington, VT 05402
Telephone: (802) 863-7331
Fax Number: (802) 654-4208
E-Mail: skelley@vdh.state.vt.us
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Region II
(NJ, NY, Puerto Rico, The U.S. Virgin Islands)
NEW JERSEY
Peri L. Nearon, M.P.A.
Office on Women's Health
Division of Family Health Services
New Jersey State Department of Health & Senior Services
50 East State Street, Box 364
Trenton, NJ 08625-0364
Telephone: (609) 984-9384
Fax Number: (609) 292-9599
E-Mail: peri.nearon@doh.state.nj.us
NEW YORK
Tammy Nazarko
Women's Health Coordinator
Bureau of Women's Health
New York State Department of Health
Empire State Plaza
1417 Corning Tower Building #878
Albany, NY 11237
Telephone: (518) 474-0535
Fax Number: (518) 474-7054
E-Mail: tnn02@health.state.ny.us
PUERTO RICO
Roberto Varela-Flores, M.D.
Director of Maternal and Child Health
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Department of Health
Call Box 70184
San Juan, PR 00936
Telephone: (787) 274-5687/5698
Fax Number: (787) 274-5523
E-Mail: rvarela@salud.gov.pr
VIRGIN ISLANDS
Dr. Margaret E. Sprauve, MD, MPH
Director of Women's Health
US Virgin Islands Department of Health
Women's Medical Center
9500 Wheathy
Shopping Center #2,
Suite 6
St. Thomas, VI 00802
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Region III
(DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, WV)
DELAWARE
JoAnn Baker, M.S.N., F.N.P
Director, Women's and Reproductive Health
Delaware Division of Public Health
Jesse Cooper Building, Federal and Water Streets, G-35
P.O. Box 637
Dover, DE 19901
Telephone: (302) 739-3111
Fax Number: (302) 739-6653
E-Mail: jobaker@state.de.us
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Felicia D. Buadoo-Adade, MS RD, LD
Special Initiative Officer
District of Columbia Department of Health
Maternal and Family Health Administration
51 North Street, N.E., Lower Level
Washington, D.C. 20002
Telephone: (202) 727-5842
Fax Number (202) 535-1042
E-Mail: fbuadoo@dchealth.com
MARYLAND
Mollye Block, M.S.Ed.,
Director of Women's Health
Office of Community Relations
201 West Preston Street, Suite 504A
Baltimore, MD 21201
Telephone: (410) 767-6514
Fax Number: (410) 333-5337
E-Mail: mblock@dhmh.state.md.us
PENNSYLVANIA
Jayme L. Wentzel, MPH
Health Education and Information Program
Department of Health
Bureau of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention
P.O. Box 90, Room 1000 H&W Bldg
Harrisburg, PA 17108
Telephone: 717-787-6214
Fax: 717-783-5498
E-Mail:jawentzel@state.pa.us
VIRGINIA
Barbara Parker
State Women's Health Liaison
Virginia Department of Health
1500 East Main Street, Suite 135
Richmond, VA 23218-2448
Telephone: (804) 786-8663
Fax: (804) 371-6032
E-Mail: bparker@vdh.state.va.us
Miriam Bender
Women's Health Virginia
1924 Arlington Boulevard, Suite 203
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Telephone: (804) 220-4500
Fax Number: (804) 220-4545
E-Mail: mbender@womenshealthvirginia.org
WEST VIRGINIA
Samantha Stamper, MS, LSW
Women's Health Coordinator
Office of Maternal and Child Health
Bureau of Public Health, State of West Virginia
350 Capitol Street, Room 427
Charleston, WV 25301-3013
Telephone: (304) 558-5388
Fax Number: (304) 558-2866
E-Mail: samathastamper@wvdhhr.org
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Region IV
(AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN)
ALABAMA
Ms. Jessica Hardy
Director, Office on Women's Health
Alabama Department of Public Health
The RSA Tower
201 Monroe Street, Suite 1010
Montgomery, AL 36104
Phone: 334-206-5665
Fax: 334-206-5663
E-mail: jhardy@adph.state.al.us
FLORIDA
Ms. Marilyn Crowell
Women's Health Coordinator
Florida Department of Health
4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A13
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Phone: 850-245-4495
Fax: 850-922-9321
E-mail: Marilyn_Crowell@doh.state.fl.us
Assistant: Rhonda Thomas-Poppell
Assistant Phone: 850-245-4455
GEORGIA
Ms. Carol Massey
Director
Office of Women’s Health Services
Georgia Department of Human Resources
2 Peachtree Street, NW
11th Floor, Room 495
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404-651-7442
Fax: 404-657-3152
E-mail: cemassey@dhr.state.ga.us
Assistant: Lavette Scott
Assistant Phone: 404-657-3142
KENTUCKY
Ms. Joyce Jennings
Director
Division of Women's Physical and Mental Health
Cabinet for Health and Family Services
275 East Main Street
Mail Stop 3E-K
Frankfort, KY 40621
Phone: 502-564-9358
Fax: 502-564-7091
E-mail: joyce.jennings@ky.gov
MISSISSIPPI
Ms. Louisa Denson
Director,
Bureau of Women's Health
Mississippi State Department of Health
570 East Woodrow Wilson Avenue
PO Box 1700
Jackson, MS 39215-1700
Phone: 601-576-7856
Fax: 601-576-7825
E-mail: ldenson@msdh.state.ms.us
Assistant: Rita Washington
Assistant Phone: 601-576-7856
NORTH CAROLINA
Ms. Sheila Cromer
Women's Health Branch
Women's Children Health Section
1929 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1929
Phone: 919-715-3407
Fax: 919-715-3410
E-mail: sheila.cromer@ncmail.net
Assistant: Kathy Kelling
Assistant Phone: 919-715-3389
SOUTH CAROLINA
Ms. LuAnn Miles
Director, Division of Perinatal Systems
DHEC Bureau of Community Health
Box 101106
Columbia, SC 29211
Phone: 803-898-0727
Fax: 803-898-0355
E-mail: mileslb@dhec.sc.gov
Assistant: Melissa Westcott
Assistant Phone: 803-898-0724
TENNESSEE
Ms. Margaret Major
Director, Women's Health
Tennessee Department of Health
Maternal and Child Health
425 5th Avenue, North
5th Floor, Cordell Hull Building
Nashville, TN 37247-4701
If UPS or FedEx, use 37219 zip
Phone: 615-741-0377
Fax: 615-741-1063
E-mail: margaret.major@state.tn.us
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Region V
(IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)
ILLINOIS
Sharon Green
Deputy Director
Office of Women's Health
Illinois Department of Public Health
100 West Randolph, Suite 6-600
Chicago, IL 60601
Telephone: (312) 814-2684
Fax Number: (312) 814-2833
E-Mail: sgreen@idph.state.il.us
INDIANA
Barbara Levy Tobey, M.S.
Director, Office of Women's Health
Indiana State Department of Health
2 North Meridian Street, 3G
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Telephone: (317) 233-7493
Fax Number: (317) 233-7833
E-Mail: blevy@isdh.state.in.us
MICHIGAN
Rochelle Hurst, M.A.
Manager,
Caardiovascular Health, Nutrition and Physical Activity
Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Control
3423 N. M.L.King, Jr. Boulevard
Lansing, MI 48909
Telephone: (517) 335-9811
Fax Number: (517) 335-8593
E-Mail: hurstr@michigan.gov
MINNESOTA
Mary Jo Borden, R.N., C.N.P., P.H.N.
Women's Health Consultant
Minnesota Department of Health
85 East Seventh Place, Suite 400
St. Paul, MN 55164-0882
Telephone: (651) 284-0601
Fax Number: (651)215-8953
E-Mail: MaryJo.Borden@health.state.mn.us
OHIO
Judi Moseley
Program Administrator,
Sexual Assault and Domestic ViolencePrevention Program,
Bureau of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
246 North High Street, 8th Floor
Columbus, OH 43266-0588
Phone 614-466-1259
Fax 614-644-7740
E-mail jmoseley@gw.odh.state.oh.us
WISCONSIN
Millie J. Jones, M.P.H.
Bureau Director, Family and Community Health
Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services
1 West Wilson Street, Room 250
P.O. Box 2659
Madison, WI 53701-2659
Telephone: (608) 266-2684
Fax Number: (608) 267-2832
E-Mail: jonesmj@dhfs.state.wi.us
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Region VI
(AR, LA, NM, OK, TX)
ARKANSAS
Dianne Campbell, M.N.Sc., R.N.
Women's Health Liaison and
Nursing Coordinator, Women's Health Work Unit
Arkansas Department of Health
5800 West 10th, Suite 401
Little Rock, AR 72205
Telephone: (501) 280-4523
Fax Number: (501) 661-2464
E-Mail: djcampbell@healthyarkansas.com
LOUISIANA
Trina Evans-Williams, M.P.H., C.H.E.S.
State Adolescence Health Coordinator
Louisiana Office of Health and Hospitals
325 Loyola Avenue, Room 610
New Orleans, LA 70112
Telephone: (504) 568-6636
Fax Number: (504) 568-3786
E-Mail: Tevans@dhh.la.gov
NEW MEXICO
Joyce Naseyowma-Chalan, M.P.H.
Director, Public Health Division
NM Dept. of Health
St. Francis Drive, Suite S-1050
Santa Fe, NM 87502-6110
Physical Location:
Sante Fe, NM 87505
Telephone: (505) 827-2389
Fax Number: (505) 827-2329
E-Mail: joycenc@doh.state.nm.us
OKLAHOMA
Adeline Yerkes, R.N., M.P.H.
Women's Health Liaison and Coordinator
and Chief, Chronic Disease Service
Oklahoma State Department of Health
1000 NE 10th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73117-1299
Telephone: (405) 271-4072, Ext. 57123
Fax Number: (405) 271-5181
E-Mail: AdelineY@health.state.ok.us
TEXAS
Janet D. Lawson, M.D. Medical Consultant (Women's Health) Bureau of Women's Health
Texas Department of Health
1100 W. 49th Street
Austin, TX 78756-3199
Telephone: (512) 458-7796 ext. 2102
Fax Number: (512) 490-2544
E-Mail: Janet.Lawson@dshs.state.tx.us
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Region VII
(IA, KS, MO, NE)
IOWA
Janet L. Peterson, R.N., M.H.A.
Nurse Clinician
Iowa Department of Public Health
Lucas State Office Building
321 E. 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319-0075
Telephone: (515) 242-6388
Fax Number: (515) 242-6384
E-Mail: jpeterso@idph.state.ia.us
KANSAS
Ms. Janet Neff, Director
Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
1000 S.W. Jackson, Suite 230
Topeka, KS 66612-1274
Telephone: (785) 296-5868
Fax Number: (785) 368-7287
E-Mail: jneff@kdhe.state.ks.us
MISSOURI
Tuck VanDyne
Director, Office on Women's Health
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
912 Wildwood Drive, P.O. Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Telephone: (573) 526-0445
Fax Number: (573) 522-3023
E-Mail: vandyt@dhss.mo.gov
NEBRASKA
Kathy Ward,
Administrator Office of Women's Health
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
P.O. Box 95044
301 Centennial Mall
Lincoln, NE 68509-4817
Telephone: (402) 471-3914
Fax: (402) 471-0913
E-Mail: Kathy.ward@hhss.state.ne.us
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Region VIII
(CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY)
COLORADO
Karen B. Trierweiler
Director, Women's Health Section
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
4300 Cherry Creek Drive, South
Denver, CO 80222-1530
Telephone: (303) 692-2481
Fax Number: (303) 782-5576
E-Mail: Karen.Trierweiler@state.co.us
MONTANA
Eleanor Hardy
Nurse Consultant
Women's Health Section
Montana Department of Health and Human Services
1400 Broadway, Cogswell Building
Helena, MT 59620
Telephone: (406) 444-4348
Fax Number: (406) 444-2606
E-Mail: ehardy@state.mt.us
NORTH DAKOTA
Deborah Arnold, B.A., M.M.
Director, North Dakota Family Planning Program
North Dakota Department of Health
Division of Maternal and Child Health
600 East Boulevard Avenue, Dept. 301
Bismarck, ND 58505-0200
Telephone: (701) 328-2493
Fax Number: (701) 328-1412
E-Mail: darnold@state.nd.us
SOUTH DAKOTA
Patty Lihs - BS
All Women Count! Coordinator
South Dakota Department of Health
615 East 4th Street
Pierre, SD 57501-3185
Telephone: (605) 773-3622
Fax Number: (605) 773-5509
E-Mail: patty.lihs@state.sd.us
UTAH
Nancy C. Neff, M.S.
Program Director
Diabetes Prevention and Control Program
Utah Department of Health
Salt Lake City, UT
Telephone: (801) 538-6267
E-Mail: nneff@utah.gov
WYOMING
Debrah Hamilton, R.N., B.S.N., C.C.M., C.N.L.C.P.
Perinatal Systems Manager
Office of Women's Health Coordinator
Wyoming Department of Health
4020 House Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Telephone: (307) 777-7944
Fax Number: (307) 777-7215
E-Mail: dhamil2@state.wy.us
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Region IX
(AZ, CA, HI, NV, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau,
Federated States of Micronesia)
AMERICAN SAMOA
Diana Pilitati-Tuinei, R.N., M.P.H.
MCH Coordinator
Department of Health Services
LBJ Tropical Medical Center
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799
Telephone: 011-684-633-4606
Fax Number: 011-684-633-5379
E-Mail: asdoh@lbj.peacesat.hawaii.edu
ARIZONA
Jeanette Shea-Ramirez, M.S.W., A.C.S.W.
Chief, Office of Women's and Children's Health
Arizona Department of Health Services
150 North 18th Avenue, Suite 320
Phoenix, AZ 85007-3242
Telephone: (602) 364-1400
Fax Number: (602) 364-1494
E-Mail: jsheara@hs.state.az.us
CALIFORNIA
Vanessa Baird, M.P.P.A.
Acting Chief, Office of Women's Health
California Department of Health Services
PO Box 9452732, MS 0027
Sacramento, CA 95814
Telephone: (916) 440-7626
Fax Number: (916) 440-7636
E-Mail: vbaird@dhs.ca.gov
COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN
MARIANA ISLANDS
Margarita W. Torres-Aldan, M.P.H.
MCH Program Coordinator
Department of Public Health
Commonwealth of the N. Mariana Islands
P.O. Box 500409 CK
Saipan, MP 96950-0409
Telephone: (670) 234-8950, Ext. 2022
Fax Number: (670) 236-8700
E-Mail: mtaldan@vzpacifica.net
FEDERATED STATES OF
MICRONESIA
Jane Elymore, R.N., B.S.
National Women's Officer
Department of Health Services, Education & Social Affairs
P.O. Box PS 70
Palikir, FM 96941
Telephone: 011-691-320-2619/2872
Fax Number: 011-691-320-5263
E-Mail: elymorej@mail.fm
GUAM
Margaret (Maggie) Murphy-Bell
MCH Coordinator IV
Guam Department of Public Health
P.O. Box 2816
Hagatna, GU 96932
Telephone: (671) 735-7206
Fax Number: (671) 734-7097
E-Mail: mmurphy@ns.gov.gu
HAWAII
Althea Momi Kamau, M.P.H., R.N.
Chief, Maternal and Child Health Branch
Family Health Services Division
Hawaii Department of Health
741-A Sunset Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96816
Telephone: (808) 733-4044
Fax Number: (808) 733-9032
E-Mail: momi.kamau@fhsd.health.state.hi.us
NEVADA
Cynthia C. Huth. M.S.N., C.N.M.
Women's Health Nurse Consultant
Bureau of Family Health Services
Nevada State Health Division
505 East King Street, Room 200
Carson City, NV 89710
Telephone: (775) 684-4285
Fax Number: (775) 684-4245
E-Mail: chuth@nvhd.state.nv.us
REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL
ISLANDS
Angelita Santos, M.D.
Director, Population, Family Health & Health Promotion
Ministry of Health & Environmental Services
Majuro Hospital
P.O. Box 16
Majuro, MH 96960
Telephone: 011-692-625-3355 or 3399, Ext. 2198
Fax Number: 011-692-625-3432
E-Mail: jlsmaj@ntamar.com
REPUBLIC OF PALAU
Joaquina Ulenghong, R.N., W.H.N.P.
MCH Coordinator/FP Coordinator
Ministry of Health Services
P. O. Box 6027
Koror, PW 96940
Telephone: 011-680-488-2420/1756
Fax Number: 011-680-488-3115/1211
E-Mail: mch@palau-health.net
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Region X
(AK, ID, OR, WA)
ALASKA
Linda Vlastuin, R.N., M.S.
Manager, Maternal & Adolescent Services, MCH
State of Alaska, DHHS Maternal and Child Health State Department of Health and
Social Services
Division of Health Care Services
3601 C Street, Suite 934
Anchorage, AK 99524-0249
Telephone: (907) 269-3428
Fax Number: (907) 269-3432
E-Mail: Linda_Vlastuin@health.state.ak.us
IDAHO
Carolyn Conner, RD, LD, CDE
State WIC Manager
Bureau of Clinical and Preventive Services
450 W. State St. - 4th Floor
Boise, ID 83720-0036
Telephone: (208) 334-5951
Fax: (208) 332-7362
E-Mail:ConnerC@idhw.state.id.us
OREGON
Julie McFarlane, M.P.H.
Women's Health Program Manager
Office of Family Health
DHS - Health Services
800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 850
Portland, OR 97232
Telephone: (503) 731-4115
Fax Number: (503) 731-4083
E-Mail: julie.m.mcfarlane@state.or.us
WASHINGTON
Polly Taylor, CNM, MPH, ARNP
Public Health Nurse Consultant
Washington State Department of Health
Maternal Infant Health
P.O. Box 47880
Olympia, WA 98504-7880
Telephone: (360)236-3563
Fax Number: (360)586-7868
E-Mail: polly.taylor@doh.wa.gov
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