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REGION 1
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont)
Connecticut
Vance Dean
IT Manager I
Information Technology Services
CT Department of Social Services
25 Sigourney Street
Hartford , CT 06106
Phone: (860) 424-5196
Fax: (860) 424-4956
Email: Vance.Dean@ct.gov
New Hampshire
Laurie Snow
New HEIGHTS Project Manager
NH Department of Health and Human Services
7 Eagle Square, Suite 101
Concord, NH 03301
Email: lsnow@dhhs.state.nh.us
Phone: 603-227-0326, 603-226-2154
Vermont
Margaret Ciechanowicz
Chief Information Officer
Agency of Human Services
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, Vermont 05671-0204
Email: Margaret.Ciechanowicz@ahs.state.vt.us
Phone: 802-241-2341
REGION 2
(New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands)
New York
Daniel R. Healy
Deputy CIO
IT Customer Relationship Management Services
Chief Information Office and Office for Technology (CIO/OFT).
Swan Street, Core 4
Albany, NY 12207
Email: Dan.Healy@cio.ny.gov
Phone: (518) 402-7000
Fax: 609 656-2005
New Jersey
Richard C. Caran
MIS Coordinator
Management Information Systems Department Administrator
Mercer County Board of Social Services
200 Woolverton Street
Trenton, New Jersey, 08611
email: rcaran@oel.state.nj.us
Office: 609 989-4366
Cell: 609 577-1671
Fax: 609 656-2005
REGION 3
(DC, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
DC
Brady Birdsong
Interim Director of Information Systems
DC Child and Family Services Agency
702 H Street, NW
Second Floor
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202.434.0012
Fax: 202.434.0099
brady.birdsong@dc.gov
Delaware
Carolyn Kincaid
Social Service Administrator
DE Division of Social Services
Biggs Building
1901 North Dupont Highway
New Castle, DE 19720
Phone: (302) 255-9774
Fax: (302) 255-4426
carolyn.kincaid@state.de.us
Maryland
Isabel Fitzgerald
Chief Information Officer
Maryland Department of Human Resources
Office of Technology for Human Services
1100 Eastern Blvd
Essex, MD 21221
Phone: 410 238 1269
Fax:410 238 1260
ifitzger@dhr.state.md.us
Pennsylvania
James Weaver
Chief Technology Officer
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania/Department of Public Welfare
1006 Hemlock Drive
Harrisburg, PA 17110
Phone: 717-772-7120
Fax:717-772-7163
jamweaver@state.pa.us
Website: www.dpw.state.pa.us
Virginia
Robert Hobbelman
Chief Information Officer
Division of Information Systems
Virginia Department of Social Services
Phone: (804) 726-7810
Cell: (804) 652-7611
Email: robert.hobbelman@dss.virginia.gov
West Virginia
Paul Shannon
Application Lead/Senior DBA
Management Information Services
350 Capitol Street, Room 313
Charleston, WV 25301-3713
Email: paulshannon@wvdhhr.org
Phone: (304) 558-2419
REGION 4
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee)
Alabama
Cheri Martin
Director, Information Services Division
Alabama Department of Human Services
Email: cheri.martin@dhr.alabama,gov
Phone: (334) 242-3244
North Carolina
Caroline Jackson
IRM Planner
DHHS-Division of Information Resource Management
MSC 2015
Raleigh, NC 27699-2015
Email: Caroline.Jackson@ncmail.net
Phone: (919) 855-3016
Fax: 919-733-8871
Tennessee
Ralph Duke
Executive Director, Information Technology
TN Department of Human Services
400 Deaderick Street, 7th Floor
Nashville, TN 37243-1403
Telephone: (615) 313-5241
Fax: (615) 741-2185
ralph.duke@state.tn.us
REGION 5
(Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin)
Illinois
Doug Kasamis
DHS - Chief Information Officer
401 S. Clinton
Chicago, IL 60607
Email: Doug.Kasamis@Illinois.gov
Phone:(312) 793-6670 (office) Fax:
Indiana
Randy A. Miller, PMP
Director of Health IT Integration
IN Family and Social Services Administration
402 West Washington Street
Indianapolis , IN 46256
E-mail: randy.miller@fssa.in.gov
Phone: (317) 234-4752
Web:
www.indianahealthit.com
www.in.gov/fssa
Minnesota
Jane A. Kennedy
Information Manager
State of Minnesota
Department of Human Services
Office of the CIO
P.O. Box 64966
St. Paul, MN 55164-0966
Email: Jane.Kennedy@state.mn.us
Phone: (651) 431-2113
Fax: (651) 431-7401
Wisconsin
Melissa Henderson
Enrollment Systems & Operations Section Chief
Division of Health Care Access and Accountability
WI Department of Health Services
1 W. Wilson Street
Madison, WI 53703
Email: Melissa.Henderson@dhs.wisconsin.gov
Phone: (608) 261-9421
Fax: (608) 261-6861
REGION 6
(Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas)
Arkansas
Richard Wyatt
Chief Information Officer
Arkansas Department of Human Services
Donaghey Plaza North, Slot N101
P O Box 1437
Little Rock AR 72203-1437
Email: Richard.Wyatt@arkansas.gov
Phone: (501) 682-2183
Fax: (501) 682-1376
Louisiana
Don Andries
IT Deputy Director
225-342-2301
Email: dandrie1@dss.state.la.us
Texas
Leah Burton
Director, Enterprise Applications
Health & Human Services Enterprise Information Technology
Health & Human Services Commission
8317 Cross Park Dr., Suite 125
Austin, Texas 78754
Email: leah.burton@hhsc.state.tx.us
Phone: (512) 490-0478
Fax: (512) 490-0441
REGION 7
(Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska)
Iowa
Matthew Rensch
Bureau Chief, Child Welfare Information Systems
Division of Data Management
Iowa Department of Human Services
(515) 281-5691
Email: mrensch@dhs.state.ia.us
Kansas
Jeff Lewis
CIO
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
503 S. Kansas Avenue
Topeka, KS 66603
Email: jeff.lewis@srs.ks.gov
(785) 296-3877
Nebraska
Steve Cherep
Manager, Information Systems and Technology
Technical Services
Nebraska Health and Human Services System
301 Centennial Mall South
P.O.Box 95026
Lincoln Ne 68509
Email: steve.cherep@nebraska.gov
Phone: (402) 471-9422
Fax: (402) 471-9018
REGION 8
(Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming)
Colorado
Joetta Fischer
CBMS End User Support Manager
CDHS - ITS
455 Sherman Street, Suite 390
Denver, CO 80203-4404
Email: joetta.fischer@state.co.us
Office: (720)-570-5213
Cell: (303)-916-0473
South Dakota
Geraldine Ray
BIT - Bureau of Information and Telecommunications
700 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 57501
Email: Geraldine.ray@state.sd.us
Phone: (605) 773-3984
Fax: 605-773-5806
Utah
Mark Schultz
E-Rep Project Executive
UT Dept. of Workforce Services
751 E. Quality Drive, Suite 202
American Fork, UT 84003
Email: mschultz@utah.gov
Phone: (801) 492-6701
REGION 9
(Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Guam, Trust Territory of Pacific Islands, and American Samoa)
Arizona
Jim Hillyard
Assistant Director and CIO
Arizona Department of Economic Security
1720 W. Madison, Suite 100
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Email: JHillyard@azdes.gov
Phone: 602-771.2680
Hawaii
James Lum
Chief Information Officer
Office of Information Technology
Department of Human Services
State of Hawaii
Queen Liliuokalani Building
1390 Miller Street, Room 104
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Email: JLum@dhs.hawaii.gov
Phone: (808) 586-5141
Fax: (808) 586-5147
Nevada
David N. Stewart
Deputy Administrator
Information Systems
Division of Welfare and Supportive Services
State of Nevada
Email: DNSTEWART@dwss.nv.gov
Phone: (775)-684-0767
REGION 10
(Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington)
Alaska
Ted Israelson
ITS Manager
State of Alaska
Department of Social Services
Finance and Management Services
150 3rd Street
Suite 310
Juneau, AK 99811
Email: ted_israelson@health.state.ak.us
Phone: (907) 465-3603
Cell: (907) 723-4974
Oregon
Marc D. Williams
Assistant Director for Administrative Services Division and Chief Information Officer
Oregon Department of Justice
1162 Court Street NE
Salem, OR 97301
Email: marc.d.williams@state.or.us
Phone: 503-378-5705
Cell: 503-991-6955
Washington
Robert J. St. John
Director, Information Technology Division
Economic Services Administration
Department of Social and Health Services
State of Washington
P.O. Box 45893
Olympia, Washington 98504-5893
stjohrk@dshs.wa.gov
(360) 664-4410