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Alabama Alabama A & M University

Name: Teresa M. Orok 

Title: Program Director

Phone:256-372-5675

E-Mail: Teresa.orok@aamu.edu

Name: Dr. Clarence Hampton

Title:Compliance Manager AL DOT

Phone:

E-Mail:

Charles Calloway

Title: Civil Rights Specialist

Phone: 334-223-7396

E-Mail: charles.calloway@fhwa.dot.gov

Alabama Tuskegee University

Name: Garry Quinn

Title:

Phone: 334-727-3527

E-mail: Gdq55@aol.com

Name: D.J. McInnes

Title: Director AL DOT

Phone: 334-242-6311

E-mail:

Name: Charles Calloway

Title: Civil Rights Specialist

Phone: 334-223-7396

E-mail: charles.calloway@fhwa.dot.gov

Arizona Dine College

Name: David Silversmith

Title: Proposal Writer

Phone: 928-871-6368

E-mail: dsilversmith@navajodot.org

Name: Mary Cook

Title: Program Manager AR DOT

Phone: 602-712-7761

E-mail:

Name: David Nelson

Title: ADA

Phone: 602-379-3645 Ext 110

E-mail:David.Nelson@dot.gov

Arkansas Arkansas Baptist College

Name: Constance Meadors

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Phone: 501-244-5103

E-mail: cmeadors@arkansasbaptist.edu

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Name: Valera McDaniel

Title: Transportation Program Coordinator

Phone: 501-324-5326

E-mail: Valera.McDaniel@fhwa.dot.gov

California California State University, Los Angeles

Name: Hassan Hashemian

Title: Professor of Civil Engineering, California State University 

Phone: 213-343-4450

E-mail: hhashem@calstatela.edu

Name: Marcella Harrision

Title:

Phone:916-324-1097

E-mail: Marcella_harrison@dot.ca.gov

Name: Lance Yokota

Title: Civil Rights Program Manager

Phone:916-498-5012

E-mail:Lance.Yokota@fhwa.dot.gov

California San Jose State University

Name: Jerri Carmo

Title: Project Director

Phone: 408-924-1400

E-mail: jcarmo@foundation.sjsu.edu

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Name: Lance Yokota

Title: Civil Rights Program Manager

Phone: 916-498-5012

E-mail: Lance.Yokota@fhwa.dot.gov

Colorado Colorado State University-Pueblo

Name: Sylvester A. Kalevela

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Name: Debra Gallegos

Title: CO DOT

Phone:

E-mail:Debra.gallegos@dot.state.co.us

Name: Joseph P. Duran

Title: Program Manager

Phone: 720-201-1283

E-mail: Joseph.duran@dot.gov

Delaware Delaware State University

Name: Dr. Chandra Aleong

Title: Program Director

Phone: 302-857-7690

E-mail:caleong@desu.edu

Name: John Eustis

Title: Contract Service Administrator

Phone: 302-760-2030

E-mail: John.eustis@state.de.us

Name: Rosemarie Morales

Titles: Delaware Division Office

Phone: 410-779-7150

E-mail: Rosemarie.Morales@fhwa.dot.gov

District of Columbia Howard University

Name: Dr. Errol C. Noel

Title: Program Director

Phone: 202-806-6572

E-mail: enoel@howard.edu

Name: Ronnie Edwards

Title: Civil Rights Manager

Phone: 202-671-2283

E-mail: ronnie.edwards@dc.gov

Name: Bob Mihalek

Titles: StructuralEngineer

Phone: 202-219-3515

E-mail: Bob.Mihalek@fhwa.dot.gov

Florida  Bethune-Cookman University

Name: Earl Burney

Title: Assistant Professor

Phone: 386-481-2827

Email: EarlBurney386@msn.com
          burneye@cookman.edu

Name: Nita Jackson

Title: Manager, Business Development
and Contract Compliance

Phone: 850-414-4744

E-mail: Nita.Jackson@dot.state.fl.us

Name: Mary Jane Deluge

Title: Civil Rights Program Coordinator

Phone: 850-942-9650 (ext 3063)

E-mail:  

Georgia Albany State University

Name: Dr. Charles O. Ochie

Title:Department Chair

Phone: 229-430-4864

Email: charles.ochie@asurams.edu

Name: Michael G. Cooper

Title: Director, Equal Opportunity

Phone:  404-656-5323

E-mail: michael.cooper@dot.state.ga.us

 

Name: Vanessa Ross

Title: Civil Rights Spec.

Phone: 404-562-3646

E-mail: Vanessa.Ross@fhwa.dot.gov

Georgia Clark Atlanta Unversity

Name: Carlos Garza 

Title: Adjunct Professor

Phone: 404-880-6903/770-823-2564 

E-mail: cgarza@cau.edu

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Name: Vanessa Ross

Title: Civil Rights Spec.

Phone: 404-562-3646

E-mail: Vanessa.Ross@fhwa.dot.gov

Kansas Garden City Community College

Name(s): Deborah Berkley and Nancy Harness

Titles: Project Directors

Phone:316-276-9513

Email(s):deborah.berkley@gcccks.edu
            nancy.harness@gcccks.edu

Name: Lea Ann Curtis

Title: KDOT

Phone: 316-276-9513

E-mail: lcurtis@ksdot.org

Name: Jane Clouse

Title: Transportation Specialist

Phone:785-271-2448 Ext. 208 

E-mail:Jane.Clouse@fhwa.dot.gov

 

Kentucky Kentucky State University 

Name: Melvin Nicholson

Title: NSTI Director Kentucky State University

Phone:502-597-5877

Email: melvin.nicholson@kysu.edu

Name: Jose Ceballos

Title: Executive Director, Office of Business and Occupational Development

Phone: 800-928-3079

E-mail:jose.ceballos@ky.gov

Name: Shirley Scott

Title: Civil Rights Program Manager

Phone: 502-223-6748

E-mail: Shirley.Scott@fhwa.dot.gov

   

Name: Rachael Steward

Title: NSTI Coordinator, Kentucky State University 

Phone: 502-597-5585 

Email: rachael.steward@kysu.edu

Name: Jose Ceballos

Title: Executive Director, Office of Business and Occupational Development

Phone: 800-928-3079

E-mail: jose.ceballos@ky.gov

Name: Shirley Scott

Title: Civil Rights Program Manager

Phone: 502-223-6748

E-mail: Shirley.Scott@fhwa.dot.gov

Louisiana Southern University & A& M College in Baton Rouge, LA

Name: Dr. Patrick Carriere

Title: Professor Southern University; Program Director

Phone:

E-mail:

Name: Staci Messina

Title: Louisiana DOT

Phone: 225-379-1382

E-mail: StaciMessina@dotd.louisiana.gov

Name: Seve Serna

Title: Safety Engineer

Phone: 225-757-7613

E-mail: Seve.serna@fhwa.dot.gov

Maryland Morgan State University (MSU), Baltimore, MD

Name: Cyril A. Peebles

Title:Project Director, National Transportation Center

Phone: 443-885-1041

E-mail: cpeebles@moac.morgan.edu

Name: Jennifer A. Jenkins

Title: Director of Equal Opportunity

Phone: 410-545-0315

E-mail: Jjenkins4@sha.state.md.us

Name: Rosemarie Morales

Title: Maryland Division

Phone:410-779-7150

E-mail: Rosemarie.Morales@fhwa.dot.gov

Maryland University of Maryland (Eastern Shore)

Name: Neil J. Pedersen

Title: Administrator

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Name: Jennifer A. Jenkins

Title:Director of Equal Opportunity

Phone: 410-545-0315

E-mail: Jjenkins4@sha.state.md.us

Name: Rosemarie Morales

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Massachusetts Merrimack College

Name: Dr. Gary S. Spring

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Phone:978-837-5187

E-mail: Gary.spring@merrimack.edu

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Massachusetts University of Massachusetts

Name: Dr. Tomas Materdey

Title: Project Director

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Name: Angela Hemingway Rudikoff

Title: MA Division office 

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Minnesota White Earth Tribal and Community College

Name: Deb McArthur

Title:Title III Director, White Earth Tribal and Community College

Phone: 218-936-5610

E-mail: dmcarthur@wetcc.org

Name: Addi Batica

Title: MNDOT Administrators

Phone: 651- 282-2447

E-mail:addi.batica@dot.state.mn.us

Name: Cheryl Martin

Title: Office and Environmental Program Manager Environmental Engineer

Phone:651-291-6120

E-mail: Cheryl.Martin@fhwa.dot.gov

Minnesota Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College

Name: Wade Gordon

Title: Project Director

Phone:218-879-0864

Cell: 218-310-6272

E-mail: wade@fdltcc.edu

Name: Addi Batica

Title: MNDOT Administrators

Phone: 651- 282-2447

E-mail: addi.batica@dot.state.mn

Name: Cheryl Martin

Title: Office and Environmental Program Manager Environmental Engineer 

Phone: 651-291-6120

E-mail: Cheryl.Martin@fhwa.dot.gov

Mississippi Mississippi State University

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Name: Larry Brown

Title: Executive Director, MS DOT

Phone:601-359-1850

E-mail: lbrown@mdot.state.ms.us

Name: Mrs. Carr Brown

Title:Civil Rights Specialist

Phone:601-965-4226

E-mail: Carr.Brown@fhwa.dot.gov

Missouri University of Missouri, Rolla

Name: Angela B. Rolufs

Title:Director, Missouri LTAP at University of Missouri, Rolla

Phone:573-341-7500

E-mail:rolufsa@umr.edu

Name: Sharon Taegel

Title: DBE Liaison Officer

Phone: 816-622-6326

E-mail: sharon.taegel@modot.mo.gov

Name: Edward Frazier

Title: Civil Rights Specialist

Phone: 573-638-2617

E-mail: Edward.Frazier@fhwa.dot.gov

Missouri  University of Missouri-Kansas City, MO

Name: Derrick Willis

Title: Project Director

Phone: 816-235-6438

E-mail: willisdk@umkc.edu

Name: Sharon Taegel

Title: DBE Liaison Officer

Phone: 816-622-6326

E-mail:

Name: Edward Frazier

Title: Civil Rights Specialist

Phone: 573-638-2617

E-mail: Edward.Frazier@fhwa.dot.gov

Montana Western Transportation Institute

Name(s): Susan Gallagher, Jerry Stephens

Title: NSTI project director
NSTI

Phone:406-994-6559

E-mail: sgallagher@coe.montana.edu
           jerrys@ce.montana.edu


Name:Susan Sillick

Title: Manager, Research Programs, Montana DOT

Phone:406-444-7693

E-mail: ssillick@mt.gov

Name: Lloyd H. Rue

Title: Design-Traffic-Safety Engineer

Phone:406-449-5302   x232

E-mail: Lloyd.Rue@fhwa.dot.gov

New Jersey Rutgers University

Name: Dr. Claudia Knezek

Title: Program Director

Phone:732-445-7937

E-mail: knezek@rci.rutgers.edu

Name: Nelida Valentin

Title: Director, Civil Rights/Affirmative Action Division

Phone: 609-530-3009

E-mail: nelida.valentin@dot.state.nj.us

Name: Patty Leech

Title: Planning Assistant

Phone:609-637-4214

E-mail:Patty.Leech@fhwa.dot.gov

New Mexico Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute

Name: Alex Aragon

Title:Program Director

Phone:505-346-7711

E-mail:aaragon@sipi.bia.edu

Name: Jimmy Gomez

Title: NM DOT Bureau Chief

Phone:

E-mail: Jimmy.Gomez@state.nm.us

Name: Kathy Walker

Title: Field Operations Team Leader

Phone:505-820-2034

E-mail: kathy.walker@fhwa.dot.gov

New Mexico University of New Mexico

Name: Morice Thompson

Title: University of New Mexico

Phone: 505-277-5846

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New York University of Albany

Name: Carson Carr Jr.

Title:Project Director

Phone:518-442-5180

E-mail: ccarr@uamail.albany.edu

Name:David Perez

Title: Compliance Specialist II NY DOT

Phone: 518-485-0669

E-mail: Dperez@dot.state.ny.us

Name: Jymmi Kopach

Title: NY Division

Phone:518-431-4125 ext 242

E-mail:Jymmi.l.kopach@fhwa.dot.gov

New York City College of New York (CUNY)

Name: Carson Carr Jr.

Title: Project Director

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North Carolina North Carolina A & T State University 

Name: Deborah Underwood

Title: Interim Director, Transportation Institute

Phone: 336-334-7745

E-mail: deborahu@ncat.edu

Name: Everett B. Ward

Title:Director, NCDOT

Phone: 919-733-2520

E-mail: eward@dot.state.nc.us

Name: Lynise DeVance

Title:Civil Rights Program Manager 

Phone: 919-856-4336   ext. 126

E-mail: Lynise.DeVance@fhwa.dot.gov

North Carolina Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, NC

Name: Ellis E. Lawrence

Title: Program Director, Summer Transportation Institute Program

Phone:252-335-3444

E-mail: eelawrence@mail.ecsu.edu

Name: Everett B. Ward

Title:Director, NCDOT

Phone: 919-733-2520

Name: eward@dot.state.nc.us

Name: Lynise DeVance

Title:Civil Rights Program Manager 

Phone:919-856-4336   ext. 126

E-mail:  Lynise.DeVance@fhwa.dot.gov

North Carolina University of NC at Pembroke Lumberton, NC

Name: Ms. Sylvia H. Pate

Title:Project Director, University of NC at Pembroke

Phone:910-775-4000

E-mail:Sylvia.pate@uncp.edu

Name: Everett B. Ward

Title:Director, NCDOT

Phone: 919-733-2520

E-mail:eward@dot.state.nc.us

Name: Lynise DeVance

Title:Civil Rights Program Manager

Phone:919-856-4336 ext. 126

E-mail:Lynise.DeVance@fhwadot.gov

Ohio Central State University (CSU)

Name: Ndao Gorgui

Title: Project Director Central State University

Phone:937-376-6265

E-mail:

Name: Kerry Yoakum

Title: Administrator, ODOT

Phone:

E-mail: kerry.Yoakum@dot.state.oh.us

Name: James R. Hall

Title:Realty Specialist

Phone:614-280-6851

E-mail:James.Hall@fhwa.dot.gov

Oklahoma Langston University in Oklahoma 

Name: M. Kay Wachtstetter

Title:Assistant Director, Langston University

Phone:405-466-6113

E-mail:Mkwachtstetter@lunet.edu

Name: Jessie L. Orange 

Title: Title VI Coordinator

Phone: 405-521-2072

E-mail: jorange@fd9ns01.okladot.state.ok.us

Name: Carmen Evans

Title: Oklahoma, Division Office
Transportation Finance Specialist

Phone: 405-605-6043

E-mail: Carmen.Evans@fhwa.dot.gov

Pennsylvania Cheyney University

Name: Deanna W. Shelton

Title: Business Administration Department Cheyney University

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Name: Rebecca Roberts

Title:Equal Opportunity Specialist PA Division

Phone: 717-221-3789

E-mail: Rebecca.Roberts@dot.gov

Pennyslvania Lincoln University 

Name: Robert A. Allen 

Title: Educational Initiatives

Phone:

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Name: Rebecca Roberts

Title: Educational Initiatives

Phone: 717-221-3789

E-mail: Rebecca.Roberts@dot.gov

Puerto Rico University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

Name: Didier M. Valdes-Diaz

Title: Project Director

Phone: 787-265-3892

E-mail:dvaldes@ce.uprm.edu

 

Name: Felix Rodriguez

Title:ADA

Phone:787-766-5600 Ext 230

E-mail:Felix.Rodriguez@fhwa.dot.gov

Rhode Island University of Rhode Island Transportation Center

Name: Deborah Rosen 

Title:University of Rhode Island

Phone:401-874-7075

E-mail: uritc@uri.edu

Name: Phillip Kydd

Title:Assistant Administrator RI DOT

Phone:401-222-3260

E-mail:

Name: Dan Berman
South Carolina Benedict College

Name: Robert Scott

Title:Program Director

Phone:803-705-4678

E-mail:scottr@benedict.edu

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Name:Pamela Foster

Title:SC Division office

Phone:

E-mail:Pamela.Foster@dot.gov

South Carolina Claflin University

Name: Veronica Goodman

Title:Claflin University

Phone:803-535-5544

E-mail:vgoodman@claflin.edu

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South Carolina South Carolina State University

Name: Larrie B. Butler

Title: Program Manager 

Phone: 803-536-8863

E-mail:lbutler@scsu.edu

Name: Barbara Beagles

Title: SC DOT

Phone:

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Name: Pamela Foster

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Tennessee Tennessee State University 

Name: Ms. Loretta Green

Title: Project Director

Phone: 615-963-5401

E-mail: lgreen@tnstate.edu

Name: Cammie Davenport Woodle

Title: Executive Director, Civil Rights

Phone: 615-741-3681

E-mail: cammie.davenportwoodle@state.tn.us

Name: Joi Hamilton

Title:Civil Rights Program Manager

Phone:615-781-5790

E-mail:Joi.Hamilton@fhwa.dot.gov

Texas  Texas Southern University

Name: Khosro Godazi

Title: Director NSTI

Phone: 713-313-7925

E-mail: godazi_kx@tsu.edu

Name: Jessie Ball 

Title: Director, Civil Rights

Phone: 512-475-3117

E-mail:jball@dot.state.tx.us

Name: Carol Ann Broyles

Title:Civil Rights Program Manager 

Phone:512-536-5919

E-mail: Carol.Broyles@fhwa.dot.gov

Texas  Texas Transportation Institute

Name: Dennis L. Christiansen

Title: Agency Director

Phone: 979-845-9356

E-mail: dennis-c@tamu.edu

Name: Jessie Ball 

Title: Director, Civil Rights

Phone: 512-475-3117

E-mail:jball@dot.state.tx.us

Name: Carol Ann Broyles

Title:Civil Rights Program Manager 

Phone:512-536-5919

E-mail:Carol.Broyles@fhwa.dot.gov

Texas  Prairie View A & M University 

Name: Dr. Raghava Kommalapati

Title: Project Director

Phone: 936-261-1660

E-mail: rrkommalapati@pavamu.edu

Web site: http://www.pvamu.edu/pages/1128.asp

Name: Jessie Ball

Title: Director, Civil Rights

Phone: 512-475-3117

E-mail: jball@dot.state.tx.us

Name: Carol Ann Broyles

Title:Civil Rights Program Manager 

Phone:512-536-5919

E-mail: Carol.Broyles@fhwa.dot.gov

Vermont University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

Name: Dr. John Aleong

Title: Project Director 

Phone: 802-656-0552

E-mail: John.Aleong@uvm.edu

Name: Lori Valburn

Title:Civil Rights and Labor Compliance Chief

Phone: 802-828-2657

E-mail: lori.valburn@state.vt.us

Name:Lawrence Dwyer

Title: ADA

Phone: 802-828-4423

E-mail: Lawrence.Dwyer@fhwa.dot.gov

Virginia Hampton University

Name: Dr. Sonja Pollard-Mitchell

Title: Project Director

Phone: 757-727-5867

E-mail: Sonja.mitchell@hamptonu.edu

Name: Freddie Jones

Title: Division Administrator, Civil Rights Division 

Phone: 804-786-4552 

E-mail: Freddie.Jones@VDOT.Virginia.gov

Name: Mohamed Dumbuya 

Title: Civil Rights Program Manager 

Phone: 804-775-3320

E-mail: Mohamed.Dumbuya@fhwa.dot.gov

   

Name: Tiajuana Jackson

Title: Title III Coordinator

Phone: 757-727-5363

E-mail: Tiajuana.Jackson@hamptonu.edu

Name: Freddie Jones

Title: Division Administrator, Civil Rights Division 

Phone: 804-786-4552 

E-mail: Freddie.Jones@VDOT.Virginia.gov

Name: Mohamed Dumbuya

Title: Civil Rights Program Manager

Phone: 804-775-3320

E-mail: Mohamed.Dumbuya@fhwa.dot.gov

Virginia Virginia State University

Name: Ali Ansari

Title: Chair Department of Engineering Technology 

Phone: 804-524-5566

E-mail: aansari@vsu.edu

Name: Freddie Jones

Title: Division Administrator, Civil Rights Division 

Phone: 804-786-4552 

E-mail: Freddie.Jones@VDOT.Virginia.gov

Name: Mohamed Dumbuya

Title: Civil Rights Program Manager

Phone: 804-775-3320

E-mail: Mohamed.Dumbuya@fhwa.dot.gov

West Virginia West Virginia State University

Name: A. Joseph Kusimo, Ph.D., P.E.

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Name: Henry Compton

Title: Director-Program Development

Phone:304-347-5268

E-mail: henry.compton@fhwa.dot.gov

Name: Henry Compton

Title:Director-Program Development 

Phone: 304-347-5268

E-mail: henry.compton@fhwa.dot.gov

Wisconsin Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College

Name: Michael Smith

Title: Project Director

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Name: William Stark

Title: Civil Rights Program Manager

Phone: 608-829-7516

Wisconsin College of Menominee Nation

Name: Lisa W. Lyons

Title: Project Director

Phone: 715-799-5600 Ext 3009

E-mail: llyons@menominee.edu

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