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Staff Directory

Listed below are names of 162 NEH staff members, along with their offices or divisions. You may get additional information (e-mail address, telephone number) by clicking on a name. Updated 01/19/2012.

Accounting Office (7)
John Gleason (Director)
Jya-Mei (Accounting Technician)
Ning Ma (Financial Systems Administrator)
James McGill (Accountant)
Shemsa Mohamedi (Accountant)
Jackie Parker (Accountant)
Melissa Watkins (Financial Operations Specialist)

Administrative Services Office (6)
Alia Blackford (Administrative Services Clerk)
Lenora Markham (Records Management Assistant)
Barry Maynes (Director)
Willie McGhee (Assistant Director)
Carl West (Support Services Specialist)
Laura Westley (Administrative Assistant)

Office of the Chairman (13)
Jacquelyn Abba (Executive Assistant)
Gina Bono (Executive Assistant for the Assistant Chairmen)
Gale Buster (Secretary to the Chairman)
Eva Caldera (Assistant Chairman for Partnership and Strategic Initiatives)
Courtney Chapin (Director of White House and Congressional Affairs)
Tracie Harrison (Exeutive Assistant to the Deputy Chairman)
James Leach (Chairman)
Claire Noble (Special Assistant to the Chairman)
Malcolm Richardson (Senior Partnership Officer)
Joel Schwartz (Chief Guidelines Officer)
Jeffrey Thomas (Assistant Chairman for Planning and Operations)
Carole Watson (Deputy Chairman)
Adam Wolfson (Assistant Chairman for Programs)

Office of Challenge Grants (4)
Andrea Anderson (Senior Program Officer)
Kay Gienger (Staff Assistant)
Brandon Johnson (Senior Program Officer)
Steve Ross (Director)

Office of Communications (5)
Lucy Cutrona (Public Affairs Specialist)
Christopher Flynn (Public Affairs Specialist)
Judy Havemann (Director)
Victoria Nguyen (Web Designer)
Paula Wasley (Public Affairs Specialist)

Office of Digital Humanities (4)
Brett Bobley (Chief Information Officer and Director)
Perry Collins (Senior Program Officer)
Jason Rhody (Senior Program Officer)
Jennifer Serventi (Senior Program Officer)

Edsitement Partnership (6)
Luisanna Carrillo-Rubio (Program Specialist)
Shelley NiTuana (Program Specialist)
Carol Peters (Director)
Joseph Phelan (Program Analyst)
Adrian Reilly (Webmaster)
Daniel Rozenson (Temporary Associate)

Division of Education Programs (14)
Douglas Arnold (Senior Program Officer)
Barbara Ashbrook (Assistant Director)
Jinlei Augst (Senior Program Officer)
Coralie Avery (Designated Administrative Officer)
Rebecca Boggs (Senior Program Officer)
Wilsonia Cherry (Deputy Director)
Corinne Dagen (Program Analyst)
Deborah Hurtt (Senior Program Officer)
Sarah Kaska (Secretary)
Julia Nguyen (Senior Program Officer)
Richard Pettit (Program Analyst)
William Craig Rice (Director)
Robert Sayers (Senior Program Officer)
Rasmi Simhan (Program Analyst)

Office of Federal/State Partnership (4)
Meg Ferris (Program Analyst)
Edythe Manza (Director)
Kathleen Mitchell (Senior Program Officer)
Shirley Newman (Program Assistant)

Office of General Counsel (6)
Michelle Ghim (Attorney Advisor)
Heather Gottry (Deputy General Counsel)
Mary Jeffcoat (Paralegal Specialist)
Michael McDonald (General Counsel)
Gina Raimond (Attorney Advisor)
Lisette Voyatzis (Attorney Advisor)

Office of Grant Management (7)
Susan Daisey (Director)
Anne Lopez-Buitrago (Grants Administrator)
Peter Scott (Grants Administrator)
Jerri Shepherd (Grants Administrator)
Robert Straughter (Grants Administrator)
Barbara Tatge (Grants Administrator)
Steve Veneziani (Assistant Director)

Office of Human Resources (8)
Roland Chicoye (Deputy Director)
Ethel Edwards (Human Resources Specialist)
Becky LaQuay (Human Resources Specialist)
Mia Lawson (Human Resources Specialist)
Renee Lyles (Human Resources Assistant)
Anthony Mitchell (Director)
Alice Parks (Human Resources Specialist)
Jorge Vasquez (Office Assistant)

Office of Information Resource Management (11)
Naveed Gill (Information Technology Specialist)
Kitty Green (Information Technology Specialist)
Charles Hester (Systems Operations Supervisor)
Peter Losin (Technology Program Officer)
Talana Morton-Smith (Information Technology Specialist)
Christopher Mureithi (Information Technology Specialist)
Tanya Peltz (Director)
Lynda Phuong (Information Technology Specialist)
Cedric Southerland (Information Technology Specialist)
Beth Stewart (Development Section Supervisor)
Clay Vaughan (Information Technology Specialist)

Office of Inspector General (3)
Laura Davis (Deputy Inspector General)
Steve Elsberg (Auditor)
Gary McGough (Auditor)

Enayet Rahim Memorial Library (1)
Donna McClish (Technical Information Specialist)

PCAH (Detail) (1)
Candace Katz (Acting Director)

Office of Planning and Budget (5)
Gladys Coleman (Budget Analyst)
David Dohanic (Budget Officer)
Christine Kalke (Senior Analyst and International Coordinator)
Larry Myers (Director)
Frank Shaw (Program Analyst)

Division of Preservation and Access (12)
Helen Agüera (Senior Program Officer)
Ralph Canevali (Deputy Director)
Adriana Cutler (Program Analyst)
Mary Downs (Senior Program Officer)
Nadina Gardner (Director)
Elizabeth Joffrion (Senior Program Officer)
Charles Kolb (Senior Program Officer)
Oumou Samb (Secretary to the Director)
Joshua Sternfeld (Senior Program Officer)
Cathleen Tefft (Program Analyst)
Laura Word (Senior Program Officer)
Joel Wurl (Senior Program Officer)

Division of Public Programs (16)
Barbara Bays (Senior Program Officer)
Paulette Gillian (Program Analyst)
Jeff Hardwick (Senior Program Officer)
Michelle Heller (Secretary)
Karen Kenton (Senior Program Officer)
David Martz (Senior Program Officer)
John Meredith (Senior Program Officer)
Karen Mittelman (Deputy Director)
Kathleen Mulvaney (Senior Program Officer)
Talisha Saddler (Program Assistant)
Margaret Scrymser (Lead Program Analyst)
Danielle Shapiro (Senior Program Officer)
Michael Shirley (Acting Assistant Deputy Director)
Rana Taneja (Program Assistant)
David Weinstein (Senior Program Officer)
Frances Yeh (Program Assistant)

Office of Publications (7)
Maria Biernik (Visual Information Specialist)
Anna Gillis (Writer-Editor)
Andrea Heiss (Visual Information Specialist)
Meredith Hindley (Writer-Editor)
Amy Lifson (Assistant Editor)
Steve Moyer (Editorial Assistant)
David Skinner (Director)

Division of Research Programs (19)
Carolyn Addey (Program Analyst)
Jane Aikin (Acting Director)
Elizabeth Arndt (Senior Program Officer)
Azar Attura (Program Assistant)
Jason Boffetti (Senior Program Officer)
John Cox (Senior Program Officer)
Annie Judkins (Program Assistant)
Claudia Kinkela (Senior Program Officer)
Lydia Medici (Program Analyst)
Ann Meyer (Senior Program Officer)
Daniel Sack (Senior Program Officer)
Mark Silver (Senior Program Officer)
George Stokes (Program Assistant)
Bernadette Thomas (Program Assistant)
Jim Turner (Program Analyst)
Jennifer Untalan (Administrative Officer)
Stefanie Walker (Senior Program Officer)
Russell Wyland (Deputy Director)
Gwen Yates (Program Assistant)

We the People Office (3)
Judy Regelman (Secretary)
Kathy Toavs (Program Analyst)
Patti Van Tuyl (Senior Program Officer)