Who We Are

Staff Directory

Listed below are names of 152 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 11/16/2009.

Office of Accounting (7)
Gloria Fox (Accounting Technician)
John Gleason (Director)
Laurie Kovalik (Accounting Technician)
Ning Ma (Financial Systems Administrator)
Jackie Parker (Accountant)
Joan Parker (Accountant)
Melissa Watkins (Accounting Technician)

Administrative Services Office (5)
Alia Blackford (Administrative Services Clerk)
Lenora Markham (Records Management Assistant)
Barry Maynes (Director)
Willie McGhee (Assistant Director)
Carl West (Support Services Specialist)

Office of the Chairman (11)
Jeremy Bernard (Director of White House and Congressional Affairs)
Gina Bono (Secretary for the Assistant Chairmen)
Gale Buster (Secretary to the Chairman)
Eva Caldera (Senior Advisor to the Chairman)
Laura Conway (Special Assistant to the Chairman)
Tracie Harrison (Secretary)
James Leach (Chairman)
Malcolm Richardson (Senior Partnership Officer)
Jeffrey Thomas (Assistant Chairman for Planning and Operations)
Carole Watson (Deputy Chairman)
Adam Wolfson (Assistant Chairman for Programs)

Office of Challenge Grants (5)
Andrea Anderson (Senior Program Officer)
Kay Gienger (Staff Assistant)
Bonnie Gould (Senior Program Officer)
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)
Lindsey Mikal (Public Affairs Specialist)
Noel Milan (Acting Director)

Edsitement Partnership (2)
Carol Peters (Director)
Joseph Phelan (Program Analyst)

Division of Education Programs (13)
Douglas Arnold (Senior Program Officer)
Barbara Ashbrook (Assistant Director)
Jinlei Augst (Senior Program Officer)
Coralie Avery (Secretary)
Rebecca Boggs (Senior Program Officer)
Wilsonia Cherry (Deputy Director)
Julie Goldsmith (Senior Program Officer)
Julia Nguyen (Senior Program Officer)
Norma Norris (Administrative Officer)
Richard Pettit (Program Analyst)
William Craig Rice (Director)
Robert Sayers (Senior Program Officer)
Rasmi Simhan (Program Analyst)

Office of Federal/State Partnership (3)
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)
Brenda Taylor (Secretary)
Lisette Voyatzis (Attorney Advisor)

Office of Grant Management (8)
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)
Laura Westley (Grants Administrative Assistant)

Office of Human Resources (5)
Becky LaQuay (Human Resources Specialist)
Mia Lawson (Human Resources Specialist)
Renee Lyles (Human Resources Assistant)
Anthony Mitchell (Director)
Alice Parks (Human Resources Specialist)

IMLS (Detail) (1)
Nancy Rogers (Special Project)

Office of Information Resource Management (10)
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)
Tanya Peltz (Director)
Lynda Phuong (Information Technology Specialist)
Cedric Southerland (Information Technology Specialist)
Beth Stewart (Information Technology Specialist)
Clay Vaughan (Information Technology Specialist)

Office of Inspector General (4)
Sheldon Bernstein (Inspector General)
Laura Davis (Deputy Inspector General)
Gary McGough (Auditor)
Brenda Singleton (Secretary)

Enayet Rahim Memorial Library (1)
Donna McClish (Library Technician)

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

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)
Mary Downs (Senior Program Officer)
Nadina Gardner (Director)
Elizabeth Joffrion (Senior Program Officer)
Charles Kolb (Senior Program Officer)
Sandy Ranno (Program Analyst)
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 (17)
Barbara Bays (Senior Program Officer)
Sonia Feigenbaum (Deputy Director)
Paulette Gillian (Program Analyst)
Jeff Hardwick (Senior Program Officer)
Clay Lewis (Senior Program Officer)
David Martz (Senior Program Officer)
John Meredith (Senior Program Officer)
Karen Mittelman (Senior Program Officer)
Kathleen Mulvaney (Senior Program Officer)
Thomas Phelps (Director)
Talisha Saddler (Program Assistant)
Margaret Scrymser (Lead Program Analyst)
Danielle Shapiro (Senior Program Officer)
Michael Shirley (Senior Program Officer)
Rana Taneja (Program Assistant)
David Weinstein (Senior Program Officer)
Frances Yeh (Program Assistant)

Office of Publications (6)
Maria Biernik (Visual Information Specialist)
Anna Gillis (Writer-Editor)
Meredith Hindley (Senior Writer-Editor)
Amy Lifson (Assistant Editor)
Joel Schwartz (Chief Guidelines Officer)
David Skinner (Director)

Division of Research Programs (18)
Carolyn Addey (Program Analyst)
Jane Aikin (Acting Director)
Elizabeth Arndt (Senior Program Officer)
Azar Attura (Program Assistant)
Jason Boffetti (Senior Program Office)
John Cox (Senior Program Officer)
Cathy Dennis (Program Analyst)
Annie Judkins (Program Assistant)
Claudia Kinkela (Senior Program Officer)
Lydia Medici (Program Analyst)
Ann Meyer (Senior Program Officer)
Steven Snodgrass (Administrative Officer)
George Stokes (Program Assistant)
Gwen Terrell (Program Assistant)
Bernadette Thomas (Program Assistant)
Jim Turner (Program Analyst)
Stefanie Walker (Senior Program Officer)
Russell Wyland (Assistant Director)

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