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NEH Staff Directory (by division)

Listed below are names of NEH staff members, sortable alphabetically or by office or division. You may get additional information by clicking on a name.

Accounting Office
Name	Title	Office	Phone	Email
Gleason, John	Director	310	(202) 606-8336	jgleason@neh.gov
Lu, Jya-Mei	Accounting Technician	310	(202) 606-8341	jlu@neh.gov
Ma, Ning	Financial Systems Administrator	310	(202) 606-8248	nma@neh.gov
Mohamedi, Shemsa	Accountant	310	(202) 606-8649	smohamedi@neh.gov
Watkins, Melissa	Financial Operations Specialist	310	(202) 606-8346	mwatkins@neh.gov
Young, Megan	Accountant	310	(202) 606-8414	myoung@neh.gov

Administrative Services Office
Name	Title	Office	Phone	Email
Blackford, Alia	Administrative Services Clerk	205	(202) 606-8247	ablackford@neh.gov
Markham, Lenora	Records Management Assistant	202	(202) 606-8253	lmarkham@neh.gov
Maynes, Barry	Director	202	(202) 606-8233	bmaynes@neh.gov
West, Carl	Support Services Specialist	202	(202) 606-8233	cwest@neh.gov
Westley, Laura	Administrative Assistant	429	(202) 606-8487	lwestley@neh.gov

Bridging Cultures
Name	Title	Office	Phone	Email
Van Tuyl, Patti	Senior Program Officer	511	(202) 606-8299	pvantuyl@neh.gov

Division of Education Programs
Name	Title	Office	Phone	Email
Arnold, Douglas	Senior Program Officer	302	(202) 606-8225	darnold@neh.gov
Ashbrook, Barbara	Assistant Director	302	(202) 606-8388	bashbrook@neh.gov
Augst, Jinlei	Senior Program Officer	307	(202) 606-8396	jaugst@neh.gov
Boggs, Rebecca	Senior Program Officer	302	(202) 606-8398	rboggs@neh.gov
Carrillo-Rubio, Luisanna	Program Specialist	302	(202) 606-8387	lcarrillo-rubio@neh.gov
Cherry, Wilsonia	Deputy Director	302	(202) 606-8495	wcherry@neh.gov
Deale, Coralie	Administrative Officer	302	(202) 606-8568	cdeale@neh.gov
Hurtt, Deborah	Senior Program Officer	302	(202) 606-8432	dhurtt@neh.gov
Kaska, Sarah	Secretary	302	(202) 606-8500	skaska@neh.gov
Nguyen, Julia	Senior Program Officer	307	(202) 606-8213	jnguyen@neh.gov
Pettit, Richard	Program Analyst	302	(202) 606-8471	rpettit@neh.gov
Rice, William Craig	Director	302	(202) 606-8286	wrice@neh.gov
Sams, Victoria	Program Officer	302	(202) 606-8283	vsams@neh.gov
Sayers, Robert	Senior Program Officer	302	(202) 606-8215	rsayers@neh.gov
Simhan, Rasmi	Program Analyst	302	(202) 606-8330	rsimhan@neh.gov

Division of Preservation and Access
Name	Title	Office	Phone	Email
Agüera, Helen	Senior Program Officer	411	(202) 606-8573	haguera@neh.gov
Canevali, Ralph	Deputy Director	411	(202) 606-8475	rcanevali@neh.gov
Cutler, Adriana	Program Analyst	411	(202) 606-8379	acutler@neh.gov
Downs, Mary	Senior Program Officer	411	(202) 606-8456	mdowns@neh.gov
Gardner, Nadina	Director	411	(202) 606-8442	ngardner@neh.gov
Grohsgal, Leah	Program Officer	411	(202) 606-8570	lgrohsgal@neh.gov
Johnston, Jesse	Program Officer	411	(202) 606-8250	jjohnston@neh.gov
Sternfeld, Joshua	Senior Program Officer	411	(202) 606-8249	jsternfeld@neh.gov
Tefft, Cathleen	Program Analyst	411	(202) 606-8607	ctefft@neh.gov
Word, Laura	Senior Program Officer	411	(202) 606-8501	lword@neh.gov
Wurl, Joel	Senior Program Officer	411	(202) 606-8252	jwurl@neh.gov

Division of Public Programs
Name	Title	Office	Phone	Email
Bays, Barbara	Senior Program Officer	426	(202) 606-8290	bbays@neh.gov
Cortina, Caroline	Senior Program Officer	426	(202) 606-8305	CCortina@neh.gov
Gillian, Paulette	Program Analyst	426	(202) 606-8272	pgillian@neh.gov
Hardwick, Jeff	Senior Program Officer	426	(202) 606-8287	jhardwick@neh.gov
Kenton, Karen	Senior Program Officer	426	(202) 606-8307	kkenton@neh.gov
Mittelman, Karen	Director	426	(202) 606-8631	kmittelman@neh.gov
Ruppel, Marc	Senior Program Officer	426	(202) 606-8288	mruppel@neh.gov
Saddler, Talisha	Acting Secretary	426	(202) 606-8434	tsaddler@neh.gov
Scrymser, Margaret	Lead Program Analyst	426	(202) 606-8304	mscrymser@neh.gov
Shapiro, Danielle	Senior Program Officer	426	(202) 606-8241	dshapiro@neh.gov
Shirley, Michael	Deputy Director	426	(202) 606-8293	mshirley@neh.gov
Taneja, Rana	Program Assistant	426	(866) 932-8961	rtaneja@neh.gov
Weinstein, David	Senior Program Officer	426	(202) 606-8308	dweinstein@neh.gov
Weiss, Kirsten	Volunteer Researcher	426	(202) 606-8296	kweiss@neh.gov
Yeh, Frances	Program Analyst	426	(202) 606-8301	fyeh@neh.gov

Division of Research Programs
Name	Title	Office	Phone	Email
Addey, Carolyn	Program Analyst	318	(202) 606-8466	caddey@neh.gov
Aikin, Jane	Director	318	(202) 606-8212	jaikin@neh.gov
Attura, Azar	Program Assistant	318	(202) 606-8373	aattura@neh.gov
Boffetti, Jason	Senior Program Officer	318	(202) 606-8344	jboffetti@neh.gov
Cox, John	Senior Program Officer	318	(202) 208-7099	jcox@neh.gov
Judkins, Annie	Program Assistant	318	(202) 606-8467	ajudkins@neh.gov
Kinkela, Claudia	Senior Program Officer	318	(202) 606-8203	ckinkela@neh.gov
Macklem, Mary	Senior Program Officer	318	(202) 606-8276	mmacklem@neh.gov
Medici, Lydia	Program Analyst	318	(202) 606-8219	lmedici@neh.gov
Meyer, Ann	Senior Program Officer	318	(202) 606-8376	ameyer@neh.gov
Sack, Daniel	Senior Program Officer	318	(202) 606-8459	dsack@neh.gov
Silver, Mark	Senior Program Officer	318	(202) 606-8624	msilver@neh.gov
Stokes, George	Program Assistant	318	(202) 606-8271	gstokes@neh.gov
Thomas, Bernadette	Program Assistant	318	(202) 606-8551	bthomas@neh.gov
Turner, Jim	Program Analyst	318	(202) 606-8295	jturner@neh.gov
Untalan, Jennifer	Program Analyst	318	(202) 606-8389	juntalan@neh.gov
Walker, Stefanie	Senior Program Officer	318	(202) 606-8478	swalker@neh.gov
Wyland, Russell	Deputy Director	318	(202) 606-8391	rwyland@neh.gov
Yates, Gwen	Administrative Officer	318	(202) 606-8210	gyates@neh.gov

EDSITEment Partnership
Name	Title	Office	Phone	Email
NiTuama, Shelley	Program Specialist	322	(202) 606-8425	snituama@neh.gov
Peters, Carol	Director	322	(202) 606-8285	cpeters@neh.gov
Phelan, Joseph	Program Analyst	322	(202) 606-8374	jphelan@neh.gov
Reilly, Adrian	Webmaster	322	(202) 606-8333	areilly@neh.gov

Enayet Rahim Memorial Library
Name	Title	Office	Phone	Email
McClish, Donna	Technical Information Specialist	217	(202) 606-8244	dmcclish@neh.gov

Office of Challenge Grants
Name	Title	Office	Phone	Email
Anderson, Andrea	Acting Director	420	(202) 606-8366	aanderson@neh.gov
Gienger, Kay	Staff Assistant	420	(202) 606-8309	kgienger@neh.gov
Johnson, Brandon	Senior Program Officer	420	(202) 606-8369	bjohnson@neh.gov
Ross, Steve	Expert	420	(202) 606-8309	sross@neh.gov

Office of Communications
Name	Title	Office	Phone	Email
Burr, Mark	Expert	510	(202) 606-8340	mburr@neh.gov
Cutrona, Lucy	Public Affairs Specialist	510	(202) 606-8589	lcutrona@neh.gov
Flynn, Christopher	Public Affairs Specialist	510	(202) 606-8440	cflynn@neh.gov
Havemann, Judy	Director	510	(202) 606-8355	jhavemann@neh.gov
Nguyen, Virginia	Web Designer	510	(202) 606-8274	vnguyen@neh.gov
Poor, Rachel	Office Assistant	510	(202) 606-8446	rpoor@neh.gov
Wasley, Paula	Public Affairs Specialist	510	(202) 606-8424	pwasley@neh.gov

Office of Digital Humanities
Name	Title	Office	Phone	Email
Bobley, Brett	Director	402	(202) 606-8401	bbobley@neh.gov
Collins, Perry	Program Officer	402	(202) 606-8461	pcollins@neh.gov
Rhody, Jason	Senior Program Officer	402	(202) 606-8364	jrhody@neh.gov
Serventi, Jennifer	Senior Program Officer	402	(202) 606-8395	jserventi@neh.gov
Sneesby-Koch, Ann	Humanities Administrator	402	(202) 606-7883	asneesby-koch@neh.gov

Office of Federal/State Partnership
Name	Title	Office	Phone	Email
Ferris, Meg	Program Analyst	603	(202) 208-7100	mferris@neh.gov
Manza, Edythe	Director	603	(202) 606-8257	emanza@neh.gov
Mitchell, Kathleen	Senior Program Officer	603	(202) 606-8302	kmitchell@neh.gov
Newman, Shirley	Program Assistant	603	(202) 606-8254	snewman@neh.gov

Office of General Counsel
Name	Title	Office	Phone	Email
McDonald, Michael	General Counsel	529	(202) 606-8322	mmcdonald@neh.gov
Raimond, Gina	Attorney-Advisor	529	(202) 606-8322	graimond@neh.gov
Voyatzis, Lisette	Deputy General Counsel	529	(202) 606-8322	evoyatzis@neh.gov

Office of Grant Management
Name	Title	Office	Phone	Email
Daisey, Susan	Expert	311	(202) 606-8494	sdaisey@neh.gov
Lopez-Buitrago, Anne	Grants Administrator	311	(202) 606-8575	alopez-buitrago@neh.gov
Scott, Peter	Grants Administrator	311	(202) 606-8615	pscott@neh.gov
Shepherd, Jerri	Grants Administrator	311	(202) 606-8604	jshepherd@neh.gov
Straughter, Robert	Acting Director	311	(202) 606-8237	rlstraughter@neh.gov
Tatge, Barbara	Grants Administrator	311	(202) 606-8217	btatge@neh.gov

Office of Human Resources
Name	Title	Office	Phone	Email
Edwards, Ethel	Human Resources Specialist	418	(202) 606-8415	eedwards@neh.gov
Ferdinand, Derika	Deputy Director	418	(202) 606-8415	dferdinand@neh.gov
LaQuay, Becky	Human Resources Specialist	418	(202) 606-8415	klaquay@neh.gov
Lawson, Mia	Human Resources Specialist	418	(202) 606-8415	mlawson@neh.gov
Lyles, Renee	Human Resources Assistant	418	(202) 606-8415	rlyles@neh.gov
Mitchell, Anthony	Director	418	(202) 606-8415	amitchell@neh.gov
Vasquez, Jorge	Office Assistant	418	(202) 606-8415	jvasquez@neh.gov

Office of Information Resource Management
Name	Title	Office	Phone	Email
Gill, Naveed	IT Specialist	203	(202) 606-8403	ngill@neh.gov
Hammond, Jason	Systems Operations Specialist	203	(202) 606-8406	jhammond@neh.gov
Hester, Charles	Systems Operations Supervisor	203	(202) 606-8455	chester@neh.gov
Losin, Peter	Technology Program Officer	203	(202) 606-8477	plosin@neh.gov
Morton-Smith, Talana	IT Specialist	203	(202) 606-8405	tmorton-smith@neh.gov
Mureithi, Christopher	IT Specialist	203	(202) 606-8259	cmureithi@neh.gov
Peltz, Tanya	Director	203	(202) 606-8409	tpeltz@neh.gov
Phuong, Lynda	IT Specialist	203	(202) 606-8404	lphuong@neh.gov
Southerland, Cedric	IT Specialist	203	(202) 606-8402	csoutherland@neh.gov
Stewart, Beth	Development Section Supervisor	203	(202) 606-8289	bstewart@neh.gov
Vaughan, Clay	IT Specialist	203	(202) 606-8407	cvaughan@neh.gov

Office of Inspector General
Name	Title	Office	Phone	Email
Davis, Laura	Deputy Inspector General	419	(202) 606-8574	ldavis@neh.gov
Elsberg, Steve	Auditor	419	(202) 606-8353	selsberg@neh.gov
Martinez, Adriana	Legal Assistant	419	(202) 606-8350	amartinez@neh.gov
Tang, Ruey-En	Auditor	419	(202) 606-8354	rtang@neh.gov

Office of Planning and Budget
Name	Title	Office	Phone	Email
Coleman, Gladys	Budget Analyst	403	(202) 606-8428	gcoleman@neh.gov
Dohanic, David	Budget Officer	403	(202) 606-8444	ddohanic@neh.gov
Kalke, Christine	Senior Analyst	403	(202) 606-8431	ckalke@neh.gov
Myers, Larry	Director	403	(202) 606-8433	lmyers@neh.gov
Shaw, Frank	Program Analyst	403	(202) 606-8428	fshaw@neh.gov

Office of Publications
Name	Title	Office	Phone	Email
Biernik, Maria	Visual Information Specialist	408	(202) 606-8465	mbiernik@neh.gov
Gillis, Anna	Writer-Editor	410	(202) 606-8437	agillis@neh.gov
Heiss, Andrea	Visual Information Specialist	410	(202) 606-8439	aheiss@neh.gov
Hindley, Meredith	Writer-Editor	406	(202) 606-8452	mhindley@neh.gov
Lifson, Amy	Assistant Editor	410	(202) 606-8441	alifson@neh.gov
Moyer, Steve	Editorial Assistant	410	(202) 606-8435	smoyer@neh.gov
Schwartz, Joel	Chief Guidelines Officer	409	(202) 606-8473	jschwartz@neh.gov
Skinner, David	Director	405	(202) 606-8448	dskinner@neh.gov

Office of the Chairman
Name	Title	Office	Phone	Email
Bono, Gina	Secretary to the Assistant Chairman	503	(202) 606-8231	gbono@neh.gov
Buster, Gale	Secretary to the Chairman	503	(202) 606-8310	gbuster@neh.gov
Caldera, Eva	Assistant Chairman for Partnership and Strategic Initiatives	531	(202) 606-8634	ecaldera@neh.gov
Chapin, Courtney	White House Liaison and Director of Congressional Affairs	509	(202) 606-8298	cchapin@neh.gov
Green, Caitlin	Special Assistant to the Chairman	511	(202) 208-7122	cgreen@neh.gov
Harrison, Tracie	Secretary to the Deputy Chairman	503	(202) 606-8328	tharrison@neh.gov
Noble, Claire	Special Assistant to the Chairman	508	(202) 606-8239	Cnoble@neh.gov
Richardson, Malcolm	Senior Partnership Officer	503	(202) 606-8277	mrichardson@neh.gov
Thomas, Jeffrey	Assistant Chairman for Planning and Operations	503	(202) 606-8231	jthomas@neh.gov
Watson, Carole	Acting Chairman	503	(202) 606-8328	cwatson@neh.gov
Wolfson, Adam	Assistant Chairman for Programs	318	(202) 606-8231	awolfson@neh.gov