American Public Human Services Association

AAPWA Executive Committee Members

PRESIDENT:	Steven Keller, Assistant Attorney General Department of Human Resources 311 W. Saratoga Street, Suite 1015 Baltimore, Maryland 21201-3521 Telephone: (410) 767-7726 FAX: (410) 333-0026 E-mail: Steven Keller
VICE PRESIDENT:	Daniel Hart, Assistant Attorney General Iowa Department of Justice Human Services Division Hoover State Office Building, 2 nd Floor 1305 E. Walnut Street Des Moines, Iowa 50319 Telephone: (515) 281-4672 FAX: (515) 281-7219 E-mail: dhart1@dhs.state.ia.us
SECRETARY:	Deborah Huskins, Area Director Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Dept. HSB 965 525 Portland Ave. Minneapolis , MN 55415 Telephone: (612) 596-9563 FAX: (612) 348-6900 E-mail: Deborah.Huskins@co.hennepin.mn.us
TREASURER:	Gayl Manthei Special Deputy Atty. General North Carolina Dept. of Justice PO Box 629 Raleigh, NC 27602-0629 Telephone: 919-716-6855 FAX: 919-716-6758 E-mail: gmanthei@ncdoj.com
WESTERN REGION:	AZ, UT, ID, NV, OR, WA, CA, AK, HI

CHAIRPERSON:	Lisa Hightower, Assistant General Counsel Legal Division California Department of Social Services 744 P Street, MS 4-161 Sacramento, California 95814 Telephone: (916) 654-0843 FAX: (916) 654-1171 E-mail: Lisa.Hightower@dss.ca.gov
REPRESENTATIVES:	Darrell Faircloth, Deputy Attorney General Nevada Attorney General Office 100 No. Carson Street Carson City, Nevada 89701-4717 Telephone: (775) 684-1139 FAX: (775) 684-1145 E-mail: Darrell Faircloth
	Steven Goodrich, Assistant Attorney General Arizona Office of Attorney General 1275 West Washington Phoenix , AZ 85007 Telephone: (602) 542-9887 FAX: (602) 542-9279 E-mail: Steven.Goodrich@azag.gov
ALTERNATES:	Willard Abbott, Deputy Attorney General Office of the Attorney General 450 West State Street , 10 th Floor, PO Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0036 Telephone: (208) 334-5537 FAX: (208) 334-5548E-mail: abbottw@idhw.state.id.us
	Lisa Pan, Assistant Attorney General Washington Attorney General’s Office PO Box 40124 Olympia, WA 98504 Telephone: (360) 459-6223 FAX: (360) 459-6689 E-mail: lisap2@atg.wa.gov
SOUTHWEST REGION:	AR, LA, OK, TX, NM

CHAIRPERSON:	Travis Smith, Assistant Attorney General OK Department of Human Services PO Box 53025 Oklahoma City , OK 73152 Telephone: (405) 522-6222 FAX: (405) 521-6816 E-mail: travis.smith@okdhs.org
REPRESENTATIVES:	Kathleen Dawkins, Attorney Supervisor Department of Health and Hospitals 1201 Capitol Access Road, 3rd Floor Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821 Telephone: (225) 342-6055 FAX: (225) 342-2232 E-mail: Kathleen Dawkins
	Nathan Adams, Assistant General Counsel Human Services Department P.O. Box 2348 Santa Fe , NM 87504 Telephone: (505) 827-7747 FAX: (505) 827-7729 E-mail: nathan.adams@state.nm.us
ALTERNATE:	Mark L.Jones, Advocate General Office of Client Advocacy Department of Human Services PO Box 25352 Oklahoma City , OK 73125 Telephone: (405) 525-4850 FAX: (405) 525-4855 E-mail: mark1.jones@okdhs.org
NORTHEAST REGION:	ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, DE, MD, PA, PR, DC

CHAIRPERSON:	Sandra Barnes , Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General 311 West Saratoga Street, Suite 1015 Baltimore , MD 21201-3500 Telephone: (410) 767-7726 Fax: (410) 333-0026 E-mail: sbarnes@dhr.state.md.us
REPRESENTATIVES:	Doris Leisch, Chief of Litigation PA Dept. of Public Welfare Office of General Counsel 1700 State Office Building 1400 Spring Garden Street Philadelphia , PA 19130 Telephone: (215) 560-2192 FAX: (215) 560-5554 E-mail: dleisch@state.pa.us
	Theo Kennedy , Planning, Policy and Regulation Director Economic Services Division VT Agency of Human Services Department for Children and Families 103 South Main Street Waterbury , VT 05671-1201 Telephone: (802) 241-2794 FAX: (802) 241-3934 E-mail: theok@ahs.state.vt.us
Alternate:	Inez Maria Haettenschwiller, Associate Attorney Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance 40 N. Pearl St., 16-C Albany, NY Telephone: (518) 474-2721 FAX: E-mail: inez.haettenschwiller@otda.state.ny.us
SOUTHEAST REGION:	WV, VA, KY, TN, NC, SC, GA, AL, MS, FL

CHAIRPERSON:	Gayl Manthei, Special Deputy Attorney General North Carolina Department of Justice P.O. Box 629 Raleigh , North Carolina 27602-0629 Telephone: (919) 716-6855 FAX: (919) 716-6758 E-mail: gmanthei@ncdoj.com
REPRESENTATIVES:	Neal Childers, General Counsel GA Department of Community Health 2 Peachtree Street, NW , 40 th Floor Atlanta , GA 30303 Telephone: (404) 657-7195 Fax: (404) 656-0663 E-mail:nchilders@dch.state.ga.us
	Marion (Earl) Scales, Assistant Attorney General MS Attorney General’s Office PO Box 220 Jackson , MS 39205 Telephone: (601) 359-4216 / 359-2439 Fax: (601) 359-4240 E-mail: escal@ago.state.ms.us

Alternate:	Rebecca Johnson, Assistant Attorney General WV Department of Health and Human Resources 4190 W. Washington St . Charleston , WV 25313 Telephone: (304) 746-2360 x 2246 Fax: (304) 558-1802 E-mail: rebeccajohnson@wvdhhr.org
CENTRAL REGION:	OH, MI, IN, IL, MO, IA, WI, MN

CHAIRPERSON:	Marcia Katz Slotnick, Deputy Legal Counsel Office of Legal Services Ohio Department of Job and Family Services 30 East Broad Street , 31st floor Columbus , OH 43215-3414 Telephone: (614) 466-4605 FAX: (614) 752-8298 E-mail: slotnm@odjfs.state.oh.us
REPRESENTATIVES:	Ann Ahlstrom, Staff Attorney Minnesota Supreme Court 25 Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. Blvd., Suite 105 St. Paul , Minnesota 55155-3832 Telephone: (651) 297-1114 FAX: (651) 296-6609 E-mail: ann.ahlstrom@courts.state.mn.us
	Randi Lewis, Deputy Legal Counsel OH Department of Job and Family Services 30 East Broad Street , 31 st Floor Columbus , OH 43215-3414 Telephone: (614) 466-4605 Fax: (614) 752-8298 E-mail: lewisr@odjfs.state.oh.us
Alternates:	Ann Berg, Manager, Federal Relations Unit MN Department of Human Services 444 Lafayette Road St. Paul , MN 55155 Telephone: (651) 296-0642 FAX: (651) 215-9453 E-mail: ann.berg@state.mn.us
MOUNTAIN REGION:	ND, SD, NE, CO, MT, KA, WY

CHAIRPERSON:	Joann E. Corpstein, Chief Counsel Kansas Department on Aging Docking State Office Bldg. 503 South Kansas Avenue Topeka , KS 66603 -3404 Telephone: (785) 368-7228 FAX: (785) 296-0767 E-mail: joanncorpstein@aging.state.ks.us
REPRESENTATIVES:	Russ Cater, Chief Legal Counsel Department of Health and Human Services 11 North Sanders Street Helena , Montana 59604-4210 Telephone: (406) 444-5626 FAX: (406) 444-1970 E-mail: rcater@mt.gov
	Reid Stacey, Medicaid Attorney KS Division of Health Policy and Finance 915 SW Harrison Street , Room 530 Topeka , KS 66612 -1570 Telephone: (785) 296-3967 FAX: (785) 296-4960 E-mail: rrs@srskansas.org
ALTERNATE:	John Badger, General Counsel Legal Services Division Kansas Department of Social & Rehabilitation Services 915 SW Harrison St. , Room 530 Topeka , Kansas 66612 -1505 Telephone: (785) 296-3967 FAX: (785) 296-4960 E-mail: wjb@srskansas.org

At Large Members and Past Presidents:

AT-LARGE MEMBERS	Elizabeth Brown Deputy Attorney General Indiana Family & Social Services 302 W. Washington St . IGCS 5 th Floor Indianapolis , IN 46204-2776 Telephone: (317) 232-8069 FAX: (317) 232-7979 E-mail: ebrown@atg.state.in.us
	Richard Hepfer Deputy General Counsel SC Dept. of Health & Human Services PO Box 8206 Columbia, SC 29202-8206 Telephone: (803) 898-2791 FAX: (803) 255-8210 E-mail: hepfer@dhhs.state.sc.us
	Susan Carson Deputy Attorney General California Office of the Attorney General 455 Golden Gate Avenue, 11 th Floor San Francisco, CA 94102 Telephone: (415) 703-5580 FAX: (415) 703-5480 E-mail: susan.carson@doj.ca.gov
	Susan Diedrich Supervising Staff Counsel California Department of Social Services 744P Street MS 4-161 Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 657-3636 E-mail: susan.diedrich@dss.ca.gov
PAST-PRESIDENTS	Charlene A. Vaughan Deputy Attorney General/DHHR General Counsel Office of the Attorney General State Capitol Building 3, Room 210 Charleston , West Virginia 25305 Telephone: (304) 558-2131 FAX: (304) 558-0947 E-mail: CVaughan@ wvdhhr.org
	Howard Pallotta General Counsel Oklahoma Health Care Authority 4545 N. Lincoln Boulevard – Suite 124 Post Office Box 18497 Oklahoma City , OK 73154-0497 Telephone: (405) 522-7431 FAX: (405) 522-7471 E-mail: pallotth@ohca.state.ok.us
	Mary Widmann Supervising Attorney Louisiana Department of Social Services Legal 1010 Common, Suite 1440 New Orleans , Louisiana 70112 Telephone: (504) 599-0956 FAX: (504) 599-0931 E-mail: mwidmann@dss.state.la.us
	Gary A. Davis Assistant Ramsey County Attorney Ramsey County Human Services Department 50 W. Kellogg Boulevard, Suite 560 St. Paul , Minnesota 55102-1664 Telephone: (651) 266-3034 FAX: (651) 266-3032 E-mail: gary.a.davis@co.ramsey.mn.us
	Lawrence B. Bolton Deputy Director California Department of Social Services 744 P Street, Suite 1750 , MS 17-27 Sacramento , California 95814-6413 Telephone: (916) 657-2353 FAX: (916) 657-1693 E-mail: larry.bolton@dss.ca.gov
	Jaqueline B. Rosenblatt Senior Assistant Attorney General Washington State Attorney General’s Office 1019 Pacific Avenue , 3 rd Floor PO Box 2317 Tacoma , Washington 98401-2317 Telephone: (253) 597-4108 FAX: (253) 593-2449 E-mail: jackier@atg.wa.gov
	Paul Leche Special Counsel for Appeals Texas of Health and Human Services Commission 4900 North Lamar Blvd. P.O. Box 149030 Austin , Texas 70752 -9030 Telephone: (512) 487-3315 FAX: (512) 424-6586 E-mail: paul.leche@ hhsc.state.tx.us
	Blaine L. Nordwall Director, Economic Assistance Policy North Dakota DHS 600 E. Boulevard Avenue State Capitol, Judicial Wing Bismarck , North Dakota 58505-0250 Telephone: (701) 328-4058 FAX: (701) 328-1060 E-mail: sono rb@state.nd.us
	Michael Rumbaugh Assistant Attorney General Nebraska Office of the Attorney General TierOne Center 1221 N Street, Suite 500. Lincoln, NE 68508 Telephone: (402) 471-2989 FAX: (402) 471-4725 E-mail: mike.rumbaugh@ago.ne.gov