ALABAMA
Sahuarita and Green Valley
Berkeley
Birmingham
Vanessa Felty
United Way of Tucson & Southern
Arizona - Green Valley satellite office
VFelty@unitedwaytucson.org
Maria Porter
2020 Vision for Berkeley’s Children &
Youth, convened by the Berkeley
Alliance
mporter@berkeleyalliance.org
ARKANSAS
Buena Park
Conway
Aaron France
City of Buena Park
afrance@buenapark.com
Michael Froning
Birmingham Education Foundation
mfroning@me.com
Mobile
Carolyn Douglas
The Community Foundation of South
Alabama
cdouglas@communityendowment.com
Ronda Warneke
United Way of Central Arkansas
Ronda@unitedwaycentralark.org
Montgomery
Ann McKimmon Sikes
Montgomery Education Foundation
ann.sikes@mgmedu.org
North Little Rock
Tuscaloosa
Cindy Doramus
Boys and Girls Club of Central
Arkansas
cdoramus@arclubs.org
Stephen Bridgers
Literacy Council of West Alabama
sbridgers@literacywa.org
CALIFORNIA
Bakersfield
ARIZONA
Jim Pitofsky
Arizona Community Foundation
jpitofsky@azfoundation.org
Karen Ortiz
Helios Education Foundation
kortiz@helios.org
Holly Culhane
PAS Associates
hculhane@aol.com
Carmen Bernal
United Way of Kern County
carmen.b@uwkern.org
Beth Swift
City of Buena Park
eswift@buenapark.com
Capitola – Santa Cruz County
Susan True
First 5 Santa Cruz County
strue@first5scc.org
Chula Vista
Ian Monahan
City of Chula Vista
imonahan@sbcglobal.net
Amy Dimkoff
City of Chula Vista
adimkoff@yahoo.com
Fresno
Della Hodson
United Way of Kern County
della.h@uwkern.org
Natalie Garcia
Fresno Regional Foundation
natalie@fresnoregfoundation.org
Long Beach
Richmond
Sara Pillet
Long Beach Public Library Foundation
sara@lbplfoundation.org
Bill Lindsay
City of Richmond
bill.lindsay@ci.richmond.ca.us
Laura Brown
Tahoe Truckee Excellence in
Education Foundation
exed@ttcf.net
Los Angeles
Jim Becker
Richmond Community Foundation
jbecker@richmondcf.org
Ruth Jackson Hall
Tahoe Truckee Unified School District
rhall@ttusd.org
Sonia Campos-Rivera
Los Angeles Area Chamber of
Commerce
Srivera@lachamber.com
Mountain View – San Mateo and
Santa Clara Counties
Erica Wood
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
ekwood@siliconvalleycf.org
Oakland
Jennifer Caban
City of Oakland,
Office of Mayor Jean Quan
JCaban@oaklandnet.com
Jean Quan
City of Oakland,
Office of Mayor Jean Quan
jquan@oaklandnet.com
Cassie Perham
Oakland Literacy Coalition, Rogers
Family Coalition
cperham@rogersfoundation.org
Pacoima
Robyn Reagan
Los Angeles Education Partnership,
Pacoima Community Initiative
RReagan@laep.org
Sylvia Fajardo
Pacoima Charter School
sgf5847@lausd.net
Porterville
John D. Lollis
City of Porterville
mgr-Office@ci.porterville.ca.us
John Snavely
Porterville Unified School District
jsnavely@portervilleschools.org
Redwood City
Patricia Brown
Redwood City 2020
pbrown@redwoodcity.org
Sacramento
Nikolas Howard
Sacramento READS!
nikolas.howard78@gmail.com
Salinas
Marcy Rustad
Literacy Campaign for Monterey
County
mrustad@literacycampaignmc.com
San Francisco
Laurel Kloomok
First 5 San Francisco Children and
Families Commission
laurel@first5sf.org
Hydra Mendoza
Office of Mayor Edwin Lee
hydra.mendoza@sfgov.org
COLORADO
Denver
Susan Gallo
Mayor's Office for Education and
Children
susan.gallo@denvergov.org
Longmont
Linda Kopecky
City of Longmont
linda.kopecky@ci.longmont.co.us
Pikes Peak
Cote Amber
Pikes Peak United Way
amber@ppunitedway.org
CONNECTICUT
San Jose
Branford
Jeff Janssen
Office of Mayor Chuck Reed, City of
San Jose
jeff.janssen@sanjoseca.gov
Jodi Kelly
Branford Early Childhood Council
Branford.becc@gmail.com
Bridgeport
Kristina Peralta
Office of Mayor Chuck Reed, City of
San Jose
kristina.peralta@sanjoseca.gov
Stockton
Jennifer Torres Siders
University of the Pacific
jtorressiders@pacific.edu
Tahoe Truckee
Alison Schwedner
Community Collaborative of Tahoe
Truckee
alison@communitycollaborative.org
Phebe Bell
Tahoe Truckee Community
Foundation
phebe@ttcf.net
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Fredrick Jackson
Bridgeport Alliance for Young Children
fjackson@optionline.net
Darcy Lowell
Bridgeport Alliance for Young Children
& Child FIRST
darcylowell@gmail.com
Kristin duBay Horton
Bridgeport Alliance for Young Children
& Dept. of Health & Social Services
kristin.dubay_horton@bridgeportct.gov
Tina Peloso-Ulreich
Bridgeport Public Schools & Bridgeport
Alliance for Young Children
tpeloso@bridgeportedu.net
Bristol
Plymouth
Delray Beach
Donna Osuch
United Way of West Central
Connecticut
donna.osuch@ctunitedway.org
Donna Koser
Plymouth Early Childhood Council
plymouthearlychildhoodcouncil@plymo
uthct.us
Janet Meeks
City of Delray Beach
meeksj@mydelraybeach.com
Rebecca Tuttle
United Way of West Central
Connecticut
rebecca.tuttle@ctunitedway.org
Torrington
Chaplin
Vernon
Sandra Frizzell
Chaplin Children's Readiness,
Education and Wellness Collaborative
coord_chaplindiscovery@charter.net
Mary Conway
Vernon Public Schools
mconway@vernon-ct.gov
Cheryl Kloczko
Torrington Public Schools
ckloczko@torrington.org
Whethersfield
Danbury
Caroline LaFleur
Danbury’s Promise for Children
Partnership
carolinel@danburychildrenfirst.org
Hartford
Paula Gilberto
United Way of Centeral and
Northeastern Connecticut
pgilberto@unitedwayinc.org
Kathy Bagley
Whethersfield Early Readiness Council
kathy.bagley@whethersfieldct.com
Winchester
Kristin Stoeke
Cradle To Classroom, Winchester
Early Care and Education Council
ctoc@winchesterschools.org
FLORIDA
Meriden
David Radcliffe
Meriden Children First
dwradcliffe@juno.com
Naugatuck
Jill Mahoney
Naugatuck Discovery
naugatuckdiscovery@yahoo.com
New Britain
Victoria Whaley
New Britain Reads, The Community
Foundation of Greater New Britain
tori@newbritainreads.org
New London
Suzanne Maryeski
Public Library of New London
smaryeski@lioninc.org
Norwalk
Mary Oster
Norwalk Early Childhood Council
moster@norwalkct.org
Lula Butler
City of Delray Beach
butler@mydelraybeach.com
Gainesville
Mona Gil de Gibaja
United Way of North Central Florida
mgibaja@unitedwayncfl.org
Debbie Mason
United Way of North Central Florida
dmason@Unitedwayncfl.org
Jacksonville
Donnie Horner
Office of the Mayor
dhorner@coj.net
Miami-Dade County
Modesto Abety-Gutierrez
The Children's Trust
mo@thechildrenstrust.org
Orlando
8 counties: Broward, Columbia,
Hillsborough, Martin, MiamiDade, Palm Beach, Pinellas, and
St. Lucie
Brittany Birken
Florida Children’s Services Council
bbirken@floridacsc.org
Boyton Beach
Gaetana Ebbole
Children's Services Council of Palm
Beach County
tanna.ebbole@cscpbc.org
Denise J. Riccio
The City of Orlando's Families, Parks
& Recreation Department
denise.riccio@cityoforlando.net
Tampa
Bobbi Davis
Children's Board of Hillsborough
County
bobbid@childrensboard.org
Vero Beach
Barbara Hammond
The Learning Alliance
bhammond@thelearningalliance.org
Broward
Jennifer O'Flannery
United Way of Broward County
joflannery@unitedwaybroward.org
Columbia County
Kitty McElhaney
Columbia County School District
mcelhane_k@firn.edu
GEORGIA
Atlanta
Mindy Binderman
GEEARS: Georgia Early Education
Alliance for Ready Students
mbinderman@geears.org
Jean Walker
United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta
jwalker@unitedwayatlanta.org
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Brunswick
Merrillville
IOWA & ILLINOIS
Lee Owen
Communities of Coastal Georgia
Foundation
lowen@coastalgeorgiafoundation.org
Harry Vande Velde
Legacy Foundation
hvandevelde@legacyfoundationlakeco
.org
Quad Cities: Davenport &
Bettendorf, Iowa; and Moline,
East Moline & Rock Island,
Illinois
Savannah
Muncie
Edward Chisholm
Chatham-Savannah Youth Futures
Authority
echisholm@youthfutures.com
Karen Hemberger
United Way of Delaware County
khemberger@uwdcin.org
Alex Kolker
United Way of the Quad Cities Area
akolker@unitedwayqc.org
KANSAS
Richmond
Tifton
Greg Millette
United Way of South Central Georgia
gmillette@uway-socenga.org
ILLINOIS
Chicago
Leslie Fields
Chicago Public Schools
lfields12@cps.k12.il.us
Sally Hutton
Office of the Mayor
mayor@richmondindiana.gov
El Dorado
IOWA
Nijah Fudge
City of El Dorado
nfudge@city.eldoks.com
Ames
Carolyn Jons
Raising Readers in Story County
ccjons@aol.com
Council Bluffs
North Park Chicago
Adam Parrott-Sheffer
Peterson Elementary School
petersonprincipal@gmail.com
Oak Park
Alajandra Ibanez
Oak Park-River Forest Community
Foundation
programofficer@oprfcf.org
INDIANA
Fort Wayne
Lanah Hake
United Way of Allen County
lanahh@uwacin.org
Indianapolis
John Brandon
Marion County Commission on Youth,
Inc. (MCCOY, Inc.)
john.brandon@mccoyouth.org
Lafayette and West Lafayette
James Taylor
United Way of Greater Lafayette
jtaylor@uw.lafayette.in.us
Bob Mundt
Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce
BMundt@councilbluffsiowa.com
Martha Bruckner
Council Bluffs Community School
District
mbruckner@cbcsd.org
Tom McKibban
City of El Dorado
mayormckibban@eldoks.com
Manhattan
Shari LaGrange
Schools of Hope
shari.rsvp@gmail.com
Shawnee County
Ashley Kraus
United Way of Greater Topeka
Ashley.Kraus@unitedwaytopeka.org
KENTUCKY
Des Moines
Louisville
Maureen Tiffany
United Way of Central Iowa
mtiffany@unitedwaydm.org
Tony Peyton
Office of Mayor Greg Fischer
Tony.peyton@louisvilleky.gov
Dubuque
Eric Dregne
Community Foundation of Greater
Dubuque
eric@dbqfoundation.org
Lynn Howard
Office of Mayor Greg Fischer, Division
for Policy and Special Projects,
Louisville Metro Government
Lynn.howard@louisvilleky.gov
Marshalltown
Louisville, Muhlenberg County
Sue Martin
Martha-Ellen Tye Foundation
sue@marthaellentyefoundation.org
Kathy Stewart Jacobi
Felix E. Martin Jr. Foundation
kathyj@cflouisville.org
Arlene McAtee
Mid-Iowa Community Action
arlene@micaonline.org
Vicki Yonts
Muhlenberg County School District
vyonts@muhlenberg.kyschools.us
Waterloo/Cedar Falls
Sheila Baird
Cedar Valley United Way
Sheila.Baird@cvuw.org
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LOUISIANA
New Orleans
Julia Bland
Louisiana Children’s Museum
jbland@lcm.org
MARYLAND
Baltimore
Thomasina (Tomi) Hiers
City of Baltimore, Office of Human
Services, Office of the Mayor
Thomasina.Hiers@baltimorecity.gov
John Bissell
Greylock Federal Credit Union &
Berkshire Priorities
jbissell@greylock.org
Springfield
Sally Fuller
Reading Success by 4th Grade, Irene
E. & George A. Davis Foundation
sfuller@davisfdn.org
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis, St. Paul,
Bloomington & Brooklyn Center
Meghan Barp
Greater Twin Cities United Way
barpm@unitedwaytwincities.org
MISSISSIPPI
Hancock, Harrison, Jackson
Worcester
Jennifer Davis Carey
Worcester Education Collaborative
jdaviscarey@wecollaborative.org
Aletha Burge
United Way of South Mississippi
aburge@unitedwaysm.org
Petal
MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN
Boston
Ann Arbor
Kristin McSwain
Boston Opportunity Agenda
kristin.mcswain@bostonopportunityag
enda.org
Brockton
Joni Block
City of Brockton, Coordinated Family &
Community Engagement Program, MA
Dept. of Early Education & Care
joniblock@bpsma.org
Holyoke
Wendy Welser
City of Ann Arbor
wwelser@a2gov.org
Steve Powers
City of Ann Arbor
spowers@a2gov.org
Detroit
Daniel Varner
Excellent Schools Detroit
dvarner@excellentschoolsdetroit.org
Nadine Coleman
Center for Families and Children, Petal
School District
nadine.coleman@petalschools.com
MISSOURI
Kansas City
Sylvester "Sly" James Jr.
Office of the Mayor
mayor@kcmo.org
Margaret Hansbrough
Office of the Mayor, Kansas City, MO
margaret.hansbrough@kcmo.org
Michael Moriarty
City of Holyoke
michael.moriarty@verizon.net
Eric Anderson
Excellent Schools Detroit
Elaine A. Pluta
Office of the Mayor
plutae@ci.holyoke.ma.us
Grand Rapids - Kent County
David Cripe
UMB Bank
david.cripe@umb.com
Lindsay McHolme
Community Literacy Initiative, Literacy
Center of West Michigan
lmcholme@literacycenterwm.org
Kylee Strough
United Way of Greater St. Joseph
kylee.strough@stjosephunitedway.org
Marlborough
Susanne Morreale Leeber
Marlborough Regional Chamber of
Commerce
susannem@marlboroughchamber.org
Pittsfield
Jonah Slatter
Berkshire United Way
jslatter@berkshireunitedway.org
Kristine Hazzard
Berkshire United Way
khazzard@berkshireunitedway.org
eanderson@excellentschoolsdetroit.org
Monroe
Donald Spencer
Monroe County Intermediate School
System
donald.spencer@monroeisd.us
St. Joseph
Jodi Bloemker
United Way of Greater St. Joseph
jodi.bloenker@stjosephunitedway.org
NEVADA
Plymouth
Las Vegas
Marie Morrow
Plymouth Community United Way
marie.morrow@unitedway.org
Brian Knudson
City of Las Vegas
bknudsen@lasvegasnevada.gov
Carolyn G. Goodman
City of Las Vegas, Office of the Mayor
cgoodman@lasvegasnevada.gov
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Northern Nevada and the Sierra
(Reno)
Betty Rose
United Way of Northern Nevada and
the Sierra
brose@uwayreno.com
Morrisville
OHIO
Michael Drahos
Morrisville-Eaton Central School
District
mdrahos@m-ecs.org
Dayton
New York
NEW JERSEY
Camden
Francine Rosenthal
American Reading Company
francine.rosenthal@americanreading.com
Dana L. Redd
Office of the Mayor, City of Camden
mayor@ci.camden.nj.us
Carteret
Kathleen Skobo
Carteret School District
kskobo@carteretschools.org
Newark
Catherine P. Wilson
United Way of Essex and West
Hudson
cwilson@uwewh.org
Jane Quinn
The Children's Aid Society, National
Center for Community Schools
janeq@childrensaidsociety.org
Gail Grandison
The Children's Aid Society, National
Center for Community Schools
gailg@childrensaidsociety.org
Rochester
Concetta Lucchese
Rochester City School District
concetta.lucchese@rcsdk12.org
Syracuse
Virginia (Ginny) Carmody
Literacy Coalition of Onondaga County
vcarmody@unitedway-cny.org
Lightcap Robyn
Ready Set Soar
Robyn.Lightcap@readysetsoar.org
Zanesville
David Mitzel
Muskingum County Community
Foundation
dmitzel@mccf.org
OHIO AND KENTUCKY
Cincinnati and Northern
Kentucky
Polly Lusk Page
Northern Kentucky Education Council
ppage@nkyec.org
Greg Landsman
The Strive Partnership
Landsmang@strivetogether.org
OKLAHOMA
NORTH CAROLINA
Paterson
Cary – Wake County
Irene Sterling
Paterson Education Fund
isterling@paterson-education.org
Anthony J. Tata
Wake County Public School System
atata@wcpss.net
Enid
Paula Waters
Community Development Support
Association
paula.waters@cdsaok.org
Oklahoma City
Cathy Moore
Wake County Public School System
cqmoore@wcpss.net
Sandino Thompson
It's My Community
Maria A. Flores
Children’s Reading Foundation of
Doña Ana County
maflores54@gmail.com
Charlotte – Mecklenburg
Mary Myrick
Public Strategies
mary.myrick@publicstrategies.com
Douglas Hoffman
Children’s Reading Foundation of
Doña Ana County
dhoffman@readingfoundation.org
Jane L. McIntyre
United Way of Central Carolinas
jmcintyre@uwcentralcarolinas.org
Stacy Dysktra
Smart Start Central Oklahoma
sdysktra@smartstartcentraloklahoma.
org
Greenville
Tulsa
Adrian Cox
United Way of Pitt County
acox@uwpcnc.org
Phil Dessauer
Metropolitan Human Services
Commission / Community Service
Council
pdessauer@csctulsa.org
NEW MEXICO
sandino.thompson@itsmycommunity.org
Mesilla & Las Cruces
NEW YORK
Buffalo
Ann Ryan
Read to Succeed Buffalo Literacy
Coalition
RyanA@rtsb.org
Brett Loftis
Council for Children’s Rights
brett@cfcrights.org
Southern Pines
Lynn Thompson
Town of Southern Pines Public Library
thompson@sppl.net
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OREGON
PUERTO RICO
Corpus Christi
Enterprise
Humacao
Amy Johnson
Building Healthy Families
ajohnson@oregonbhf.org
Luz Marrero
United Way of Puerto Rico
l.marrero@fondosunidos.org
Donna Hurley
United Way of Coastal Bend
donna.hurley@uwcb.org
Eugene
LaVena Nohrenberg
Eugene Public Library
lavena.r.nohrenberg@ci.eugene.or.us
Cynthia Olsen
Eugene Public Library
cynthia.m.olsen@ci.eugene.or.us
Portland
Colin McCormack
United Way of Columbia-Willamette
colinm@unitedway-pdx.org
RHODE ISLAND
Bill Jackson
United Way of Erie County
bill@unitedwayerie.org
Greater Lehigh Valley
Jeannette MacDonald
United Way of the Greater Lehigh
Valley
jeannettem@unitedwayglv.org
Angela Romans
City of Providence, Office of Mayor
Angel Taveras
aromans@providenceri.com
SOUTH CAROLINA
Anderson
Linda McConnell
City of Anderson
lmcconnell@cityofandersonsc.com
Columbia
Hinrichs Ellen
United Way of the Midlands
ellen@yourfoundation.org
Arlington and Mansfield
Cary Siegfried
Our Community, Our Kids
cary.siegfried@arlingtontx.gov
York
Robert Woods
United Way of York County
woodsr@unitedway-york.org
The Woodlands
Julie Martineau
Montgomery County United Way
julie@mcuw.org
Waco
Ashley Allison
Waco Foundation
aallison@wacofoundation.org
Kathleen Bideaux
Ogden City School District Partnership
with Ogden United
bideauxk@ogdensd.org
Park City – South Salt Lake
Austin
Shirley Heitzman
Austin Independent School District,
Office of Innovation & Development
shirley.heitzman@austinisd.org
Bill Crimm
United Way of Salt Lake
bill@uw.org
Bay City
Joanne R. Milner
Salt Lake City, Office of the Mayor
Joanne.milner@slcgov.com
Gonzalez Julia
Matagorda County United Way
mcuw@sbcglobak.net
VIRGIN ISLANDS
Reading
William Davis
The Collective c/o Widener University
williamdavisjr@gmail.com
T.C. Broadnax
City of San Antonio
tc.broadnax@sanantonio.gov
Ogden
TEXAS
Pittsburgh
Joe Welsh
United Way of Allegheny County
joe.welsh@uwac.org
San Antonio
UTAH
Philadelphia
Susan Biemiller
City Hall, Mayor's Office,
City of Philadelphia
Suzanne.Biemiller@phila.gov
Terry Grier
Houston Independent School District
tgrier@houstonisd.org
Providence
PENNSYLVANIA
Erie
Houston
Pat Joyce
Tri County Coalition for Literacy and
Community Engagement
pgjoyce@sbeglobal.net
St. Croix
Deanna James
St. Croix Foundation
djames@stxfoundation.org
St. Thomas
Brownsville
Traci Wickett
United Way of Southern Cameron
County
traci.wickett@unitedwayrgv.org
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Dee Baecher-Brown
Community Foundation of the Virgin
Islands
dbrown@cfvi.net
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON, DC
Alexandria
District of Columbia
Deborah Warren
Alexandria Department of Community
& Human Services
deborah.warren@alexandriava.gov
Jessica Sutter
Office of the Deputy Mayor for
Education
jessica.sutter@dc.gov
Alexandria – Fairfax County
Burnette Scarboro
South County Youth Network
burnette@southcountyyouthnetwork.org
Norfolk
Michelle Tomaszewski
The Literacy Partnership
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston
West Virginia Courthouse Facilities
Improvement Authority
Brenda Ashworth
brenda.ashworth@wvcfia.com
mtomaszewski@literacypartnership.org
Petersburg
Wayne Crocker
Petersburg Public Library
wcrocker@ppls.org
WISCONSIN
Eau Claire
Mike Huggins
Office of the City Manager
mike.huggins@eauclairewi.gov
Richmond
Harriet Coalter
Richmond Public Library
harriet.coalter@richmondgov.com
Milwaukee
Gerard Randall
Milwaukee Partnership Academy
hagenjl@milwaukee.k12.wi.us
Roanoke
Sheila Umberger
Roanoke Public Libraries
sheila.umberger@roanokeva.gov
Virginia Beach
Marcy Sims
Virginia Beach Public Library
msims@vbgov.com
WASHINGTON
Anacortes
MaryJo Christiansen
Anacortes School District
mchristiansen@asd103.org
Bellevue
Tracy Maury
Eastside Pathways
maury_t_a@hotmail.com
Seattle, Auburn, Burien, Federal
Way, Kent, Renton, and Tukwila
Lynda Petersen
Community Center for Education
Results/The Road Map Project
lpetersen@ccedresults.org
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