Hispanic Fathers and Family Literacy:
Strengthening Achievement in Hispanic Communities

Dialogue Participants

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Additional contact information for the Health and Human Services employees can be obtained from the HHS website. The web address for employee contact information is http://directory.psc.gov/employee.htm

All participant information was correct as of January 13, 2000. Contact information may have changed subsequent to that date.

PROGRAM PARTNERS

Vince Allocco
Executive Director
El Valor
1850 W. 21st St.
Chicago, IL 60608
312-666-4511 (p)
312-666-6677 (f)
email: valloco@elvalor.org

Aviva Argote
Field Deputy for Supervisor Gloria Molina
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
5264 East Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90022
323-881-4601 (p)
323-887-7286 (f)

Eduardo Berrones
Director
Le Jardin Community Centers, Inc.
47 N. Krome Avenue
Homestead, FL 33030
305-245-4994 (p)
305-247-7626 (f)
email: berrones@bellsouth.net

Ken R. Canfield, Ph.D.
Founder and President
National Center for Fathering
10200 W. 75th Street, Suite 267
Shawnee Mission, KA 66204
phone: 913-384-4661
fax: 913-384-4665
website: http://www.fathers.com

Isaac Cardenas, M.S.
Director
Fathers' Rites
110 Angela St.
San Antonio, TX 78207
210-354-3004 (p)
210-354-3004 (f)
email: bear-paw@swbell.net

Luis Cardona
Institute for Public Safety and Justice
University of the District of Columbia
4200 Connecticut Ave, NW Bldg 41, Rm 308
Washington, D.C. 20008
202-274-5408 (p)
email: luiscardo@hotmail.com

Bradley R. Carl
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 605
Washington, D.C., 20036
202-833-8361 (p)
202-833-8367 (f)
website: http://www.hacu.net

Lereen Castellano
Executive Director
Family Star/Early Head Start
2246 Federal Blvd.
Denver, CO 80211
303-477-7827 (p)
303-477-7756 (f)

Jose Castro
President
Oregon Child Development Coalition, Parent Policy Council
P.O. Box 2780
Wilsonville, Oregon 97070
503-570-1110 (p)
503-682-9426 (f)

Maria Cortez
Mary Hooker Elementary School
Resource Center
200 Sherbrooke Ave
Hartford, CT 06106
860-249-0665 or 860-722-8938 (p)
860-722-8825 (f)

Robert Currence
Direct Service Worker
For Love of Children
1711-A 14th St., NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
202-462-8686 (p)
202-797-2198 (f)
email: rcurrence@mail.com
website: http://www.flocdc.org

Anita DeLuna
Pastoral Associate
Mexican-American Cultural Center
3019 West French Place
San Antonio, TX 78228-5104
210-732-2156 (p)
210-732-9072 (f)
email: delunamcdp@aol.com
website: http://www.maccsa.org

Jon Engel
Community Development Director
Community Action Inc.
P.O. Box 748
San Marcos, TX 78667
512-396-4564 (p)
email: jonengel@itouch.net
website: www.Itouchnet/comactn

Preston J. Garrison
Executive Director
National Practitioners Network for Fathers and Families, Inc.
1003 K Street, NW, Suite 565
Washington, D.C. 20001
202-737-6680, ext 203 (p)
202-737-6683 (f)
email: pgarrison@npnff.org
website: http://www.npnff.org

Richard F. Gonzalez
Assistant Deputy Commissioner
Administration for Children's Services, Head Start
30 Main St., 10th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-260-7083 (p)
718-260-7079 (f)
email: 2956xx@acs.dfa.state.ny.us

[Current affiliation for Richard F. Gonzales ]
Senior Research Analyst
American Institutes for Research
1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007
(202) 944-5333
Fax: (202) 944-5454
e-mail: rgonzales@air.org

Teresa Gonzalez
Senior Director of Program Services
AVANCE-Rio Grande Valley
1205 Galveston
McAllen, TX 78501
956-618-1642 (p)
956-618-1698 (f)
email: avancecb@hiline.net
website: http://www.avance.org

Claudia Grigorescu
Program Manager
ASPIRA, Parents for Excellence Program
1444 Eye St., NW, 8th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20005
202-835-3600, ext 121 (p)
202-835-3613 (f)

Ron Klinger
Director
Center for Successful Fathering, Inc.
13740 Research Blvd., Suite G-4
Austin, TX 78750
512-335-8106 (p)
512-258-2591 (f)
website: www.fathering.org

Cathy Martinez, LCSW
Family Wellness Manager
Centro de la Familia de Utah
320 West 200 South, Suite 300B
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
801-521-4473 (p)
801-521-6242 (f)

Alejandro Moreno
National Compadres Network
2101 N. Bristol
Santa Ana, CA 92706
714-542-0540 (p)
email: amtecolote@aol.com

Moises Perez
Executive Director
Alianza Dominicana, Inc.
2410 Amesterdam Ave., 4th Floor
New York, NY 10033
212-927-6810 or 212-740-1960 (p)
212-305-6279 (f)

Ed Ridgway
Director of Site Development
National Center for Strategic Nonprofit Planning and Community Leadership
2000 L St. N.W., Suite 815
Washington, D.C. 20036
202-822-6725 (p)
202-822-5699 (f)
email: eridgway@npcl.org
website: http://www.npcl.org

Alphonso Rincon
Director of Program Development
Center for Successful Fathering, Inc.
13740 Research Blvd., Suite G-4
Austin, TX 78750
512-335-8106 (p)
512-258-2591 (f)
email: arincon@fathering.org
website: www.fathering.org

Gloria G. Rodriguez, Ph.D.
President and C.E.O.
AVANCE, Inc.
301 S. Frio St., Suite 380
San Antonio, TX 78207
210-270-4630 (p)
210-270-4612 (f)
email: grodriguez_nat@ avance.org
website: http://www.avance.org

Refugio Rodriguez
The Community Action Commission of Santa Barbara County
201 West Chapel St.
Santa Maria, CA 93458
1-800-655-0671 ext. 117
805-349-8165 (f)
email: rrodriguez@cacsb.com

Dr. Gumecindo Salas
Vice-President of Governmental Relations
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 605
Washington, D.C., 20036
202-833-8361 (p)
202-833-8367 (f)
website: http://www.hacu.net

Wayne L. Salter (no longer at NCOFF)
Associate Director
National Center on Fathers and Families
University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education
3700 Walnut Street, Box 58
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6216
215-573-5500 (p)
215-573-5508 (f)
email: mailbox@ncoff.gse.upenn.edu
website: http://www.ncoff.gse.upenn.edu

Dr. Alicia Sosa
Director for Membership and Publications
National Association for Bilingual Education
1220 L Street, NW, Suite 605
Washington, D.C. 20005
202-898-1829 (p)
202-789-2866 (f)
website: http://www.nabe.org

Jerry Tello
Director
National Latino Fatherhood and Family Institute
5252 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90022
213-728-7770 (p)
213-728-8666 (f)
website: http://www.nlffi.nlffi.org

Neil Tift (attending for Wade Horn)
National Fatherhood Initiative
One Bank Street, Suite 160
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
301-948-0599 (p)
301-948-4325 (f)
website: http://www.fatherhood.org

[current affiliation for Neil Tift]
National Practitioners Network for Fathers and Families
1003 K Street, NW, Suite 565
Washington, D.C. 20001
202-737-6680, ext 203 (p)
202-737-6683 (f)
email: ntift@npnff.org
website: http://www.npnff.org

Jose E. Vargas
Family Institute Coordinator
Calvary Bilingual Multicultural
Learning Center
1420 Columbia Rd., NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
202-332-4200 (p)
202-745-2562 (f)
email: familyinstitute@cbmlc.org

Dee Wetzel
Parent Involvement Specialist
Oregon Child Development Coalition
P.O.Box 2780
Wilsonville, OR 97079
503-570-1110 ext.212 (p)
503-682-9426 (f)
email: Dee.wetzel@ocdc.net

FEDERAL PARTNERS

Lionel J. Adams II
Office of Child Support Enforcement, HHS
Aerospace Building, 4th Floor East
370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington DC 20447
202-260-1527

Eve Agee
America Reads Challenge
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202-0107
202-205-0653

David L. Arnaudo
Office of Child Support Enforcement, HHS
Aerospace Building, 4th Floor East
370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington DC 20447
202-401-5364

Joseph Autry
Deputy Administrator
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin.
Parklawn Building, Room 12-105
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville MD 20857

Evvie Becker
Office of Planning & Evaluation
Department of Health and Human Services
200 Indep. Avenue, S.W., Room 450G
Washington, DC 20201
202-690-5937

Margarita Benitez
Office of Postsecondary Education
Department of Education
1990 K Street NW, Room 7107
Washington, DC 20006

Sarita Brown*
Executive Director
White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
400 Maryland Ave., S.W., Room 5E110
Washington, D.C. 20202-3601

Linda Bugg
Partnership for Family Involvement in Education
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Room 5E105
Washington, DC 20202-3510
202-401-3644

Natasha J. Cabrera, Ph.D.
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
6100 Executive Blvd., Room 8B07
Bethesda, MD 20892-7510
301-496-1174, ext.5

Jose T. Carneiro, M.P.A, Ed.D.
Project Director
Office of Minority Health Resource Center
5515 Security Lane, Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
301-230-7874

Cecilia Casale
SAMHSA/OMH
Department of Health and Human Services
Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 13A-53
Rockville MD 20857
301-443-7265

Jack Corrigan
Head Start Bureau, ACF
Switzer Building, Room 2222
330 C Street, SW
Washington, D.C. 20447
202-205-8403

CDR Jose F. Cuzme, P.E.
Chief, Construction Branch
Office of Environmental Health and Engineering
Indian Health Service
12300 Twinbrook Pkwy., Suite 600
Rockville, MD 20852

Yasmine Daniel*
Head Start Fellow, Head Start Bureau
Department of Health and Human Services
Switzer Building, Room 2222
330 C Street, SW
Washington, D.C. 20447

Rita Diaz-Kenney
Health Education Specialist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/NCCDPHP
Kogr Rhode 5021, Room K10
4770 Buford Highway, NE
Atlanta, GA 30341-3717

June L. Dow*
Director, Information & Education
Office of Family Planning
East West Towers, Room 200
4350 East West Highway
Bethesda MD 20814
202-594-4011

Frank Fuentes
Deputy Commissioner
Office of Child Support Enforcement
Administration for Children and Families
Aerospace Building, 4th Floor
370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington DC 20447
(202) 401-9370

Hugh Galligan
Admin. for Children and Families, Region I
Department of Health and Human Services
J F. Kennedy Federal Building, Room 2000
Boston MA 02203
617-205-8399

Jim Gatz
Program Analyst, EZ/ECs
Office of Community Services, ACF
Aerospace Building, Room 5W, 5th Floor
370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington DC 20447
202-401-5284

Frankie Gibson
Head Start Bureau
Department of Health and Human Services
Mary E. Switzer Bldg., 330 C Street, S.W. Room 2224
Washington DC 20204
202-205-8399

Lisa Gilmore*
Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary
Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Ave SW
Washington, D.C. 20201
202-690-6133

Menahem Herman
Staff Coordinator
Partnership for Family Involvement in Education
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Room 5E105
Washington, DC 20202-3510
202-401-0960

Amy Holmes-Chavez
Program Analyst
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/NCCDPHP
Kogr Rhode 4003, Mail Stop K42
4770 Buford Highway, NE
Atlanta, GA 30341-3717

Chris Howe
Health Care Financing Administration
South Building, Mail Stop S2-01-16
500 Security Blvd.
Baltimore, MD 21244-1850
410-786-2005

DeLoris Hunter
Office of Minority Health/SAMHSA
Parklawn Building, Room 13A-53
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville MD 20857

Maria Huttinger
Office of Family Assistance
Aerospace Building, Room 525A
370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington DC 20447

Roger Ironcloud
Administration for Children and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 300E
Washington, DC 20201

Mariana Kastrinakis
Senior Advisor
Office of Population Affairs
East West Towers, Room 200
4350 East West Highway
Bethesda MD 20814

Anna Mae Kobbe
National Program Leader
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
USDA/F4HN, 3905 SOUTH
1400 Independence Ave. SW
Washington, DC 20250-1091

Rosamelia Lecea
Director
Office of Equal Opportunity, FDA
Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 894
Mail Stop HF-15
Rockville MD 20857
301-827-4830

Rebecca Lee-Pethel
Program Specialist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/NCEH
4770 Buford Highway, N.E., Mail Stop F-29 Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724

Michael L. Lopez
Director
Office of Research & Evaluation
Administration on Children, Youth & Families, HHS
330 C Street, Room 2128
Washington, DC 20447
202-205-8212

Oscar Raul Lopez
Office of Minority Health Resource Center
5515 Security Lane, Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
1-800-444-6472

Peggy McCardle
Associate Chief
Child Development and Behavior Branch, NICHD
Department of Health and Human Services
6100 Executive Blvd., Room 4B05H
Bethesda, MD 20892-7510
301-435-6863

Patricia McMahon
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin.
Parklawn Building, Room 13C-05
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville MD 20857
301-443-8956

Linda Mellgren
Office of Planning and Evaluation
Depart. Of health and Human Services
Rm 450G, Humphrey Building
200 Independence Ave SW
Washington, D.C., 20201
202-690-6806

Carl Montoya
Administration for Children and Families
Switzer Building, Room 2124
330 C Street, S.W.
Washington DC 20204
202-205-8557

Patricia T. Montoya*
Commissioner
Administration for Children, Youth and Families/HHS
Switzer Bldg., 330 C Street, S.W.
Room 2134
Washington DC 20204

Martha Moorehouse
Office of Planning & Evaluation
Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Room 450G
Washington, DC 20201
202-690-6939

LaJoy Y. Mosby
Deputy Project Director
Office of Minority Health Resource Center
5515 Security Lane, Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852

Jeannine Nielsen
Public Affairs Officer
Office of Population Affairs
East West Towers, Room 200
4350 East West Highway
Bethesda MD 20814
301-594-2625

Guadalupe Pacheco
Special Assistant to the Director
Office of Minority Health
Rockwall II, Room 1000
5515 Security Ln.
Rockville MD 20852
301-443-5084

Debra L. Pontisso
Office of Child Support Enforcement, HHS
Aerospace Building, Room 616
370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington DC 20447
202-401-4548

Carole H. Rascoe
Director
The America Reads Challenge
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202-0107

William D. Riley
Administration for Children and Families, OCS
Aerospace Building, 5th Floor - West
370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington DC 20447

Richard Saul
Office of Community Services, ACF
Aerospace Building, Room 5W, 5th Floor
370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington DC 20447

Mel Schmerler
Health Care Financing Administration
South, Mail Stop S2-01-16
7500 Security Blvd.
Baltimore MD 21244-1850
410-786-3414

James (Phil) Sharman
Office of Child Support Enforcement, ACF
Aerospace Building, 4th Floor
370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington DC 20447
202-401-4626

Laura Shepherd
Public Health Analyst
HRSA/OMH
Parklawn Building, Room 10-49
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville MD 20857

David H. Siegel
Director
Division of Consumer Services
Office of Child Support Enforcement, ACF
Aerospace Building, 4th Floor
370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington DC 20447
202-401-9373

Jerry Silverman
Human Services Policy
Office of Planning & Evaluation
Dept. of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Room 450G
Washington, DC 20201
202-690-5654

Mack A. Storrs
Office of Family Assistance, ACF
Aerospace Building, Room 584E
370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington DC 20447 202-401-2147

Richard A. Toscano, Jr.,*
Special Assistant for Interagency Affairs
White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
400 Maryland Ave., S.W., Room 5E112
Washington, D.C. 20202-3601

Laura Vazquez*
CHCI Fellow
c/o MALDEF
1717 K Street, N.W., Suite 311
Washington, D.C. 20036

Jorge Velazquez*
DHHS Representative to the White House
Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
400 Maryland Ave., S.W., Room 5E112
Washington, D.C. 20202-3601

Ana L. Velilla Arce
Office of Minority Health
Rockwall II, Room 1000
5515 Security Ln.
Rockville MD 20852

Marsha Werner,
EZ/ECs Office of Community Services, ACF
Aerospace Building, Room 5W, 5th Floor
370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington DC 20447


Endnotes

* Indicates that this person is no longer affiliated with the agency that is listed here.


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