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128808NCJRS.Pdf If you have issues viewing or accessing this file contact us at NCJRS.gov. / ~ 8808 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT .' OFFICE FOR DRUG-FREE NEIGHBORHOODS Drug Information & Strategy Clearinghouse RESOURCE LIST: STATE LEVEL CONTACTS ) 12E:808 '. U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of JUstice This document .ha~ bee~ .rep:oduced exactly as received from the pers~n or organization originating il. Points of view or opinions stated In thiS document. ~re th~s.e of the authors and do not necessarily repr~sent the offiCial position or pOliCies of the National Institute of Justice. Permission to reproduce this 1 3 " I material has been granted by Pub] j c Domajn/U S. Dept of He a l...t.h-all-d-.I.I-Yrnan S ePJ:-:b~~C:-le,*s'l-­ to the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS). ~urther reproduction outside of the NCJRS system reqUires permis­ sion of the ~ owner. DRUG INFORMATION & STRATEGY CLEARINGHOUSE • 1--800-245-2691 1 • 1 0 ACTION - STATE PROGRAM DIRECTORS 4 0 DEA DEMAND REDUCTION COORDINATORS 6 0 FBI DEMAND REDUCTION COORDINATORS 10 0 LECC VICTIM/WITNESS COORDINATORS 19 0 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE DIRECTORS (NASADAD) 23 0 NATIONAL PREVENTION NETWORK • 28 0 RADAR NETWORK PARTICIPANTS 33 0 STATE CRIME PREVENTION CONTACTS • ACTION· STATE PROGRAM DIRECTORS Robert Torvestad Joel Weinstein ACTION State Program Director ACTION State Program Director • Federal Building, Room 2506 #339 Federal Building 700 West Capitol Street 210 Walnut Little Rock, AK 72201-3291 West Des Moines, IA 50309-2195 John D. Timmons Wilford Overgaard ACTION State Program Director ACTION State Program Director 2121 8th Avenue North, Room 722 The Alaska Center, Suite 340 Birmingham, AL 35203-2307 1020 Main Street Boise, ID 83702-5745 Jess Sixkiller ACTION State Program Director James E. Braxton 522 North Central, Room 205-A ACTION State Program Director Phoenix, AZ 85004-2190 10 West Jackson Boulevard, 6th Floor Chicago, IL 60604-3964 Margaret Rogers ACTION State Program Director Thomas L. Haskett Federal Building, Room 14218 ACTION State Program Director 11000 Wilshire Boulevard 46 East Ohio Street Los Angeles, CA 90024-3671 Indianapolis, IN 46204-1922 Peter A. Heinaru James M. Byrnes ACTION State Program Director ACTION State Program Director 211 Main Street, Room 534 Federal Building, Room 171 San Francisco, CA 94105-1974 444 South Quincy Topeka, KS 66603-3501 Romero A. Cherry ACTION State Program Director B. I. Cheney, Jr. Abraham Ribicoff Federal Building ACTION State Program Director • 450 Main Street, Room 524 Federal Building, Room 372-D Hartford, CN 06103-3002 600 Federal Place Louisville, KY 40202-2230 Wayne C. Olson ACTION State Program Director Willard L. Labrie Columbine Building, Room 301 ACTION State Program Director 1845 Sherman Street 626 Main Street, Suite 102 Denver, CO 80203-1167 Baton Rouge, LA 70801-1911 Henry J. Jibaja William K. Cosby ACTION State Program Director ACTION State Program Director 930 Woodcock Road, Suite 221 10 Causeway Street, Room 467 Orlando, FL 32803-3750 Boston, MA 02222-1038 David A. Dammann Jerry E. Yates ACTION State Program Director ACTION State Program Director 75 Piedmaon Avenue, NE, Suite 412 Federal Building, Room 1125 Atlanta, GA 30303-2587 31 Hopkins Plaza Baltimore, MD 21201-2814 Michael Gale ACTION State Program Director Thomas E. Endres Federal Building ACTION State Program Director PO Box 50024 Federal Building, Room 210 Honolulu, HI 96850 76 Pearl Street Portland, ME 04101-4188 • 1 Stanley Steward Steven Gordon ACTION State Program Director ACTION State Program Director Federal Building, Room 652 4600 Keitzke Lane, Suite E-141 231 West Lafayette Boulevard Reno, NV 89502-1208 • Detroit, MI 48226-2799 Bernard A. Conte Peter A. Marks ACTION State Program Director ACTION State Program Director Jacob A. Javits Federal Building Old Federal Building, Room 126 26 Federal Plaza, Suite 1609 212 Third Avenue South New York, NY 10278-0002 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2596 Carolyn C. Whitlock John J. McDonald ACTION State Program Director ACTION State Program Director U.S. Courthouse & Federal Building 445 Federal Office Building, Room 1701 Broadway, Room 103 911 Walnut Albany, NY 12207-2923 Kansas City, MO 64106-2009 Ed Strinko Arthur Brown, III ACTION State Program Director ACTION State Program Director Federal Building, Room 500 Federal Building, Room 1005-A 85 Marconi Boulevard Jackson, MS 39269-1092 Columbus, OH 43215-2888 Joe R. Lovelady Robert Torvestad ACTION State Program Director Acting ACTION State Program Director Federal Office Building, Room 192 722 North Broadway, Room 101 Helena, MT 59626-0101 Oklahoma City, OK 73102-6093 Robert L. Winston Stephen N. Stivers ACTION State Program Director ACTION State Program Director P.O. Century Station Federal Building, Room 647 Federal Building, Room 131 511 NW Broadway • 300 Fayetteville Street Mall Portland, OR 97209-3416 Raleigh, NC 27601-1739 Sally W. Yurchuck Anne C. Johnson ACTION State Program Director ACTION State Program Director U.S. Customs House, Room 108 Federal Building, Room 293 2nd & Chestnut Streets 100 Centennial Mall North Philadelphia, PA 19106-2998 Lincoln, NE 68508-3896 ACTION State Program Director Peter Bender Federico Gatau Federal Building ACTION State Program Director Carlos Chardon Avenue, Room 662 Federal Post Office and Courthouse Hato Rey, PR 00918-2241 55 Pleasant Street, Room 316 Concord, NH 03301-3939 Vincent Marzullo ACTION State Program Director Stanley Gorland John E. Fogarty Building, Room 200 ACTION State Program Director 24 Weybosset Street Broad Street Bank Building, Room 422 Providence, RI 02903-2882 402 East State Street Trenton, NJ 08608-1507 Jerome J. Davis ACTION State Program Director Ernesto Ramos Federal Building, Room 872 ACTION State Program Director 1835 Assembly Street Federal Building, Room 129 Columbia, SC 29201-2430 Cathedral Place Santa Fe, NM 87501-2026 • 2 Vernon Ashley John Miller ACTION State Program Director ACTION State Program Director Federal Building, Room 214 Federal Office Building, Suite 3039 225 South Pierre Street 909 First Avenue • Pierre, SD 57501-2452 Seattle, WA 98174 Alfred E. Johnson John Miller ACTION State Program Director ACTION State Program Director Federal Building/US Courthouse, Room 246 Federal Office Building, Suite 3039 801 Broadway 909 First Avenue Nashville, TN 37203-3889 Seattle, WA 98174-1103 Jerry G. Thompson Michael P. Murphy ACTION State Program Director ACTION State Program Director 611 East Sixth Street, Suite 107 517 East Wisconsin Avenue, Room 601 Austin, TX 78701-3747 Milwaukee, WI 53202-4507 Gary O'Neal B. I. Cheney ACTION State Program Director Acting ACTION State Program Director U.S. Post Office and Courthouse 603 Morris Street, 2nd Floor 350 South Main Street, Room 107 Charleston, WV 25305 Salt Lake City, UT 84101-2198 Wayne C. Olson Lindsay Scott ACTION State Program Director ACTION State Program Director Federal Building, Room 8036 400 North 8th Street 2120 Capitol Avenue PO Box 10066 Cheyenne, WY 82001-3649 • Richmond, VA 23240-1932 • 3 OEA DEMAND REDUCTION COORDINATORS These individuals are available to give speeches, teach groups about drug abuse prevention and • participate in community programs. Ann Hayes Special Agent Robert McGuire DEA - New York Field Division SpeCial Agent 555 West 57th Street, Suite 1900 DEA - San Francisco Field Division New York, NY 10019 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Room 12215 (212) 399-5151 San FranCiSCO, CA 94102 (415) 556-6771 James Hicks Special Agent Roland Talton DEA - San Diego Field Division Special Agent 402 West 35th Street DEA - Los Angeles Field Division National City, CA 92050 350 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 800 (619) 585-4200 Los Angeles, CA 90071 (213) 894-2650 John Smith Special Agent Ron Hollingshead DEA - Philadelphia Field Division Special Agent William J. Green Federal Building DEA - Denver Field Division 600 Arch Street, Room 10224 316 U.S. Customs House Philadelphia, PA 19106 Post Office Box 1860 (215) 597-9530 Denver, CO 80201 (303) 844-3951 Michael D. Dromgoole Special Agent Shirley A. Armstead DEA - Dallas Field Division Special Agent 1880 Regal Row DEA - St. Louis Field Division Dallas, TX 75235 7911 Forsyth Boulevard, Suite 500 • (214) 767-7151 St. Louis, MO 62105 (314) 425-3241 Michael Streicher Special Agent Steve Morreale DEA - Chicago Field Division SpeCial Agent 500 Dirksen Federal Building DEA - Boston Field Division 219 S. Dearborn Street G-64 JFK Federal Building Chicago, IL 60604 Boston, MA 02203 (312) 353-7875 (617) 565-2800 Phillip Maddox Steve Starling Special Agent Special Agent DEA - New Orleans Field Division DEA - Atlanta Field Division 1661 Canal Street, Suite 2200 75 Spring Street, SW, Room 740 New Orleans, LA 70112 Atlanta, GA 30303 (504) 589-3894 (404) 331-4401 Robert Dey Thomas R. Russo Special Agent Special Agent DEA - Houston Field Division DEA - Washington Field Division 333 West Loop North 400 Sixth Street, SW, Room 2558 Houston, TX 77024 Washington, DC 20024 (713) 681-1771 (202) 724-7834 • 4 Tom Childers Wayne Roques Special Agent Special Agent DEA - Phoenix Field Division DEA - Miami Field Division 1 North First Street, Suite 201 8400 N.W. 53rd Street • Phoenix, AZ 85004 Miami, FL 33166 (602) 261-4866 (305) 591-4870 Tom Pool William Weinman Special Agent Special Agent DEA - Seattle Field Division DEA - Detroit Field Division 220 West Mercer 357 Federal Building Seattle, WA 98119 231 West Lafayette (206) 442-5443 Detroit, MI 48226 (313) 226-7290 Vic Pedalino Special Agent DEA - Newark Field Divi ..·;on Federal Office Building
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