Region 1
CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, & VT
Regional Director
Currently Vacant
Connecticut NAME Chapter President
Aileen Halloran
CREC/ATDN
111 Charter Oak Ave.
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: 860-524-4028
Fax: 860-524-4050
Email: ahalloran@crec.org
Region 2
NJ, NY, Puerto Rico, & Virgin Islands
Associate Professor
State University of New York at Oswego
103 Wilber Hall
Oswego, NY 13126
Phone: 315-312-2652
Fax: 315-312-5446
Email: rddavis@oswego.edu
Buffalo NY NAME
Chapter President
Region 3
DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, & WV
Regional Director
Tchet Dereic Dorman
Office of Multicultural Affairs
Temple University
Mitten Hall, Lower Level 033-00
1913 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Phone: 215-204-5509
Cell: 215-307-6041
Fax: 215-204-8052
Email: tchet@temple.edu
Maryland NAME Chapter President
Debbie Misiag
6201 Twenty Year Chase
Columbia, MD 21045
Home Phone: 410.461.3099
Office Phone: 410.313.5363
Cell Phone: 443.545.4948
Fax: 410.313.7049
Email: Deborah_Misiag@hcpss.org
Pennsylvania NAME Chapter President
Dr. Kimetta Hairston
Pennsylvania State University
Harrisburg, PA
(717) 948-6385
Email: kimettarh1@yahoo.com
Virginia NAME Chapter President
Gaston Dembele
Assistant Professor of Elementary & Literacy Education
School of Teacher Education & Leadership
Peters Hall A142
Radford University
P.O. Box 6959
Radford VA 24142
Tel: 540.831.7152 Fax: 540.831.5059
Email: gdembele@radford.edu
Region 4
AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, & TN
Regional Director
Currently Vacant
Georgia NAME Chapter President
Vera Stenhouse
Phone: 404-321-0808
Email: Ganame2010@gmail.com
North Carolina NAME Chapter President
Stephen D. Hancock, PhD.
Associate Professor, Reading & Elementary Education
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
Phone: 704.687.8710
Fax: 704.687.3749
Email: sdhancoc@uncc.edu
Kennesaw State University Student NAME Chapter Acting President
Bianca Montes
Kennesaw State University
Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education
Box #0121, Kennesaw Hall, Bldg #1 Room 2336
1000 Chastain Road
Kennesaw, GA 30144-5591
Phone: 770-420-4475
University of Montevallo NAME Chapter
Courtney C. Bentley, Chapter Director
Program Coordinator-Leadership
Assistant Professor-Teacher LeadershipCounseling & Leadership
Station 6380
The University of Montevallo
Montevallo, AL 35115
Phone: (205) 665-6362
Fax: (205) 665-6349
Email: cbentle2@montevallo.edu
South Carolina NAME Chapter–Organizing Chapter
Delayne Y. Johnson
Department of Teach Education, Middle Grades Program
Clemson University at the University Center in Greenville
Email: DELAYNJ@clemson.edu
Region 5
IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, & WI
Regional Director
Robin Brenneman
4105 Saturn Road
Hilliard OH 43026
Phone: 614.527.4407
Cell: 614.404.3005
Email:kenrob@columbus.rr.com
Illinois NAME Chapter President
Jennifer Herring
Assistant Professor of Teacher Education
University of Illinois – Springfield
One University Plaza MS BRK 330
Springfield, Illinois 62703-5407
Phone: 217-206-7587
Email: jherr3@uis.edu
Indiana NAME Chapter President
Patricia Payne
Indianapolis Public Schools
Crispus Attucks
1140 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: 317- 226-2431
Fax: 317-226-4611
Email: paynep@ips.k12.in.us
Michigan NAME Chapter President
Thomas Hoetger
Detroit Public Schools
1760 David Ct.
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734-663-3911
Email: TomHoetger@yahoo.com
Minnesota NAME Chapter President
Seema G. Pothini
Educational Equity & Diversity Consultant
Email: sg1515@hotmail.com
Ohio NAME Chapter President
Kimberly Brazwell
Coordinator
Diversity, Study Abroad and TRiO Programs
Columbus State Community College
550 E. Spring Street
P.O. Box 1609
Columbus OH 43216
Phone: 614.287.2426
Fax: 614.287.6296
Email: kbrazwel@cscc.edu
Region 6
AR, LA, NM, OK, & TX
Regional Director
Aretha Faye Marbley
Associate Professor & Director Community Counseling Counselor Education
College of Education
Texas Tech University, Box 41071
Lubbock, TX 79409-1071
Phone: 806-742-1997 Ext: 268;
Fax: 806-742-2179
Email: aretha.marbley@ttu.edu
Louisiana NAME Metacognitions Chapter
Ashraf Esmail
439 Ashlawn Drive
Harahan LA 70123
Office: 504-914-2818
Email: ashesmail@aol.com
Oklahoma NAME Chapter–Organizing Chapter
Susie Poppelwell
University of Central Oklahoma
100 N. University Drive
Edmond OK 73034
Phone: 405.974.5744
FAX: 405.974.3858
Email: spopplewell@uco.edu
Texas NAME Chapter President
E.L Walter-Sullivan
Curriculum & Instruction/ Teacher Education
Whitlowe R. Green College of Education
Prairie View A & M University
Phone: 936.261.3665
Email: elwaltersullivan@pvamu.edu
Region 7
IA, KS, MO, & NE
Regional Director
Omiunota Ukpokodu
University of Missouri–Kansas City
309 School of Education, Teacher Education
5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110
Office: 816.235.2469
Fax: 816.235.5270
Email: ukpokodun@umkc.edu
Missouri NAME Chapter President
Omiunota Ukpokodu
University of MO-Kansas City
309 School of Education, Teacher Education
5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City MO 64110
Office: 816.235.2469
Fax: 816.235.5270
Email: ukpokodun@umkc.edu
Region 8
CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, & WY
Regional Director
Charlene Lui
Director, Educational Equity
Granite School District
2500 South State Street
Salt Lake City, Utah 84115
Phone: 801-646-4205
Fax: 801-646-4203
Email: clui@graniteschools.org
Colorado NAMEChapter
Co-President
Maria Gabriel
Multicultural Coordinator
800 S. Taft Ave.
Loveland, CO 80537
Phone: 970-613-5000
Co-President
Jan Perry Evenstad
Colorado State University
Interwest Equity Assistance Ctr.
410 17th St. #1690
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 303-623-5960
Email: evenstad@cahs.colostate.edu
Utah NAME Chapter President
Taran Kealaka’i Hing Fee Chun
Principal, Granite Park Middle School
301 S. 200 East
Salt Lake City UT 84115
385.646.5174
Email: tchun@graniteschools.org
Region 9
AZ, CA, & NV
Regional Director
Thomas M. Philip
Assistant Professor
Urban Schooling Division
Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
2339 Moore Hall, Box 951521
UCLA
Los Angeles CA 90095-1521
Office: 310.206.7560
Mobile: 510.459.9105
Email: tmp@ucla.edu
Nevada NAME Chapter President
Porter L. Troutman Jr., Professor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 453005
Las Vegas, NV 89154-3005
Phone: 702-895-4407
Email: Porter.Troutman@unlv.edu
AK, HI, ID, OR, WA, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, & Trust Territory of the Pacific
Regional Director
Bette Tate Beaver
c/o 2100 M Street Suite 170-245
Washington DC 20037
Phone: 206.660.7154
Fax: 214.602.4722
Email: mail4btb@aol.com
Oregon NAME Chapter President
Genevieve Harris
Linfield College
900 SE Baker Street, #A474
McMinnville, OR 97128
Phone: 503. 883.2238
Email:geharris@linfield.edu
Seattle Metro NAME Chapter President–Organizing
Mitchele Tate Beaver
Email: mitchele.beaver@gmail.com
Southwestern Washington NAME Chapter Co-President
DaVerne S. Bell
Co-Director, Pathways to Excellence
Vancouver WA
Phone: 360.901.6339
Email: DaVerneSpeaks@comcast.net
Leilani Nalua’i Russell
Co-Director, Pathways to ExcellenceEducational Leadership and Management
Director, PeaceJam Northwest
Vancouver WA
Home Office: 360-448-7676
Cell Phone: 360-910-4878
Email: LeilaniRussell@comcast.net
Washington Educators for Social Justice, President
Pamela Taylor
Seattle University
College of Education, Curriculum and Instruction
Loyola Hall 312
900 Broadway
Seattle, WA 98122
Phone: 206-296-2678
Email: taylorpa@seattleu.edu
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