return to Center home page


Return to National Mentoring Month
HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
CENTER FOR HEALTH COMMUNICATION

National Mentoring Month 2002: 

State & Local Lead Non-Profit Partners
 

Alabama

Mentor Alabama
Lynn Childs
Director, Constituent Affairs
Toll-free phone: 888-356-2400
Phone: (334) 242-7923
Email: lchilds@ago.state.al.us

Arizona

Volunteer Center of Maricopa County (Phoenix)
Amy Jovonovich
Communications Coordinator
Phone: (602) 263-9736
Email: amy.jovonovich@volunteerphoenix.org

Volunteer Center of Tucson
Steven Zoncki
Resource Development and Communications Director
Phone: (520) 881-3300 x109
Email: szoncki@volunteertucson.org

California

Governor's Mentoring Partnership
Dr. Jim Kooler
Phone: (916) 324-4398
Email: jim.kooler@opr.ca.gov

Los Angeles Mentoring Partnership
Patrice Theard
Executive Director
Phone: (323) 934-7858
Email: patrice.theard@artistdirect.com

Communities in Schools, Sacramento
Karen Rothstein
Executive Director
Phone: (916) 447-2477
Email: krothstein@cis-sacramento.org

Silicon Vally Mentoring Coalition 
(San Jose)
Rebecca Cooper
Chair 
Phone: (650) 368-4464
Email: becky@friendsforyouth.org

Michelle Smith
National Mentoring Month Coordinator
Phone: (650)482-2864
Email: michelle@friendsforyouth.org 

Colorado

Colorado Mentoring
Eric Anderson
Manager
Governor's Commission on 
   National and Community Service
Phone: (303) 595-1543
Email: eric.anderson@cccs.cccoes.edu

Connecticut

Connecticut Mentoring Partnership
Win Heimer
Communications Specialist
The Governor's Prevention Partnership
Phone: (860) 523-8042 x19
Email: win.heimer@preventionworksct.org

Joanne Morrison
Senior Communications Manager
The Governor's Prevention Partnership
Phone: (860) 523-8042 x24
Email: joanne.morrison@preventionworksct.org

D.C. Area

National Capitol Area 
Mentoring Partnership
Kim Monti
Program Director
The Fairfax Mentoring Partnership
Phone: (703) 324-5554
Email: kim.monti@fairfaxcounty.gov

Delaware

Delaware Mentoring Council
Theresa Clower
Director
Phone: (302) 831-0520
Email: tclower@udel.edu

Florida

The Governor's Mentoring Initiative
Liza McFadden
Executive Director
Phone: (850) 410-0696
Email: liza.mcfadden@myflorida.com

Volunteer Broward (Fort Lauderdale)
Dana Shelby
Programs Director
Phone: (954) 522-4658
Email: dana@volbrow.org

Big Brothers Big Sisters 
of Greater Miami
Jisele Hernandez
Marketing Assistant
Phone: (305) 644-0066 x240
Email: jhernandez@bbbsmiami.com

The Mentor Connection (Tampa)
Nancy Dalence
Media and Community Consultant
Children's Board
Phone: (813) 760-0577
Email: ndalance@childrensboard.org

Susan Roberts
Director, Volunteer Center
Phone: (813) 274-0932
Email: sroberts@unitedwayhc.org

The Mentor Center of Palm Beach County
Leslie Langbert
Coordinator
Phone: (561) 655-8887
Email: mentor@mentorcenterpbc.org

Georgia

Communities in Schools-Georgia Mentoring Task Force
Alma Turner
Mentoring Coordinator
Phone: (404) 888-5784
Email: aturner@cisga.org

Illinois

Big Brothers Big Sisters of 
Metropolitan Chicago
Susan McGee
Chief Operating Officer
Phone: (312) 427-0637
Email: mcgee@bbbschgo.org

Iowa

Governor's Office of Drug Control Policy
Bruce Upchurch
Provider Chair
Iowa Mentoring Partnership
Phone: (515) 242-6391
Email: bruce.upchurch@odcp.state.ia.us

Barry Spear
Leadership Chair
Iowa Mentoring Partnership
Phone: (515) 241-6161
Email: spearbc@his.org

Maine

The Maine Mentoring Partnership
Nancy Anderson
Director, The Maine Mentoring Partership
Director, Maine Interfaith Mentoring
Phone: (207) 287-7669
Email: nancy.anderson@state.me.us

Maryland

The Baltimore Mentoring Partnership
Mary Anne Knab
Director of Communications
Phone: (410) 343-2150
Email: Mknab217@aol.com

Mallory Maxwell
Manager of Communications
Phone: (410) 685-8316
Email: malmaxwell@aol.com

Massachusetts

The Mass Mentoring Partnership
Linda Alioto-Robinson
Executive Director
Phone: (617) 695-2430
Email: lalioto-rob@mentoring.org

Julianne Foley
Special Events Manager
Phone: (617) 695-2432
Email: jfoley@mentoring.org

The Greater Springfield Mentoring Partnership
Robert E. Stowe
Executive Director
Phone: (413) 732-1492
Email: mentoring@wnec.edu

Michigan

Big Brothers Big Sisters of 
Metropolitan Detroit
David Lingholm
Development Director
Phone: (248) 569-7555
Email: LingholmD@BBBS-Detroit.com

Minnesota

Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota 
Kathy Bardins
Project Consultant
Phone: (763) 541-9363
Email: bardinscomm@qwest.net

Missouri

The Mentoring Institute
Kendra Bailey
Program Coordinator
Phone: (314) 361-5900 x 43 
Email: kbailey@tmistl.org
 

Nebraska

TeamMates of Nebraska (Lincoln)
DeEtta Merritt
Executive Director
Phone: (402) 323-6250
Email: dmerritt@teammates.org

Midlands Mentoring Partnership (Omaha)
Julie Hefflinger
President
Phone: (402) 930-3003
Email: jhefflinger@am1st.com

New Hampshire

Granite State Youth Mentors
Mimi Bergere
Executive Director
Phone: (603) 589-8003
Email: mbergere@nhmentors.org

New Jersey

Big Brothers Big Sisters of New Jersey
Ed Remsen
Executive Director
Phone: (973) 242-1142
Email: eremsent@bbbsnj.org

New York

New York State Council on Children and Families (Albany)
Alana Sweeny
Executive Director
Phone: (518) 474-5522
Email: in c/o Karen.chavis@ccf.state.ny.us

The Long Island Mentoring Partnership
Jean Cohen
Executive Director
Phone: (631) 761-7800
Email: limentoring@oacess.com

The Mentoring Partnership of New York
Zachary Boisi
Project Coordinator for 
Public Awareness Events
Phone: (212) 953-0945
Email: zboisi@mentoring.org

North Carolina

Governor's Mentoring Partnership
Linda Harrill
Director
North Carolina Mentoring Partnership
Phone: (919) 215-1193
Email: lhcisnc@aol.com mail

Mentoring Training Institute (Charlotte)
Lynn Swisshelm
Director
Phone: (703) 752-7118
Email: MentorCharlotte@bellsouth.net

Ohio

Cleveland's Promise
Dr. Janet Joyce Bennett
Staff Director 
Phone: (216) 436-2117
Email: Clevelandspromise@yahoo.com

The Mentoring Center of Central Ohio (Columbus)
Marilyn Pritchett
Director
Phone: (614) 839-2447
Email: mpritchett@bbbscolumbus.org

Oregon

Oregon Mentoring Initiative
Tom Nelson
Executive Director
Phone: 503-450-0890
Email: tom@ormentor.org 

Pennsylvania

Greater Philadelphia Mentoring Partnership at United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Michelle Higinio
School to Career Project Director
Phone: (215) 665-2453
Email: michelleh@uwsepa.org

The Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern Pennsylvania
Colleen Fedor
Executive Director
Phone: (412) 281-2535
Email: cfedor@mentoringpittsburgh.org

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Mentoring Partnership
Arlene McNulty
Director
Phone: (401) 732-7700
Email: amcnulty@chamberedfoundation.org

Texas

Governor's Mentoring Initiative
Lesley Airth
Director, Governor's Mentoring Initiative
Phone: (512) 475-4294
Email: lesley.airth@twc.state.tx.us

Volunteer Center of North Texas (Dallas/Fort Worth)

Kath Heick
Associate Executive Director
Phone: (214) 826-6767
Email: kheick@volunteernorthtexas.org

Betty Houser
Director of Marketing
Phone: (214) 818-9844
Email: bhouser@volunteernorthtexas.org

Volunteer Houston!
Shelby Kleyn
Program Manager
Phone: 713-964-0236
Email: shelbyk@volunteerhouston.org

San Antonio: Making Mentoring a Partnership
Isis Cowling
Director of Mentoring 
Phone: (210) 458-2769
(210) 458-2421
Email: icowling@utsa.edu

Utah

Utah Mentor Network
Ally Warner
Executive Director
Phone: 801-261-2191
Email: awarner@hs.state.ut.us

Vermont

Vermont Mentoring Partnership
Robin Morton
Executive Director
Phone: (802) 223-0603
Email: Mortons7@aol.com

Virginia

Virginia Mentoring Partnership
Jennifer Smith-Slabaugh
Executive Director
Phone: (804) 828-1536
Email: jjsmith@vcu.edu

The Fairfax Mentoring Partnership
Kim Monti
Executive Director
Phone: (703) 324-5554
Email: kim.monti@fairfaxcounty.gov

Washington

Washington State Mentoring Partnership
Thomas Pennella
Executive Director
Phone: (360) 438-8494
Email: pennetx@dshs.wa.gov

United Way of King County (Seattle)
Adam S. Bashaw
Public Relations Manager
Phone: (205) 461-3740
Email: abashaw@uwkc.org

Wisconsin

Office of Juvenile Justice and 
Deliquency Prevention
Jo Mercurio
Co-convenor
Wisconsin Mentoring Coordination Council
Phone: (608) 240-5925
Email: JoAnn.Mercurio.doc.state.wi.us


For more information about the Center for Health Communication, please contact: 

Terri Mendoza, SM, RD
Director of Health Information 
Center for Health Communication 
Harvard School of Public Health 
677 Huntington Avenue 
Boston, MA 02115 
Phone: 617-432-1038 
Fax: 617-731-8184 
E-mail: tmendoza@hsph.harvard.edu

Return to National Mentoring Month

Return to Center for Health Communication

 

HSPH Home Page

Copyright, 2001, President and Fellows of Harvard College