DHHS Tribal Self-Governance Study Workgroup (TSSW)

May 14, 2001

DHHS Tribal Self-Governance Study Workgroup (TSSW)

AGENCY REPRESENTATIVES

ACF (Administration for Children and Families)

Sharon McCully, Executive Director
Intra-Departmental Council on Native American Affairs
Administration for Native Americans
Room 348F HHH
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20201
202-690-5780/FAX 202-690-7441 or 8145
smccully@acf.dhhs.gov

Alternate: Deborah Yatsko
Intra-Departmental Council on Native American Affairs
Room 348F HHH
202-690-7843/FAX 202-690-7441
AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

Christine G. Williams, Director, Office of Health Care Information
2101 East Jefferson Street, Room 501
Rockville, MD 20852
301-594-1360/FAX 301-594-2286
Cwilliams@ahrq.gov

Alternate:Wendy Perry, Senior Program Analyst
2101 East Jefferson Street, Room 600
Rockville, MD 20852
301-594-7248/FAX 301-443-0251
Wperry@ahrq.gov
AOA (Administration on Aging)

Dr. Yvonne Jackson, Director, Office of American Indian, Alaskan Natives and Native Hawaiian Programs
330 Independence Avenue, SW
Cohen Building, Room 4743
Washington, DC 20201
202-619-2713/FAX 202-260-1012
Yvonne.Jackson@aoa.gov

Alternate: Edwin Walker, Director, Office of Program Operations and Development
Room 4733 Cohen
202-619-0011/FAX 202-260-1012
Edwin.Walker@aoa.gov
ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)

Dean Seneca, Office of Tribal Affairs
1600 Clifton Rd., MS E32
Atlanta, GA 30333
404-639-6337
Dsenecal@ATSDR.gov
CDC (Centers for Disease Prevention and Conrol)

Ralph T. Bryan, MD, Senior CDC/ATSDR Tribal Liaison, OD/CDC
c/o IHS Epidemiology Program
5300 Homestead Rd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
505-248-4226/FAX 505-248-4393
rrb2@cdc.gov

Alternate: Dean Seneca, Office of Tribal Affairs
1600 Clifton Rd., MS E32
Atlanta, GA 30333
404-639-6337
Dsenecal@ATSDR.gov
FDA (Food and Drug Administration)

Mary C. Wallace, Director, Consumer Programs, Office of Consumer Affairs, 301-827-4406
(Other FDA contacts: Sharon Holston; Patricia M. Kuntze, 301-827-4403)
Room 1685 PKLN
301-827-4406/FAX 301-827-3052
Mwallace@ocfda.gov
HCFA (Health Care Financing Administration)

Gale Arden, Director, Private Health Insurance Group
7500 Security Boulevard
Stop S3-16-26
Baltimore, MD 21244
410-786-6810/FAX 410-786-8001(FAX)
Garden@hcfa.gov

Alternate:Dorothy Dupree
410-786-1942
HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration)

Capt. Robert Carson
c/o Lewis Stokes, Dept of Veterans Affairs
Brecksville Campus - Mail Stop 116(B)
10000 Brecksville Road
Brecksville, Ohio 44141
440-526-3030x6989/FAX 440-546-2762
Robert.Carson@Med.Va.Gov
(On detail to Department of Veterans Affairs)

Alternate: Karen Garthright, HRSA
301-443-9424
IHS (Indian Health Service)

Paula K. Williams, Director, Office of Tribal Self-Governance
Indian Health Service
5600 Fishers Lane
Parklawn Bldg Room 5A-55
Rockville, MD 20857
301-443-7821/FAX 301-443-1050
Pwilliam@hqe.ihs.gov

Alternate:Tena Larney
301-443-7821
NIH (National Institutes of Health)

Dr. John Ruffin, Associate Director for Research on Minority Health
Room 258 - Building 1
Bethesda, MD 20892
(301)402-1366/FAX (301)402-7040
E-mail: Ruffin@od.nih.gov

Alternate: Jean L. Flagg-Newton, Ph.D.
Office of Research on Minority Health, NIH
(301)402-1366/FAX (301)402-7040
E-mail: Flaggnei@od.nih.gov
SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

Richard Kopanda, Executive Officer
Room 12-105 PKLN
301-443-3875/FAX 301-443-0247
Rkopando@samsha.gov

Alternate: Steve Sawmelle
Ssawmelle@samsha.gov

STAFF OFFICE REPRESENTATIVES

OCR (Office of Civil Rights)

Dinah Wiley, J.D., Senior Civil Rights Analyst
Suite 506F, 200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20201
202-619-0128/FAX 202-260-0550
dinah.wiley@hhs.gov

OPHS (Office of Public Health and Science)

Tuei Doong, Deputy Director, Office of Minority Health
Rockwall 2, Suite 1000
Rockville, MD 20852
301-443-5084/FAX 301-574-0767
Tdoong@OS0PHS.gov

Alternate: Patricia Iron Cloud
OASL (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation)

Deborah Drayer, Program Analyst
Room 416G
202-260-7068/FAX 202-690-8425
OASMB (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget)

Nick Burbank, IHS Budget Analyst
Room 503H
202-690-7846/FAX 202-690-6896
OASPE (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation)

Delores Parron, Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Planning and Evaluation (Program Systems)
Chair, DHHS Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration Study Initiative

Mike Herrell, Director, Division of Decision Systems; Tribal Self-Governance Study Project Officer

Andrew Rock, Senior Policy Analyst, Legislative Policy and Crosscutting Issues
Tribal Self-Governance Study Staff
202-260-0398/FAX 202-401-8389
andy.rock@hhs.gov
447D HHH; 200 Independence Avenue, S.W.; Washington, DC 20201

Estelle Bowman, Consultant

Thomas Hertz, Program Analyst, (Health Policy)
Room 443E HHH
202-690-7779/FAX 202-401-7321

Canta Pian, Director, Division of Economic Support for Families (Human Services Policy)
202-690-7148
ES (Executive Secretariate)

Mirtha Beadle, Policy Coordinator
Room 603E HHH
202-205-9042/FAX 205-2135
IGA (Office of Intergovernmental Affairs)

Eugenia Tyner-Dawson, Tribal Liaison
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20201

Alternate: Stacey Ecoffey, Fellowship from Kaiser Foundation
OGC (Office of General Counsel)

Duke McCloud, IHS Attorney
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
301-443-8220/FAX 301-443-2639
dmcloud@hqe.ihs.gov

Alternate: Julia Pierce, Attorney
301-443-6834/FAX 301-443-2639
OIG (Office of the Inspector General)

Melinda Golub, OCIG, Attorney
Room 5527 Cohen Bldg
330 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20201
202-205-9428/FAX 202-205-9758

Alternate: Marcia Sayer, Congressional Affairs, OIG
Room 5541 Cohen Bldg
330 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20201
202-619-1665/FAX 202-260-8512