State Directors
Alabama
Deborah Myrick
BEP Director
602 S. Lawrence Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
Phone: (334) 293-7253
Deborah.Myrick@rehab.alabama.gov
Alaska
Olivia Carr-Odom
Program Coordinator
Business Enterprise Program
State of Alaska, DOLWD
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
3301 Eagle Street, Suite 302
Anchorage, Alaska 99503
Cell: 907-269-7492
Olivia.Carr@alaska.gov
dol.dvr.bep@alaska.gov
Arizona
Joyceline Elliot
Acting Program Manager
Arizona Department of Economic Security
Business Enterprise Program
Office: (602)774-9102
joycelineelliot@azdes.gov
Arkansas
Gustavo Manzanales
Administrator/Business & Technology
Division of Services for the Blind
P.O. Box 3237
Little Rock, AR 72203-3237
Phone: (501) 682-0350
Fax: (501) 682-0359
Gustavo.Manzanales@arkansas.gov
California
Kelly Snow
Program Manager
BEP Department of Rehabilitation
721 Capitol Mall
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-224-4023
Kelly.Snow@dor.ca.gov
Colorado
Leif Jacobsen
Business Enterprise Program Manager
Blind and Low Vision Services / Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Colorado Department of Labor & Employment
2211 E Evans Avenue, Denver, CO 80223
Phone: 720-916-5154
Leif.Jacobsen@state.co.us
https://dvr.colorado.gov/
Connecticut
Tyrell Sampson
Vending Facility Supervisor
Department of Aging and Disability Services
Bureau of Education and Services for the Blind
184 Windsor Ave.
Windsor, CT 06095
860 692-4263.
Tyrell.Sampson@CT.Gov
Delaware
Rachel Hollen
Business Enterprise Program Director
Office: (302)255-9805
Cell: (302)242-1991
rachel.hollen@delaware.gov
District of Columbia
Sharon Vaughan-Roach
Program Director
Department of Disability Services
One Independence Square
250 E Street SW 1st floor
Washington DC 20024
Cell: 202-497-5052
sharon.vaughan-roach@dc.gov
Florida
Bill Findley
Bureau Chief of Business Enterprise
FLDOE/Division of Blind Services
325 West Gaines Street
Room 1114, Turlington Building
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
Phone: (850) 245-0343
Fax: (850) 245-0363
william.findley@dbs.fldoe.org
http://dbs.myflorida.com/
Georgia
Leon Herman Jr., MS
Interim BEP Program Director
Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency
Cell: 404-617-1049
5238 Royal Woods Pkwy Suite 20
Tucker, GA 30084
Herman.Allen@gvs.ga.gov
www.gvs.ga.gov
Guam
Mrs. Kasinda Ludwig
Acting Administrator
DISID - Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
234 Archbishop FC Flores St. DNA Bldg.. Suite 602
Hagatna, GU 96910
Phone: (671) 475-5735/4200
Fax: (671) 475-4661
kasinda.ludwig@disid.guam.gov
Hawaii
Barney Higa
BEP Program Manager
808-224-7748
bhiga@dhs.hawaii.gov
Idaho
Justin Fish
Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Business Enterprise Program Supervisor
341 W. Washington
PO Box 83720
Boise ID. 83720
Direct Line: 208-639-8387
Cell: 208-724-7048
Office: 208-334-3220
Fax: 208-334-2963
jfish@icbvi.idaho.gov
Illinois
Calvette Brown
Administrator
Illinois Business Enterprise for the Blind
809 Commercial Ave
Springfield, IL 62703
Phone: 773-505-3592
calvette.brown@illinois.gov
Indiana
Locket Phillips
BEP Director
Blind and Visually Impaired Services
402 W. Washington Street
P.O. Box 7083
Indianapolis, IN 46207-7083
Phone: (877) 241-8144
Locket.Phillips@FSSA.in.gov
Iowa
Matt Nemmers
Executive Officer Business Enterprise Program
Iowa Department for the Blind
524 4th Street
Des Moines, IA 50309
Phone: 515-313-8516
matthew.nemmers@blind.state.ia.us
Kansas
Matthew Miller
Interim BEP Administrator
Department for Children and Families Administration Building
555 S Kansas Ave. 3rd Floor
Topeka, KS 66603
(785)207-2352
matthew.miller@ks.gov
Kentucky
Corey Marcum
Director Kentucky Business Enterprises
500 Mero Street, Suite 426 NE
Frankfort, KY 40621
502-782-3404
Fax 502-564-2951
Email: corey.marcum@ky.gov
Louisiana
Neil Ellington
Randolph-Sheppard Program Manager
Office of Workforce Development
Louisiana Rehabilitation Services
Louisiana Workforce Commission
1001 N 23rd St
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Office: (225) 219-2268
Mobile: (504) 432-7824
rellington@lwc.la.gov
Maine
Diane T. Frigon
Business Enterprise Program Administrator
Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired
45 Commerce Drive
150 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0150
Phone: (207) 623-7964
Diane.T.Frigon@Maine.gov
Maryland
Anna Kim
Maryland Business Enterprise Program Director
Office of Blindness and Vision Services
Division of Rehabilitation Services
2301 Argonne Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218
Phone: 410-554-9447
Anna.Kim@Maryland.gov
Massachusetts
Laurie Houde Korajczyk
Program Supervisor, Randolph-Sheppard Vending Facilities Program
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind (MCB)
600 Washington Street
Boston MA 02111
Cell: 857-214-1332
laurie.korajczyk@mass.gov
Michigan
Nick Rose
Acting Business Enterprise Program Manager
Bureau of Services for Blind Persons
(517) 388-6992
rosen3@michigan.gov
James Hull
Business Enterprise Program Manager
Bureau of Services for Blind Persons
702 W. Kalamazoo St.
P O Box 30652
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: 517-643-1425
Fax: 517-335-5140
hullj@michigan.gov
Minnesota
John Hulet
Business Enterprises Program Director
Department of Employment and Economic Development
Minnesota State Services for the Blind
2200 University Ave. W., Suite 240
Saint Paul, MN 55114
Phone: (651) 539-2284
Fax: (651) 642-0788
John.Hulet@state.mn.us
http://www.mnssb.org/
Mississippi
Bobby Haralson
BEP Director
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind, Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services
P.O. Box 9727
Jackson, MS 39286-9727
Phone: (601) 853-5280
Fax: (601) 853-5288
bharalson@mdrs.ms.gov
http://www.mdrs.state.ms.us/
Missouri
Melissa Anderson
Supervisor - Program Coordinator
Business Enterprise Program
State of Missouri – Rehabilitation Services for the Blind
PO Box 2320
Jefferson City, MO 65102
(573) 751-4881
C: (573)645-2263
Fax: (573) 751-1281
Melissa.A.Anderson@dss.mo.gov
Montana
Jacob Kuntz
Program Specialist
Vocational Rehabilitation and Blind Services
48 2nd Ave. Ste. 213
Havre, MT 59501
Mobile: 406.890.5624
Fax: 406.300.7396
jkuntz3@mt.gov
Nebraska
Eric R. Buckwalter
Nebraska Business Enterprise
Nebraska Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
4600 Valley Rd., Suite 100
Lincoln, NE 68510
(402) 450-6526 Phone
(402) 471-3009 Fax
eric.r.buckwalter@nebraska.gov
Nevada
Christopher Mazza
Chief of Business Enterprises of Nevada
3016 West Charleston Blvd. Suite 201
Las Vegas, NV 89102
Office Phone: 702-486-8800
Fax: (702) 486-3038
camazza@detr.nv.gov
New Hampshire
Patricia Pelletier
Program Specialist
Services for Blind & Visually Impaired
21 South Fruit Street, Suite #20
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-419-0575
Patricia.A.Pelletier@doe.nh.gov
http://www.education.nh.gov/career/vocational/blind_visu.html
New Jersey
Napoleon “Deacon” Truesdale
Business Enterprise Program Manager
Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
P.O. Box 721
Trenton, NJ 08625
Phone: (732) 937-6388
Fax: (732) 418-3268
Napoleon.Truesdale@dhs.state.nj.us
http://www.state.nj.us/humanservices/cbvi/index.html
New Mexico
Diana A. Martinez
Program Manager
Business Enterprise Program
NM Commission for the Blind
2200 Yale Blvd SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
Phone: (505) 383-2208
Fax: (505) 841-8850
Diana.Martinez@cfb.nm.gov
http://www.cfb.state.nm.us
New York
Louise Werner
BEP Director
NYS Office of Children & Family Services
Commission for the Blind
52 Washington Street, Room 201 South
Rensselaer, NY 12144
Phone: +1 (518) 474-5516
Fax: (518) 486-5819
Louise.Werner@ocfs.ny.gov
NYSCB Website: visionloss.ny.gov
North Carolina
Cynthia Speight
Division of Services for the Blind Director
NC Department of Health and Human Services
309 Ashe Avenue, Fisher Building
2601 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2601
Office: 919-527-6704
Mobile: 984-222-4643
Voice/TTY: 919-527-6700
Fax: 919-733-9769
cynthia.speight@dhhs.nc.gov
North Dakota
Robyn Throlson
BEP Director
Vocational Rehabilitation
1237 W. Divide Avenue, Suite 1B
Bismarck, ND 58501
Tel: 701.328.8955
rthrolson@nd.gov
Northern Mariana Islands
James M. Rayphand
Director
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
P.O. Box 501521, Navy Hill, Bldg. N-2
Saipan, MP 96950
Phone: (670) 322-6537
Fax: (670) 322-6536
jimbo@ovrgov.net
http://www.ovrgov.net/
Ohio
Christine Hauck
BEP Director
Bureau of Services for the Visually Impaired
Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities
150 East Campus View Blvd.
Columbus, OH 43235-4604
Phone: (614) 312-1271
Christine.Hauck@ood.ohio.gov
Oklahoma
Christopher Brannaman
BEP Operations Coordinator
Division of Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired (SBVI)
Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services
3325 N. Lincoln Blvd, OKC, OK 73105
Main Phone: 405-523-4800
Fax: 405-523-4821
Cell: 918-284-3463
cbrannaman@okdrs.gov
www.okdrs.gov
Oregon
Ron Stewart
BEP Director
Oregon Commission for the Blind
535 SE 12th Avenue
Portland, OR 97214
ron.w.stewart@ocb.oregon.gov
Phone: 971-673-1588
http://www.oregon.gov/blind
Pennsylvania
Wes Runnels
Business Enterprise Program Director
Bureau of Blind and Visual Services
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Dept. of Labor & Industry
651 Boas Street, Floor 7
Harrisburg, PA 17121
Main Phone: 717-783-2604
jrunnels@pa.gov
Puerto Rico
Dr. Maria Gomez
BEP Director
Vocational Rehabilitation Administration PR, PR 00919
(787) 727-0445 Phone
MariaGomezGarcia@vra.pr.gov
Rhode Island
Jennifer Fiske, MA
Assistant Administrator
Office Of Rehabilitation Services
RI Department of Human Services
40 Fountain Street, Providence, RI 02903
Cell: (401) 871-1145
Jennifer.Fiske@ors.ri.gov
https://www.facebook.com/RIOfficeofRehab
South Carolina
Ryan Skinner
Business Services Director
South Carolina Commission for the Blind
1430 Confederate Ave.
Columbia, SC 29201
O (803) 898-8710
C (803) 508-9549
ryan.skinner@sccb.sc.gov
www.sccb.state.sc.us
South Dakota
Raymond Tracy
BEP Manager
DHS – Service to the Blind and Visually Impaired
E. HWY 34 – Hillsview Plaza
C/O 500 East Capitol
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: (605) 773-4644
Fax: (605) 773-5483
Raymond.Tracy@state.sd.us
Tennessee
Wacovia L. King
Director of Tennessee Business Enterprises
Division of Rehabilitation Services for Middle TN
James K. Polk Building, 15th Floor
505 Deadrick Street
Nashville, TN 37243
Office (615) 253-4409 Cell (615) 504-8039
wacovia.king@tn.gov
Tennessee Business Enterprises (tn.gov)
Texas
Cynthia Gonzalez
BET Director
Business Enterprises of Texas
Cell: 915-201-8071
cynthia.gonzalez@twc.texas.gov
https://twc.texas.gov/business-enterprises-texas-facility-hosting
Utah
Donna Neri-Wells
BEP Program Coordinator
Division of Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired
250 N. 1950 W., Suite B
Salt Lake City, UT 84116-7902
Phone: (801) 323-4385
Fax: (801) 323-4396
dneri@utah.gov
Vermont
Kaelyn Modrak
BEP Director
VT Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired
HC 2 South
280 State Drive
Waterbury, VT 05671-2040
Phone:802-777-1921
Kaelyn.Modrak@vermont.gov
Virginia
Xavier Trimiew
BEP Manager
Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired
397 Azalea Avenue, Richmond, VA 23227
Phone: (804) 371-3103
Xavier.Trimiew@dbvi.virginia.gov
Charlie Brannan
Business Opportunities for the Blind, Inc. (Nominee)
5904 School Ave
Henrico, VA 23228
Office (804)262-7806
Mobile(804)839-4290
cbrannan@bobva.com
Washington
Jim Hemmen
Business Enterprise Program Manager
WA State Department of Services for the Blind
PO Box 40933, Olympia WA 98504-0933
Office: 360-725-3844
Cell: 360-870-0911
Jim.Hemmen@dsb.wa.gov
www.dsb.wa.gov
West Virginia
Joshua Gabehart
Randolph Sheppard Program Manager
WV Division of Rehabilitation Services
10 McJunkin Rd.
Nitro, WV 25143
Phone: (304) 760-7174
Fax: (304) 759-2274
Joshua.E.Gabehart@wv.gov
Wisconsin
TJ Jerke
Director, Wisconsin Business Enterprise Program
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
201 East Washington Avenue
P.O. Box 7852
Madison, WI 53707
Cell: 608-419-2817
tyler.jerke@dwd.wisconsin.gov