State Departments of Education and Facility Divisions
Alabama
State Department of Education: School Architect/Facilities
Perry Taylor, State Architect, 334.242.9731
Alaska
Department of Education and Early Development: Facilities
Sam Kito, Facilities Engineer, 907.465.2800
Arizona
School Facilities Board
John Arnold, Executive Director, 602.542.6501
Arkansas
Division of Public Schools: Academic Facilities and Transportation
Dr. Charles Stein, Assitant Director, 501.682.4261
California
State Architect
David F. Thorman, AIA, 916.445.8100
Public School Construction Process
916.445.3160
Department of Education/Facilities
Kathleen Moore, Director, 916.322.2470
Colorado
Department of Education: Finance
Ted Hughes, Director, 303.866.6948
Connecticut
Department of Education: Division of Finance & Internal Operations
David Wedge, Bureau Chief, 860.713.6543
Delaware
Office of State Planning and Coordination
Constance Holland, AICP, 302.739.3090
Florida
Department of Education: Office of Educational Facilities
Spessard Boatright, Director, 850.245.0494
Georgia
Department of Education: Office of Finance and Business Operations
Lynn Jackson, Director, Facilities Services, 404.656.2454
Hawaii
Department of Education: School Facilities and Support Services
Duane Kashiwai, Public Works Administrator, 808.586.0430
Idaho
Division of Building Safety
Al Caine, Industrial Safety Manager, 208.332.7138
Illinois
Department of Education: School Business Services, Construction
Susan Weintekamp, Principal Operations Consultant, 217.785.8779
Indiana
State Board of Education
Jeff Zaring, 317.232.6622
Iowa
Department of Education: School Facilites
Gary Shwartz, 515.281.4743
Kansas
Department of Education
Gerald R. Carter, AIA, 785.296.2627
Kentucky
Department of Education: Facilities
Mark Ryles, 502.564.4326
Louisiana
Maine
Department of Education: School Facilities and Transportation
Scott Brown, School Construction Team Coordinator, 207.624.6883
Maryland
Public School Constructin Program
David Lever, Executive Director, 410.767.0610
Massachusetts
Massachusetts School Building Authority
Katherine P. Craven, Executive Director, 617.720.5260
School Finance & District Support
Jeff Wulfson, Associate Commissioner, 781.338.6500
Michigan
Department of Treasury: Michigan Public Education Facilities Authority
Treas_MPEFA@michigan.gov, 517.335.0521
Department of Labor & Economic Growth: Construction Code
bccinfo@michigan.gov, 517.241.9313
Minnesota
Department of Education: Facilities, Health, Safety
Tom Melcher, Director, 651.582.8828
Mississippi
Office of Healthy Schools
Shane McNeill, Director, 601. 359.1737
Missouri
Department of Elementary & Secondary Education: Administrative & Financial Services
Dr. Roger Dorson, Director of School Finance, 573.751.0357
Montana
Office of Public Instruction: School Facility Condition Inventory
Paul Tayler, 406.444.1257
Denise Ulberg, 406.444.1960
Nebraska
402.471.2295
Nevada
775.687.9200
New Hampshire
Division of Program Support: Building Aid
Ed Murdough, 603.271.2037
New Jersey
Office of School Facilities
609.984.2738
New Mexico
Public School Facilities Authority
Robert Gorrell, Director, 505.988.5989
Capital Outlay Bureau
Antonio Ortiz, Director, 505.827.6613
New York
School Operations & Management Services: Facilities Planning
Carl T. Thurnau, P.E., Coordinator, 518.474.3906
North Carolina
School Planning
Steve Taynton, AIA, Chief, 919.807.3560
North Dakota
School Finance & Organization
Jerry Coleman, Director, 721.328.4051
Ohio
Ohio School Facility Commission
Michael Shoemaker, Executive Director, 614.466.6290
Oklahoma
Capital Improvement
Dwight Bruss, Director, 405.521.3812
Oregon
Office of School Finance: State School Fund
Mark Patterson, Director, 503.947.5914
Pennsylvania
School Construction & Facilities
Carle Dixon, Chief, 717.787.5480
Rhode Island
Office of Finance: School Construction Aid
Janet Birch, 401.222.4649
South Carolina
School Facilities
Alex James, AIA, Director, 803.734.4837
South Dakota
Building Authority
Michael Jost, 605.224.9200
Tennessee
Facilities Department
Deborah Boshears-Davis, Executive Director, 605.532.1681
Texas
School Finance
sfinance@tea.state.tx.us, 512.463.9238
Utah
School Finance & Statistics: Facilities & Safety
Jenefer Youngfield, School Construction Inspection Specialist, 801.538.7669
Vermont
School Construction
Cathy Hilgendorf, School Construction Coordinator, 802.828.5402
Virginia
Department of Education: Facilities
June Eanes, Director, 804.225.2035
Washington
Superintendent of Public Instruction: Facilities
Gordon Beck, Director, 360.725.6261
West Virginia
School Building Authority
Dr. Mark Manchin, Executive Director, 304.558.2541
Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction: Resources for Safe Schools
Joan Lerman, 608.266.2829
Online Schools Directory
Wyoming
Wyoming School Facility Commission
Ken Daraie, Director, 307.777.8670
Resources
State Acreage Policies
