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Multicultural Affairs

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• Multicultural Diversity Resources
• Domestic Violence Pictorial Interview Booklet
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State Advisory Counsil Members

• Barbara Ginley
  Executive Director/Maine Migrant Health Program
  bginley@mainemigrant.org
• Rebecca (Becky) Dyer
  Director of Adult Education/State of Maine, Education
  Becky.Dyer@maine.gov
• Beth Stickney
  Executive Director/Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project
  BStickney@ilapmaine.org
• Brenda Fields
  Administrator/Penobscot Nation
  bfields@penobscotnation.org
• Catherine Yomoah
  State Refugee Coordinator/Maine Office of Multicultural Affairs-DHHS
  Catherine.Yomoah@maine.gov
• Edward Loro
  BFI Specialist, Elig./State of Maine-DHHS-Portland
  Edward.Loro@maine.gov
• Fatuma Hussein
  Executive Director/United Somali Women of Maine
  fhussein@uswofmaine.org
• Gail Dana
  Director, Wabanaki Center/University of Maine
  Gail_Dana@umit.maine.edu
• Gigi Ottmann-Deeves
  EEO Officer-Office of Civil Rights/State of Maine-Transportation
  Gigi.Ottmann-Deeves@maine.gov
• Jackie Theriault
  State Police Lieutenant/State of Maine – Public Safety
  Jackie.M.Theriault@maine.gov
• Janet Scott-Harris
  Regional Consultant for Minority Health US DHHS,/ Office of Minority Health
  Janet.Scott-Harris@hhs.gov
• Jim Hanna
  Project Director/New American Sustainable Agriculture Project
  jimhanna@maine.rr.com
• Joe Perry
  President/NAACP – Bangor
  No email listed at this time
• John Conners
  President of LCLAA Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, AFL/CIO
  jconn10471@aol.com
• Juan Perez-Febles
  Director-Migrant & Immigrant Services Div./State of Maine-Labor, BLS-Labor
  Juan.A.Perez-Febles@Maine.gov
• Kathleen Lincoln
  Equal Employment Opport. Coord./State of Maine
  Kathleen.Lincoln@maine.gov
• Kathleen Roberts
  Executive Director/Office of Campus Diversity & Equity/University of Southern Maine
  kroberts@usm.maine.edu
• Lelia Deandrade
  Associate Director/Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence
  leliad@usm.maine.edu
• Lisa Sockabasin
  Director, Office of Minority Health/State of Maine – DHHS
  Lisa.Sockabasin@maine.gov
• Luc Nya
  Multicultural Services Coordinator/Maine Office of Multicultural Affairs-DHHS
  Luc.Nya@maine.gov
• Marc R. Mutty
  Director of Public Affairs/Diocese of Portland
  mmutty@portlanddiocese.net
• Margie Macdonald
  Multilingual and Multicultural Programs Coordinator/
  Portland Schools
  macdom@portlandschools.org
• Mary LaFontaine
  State of Maine – Manager/BES
  Mary.J.LaFontaine@Maine.gov
• Maryalice Crofton
  SE/State of Maine-State Planning Office
  Maryalice.Crofton@maine.gov
• Meryl Troop
  Language Access & Deaf Services Coordinator/Maine Office of Multicultural Affairs-DHHS
  Meryl.Troop@maine.gov
• Nancy Mullins
  Director, ESL/Bilingual Programs/State Maine-Education
  Nancy.Mullins@maine.gov
• Noël Bonam (Chair)
  Director/Maine Office of Multicultural Affairs-DHHS
  Noel.Bonam@maine.gov
• Penny Vaillancourt
  Administrator/State of Maine-PFR-Licensing & Registration
  Penny.Vaillancourt@maine.gov
• Phil Nadeau
  Deputy City Administrator/City of Lewiston
  pnadeau@ci.lewiston.me.us
• Pierrot Rugaba
  Director, Refugee Services/Catholic Charities of Maine
  prugaba@CCMAINE.ORG
• Rachel Talbot Ross
  Director Equal Opportunity & Multicultural Affairs/City of Portland
  rtr@portlandmaine.gov
• Regina Phillips
  Program Coordinator Refugee Services/City of Portland
  rlp@portlandmaine.gov
• Sally Dobres
  Associate Director of Human Resources
  and Director of Equity & Diversity/University of Maine System
  sallyd@maine.edu
• Tae Chong
  Director, Innovative Programs/Maine State Housing Authority
  tchong@MAINEHOUSING.ORG
• Virginia Marie Rincon, Rev.,
  Executive Director/Tengo Voz
  tengovoz@hotmail.com
• Recordkeeper: Karen Blake
  Assistant/Maine-Office of Multicultural Affairs
  Karen.Blake@maine.gov