If you have a question or complaint about your insurance company's policies, contact the company before you contact the state insurance regulator.
Thelma Walker
State securities agencies are responsible also for preventing fraud and
abuse in the sale of all but the largest securities offerings.
If you have a question or complaint about an investment you have made or
are about to make, call the company or bank involved. If your complaint
or question is not resolved, call the appropriate state securities
agency below.
Juan Rivera
Felipe B. Cruz
Many utility commissions handle consumer complaints. Sometimes, if a
number of complaints are received about the same utility matter, they
will conduct investigations.
James C. Hudson, Director
George Precourt,
Debra Wallace, Director (Acting)
Whit Springfield, Director
James E. Monroe, Administrator
Creig Slayton, Director
Denise Placido,
Elmer C. Bartels, Commissioner
Philip E. Peterson,
Linda Dorn, State Director
Richard C. Davis, Assistant Commissioner
Nell C. Carney, Executive Director
Sally Howard, Deputy Director
James S. Nyman, Director
Thomas G. Jennings, Director
Eugene Luini, Director
John DeLuca, Director
Joil Southwell, Administrator
Robert Eschbach, Director
Jack Thompson, Deputy
P. Charles LaRosa, Jr.,
Grady Kickul, Division Director
Pat D. Westbrook,
William G. Gibson, Director
Steve Stone, Director
W. Roy Grizzard, Jr.,
Shirley Smith, Director
Some city and county offices have weights and measures functions in
addition to the state offices listed below. Contact the state office for
the appropriate weights and measures office or check your local
telephone directory under the government listings for your local weights
and measures office. The office might be listed under either the city or
county bureau of standards, agriculture or consumer protection.
State Insurance
Regulators
Each state has its own laws and regulations for all types of insurance, including car, homeowner and health insurance. The officials listed below enforce these laws. Many of these offices can provide you with information to help you make informed insuranc
e buying decisions. Your local library also has information that can help you compare insurance companies before making a purchase.
Alabama
Michael DeBellis
Acting Commissioner
Department of Insurance
135 South Union Street, #200
Montgomery, AL 36130
3342693550
Fax: 3342414192
Alaska
Marianne K. Burke
Director
Department of Commerce and Economic Development
Division of Insurance
P.O. Box 110805
Juneau, AK 998110805
9074652515
Deputy Director
Division of Insurance
3601 C Street
Suite 1324
Anchorage, AK 995035948
9072697900
American Samoa
Albert Atuatsi
Insurance Commissioner
Office of the Governor
Pago Page, AS 96799
0116846334116
Arizona
John King, Director
Department of Insurance
2910 North 44th Street
Suite 210
Phoenix, AZ 850187256
6029128444
Arkansas
Lee Douglas
Commissioner
Department of Insurance
1200 West 3rd Street
Little Rock, AR 722011904
5013712600
Toll free: 8008525494
California
Charles Quackenbush
Commissioner
Department of Insurance
300 Capitol Mall
Suite 1500
Sacramento, CA 95814
9164455544
Toll free in CA: 8009274357
Colorado
Jack Ehnes
Commissioner
1560 Broadway
Suite 850
Denver, CO 80202
3038947499, ext. 400
Connecticut
George M. Reider, Jr.
Commissioner
Department of Insurance
P. O. Box 816
Hartford, CT 061420816
8602973800
Delaware
Donna Lee H. Williams
Commissioner
Department of Insurance
841 Silver Lake Blvd.
P.O. Box 7007
Dover, DE 199031507
3027394251
Toll free in DE: 8002828611
District of Columbia
Patrick Kelly
Acting Commissioner
Insurance Administration
441 4th Street, N.W.
8th Floor North
Washington, DC 20001
2027278000, ext. 3007
Florida
Bill Nelson
Commissioner
Department of Insurance
State Capitol
Plaza Level Eleven
Tallahassee, FL 323990300
9049223130
Toll free in FL: 8003422762
Georgia
John Oxendine
Commissioner
Department of Insurance
2 Martin L. King, Jr. Drive
Atlanta, GA 30334
4046562070
Guam
Joseph T. Duenas
Commissioner
Department of Revenue and Taxation
Government of Guam
378 Chalan San Antonio
Tamuning, Guam 96911
0116714455000
Hawaii
Wayne C. Metcalf
Commissioner
Insurance division
Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
250 S. King Street
5th Floor
Honolulu, HI 468133614
8085862790
Toll free: 8005862790
Idaho
James Alcorn
Director
Department of Insurance
700 W. State Street
Boise, ID 83720
2083344320
Toll free in ID: 8007213272
Illinois
Mark Boozell
Director
Department of Insurance
320 West Washington Street
Springfield, IL 62767
2177824515
100 West Randolph Street
Suite 15100
Chicago, IL 60601
3128142420
Indiana
Marjorie Maginn
Commissioner
Department of Insurance
311 West Washington Street
Suite 300
Indianapolis, IN 462042787
3172322395
Toll free in IN: 8006224461
Iowa
Theresa Vaughan
Commissioner
Division of Insurance
Lucas State Office Building
6th Floor
Des Moines, IA 50319
5152815705
Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
Commissioner
Department of Insurance
420 S.W. 9th Street
Topeka, KS 66612
9132967829
Toll free in KS: 8004322484
Kentucky
George Nicoles
Commissioner
Department of Insurance
215 West Main Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
5025646088
Louisiana
James H. "Jim" Brown, Jr.
Commissioner
Department of Insurance
P.O. Box 94214
Baton Route, LA 708019214
5043421259
Maine
Brian Atchinson
Superintendent
Bureau of Insurance
State House Station 34
Augusta, ME 043330034
2076248475
Toll free in ME: 8003005000
Maryland
Dwight K. Bartlett, III
Commissioner
Insurance Administration
501 St. Paul Place
7th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202
4103331782
Toll free in MD: 8004926116
Massachusetts
Linda Ruthardt
Commissioner
Division of Insurance
470 Atlantic Avenue
6th Floor
Boston, MA 022102223
6175217777
Michigan
D. Joseph Olson
Commissioner
Insurance Bureau
611 West Ottawa Street
2nd Floor North
Lansing, MI 48933
5173730240
Minnesota
David B. Gruenes
Commissioner
Department of Commerce
133 East 7th Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
6122962488
Mississippi
George Dale
Commissioner
Department of Insurance
1804 Walter Sillers Building
Jackson, MS 39205
6013593569
Toll free in MS: 8005622957
Missouri
Jay Angoff
Director
Department of Insurance
301 West High Street
6 North
Jefferson City, MO 651020690
5737512640
Toll free in MO: 8007267390
Montana
Mark O'Keefe
Commissioner
Department of Insurance
126 North Sanders
Mitchell Building
Room 270
Helena, MT 59601
4064442040
Toll free in MT: 8003326148
Nebraska
Robert Lange
Director
Department of Insurance
941 O Street
Suite 400
Lincoln, NE 68508
4024712201
Nevada
Alice Molasky
Commissioner
Division of Insurance
1665 Hot Springs Road, #152
Carson City, NV 89710
7026874270
Toll free in NV: 8009920900
New Hampshire
Charles Blossom
Commissioner
Department of Insurance
169 Manchester Street
Concord, NH 033015151
6032712261
New Jersey
Elizabeth E. Randall
Commissioner
Department of Insurance
20 West State Street
CN329
Trenton, NJ 08625
6099842444
New Mexico
Christopher P. Krahling
Superintendent
Department of Insurance
P.O. Drawer 1269
Santa Fe, NM 875041269
5058274698
Toll free in NM: 8009474722
New York
Edward Muhl
Superintendent
Department of Insurance
160 West Broadway
New York, NY 100133393
2126022488
Toll free in NY: 8003423736
Agency Building One
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12257
5184746600
North Carolina
James E. Long
Commissioner
Department of Insurance
Dobbs Building
430 North Salisbury Street
P.O. Box 26387
Raleigh, NC 27611
9197332004
Toll free in NC: 8006627777
North Dakota
Glenn R. Pomeroy
Commissioner
Department of Insurance
600 East Boulevard Avenue
Bismarck, ND 585050320
7013282440
Toll free in ND: 8002470560
Ohio
Harold T. Duryee
Director
Department of Insurance
2100 Stella Court
Columbus, OH 432151067
6146442658
Toll free: 8005220071
Oklahoma
John Crawford
Commissioner
Department of Insurance
3814 Santa Fe
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
4055212991
Toll free in OK: 8005220071
Oregon
Kerry Barnett
Director
Department of Consumer and Business Services
350 Winter Street, N.E. Room 200
Salem, OR 973100700
5033784636
Pennsylvania
Linda S. Kaiser
Commissioner
Insurance Department
1326 Strawberry Square, 13th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17120
7177872317
Puerto Rico
Juan Antonio Garcia
Commissioner
Office of the Commissioner of Insurance
Fernandez Juncos Station
1607 Ponce de Leon Avenue
Santurce, PR 00910
8097228686
Rhode Island
Alfonso E. Mastrostefano
Commissioner
Insurance Division
233 Richmond Street
Providence, RI 029034233
4012772223
South Carolina
Lee P. Jedziniak
Director
Department of Insurance
1612 Marion Street
P.O. Box 100105
Columbia, SC 24201
8037376150
Toll free in SC: 8007683467
South Dakota
Darla L. Lyon
Director
Division of Insurance
Department of Commerce and Regulation
500 E. Capitol
Pierre, SD 575013940
6057733563
Tennessee
Doug Sizemore
Commissioner
Department of Commerce and Insurance
500 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 372430565
6157412218
Toll free in TN: 8003424029
Texas
Elton Bomer
Commissioner
Department of Insurance
333 Guadalupe Street
P.O. Box 149104
Austin, TX 787149104
5124636464
Toll free: 8002523439
Utah
Robert E. Wilcox
Commissioner
Department of Insurance
3110 State Office Building
Salt Lake City, UT 84114
8015383805
Toll free in UT: 8004393805
Vermont
Elizabeth R. Costle
Commissioner
Department of Banking, Insurance and Securities
Health Care Administration
89 Main Street, Drawer 20
Montpelier, VT 056203101
8028284884
Virgin Islands
Gwendolyn Brady
Director
Division of Banking and Insurance
Lt. Governor's Office
Kongens Gade 18
St. Thomas, VI 00802
8097747166
Virginia
Alfred W. Gross
Commissioner
State Corporation Commission
Bureau of Insurance
1300 East Main Street
Richmond, VA 23219
8043719694
Toll free in VA: 8005527945
Washington
Deborah Senn
Commissioner
Insurance Building-Capitol Campus
14th Avenue and Water Street
P.O. Box 40255
Olympia, WA 985040255
3607533613
West Virginia
Henry C. Clark
Commissioner
Department of Insurance
2019 Washington Street, East
P.O. Box 50540
Charleston, WV 253050540
3045583856
Toll free in WV: 8006429004
Wisconsin
Josephine W. Musser
Commissioner
Office of the Commissioner of Insurance
121 E. Wilson
Madison, WI 53702
6082660103
Toll free in WI: 8002368517
Wyoming
John McBride
Commissioner
Department of Insurance
Herschler Building
122 West 25th Street
Cheyenne, WY 820020440
3077777402
Toll free in WY: 8004385768
State Securities
Administrators
Each state has its own laws and regulations for securities brokers and
for all types of securities, including stocks, mutual funds,
commodities, real estate offerings, uninsured investment products sold
by banks and others. The officials and agencies listed below enforce
these laws and regulations. Many of these offices can provide you with
information to help you make informed investment decisions.
Alabama
Joseph P. Borg
Director
Securities Commission
770 Washington Street, Suite 570
Montgomery, AL 361304700
3342422984
Fax:3342420240
Toll free in AL: 8002221253
Alaska
L.P. Carroll
Senior Examiner, State of Alaska
Department of Commerce and Economic Development
Banking and Securities
P.O. Box 110807
Juneau, AK 998110807
9074652521
Fax: 9074652549
Arizona
Duty Investigator
Corporation Commission
Securities Division
1300 West Washington, 3rd Floor
Phoenix, AZ 85007
6025424242
Fax: 6025947470
Arkansas
Mac Dodson
Commissioner
Securities Department
Heritage West Building
201 East Markham, 3rd Floor
Little Rock, AR 722011692
5013249260
Fax: 5013249268
California
Commissioner
Department of Corporations
3700 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 600
Los Angeles, CA 900103001
2137362741
Fax: 2137362117
Colorado
Philip A. Feigin
Securities Commissioner
Division of Securities
1580 Lincoln, Suite 420
Denver, CO 802031506
3038942320
Fax: 3038612126
TDD: 3038947880
Connecticut
John Burke
Banking Commissioner
Department of Banking
260 Constitution Plaza
Hartford, CT 06103
8602408299
Fax: 8602408178
Delaware
Richard W. Hubbard
Securities Commissioner
Department of Justice
Division of Securities
State Office Building
820 N. French Street, 8th Floor
Wilmington, DE 19801
3025772515
Fax: 3026550576
District of Columbia
Veda M. Shamsid-Deen
Acting Director
D.C. Public Service Commission
Office of Securities
450 5th Street, N.W., Suite 821
Washington, DC 20001
2026265105
Fax: 2027372080
Florida
Robert F. Milligan
Comptroller
Division of Securities
The Capitol LL22
Tallahassee, FL 323990350
9044889805
Fax: 9046812428
Toll free in FL: 8003728792
Georgia
Lewis A. Massey
Secretary of State
Office of the Secretary of State
Division of Securities and Business Regulation
Two Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive
Suite 802, West Tower
Atlanta, GA 30334
4046562894
Fax: 4046578410
Hawaii
Russell H. Yamashita
Commissioner of Securities
Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
P.O. Box 40
Honolulu, HI 96810
8085862744
8085862740 (Securities Enforcement Unit)
Fax: 8085862733
Toll free in HI: 8004684644, ext. 62727
Idaho
Gavin M. Gee, Director
Department of Finance
Marilyn Scanlan, Bureau Chief
Securities Bureau
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 837200031
2083343684
Fax: 2083328098
Illinois
Director
Illinois Securities Department
Office of Secretary of State
Robert Newtson
Lincoln Tower, Suite 200
520 S. Second Street
Springfield, IL 62701
2177822256
Toll free in IL: 8006287937
Indiana
Bradley W. Skolnik
Securities Commissioner
Office of the Secretary of State
Securities Division
302 West Washington
Room E111
Indianapolis, IN 46204
3172326681
Toll free in IN: 8002238791
Fax: 3172333675
Iowa
Enforcement Section
Securities Bureau
Lucas State Office Building
2nd Floor
Des Moines, IA 50319
5152814441
Fax: 5152816467
Kansas
David Brant
Securities Commissioner
Office of the Securities Commissioner
618 South Kansas Avenue
2nd Floor
Topeka, KA 666033804
9132963307
Fax: 9132966872
Toll free in KA: 8002329580
Kentucky
Larry D. Lander
Commissioner of Financial Institutions
477 Versailles Road
Frankfort, KY 406013868
5025733390
Fax: 5025738787
Louisiana
Harry C. Stansbury
Deputy Commissioner of Securities
Securities Commission
Energy Centre
1100 Poydras Street, Suite 2250
New Orleans, LA 70163
5045685515
Maine
Stephen L. Diamond
Securities Administrator
Securities Division
21 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
2076248551
Fax: 2076248590
Maryland
Robert N. McDonald
Securities Commissioner
Office of the Attorney General
Division of Securities
200 Saint Paul Place, 20th Floor
Baltimore, MD 212022020
4105766360
Fax: 4105766532
TDD: 4105766372
Massachusetts
William Francis Galvin
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Securities Division
One Ashburton Place, Room 1701
Boston, MA 02108
6177273548
Fax: 6172480177
Toll free in MA: 8002695428
Michigan
Carl L. Tyson, Director
Department of Consumer and Industry Services
Corporation, Securities and Land Development Bureau
P.O. Box 30054
Lansing, MI 489097554
5173346212
Fax: 5173346155
Minnesota
David Gruenes
Commissioner of Commerce
Department of Commerce
133 East Seventh Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
6122964026
Fax: 6122964328
Toll free in MN: 8006573602
Mississippi
Leslie Scott
Assistant Secretary of State for Business Services
P.O. Box 136
Jackson, MS 39205 or
202 North Congress Street
Suite 601
Jackson, MS 39201
6013596371
Fax: 6013592894
Missouri
Douglas F. Wilburn
Commissioner of Securities
P.O. Box 1276
Jefferson City, MO 65102
5737514136
Toll free in MO: 8007217996
Fax: 5735263124
Montana
Mark O'Keefe
State Auditor & Securities Commissioner
Office of the State Auditor
Securities Department
P.O. Box 4009
Helena, MT 59604
4064442040
Fax: 4064443497
Toll free in MT: 8003326148
TDD: 4044443246
Nebraska
Jack Herstein
Assistant Director
Department of Banking & Finance
Bureau of Securities
P.O. Box 95006
Lincoln, NE 685095006
4024713445
Nevada
Donald J. Reis
Deputy Secretary of State
Office of the Secretary of State
Securities Division
555 E. Washington Avenue
Suite 5200
Las Vegas, NV 89101
7024862440
Fax: 7024862452
New Hampshire
Peter C. Hildreth
Director of Securities
Bureau of Securities Regulation
Department of State
State House, Room 204
Concord, NH 033014989
6032711463
Fax: 6032717933
New Jersey
Thomas J. Gaynor
Bureau Chief
Department of Law and Public Safety
Division of Consumer Affairs
Bureau of Securities
P.O. Box 47029
Newark, NJ 07101
2015043600
Fax: 2015043601
New Mexico
Michael J. Vargon
Deputy Director
Regulation & Licensing Department
Securities Division
725 St. Michaels Drive
Santa Fe, NM 87501
5058277140 (general information)
Fax: 5059840617
New York
Dennis Vacol
Attorney General
Department of Law
Bureau of Investor Protection and Securities
120 Broadway, 23rd Floor
New York, NY 10271
2124168200
Fax: 2124168816
North Carolina
Rufus L. Edmisten
Secretary of State
Department of the Secretary of State
Securities Division
300 North Salisbury Street
Suite 100
Raleigh, NC 276035909
9197333924
Fax: 9198210818
Toll free: 8006884507
North Dakota
Nancy Lewis
Office of the Securities Commissioner
600 East Boulevard
Bismarck, ND 585050510
7012242910
Toll free in ND: 8002975124
Fax: 7012553113
Ohio
Tom Geyer
Acting Commissioner
Division of Securities
77 South High Street
22nd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
6146447381
Fax: 6144663316
Oklahoma
Irving L. Faught
Administrator
Department of Securities
1st National Center
120 N. Robinson, Suite 860
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
4052350230
Fax: 4052807742
Oregon
Kerry E. Barnett, Director
Cecil Monroe, Administrator
Department of Consumer and Business Services
Division of Finance & Corporate Securities
350 Winter Street, N.E., Room 21
Salem, OR 97310
5033784387 (Corporate Securities Section)
5033784140 (Finance Section)
Fax: 5033784178
Pennsylvania
Robert M. Lam, Chairman
Securities Commission
Eastgate Office Building
1010 North 7th Street, 2nd Floor
Harrisburg, PA 171021410
7177878061
Toll free in PA: 8006000007
Fax: 7177835122
TDD/AT&T Relay Center toll free: 8006545984
Puerto Rico
Joseph P. O'Neil
Commissioner
Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions
Securities Division
Centro Europa Building
Suite 600
1492 Ponce de Leon Avenue
San Juan, PR 009074127
7877233131
Fax: 7877234042
Assistant Securities Commissioner
7877238359
7877238403
Associate Director Securities
Hotline: 7877238445
Rhode Island
Maria D'Alessandro Piccirilli
Associate Director and Superintendent of Securities
Department of Business Regulation
233 Richmond Street, Suite 232
Providence, RI 029034232
4012773048
Fax: 4012735202
TDD: 4012772223
South Carolina
Tracey Myers
Deputy of Security Commission
Department of State
Securities Division
1205 Pendleton Street, Suite 525
Columbia, SC 29201
8007341087
Fax: 8037342164
South Dakota
Gail Sheppick
Enforcement Director
Division of Securities
118 West Capitol Avenue
Pierre, SD 575012017
6057734823
Fax: 6057735953
Tennessee
Kenneth T. McClellan
Assistant Commissioner
Department of Commerce and Insurance
Securities Division
Davy Crockett Tower, Suite 680
500 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 372430485
6157412947
Toll free in TN: 8008639117
Fax: 6155328375
Texas
Denise Voigt Crawford
Securities Commissioner
State Securities Board
P.O. Box 13167
Austin, TX 787113167
5123058300
Fax: 5123058310
Utah
Mark J. Griffin
Director, Securities Division
Department of Commerce
P.O. Box 146760
Salt Lake City, UT 841146760
8015306600
Fax: 8015306980
Toll free in UT: 800721SAFE
Vermont
Richard S. Cortese
Deputy Commissioner
Department of Banking, Insurance & Securities
Securities Division
89 Main Street, Drawer 20
Montpelier, VT 056203101
8028283420
8028282896
Virginia
Ron Thomas
Director
State Corporation Commission
Division of Securities & Retail Franchising
P.O. Box 1197
Richmond, VA 23218
8043719051
Toll free in VA: 8005527945
Fax: 8043719911
TDD: 8043719203
Washington
Deborah Bortner
Administrator
Department of Financial Institutions
Securities Division
P.O. Box 9033
Olympia, WA 985079033
3609028760
Fax: 3605865068
Toll free in WA: 8003728303
TDD: 3606648126
West Virginia
William E. Schneider
Deputy Commissioner of Securities
State Auditor's Office
Securities Division
State Capitol Building
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East Room 118West
Charleston, WV 25305
3045582257
Fax: 3043442229
Wisconsin
Patricia Struck
Administrator
Department of Financial Institutions
Division of Securities
P.O. Box 1768
Madison, WI 537021768
6082663431
Fax: 6082561259
Toll free in WI: 80047CHECK
Wyoming
Diana J. Ohman
Secretary of State & Securities
State Capitol Building
Cheyenne, WY 820020020
3077777370
Fax: 3077775339
TDD: 3077775351
State Utility
Commissions
State utility commissions regulate consumer service and rates for gas,
electricity and a variety of other services within your state. These
services include rates for telephone calls and moving household goods.
In some states, the utility commissions regulate water and
transportation rates. Rates for utilities and services provided between
states are regulated by the Federal government.
Alabama
James Sullivan
President, Public Service Commission
P.O. Box 991
Montgomery, AL 361010991
3342425207
Toll free in AL: 8003928050
Fax: 3342420509
Alaska
Robert A. Lohr
Executive Director
Alaska Public Utilities Commission
1016 West 6th Avenue
Suite 400
Anchorage, AK 99501
9072766222
Toll free in AK: 8003902782
Fax: 9072760160
TDD: 9072764533
Arizona
Renz Jennings
Chairman, Corporation Commission
1200 West Washington Street
Phoenix, AZ 85007
6025423935
Toll free in AZ: 8002227000
Fax: 6025425560
TDD: 6025422105
Arkansas
Sam I. Bratton, Jr.
Chairman, Public Service Commission
P.O. Box 400
Little Rock, AR 722030400
5016821453
Toll free in AR: 8004821164 (complaints)
Fax: 5016825731
California
P. Gregory Conlon
President, Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Avenue
Room 5218
San Francisco, CA 94102
4157033703
Toll free in CA: 8006497570 (complaints)
Fax: 4157031758
TDD: 4157032032
Colorado
Robert Hix
Chairman, Public Utilities Commission
1580 Logan Street
Logan Tower--Office Level 2
Denver, CO 80203
3038942000
Toll free in CO: 8008880170
Fax: 3038942065
TDD: 3038942512
Connecticut
Reginald J. Smith
Chairperson, Department of Public Utility Control
10 Franklin Square
New Britain, CT 06051
8608271553
Toll free in CT: 8003824586
Fax: 8608272613
TDD: 8608272837
Delaware
Arnetta McRae
Commissioner, Public Service Commission
1560 South DuPont Highway
Dover, DE 19901
3027394247
Toll free in DE: 8002828574
Fax: 3027394849
TDD: 3027394333
District of Columbia
Marlene L. Johnson
Chairperson, Public Service Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20001
2026265120
Fax: 2023931389
TDD: 2026382428
Florida
Susan F. Clark
Chairman, Public Service Commission
2540 Shumard Oak Boulevard
Tallahassee, FL 323990850
9044136140
Toll free in FL: 8003423552; 8009558771
Fax: 8005110809
TDD toll free in FL: 8009558770
Georgia
Dave Baker
Commissioner, Public Service Commission
244 Washington Street, S.W.
Atlanta, GA 30334
4046564512
Toll free in GA: 8002825813
Fax: 4046562341
Hawaii
Yukio Naito, Chairman
Dennis Yamada, Commissioner
Gregory Pai, Commissioner
Public Utilities Commission
465 South King Street
Room 103
Honolulu, HI 96813
8085862020
Toll free for other Islands: 8004684644
Fax: 8085862066
Idaho
Ralph Nelson, President
Marsha H. Smith, President
Public Utilities Commission
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 837200074
2083343912
Toll free in ID: 8003773529
Fax: 2083343762
TDD: 2083343151
Illinois
Dan Miller
Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission
527 East Capitol Avenue
P.O. Box 19280
Springfield, IL 627949280
2177827907
Fax: 2175246859
TDD: 2177827434
Indiana
John R. Mortell
Chairman, Utility Regulatory Commission
302 West Washington Street
Suite E306
Indianapolis, IN 46204
3172322701
Toll free: 8514268
Fax: 3172326758
TDD: 3172328556
Iowa
Allan T. Thoms
Chairperson, Iowa Utilities Board
Lucas State Office Building
5th Floor
Des Moines, IA 50319
5152815979
Fax: 5152818821
Kansas
Tim McKee
Chairman, State Corporation Commission
1500 SW Arrowhead Road
Topeka, KS 666044027
9132713166
Toll free in KS: 8006620027
Fax: 9132713354
Kentucky
Linda Breathitt
Chair, Public Service Commission
730 Schenkel Lane
P.O. Box 615
Frankfort, KY 40602
5025643940
Toll free in KY: 8007724636 (complaints only)
Fax: 5025641582
Louisiana
Irma Muse Dixon
Chair, Public Service Commission
P.O. Box 91154
Baton Rouge, LA 708219154
5043426687
Toll free in LA: 8002562413
Fax: 5043422008
Maine
Thomas C. Welch
Chairman, Public Utilities Commission
242 State Street
Augusta, ME 04333
2072873831
Toll free in ME: 8004524699
Fax: 2072871039
Maryland
H. Russell Frisby
Chairman, Public Service Commission
6 St. Paul Street, 16th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202
4107678000
Toll free in MD: 8004920474
Fax: 4103336495
TDD toll free in MD: 8007352258
Massachusetts
John Howe
Chairman, Department of Public Utilities
100 Cambridge Street
12th Floor
Boston, MA 02202
6177273500
Fax: 6177238812
TDD toll free: 8003233298
Michigan
John Strand
Chairperson, Public Service Commission
6545 Mercantile Way
P.O. Box 30221
Lansing, MI 48909
5173346445
Toll free in MI: 8002929555
Fax: 5178825170
TDD toll free in MI: 8006493777
Minnesota
Joel Jacobs
Chairman, Public Utilities Commission
121 Seventh Place East
Suite 350
St. Paul, MN 551012147
6122967124
Toll Free in MN: 8006573782
Fax: 6122977073
TDD: 6122971200
Mississippi
Neilsen Cochran
Chairman, Public Service Commission
P.O. Box 1174
Jackson, MS 39215
6019615400
Toll free in MS: 8003566430
Fax: 6019615469
Northern District
Toll free in MS: 8003566428
Central District
Toll free in MS: 8003566430
Southern District
Toll free in MS: 8003566429
Missouri
Karl Zobrist
Chairman, Public Service Commission
P.O. Box 360
Jefferson City, MO 65102
573 7513243
Toll free in MO: 8003924211
Fax: 5735261500
TDD toll free in MO: 8007352966
Montana
Nancy McCaffee
Chair, Public Service Commission
1701 Prospect Avenue
P.O. Box 202601
Helena, MT 596202601
Voice/TDD: 4064446199
Toll free in MT: 8006466150
Fax: 4064447618
Nebraska
Rod Johnson
Chairman, Public Service Commission
300 The Atrium
1200 "N" Street
Lincoln, NE 68509
or
P.O. Box 94927
Lincoln, NE 685094927
4024713101
Toll free in NE: 8005260017
Fax: 4024710254
TDD: 4024710213
Nevada
John F. Mendoza
Chairman, Public Service Commission
555 East Washington Avenue
Room 4600
Las Vegas, NV 89101
7024862600
Toll free in NV: 8009920900
Fax: 7024862595
TDD: 7026876000
New Hampshire
Douglas L. Patch
Chairman, Public Utilities Commission
8 Old Suncook Road
Building No. 1
Concord, NH 03301
6032712431
Toll free in NH: 8008523793
Fax: 6032713878
TDD toll free : 8007352964
New Jersey
Herbert H. Tate
President, Board of Public Utilities
Two Gateway Center
Newark, NJ 07102
2016482027
Toll free in NJ: 8006210241
Fax: 2016482836
TDD: 2016487983
New Mexico
Wayne Shirley
Chairman, New Mexico Public Utility Commission
Marian Hall
224 East Palace Avenue
Sante Fe, NM 875012013
5058276940
Toll free in NM: 8006639782
Fax: 5058276973
TDD: 5058276911
New York
John F. O'Mara
Chairman, Public Service Commission
3 Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12223
5184742530
Toll free in NY: 8003423377 (complaints);
8003423355 (emergency service cutoff)
Fax: 5184747146
TDD toll free in NY: 8006621220
North Carolina
Hugh A. Wells
Chairman, Utilities Commission
P.O. Box 29510
Raleigh, NC 276260510
9197334249
9197339277 (consumer services; complaints)
Fax: 9197337300
North Dakota
Susan Wefald, President
Leo Reinbold, Commissioner
Bruce Hagen, Commissioner
Public Service Commission
State Capitol, 12th Floor
Bismarck, ND 585050480
7013282400
Fax: 7013282410
TDD: 8003666888
Ohio
Craig A. Glazer
Chairman, Public Utilities Commission
180 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 432153793
6144663292
Toll free in OH: 8006867826 (consumer services)
Fax: 6147528351
TDD: 6144668180
TDD toll free in OH: 8006861570
Oklahoma
Cody Graves
Chairman, Corporation Commission
Jim Thorpe Office Building
2101 North Lincoln Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
4055212267
Toll free in OK: 8005228154
Fax: 4055216045
Oregon
Roger Hamilton
Chairman, Public Utility Commission
550 Capitol St. NE
Salem, OR 973101380
5033786611
Toll free in OR: 8005222404
Fax: 5033785743
TDD toll free in OR: 8007352900
Pennsylvania
John M. Quain
Chairman, Public Utility Commission
P.O. Box 3265
Harrisburg, PA 17105
7177837349
Toll free in PA: 8007821110
Fax: 7177874193
Puerto Rico
Nydia E. Rodriguez Martinez
Chairman, Public Service Commission
P.O. Box 190870
San Juan, PR 009190810
7877561943
Rhode Island
James J. Malachowski
Chairman, Public Utilities Commission
100 Orange Street
Providence, RI 02903
Voice/TDD: 4012773500
Toll free in RI: 8003411000
Fax: 4012776805
South Carolina
Rudolph Mitchell
Chairman, Public Service Commission
P.O. Drawer 11649
Columbia, SC 29211
8037375100
Toll free in SC: 8009221531
Fax: 8037375246
TDD toll free in SC: 8007352905
South Dakota
Ken Stofferahn, Chairman
Jim Burg, Vice Chairman
Laska Schoenfelder, Commissioner
Public Utilities Commission
500 East Capitol Avenue
Pierre, SD 575015070
6057733201
Toll free in SD: 8003321782
Fax: 6057733809
Tennessee
Lynn Greer, Chairman
Tennessee Regulatory Authority
460 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 372430505
6157413668
Voice/TDD toll free in TN: 8003428359
Fax: 6157415015
Texas
Pat Wood, III, Chairman
Judy Walsh, Commissioner
Robert W. Gee, Commissioner
Public Utility Commission
7800 Shoal Creek Boulevard
Suite 400N
Austin, TX 78757
5124580100
Fax: 5124588340
TDD: 5124580221
Utah
Stephen F. Mecham
Chairman, Public Service Commission
160 East 300 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
8015306716
Fax: 8015306796
TDD: 8015306706
Vermont
Richard H. Cowart
Chairman, Vermont Public Service Board
112 State Street
Montpelier, VT 056202701
8028282358
Fax: 8283351
TDD: 8002530191
Virgin Islands
Walter Challenger
Acting Chairman
Public Services Commission
P.O. Box 40
Charlotte Amalie
St. Thomas, VI 00804
8097761291
Fax: 8097744971
Virginia
Theodore V. Morrison, Jr.
Chairman, State Corporation Commission
P.O. Box 1197
Richmond, VA 23209
8043719608
Toll free in VA: 8005527945
Fax: 3719376
TDD: 8043719206
Washington
Sharon Nelson
Chairman, Utilities and Transportation Commission
P.O. Box 47250
Olympia, WA 985047250
3607536423
Toll free in WA: 8005626150
Fax: 3605861150
TTY: 3605868206
West Virginia
Boyce Griffith
Chairman, Public Service Commission
P.O. Box 812
Charleston, WV 25323
Voice/TDD: 3043400300
Toll free in WV: 8003445113
Fax: 3043400325
Wisconsin
Cheryl L. Parrino
Chairman, Public Service Commission
610 North Whitneyway
Madison, WI 537052729
6082665481
Toll free in WI: 8002257729
Fax: 6082663957
TDD: 6082671479
Wyoming
Steven Ellenbecker, Chairman
Bill Tucker, Chairman
Public Service Commission
700 West 21st Street
Cheyenne, WY 82002
3077777427
Toll free in WY: 8008779965
Fax: 3077775700
State Vocational and
Rehabilitation Agencies
State vocational and rehabilitation agencies coordinate and provide a
number of services for disabled persons. These services can include
counseling, evaluation, training and job placement. There are also
services for the sight and hearing impaired. For more information, call
or write the office nearest you.
Alabama
Lamona H. Lucas, Commissioner
Department of Rehabilitation Services
P.O. Box 11586
Montgomery, AL 361110586
3342818780
Toll free in AL: 8004417607
Alaska
Duane French, Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
801 W. 10th St., Suite 200
Juneau, AK 998011894
Voice/TDD: 9074652814
Toll free in AK: 8004782815
American Samoa
Peter Galeai, Director
Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Manpower Resources
Pago Pago, AS 96799
0116846332336
Arizona
Roger J. Hodges, Administrator
Rehabilitation Services Administration (930A)
1789 West Jefferson
2nd Floor N.W.
Phoenix, AZ 85007
6025423332
Voice/TDD: 6025426049
Arkansas
Bobby C. Simpson, Commissioner
Arkansas Rehabilitation Services
Division of Vocational &
Technical Education Department of Education
P.O. Box 3781
Little Rock, AR 72203
5012961616
Toll free in AR: 8003300632
Fax: 5012961675
TDD: 5012966669
Division of Services for the Blind
Department of Human Services
P.O. Box 3237
Little Rock, AR 72203
Toll free in AR: 8009609270
TDD: 5013249271
California
Brenda Premo, Director
Department of Rehabilitation
830 K Street Mall
Sacramento, CA 95814
Voice/TDD: 9164453971
Colorado
Dina Huerta, Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
110 16th Street, 2nd Floor
Denver, CO 80202
Voice/TDD: 3036204153
Fax: 3036204189
Connecticut
Richard Carlson, Chief
Division of Client Services
State Department of Social Services
Bureau of Rehabilitation Services
10 Griffin Road North
Windsor, CT 06095
8602982000
Toll free in CT: 8005372549
TDD: 8602982231
Executive Director
Board of Education and Services for the Blind
170 Ridge Road
Wethersfield, CT 06109
8602498525
Toll free in CT: 8008424510
Fax: 8602786920
Delaware
Michelle Pointer, Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Labor
4425 North Market Street
P.O. Box 9969
Wilmington, DE 198090969
3027618300
Voice/TDD: 3027618349
Division for the Visually Impaired
Department of Health and Social Services
1901 N. DuPont Highway
New Castle, DE 19720
3025774731
District of Columbia
Ruth Royall Hill, Administrator
D.C. Rehabilitation Services Administration
Department of Human Services
800 9th Street, S.W., Fourth Floor
Washington, DC 20024
2026455703
Florida
Tamara Bibb Allen, Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Labor and Employment Security
20002 Old St. Augustine Road
Building A
Tallahassee, FL 323990696
9044886210
Voice/TDD: 9044882867
Division of Blind Services
Department of Labor and Employment Security
2540 Executive Center
Circle West
Douglas Building, Room 203
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Voice/TDD: 9044881330
Toll free in FL: 8003421828
Georgia
Peggy Rosser, Director
Division of Rehabilitation Services
Department of Human Resources
2 Peachtree Street, N.W., 23rd Floor
Atlanta, GA 303303166
Voice/TDD: 4046573000
Guam
Norbert F. Ungacta,
Acting Director
Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
122 Harmon Plaza, Room B201
Harmon Industrial Park,
GU 96911
0116714754645
0016714754635 (consumer information)
Hawaii
Neil Shim, Administrator
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
and Services for the Blind
Department of Human Services
P.O. Box 339
Honolulu, HI 96809
8085865355
8085865366
Idaho
George Pelletier, Jr.,
Administrator
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Len B. Jordan Building
Room 150
650 West State
Boise, ID 837200096
Voice/TDD: 2083343390
Toll free in ID: 8008562720
Idaho Commission for the Blind
341 West Washington
Boise, ID 83702
2083343220
Toll free in ID: 8005428688
Illinois
Audrey McCrimon, Director
Department of Rehabilitation Services
623 East Adams Street
Springfield, IL 62794
2177850218
Toll free in IL: 800ASKDORIS
TDD: 2177825734
Indiana
Bobby Conner, Director
Division of Disability, Aging and Rehabilitative Services
402 West Washington Street, Room W451
P.O. Box 7083
Indianapolis, IN 462077083
3172321147
Toll free: 8005457763
TDD toll free in IN: 8009628408
Iowa
Marge Knudsen, Administrator
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Department of Education
510 East 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
Voice/TDD: 5152814311
Toll free in IA: 8005321486
Department for the Blind
524 4th Street
Des Moines, IA 50309
Voice/TDD: 5152811333
Toll free in IA: 8003622587
Kansas
Joyce Cussimanio
Commissioner
Rehabilitation Services
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
300 S.W. Oakley
Biddle Building, 1st Floor
Topeka, KS 66606
9132963911
TDD: 9132967029
Kentucky
Sam Serraglio, Commissioner
Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
209 St. Clair
Frankfort, KY 40601
Voice/TDD: 5025644440
Toll free in KY: 8003727172
TDD: 5025646742
Commissioner (Acting)
Department for the Blind
Workforce Development Cabinet
209 St. Clair
Frankfort, KY 40601
5025644754
Toll free: 8003216668
Louisiana
May Nelson, Director
Louisiana Rehabilitation Services
Department of Social Services
8225 Florida Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA 708064834
5049254168
Toll free in LA: 8007372958
Voice/TDD: 5049254179
Maine
Harold Lewis, Director
Division of the Blind & Visually Impaired
Margaret Brewster, Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Labor
35 Anthony Avenue
Augusta, ME 043330150
2076245300
Toll free in ME: 8003321003
Voice/TDD: 2076245322
Mariana Islands
Manny Villagomez, Chief
Vocational Rehabilitation Division
Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands
P.O. Box 1521
SaiPan, Mariana Islands 96950
0116702346538
Maryland
Robert Burns, Assistant State Superintendent
Division of Rehabilitation Services
State Department of Education
2301 Argonne Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218
4105549385
Fax: 4105549412
TDD: 4105549411
Massachusetts
Charles Crawford, Commissioner
Commission for the Blind
88 Kingston Street
Boston, MA 021112227
6177275550
Toll free in MA: 8003926450
TDD toll free in MA: 8003926556
Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission
4 Point Place
2743 Wormwood Street
Boston, MA 02210
6177272172
TDD: 6177279063
Michigan
Joseph Skiba
State Director
Michigan Rehabilitation Services
Michigan Jobs Commission
P.O. Box 30010
Lansing, MI 48909
5173733390
Toll free in MI: 8006056722
TDD: 5173734035
Executive Director
Michigan Commission for the Blind
Family Independence Agency
201 North Washington Square
P.O. Box 30652
Lansing, MI 48909
5173732062
Toll free in MI: 8002924200
Voice/TDD: 5173734025
Disability Determination Service
Family Independence Agency
P.O. Box 30011
Lansing, MI 48909
5173737830
5173734533
Toll Free in MI: 8003663404
Minnesota
Norena A. Hale, Assistant Commissioner
Department of Economics and Security
Rehabilitation Services Branch
390 North Robert Street
5th Floor
St. Paul, MN 55101
6122961822
TDD: 6122963900
Services for the Blind
2200 University Avenue West #240
St. Paul, MN 551141840
6126420500
Toll free in MN: 8006529000
Voice/TDD: 6126420506
Mississippi
Mike Gandy, Office Director
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind
P.O. Box 1698
Jackson, MS 39215
6018535100
Voice/TDD: 8004431000
Vocational Rehabilitation Division
Department of Rehabilitation Services
1281 Highway 51
P.O. Box 22806
Madison, MS 39110
6018535100
Toll free in MS: 8004431000
Missouri
Don Gann, Assistant Commissioner
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
3024 W. Truman Blvd.
Jefferson City, MO 65109
Voice/TDD: 5737513251
Rehabilitation Services for the Blind
Division of Family Services
619 East Capitol
Jefferson City, MO 65101
5737514249
Montana
Joe A. Mathews, Administrator
Department of Public Health and Human Services
Disability Services Division
P.O. Box 4210
Helena, MT 596044210
Voice/TDD: 4064442590
Nebraska
Frank Lloyd, Assistant Commissioner/Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services
State Department of Education
P.O. Box 94987
Lincoln, NE 68509
4024713649
Voice/TDD: 4024713659
Services for the Visually Impaired
Department of Public Institutions
4600 Valley Road
Lincoln, NE 68510
Voice/TDD: 4024712891
Nevada
Elizabeth Breshears,
Administrator
Nevada Rehabilitation Division
505 East King Street
Room 502
Carson City, NV 89710
Voice/TDD: 7026874440
New Hampshire
Paul K. Leather, Director
Division of Adult Learning and Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
78 Regional Drive, Building 2
Concord, NH 03301
Voice/TDD: 6032713471
New Jersey
Jamie C. Hilton, Executive
Director
New Jersey Commission for the Blind
and Visually Impaired
153 Halsey Street, 6th Floor
P.O. Box 47017
Newark, NJ 07101
2016482324
Voice/TDD: 2016486276
TDD: 2016484559
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services
135 East State Street, CN 398
Trenton, NJ 086250398
6092925987
Voice/TDD: 6092922919
New Mexico
Terry Brigance, Director
Department of Education
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
435 St. Michaels Drive
Building D
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Toll Free: 8002355387 (complaints)
Voice/TDD: 5058273500
New York
Lawrence C. Gloeckler, Deputy Commissioner
Office of Vocational and Educational Services for
Individuals with Disabilities
New York State Education Department
One Commerce Plaza
Room 1606
Albany, NY 12234
5184742714
Toll free in NY: 800222JOBS (employment hotline)
TDD: 5184863773
State Department of Social Services
Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped
40 N. Pearl Street
Albany, NY 12243
5184731801
Toll free in NY: 8003423715
TDD: 5184747501
North Carolina
Bob Philbeck, Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Department of Human Resources
State Office
P.O. Box 26053
Raleigh, NC 27611
9197333364
Fax: 9197337968
Voice/TDD: 9197335924
Division of Services for the Blind
Department of Human Resources
309 Ashe Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27606
9197339822
Voice/TDD: 9197339700
North Dakota
Gene Hysjulien, Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Human Services
600 S. Second Street, Suite 1B
Bismarck, ND 585045729
7013288950
Toll free in ND: 8007552745
TDD: 7013288968
Ohio
Robert L. Rabe, Administrator
Rehabilitation Services Commission
400 East Campus View Boulevard
Columbus, OH 432354604
Voice/TDD: 6144381210
Toll free in OH: 8002824536, ext. 1210
Oklahoma
Linda Parker, Director
Department of Rehabilitation Services
3535 N.W. 58, Suite 500
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
4059513400
Oregon
Charles Young, Administrator
Commission for the Blind
535 S.E. 12th Avenue
Portland, OR 97214
5037313221
Fax: 5037313230
TDD: 5037313224
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Human Resources
Human Resources Building
500 Summer St. NE
Salem, OR 973101018
5039455880
TDD: 5033783933
Pennsylvania
Gil Selders, Executive Director
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Labor and Industry Building
7th and Forster Streets
Harrisburg, PA 17120
7177875244
Voice/TDD: 7177838917
Toll free in PA: 8004426351
Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services
Department of Public Welfare
P.O. Box 2675
Harrisburg, PA 171052675
7177876176
Toll free in PA: 8006222842
Puerto Rico
Jose R. Santana, Administrator
Administration for Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Family
P.O. Box 191118
San Juan, PR 009191118
8097251792
Rhode Island
Raymond Carroll,
Administrator (Acting)
Department of Human Services
Division of Community Services
Office of Rehabilitation Services
40 Fountain Street
Providence, RI 029031898
4014217005
TDD: 4014217016
Administrator
Office of Rehabilitation Services
Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Department of Human Services
40 Fountain Street
Providence, RI 02903
4012772300
Voice/TDD: 4012773010
Toll free in RI: 8007520888
South Carolina
Donald Gist, Commissioner
Commission for the Blind
1430 Confederate Avenue
Columbia, SC 29201
8037347522
Toll free in SC: 8009222222
Commissioner
Vocational Rehabilitation Department
1410 Boston Avenue
P.O. Box 15
West Columbia, SC 29171
8038966504
Voice/TDD: 8038966635
South Dakota
David L. Miller, Division Director
Division of Rehabilitation Services
Department of Human Services
East Highway 34, Hillsview Plaza
c/o 500 E. Capitol
Pierre, SD 575015070
Voice/TDD: 6057733195
Toll free in SD: 8002659684
Division of Service to the Blind and Visually Impaired
East Highway 34, Hillsview Plaza
c/o 500 E. Capitol
Pierre, SD 575015070
6057734644
TDD: 6057735990
Tennessee
Jack Van Hooser, Assistant Commissioner
Rehabilitation Services
Department of Human Services
Citizens Plaza State Office Bldg., 15th Floor
400 Deaderick Street
Nashville, TN 372480060
Voice/TDD: 6153134714
Texas
Vernon M. Arrell, Commissioner
Texas Rehabilitation Commission
4900 North Lamar
Austin, TX 78751
5124834001
Toll free: 8006285115
Executive Director
Texas Commission for the Blind
4800 N. Lamar Blvd.
Austin, TX 78756
5124592500
Voice/TDD: 5124592608
Voice/TDD toll free in TX: 8002525204
Utah
Blaine Petersen,
Executive Director
Utah State Office of Rehabilitation
250 East Fifth South
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Voice/TDD: 8015387530
Toll free in UT: 8004737530
Services for the Visually Handicapped
State Office of Rehabilitation
309 East First South
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
8013234343
Toll free: 8002841823
Vermont
Diane Dalmasse, Director
Vocational Rehabilitation Division
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, VT 056712303
Voice/TDD: 8022412186
Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, VT 05676
8022412210
Virgin Islands
Sedonie Halbert, Administrator
Division for Disabilities and Rehabilitation Services
Virgin Islands Department of Human Services
1303 Hospital Ground
Knud Hansen Complex
St. Thomas, VI 00802
8097740930
Virginia
John R. Vaughn, Commissioner
Department of Rehabilitative Services
4901 Fitzhugh Avenue
P.O. Box 11045
Richmond, VA 23230
8043670316
Voice/TDD: 8043670315
Toll free in VA: 8005525019
Commissioner
Department for the Visually Handicapped
397 Azalea Avenue
Richmond, VA 23227
Voice/TDD: 8043713140
Toll free in VA: 8006222155
Washington
Jeanne Munro, Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Social and Health Services
P.O. Box 45340
Olympia, WA 985045340
Voice/TDD: 3604272135
Toll free in WA: 8006375627
Department of Services for the Blind
1400 South Evergreen Park Drive
P.O. Box 40933
Olympia, WA 985040933
3605861224
Toll free in WA: 8005527103
TDD: 3605866437
West Virginia
William L. Tanzey, Director
Division of Rehabilitation Services
P.O. Box 50890
State Capitol Complex
Charleston, WV 253050890
3047664600
Voice/TDD: 3047664970
Toll free in WV: 8006423021
Wisconsin
Judy R. NormanNunnery,
Administrator
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Workforce Development
2917 International Lane, 3rd Floor
P.O. Box 7852
Madison, WI 537077852
6082435600
TDD: 6082435601
Wyoming
Gary W. Child, Administrator
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Employment
1 East Herschler Building
Cheyenne, WY 82002
3077777385
Voice/TDD: 3077777389
State Weights and Measures
Offices
State Weights and Measures offices enforce laws and regulations about
the labeling, weight, measure or count of such packaged items as food
and household products. These offices also check the accuracy of
weighing and measuring devices, for example, supermarket scales,
gasoline pumps, taxicab meters and rental car odometers.
Alabama
Steadman Hollis, Director
Weights and Measures Division
Department of Agriculture
P.O. Box 3336
Montgomery, AL 361090336
3342407133
Toll free in AL: 8003210018
Fax: 3342407193
Alaska
Edward Moses, Director
Aves D. Thompson, Chief
Inspector
Weights and Measures
Department of Commerce and Economic Development
Division of Measurement Standards
12050 Industry Way
Huffman Business Park
Building O
Anchorage, AK 99515
9073457750
Toll free in AK: 8004787636
Arizona
John Hays, Director
Department of Weights and Measures
9535 E. Doubletree Ranch Road
Scottsdale, AZ 852585539
6022555211
Toll free in AZ: 8002776675
Fax: 6022551950
Arkansas
James M. Hile, Director
Bureau of Standards
4608 West 61st Street
Little Rock, AR 72209
5013249681
Fax: 5015627605
California
Darrell A. Guensler, Director
Division of Measurement Standards
Department of Food and Agriculture
8500 Fruitridge Road
Sacramento, CA 95826
9162293000
Fax: 9162293026
Colorado
David Wallace, Chief
Measurements Standards Section
Department of Agriculture
3125 Wyandot Street
Denver, CO 80211
3038662845
Fax: 3038662836
Connecticut
Allan M. Nelson, Director
Weights and Measures Division
Department of Consumer Protection
State Office Building, Room 110
165 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
8605665230
Fax: 8605667630
Delaware
Steven Connors, Administrator
Office of Weights and Measures
Department of Agriculture
2320 South DuPont Highway
Dover, DE 199015515
3027394811
Fax: 3026976287
District of Columbia
Jeffrey Mason, Chief
Weights and Measures
Market Branch
Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs
1110 U Street, S.E.
Washington, DC 20020
2026456706
Fax: 2026456705
Florida
Max Gray, Chief
Bureau of Weights and Measures
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
3125 Conner Blvd., Mail Stop L29
Building #2
Tallahassee, FL 323991650
9044889140
Fax: 9049226655
Georgia
Bill Truby, Assistant
Commissioner
Division of Weights and Measures
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Building
Atlanta, GA 30334
4046563605
Toll free in GA: 8002825852
Fax: 4046569380
Hawaii
Masao Hanaoka, Administrator
Measurement Standards
Department of Agriculture
725 Ilalo Street
Honolulu, HI 968135524
8085860886
Fax: 8085860889
Idaho
James R. Boatman, Chief
Bureau of Weights and Measures
Department of Agriculture
2216 Kellogg Lane
Boise, ID 83712
2083328690
Fax: 2083342170
Illinois
Sidney A. Colbrook, Manager
Bureau of Weights and Measures
Department of Agriculture
801 East Sangamon Avenue
P.O. Box 19281
Springfield, IL 627949281
2177823817
Toll Free in IL: 8005820468
Fax: 2175247801
Indiana
Larry Stump, Division Director
Weights and Measures Division
State Department of Health
1330 West Michigan Street
P.O. Box 1964
Indianapolis, IN 462061964
3173836350
Fax: 3173836776
Iowa
Jerry L. Bane, Bureau Chief
Weights and Measures
Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
H.A. Wallace Building
Des Moines, IA 50319
5152815716
Fax: 5152816800
Kansas
Constantine Cotsoradis, Director
Weights and Measures Division
Department of Agriculture
2016 South West 37th Street
Topeka, KS 666112570
9132674641
Fax: 9132672518
Kentucky
Vicki Van Hoose, Director
Division of Weights and Measures
Department of Agriculture
106 West Second Street
Frankfort, KY 406012882
5025644870
Fax: 5025645669
Louisiana
Ronald Harrell, Director
Weights and Measures
Department of Agriculture
P.O. Box 3098
Baton Rouge, LA 708213098
5049253780
Fax: 5049220477
Maine
David E. Gagnon, Director
Quality Assurance and Regulations
State House Station 28
Augusta, ME 043330028
2072873841
Fax: 2072875576
Maryland
Louis E. Straub, Chief
Weights and Measures Section
Maryland Department of Agriculture
50 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Annapolis, MD 21401
4108415790
Fax: 4108412765
Massachusetts
Charles H. Carroll
Assistant Director of Standards
Division of Standards
One Ashburton Place
McCormick Building, Room 1115
Boston, MA 02108
6177273480
Fax: 6177275705
Michigan
Edward Heffron, Division
Director
Department of Agriculture, Food Division
Ottawa Building, 4th Floor
P.O. Box 30017
Lansing, MI 48909
5173731060
Fax: 5173733333
Minnesota
Michael F. Blacik, Director
Division of Weights and Measures
Department of Public Service
2277 Highway 36
St. Paul, MN 551133800
6126394010
Fax: 6126394014
Mississippi
William P. Eldridge, Director
Weights and Measures Division
Department of Agriculture
21 N. Jefferson Street
P.O. Box 1609
Jackson, MS 39201
6013547077
Fax: 6013546502
Missouri
Roy Humphreys, Division
Director
Weights and Measures Division
Department of Agriculture
P.O. Box 630
Jefferson City, MO 651020630
5737514316
Fax: 5737511784; 5730281
Montana
Jack Kane, Bureau Chief
Bureau of Weights and Measures
Department of Commerce
Capitol Station
Helena, MT 59620
4064443164
Fax: 4064444305
Nebraska
Steven A. Malone, Director
Division of Weights and Measures
Department of Agriculture
301 Centennial Mall South, 4th Floor
P.O. Box 94757
Lincoln, NE 68509
4024714292
Fax: 4024713252
Nevada
Edward M. Hoganson,
Supervisor
Department of Business and Industry
Division of Agriculture
Weights and Measures
2150 Frazier Avenue
Sparks, NV 89431
7026881166
Fax: 7026882533
New Hampshire
Stephen Taylor, Commissioner
Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food
Bureau of Weights and Measures
P.O. Box 2042
Concord, NH 033022042
6032713700
Fax: 6032711109
New Jersey
William J. Wolfe, State
Superintendent
Office of Weights and Measures
1261 Routes 1 and 9 South
Avenel, NJ 070011647
9088154840
Fax: 9083825298
New Mexico
Gary West, Director
Consumer Services, Dept. 3170
Department of Agriculture
P.O. Box 30005
Las Cruces, NM 880038005
5056461616
Fax: 5056463303
New York
Ross Andersen,
Assistant Director
Bureau of Weights and Measures
Department of Agriculture and Markets
1 Winners Circle
Albany, NY 12235
5184573452
Fax: 5184575693
North Carolina
N. David Smith, Director
Standards Division
Department of Agriculture
P.O. Box 27647Dept. SD
Raleigh, NC 27611
9197333313
Fax: 9197150524
North Dakota
Alan Moch, Director
Division of Testing and Safety
State Capitol
Bismarck, ND 585050480
7013282413
Fax: 7013282410
Ohio
James C. Truex,
Inspection Manager
Division of Weights and Measures
Department of Agriculture
8995 East Main Street, Bldg. 5
Reynoldsburg, OH 43068
6147286290
Fax: 6147286424
Oklahoma
Ernest Hellwege, Director
Plant Industry and Consumer Services
Department of Agriculture
2800 North Lincoln Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
4055213864, ext. 261
Fax: 4055224584
Oregon
Kendrick J. Simila,
Administrator
Measurement Standards
Department of Agriculture
635 Capitol Street, N.E.
Salem, OR 973100110
5039864670
Fax: 5039864784
Pennsylvania
Charles Bruckner, Director
Bureau of Ride and Measurement Standards
Department of Agriculture
2301 North Cameron Street
Harrisburg, PA 17110
7177879089
Fax: 7177722780
Puerto Rico
Francisco F. Aponte Ortiz
Auxiliary Secretary for Complaints
Department of Consumer Affairs
P.O. Box 41059
Minillas Station
Santurce, PR 00940
7877213190
Fax: 7877265707
Rhode Island
Lynda L. Maurer, Supervising Metrologist
Mercantile Division
Department of Labor
610 Manton Avenue
Providence, RI 02909
4014571867
Fax: 4014571873
South Carolina
Carol P. Fulmer, Assistant
Commissioner
Consumer Services Division
Department of Agriculture
P.O. Box 11280
Columbia, SC 292111280
8037379690
Fax: 8037379703
South Dakota
Michael Mehlhaff, Director
Division of Commercial Inspection and Regulation
118 West Capitol
Pierre, SD 575012036
6057733697
Fax: 6057736631
Tennessee
Robert Williams, Standards
Administrator
Weights and Measures
Department of Agriculture
P.O. Box 40627
Melrose Station
Nashville, TN 37204
6153600109
Fax: 6153600608
Texas
Ed Price, Director
Weights and Measures Program
Department of Agriculture
P.O. Box 12847
Austin, TX 78711
5124637602
Fax: 5124637643
Utah
Kyle R. Stephens, Director
Division of Regulatory Services
State Department of Agriculture
P.O. Box 146500
Salt Lake City, UT 841146500
8015387150
Fax: 8015387126
Vermont
Bruce A. Martell, Supervisor
Consumer Assurance Section
Department of Agriculture
Food & Markets
116 State Street
Drawer 20
Montpelier, VT 056202901
8028282436
Fax: 8028282361
Virgin Islands
Maurice Illidge, Director
Weights and Measures Division
Dept. of Licensing and Consumer Affairs
Golden Rock Shopping Center
Christiansted
St. Croix, VI 00820
8097732226
Fax: 8097788250
Toll free: 8888003522
Virginia
J. Alan Rogers, Program
Manager
Office of Product and Industry
Standards, Room 402
Richmond, VA 232181163
8047862476
Fax: 8047861571
Washington
Bob Arrington, Program
Manager
Weights and Measures
Department of Agriculture
P.O. Box 42560
Olympia, WA 985042560
3609021857
Fax: 3609022086
West Virginia
Karl Angell, Jr., Director
Division of Labor
Weights and Measures Section
570 W. MacCorkle Avenue
St. Alban, WV 25177
3047220602
Fax: 3047220605
Wisconsin
Alan Porter, Manager
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Department of Agriculture
Trade and Consumer Protection
2811 Agriculture Drive
P.O. Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708
6082244945
Toll free in WI: 8004227128
Fax: 6082244939
Wyoming
Jim Bigelow, Technical Services Manager
Consumer/Compliance Division
Department of Agriculture
2219 Carey Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 820020100
3077776590
Fax: 3077776593
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