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1997 Consumer's Resource Handbook
State Banking
Authorities
The officials listed below regulate and supervise state-chartered banks.
Many of them handle or refer problems and complaints about other types of
financial institutions as well. Some also answer general questions about
banking and consumer credit. If you are dealing with a federally chartered
bank, check the listing of "Selected Federal Agencies," beginning on page 107.
Also see the information in "Selecting a Financial Institution" on page 18.
Alabama
Kenneth R. McCartha Superintendent of Banks 101 South Union
Street Montgomery, AL 36130 3342423452
Alaska
Willis F. Kirkpatrick Director of Banking, Securities and
Corporations P.O. Box 110807 Juneau, AK 998110807
9074652521 TDD: 9074655437 Fax:
9074652549
Arizona
Richard C. Houseworth Superintendent of Banks Arizona State
Banking Dept. 2910 North 44th Street Suite 310 Phoenix, AZ
85018 6022554421 Toll free in AZ: 8005440708
Arkansas
Bill J. Ford Bank Commissioner Tower Building 323 Center
Street, Suite 500 Little Rock, AR 722012613
5013249019 Fax: 5013249028
California
Conrad W. Hewitt Superintendent of Banks 111 Pine Street,
Suite 1100 San Francisco, CA 941115613
4152638501 Toll free in CA: 8006220620 For
consumer complaints against CA statelicensed banks, the "800" number
reaches the Consumer Services Office, located in Sacramento, CA.
Colorado
Barbara M.A. Walker State Bank Commissioner Division of
Banking 1560 Broadway St., Suite 1175 Denver, CO 80202
3038947575
Connecticut
John Burke Banking Commissioner 260 Constitution Plaza Hartford, CT 06103 8602408299 Toll free in CT:
8008317225
Delaware
Timothy R. McTaggart State Bank Commissioner 555 E. Lockerman
Street Suite 210 Dover, DE 19901 3027394235
Toll free: 8006383376 (complaints DE only) Fax:
3027392356
District of Columbia
Anthony Romero Superintendent of Banking and Financial
Institutions 717 14th Street, N.W. 11th Floor Washington, DC
20005 2027271563
Florida
Robert F. Milligan State Comptroller State Capitol Tallahassee, FL 323990350 9044886311 Toll free
in FL: 8008483792
Georgia
Edward D. Dunn Commissioner Banking and Finance 2990
Brandywine Road Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 303415565
4049861633
Guam
Joaquin Blaz Director Department of Revenue and Taxation
855 West Marine Drive Agana, GU 96910
0116714775107
Hawaii
Lynn Y. Wakatsuki, Commissioner Financial Institutions P.O.
Box 2054 Honolulu, HI 96805 8085862820 Fax:
8085862818
Idaho
Gavin M. Gee, Acting Director Department of Finance 700 West
State Street, 2nd Floor Boise, ID 837200031
2083343313 Fax: 2083342216
Illinois
Richard Luft Commissioner of Banks and Trust Companies 500 E.
Monroe Street Springfield, IL 62701 2177852837 TDD: 2175246644
Indiana
Charles W. Phillips, Director Department of Financial
Institutions 402 W. Washington Street Room W066 Indianapolis, IN 462042759 3172323955 Toll
free in IN: 8003824880
Iowa
Michael Guttau Superintendent of Banking 200 East Grand,
Suite 300 Des Moines, IA 50309 5152814014
Kansas
W. Newton Male State Bank Commissioner 700 Jackson Street,
Suite 300 Topeka, KS 666033714 9132962266 Fax:
9132960168
Kentucky
Larry D. Lander Commissioner Department of Financial
Institutions 477 Versailles Road Frankfort, KY 40601
5025733390
Louisiana
Larry L. Murray, Commissioner Financial Institutions P.O. Box
94095 Baton Rouge, LA 708049095 5049254660
Maine
H. Donald DeMatteis Superintendent of Banking 36 State House
Station Augusta, ME 043330036 2076248570 TDD: 2076248563 Fax: 2076248590
Maryland
H. Robert Hergenroeder, Jr. Commissioner of Financial
Regulation 501 St. Paul Place, 13th Floor Baltimore, MD
21202 4103336812
Massachusetts
Thomas J. Curry Commissioner of Banks 100 Cambridge
Street Boston, MA 02202 6177273145 TDD:
6177277625 Toll free: 8004952265
Michigan
Patrick McQueen, Commissioner Financial Institutions Bureau
P.O. Box 30224 Lansing, MI 48909 5173733460 Fax:
5173351109 Fax: 5173350908
Minnesota
David B. Gruenes Commissioner of Commerce 133 East 7th
Street St. Paul, MN 55101 6122962135 Fax:
6122968591
Mississippi
John S. Allison Acting Commissioner Department of Banking and
Consumer Finance P.O. Box 23729 Jackson, MS 392253729
6013591031 Toll free in MS: 8008442499
Missouri
Earl L. Manning Commissioner of Finance P.O. Box 716 Jefferson City, MO 65102 5737513242 Toll free in MO:
8007223321 TDD toll free: 8007352966
Fax: 5737519192
Montana
Donald W. Hutchinson Commissioner Financial Institutions
846 Front Street P.O. Box 200546 Helena, MT 596200546
4064442091 Fax: 4064444186
Nebraska
James A. Hansen Director of Banking and Finance 1200 N
Street, Suite 311 Lincoln, NE 68508 4024712171
Nevada
L. Scott Walshaw Commissioner Financial Institutions 406
East Second Street Carson City, NV 89710
7026874260 Fax: 7026876909
New Hampshire
A. Roland Roberge Bank Commissioner 169 Manchester Street Concord, NH 03301 6032713561 Fax:
6032711090
New Jersey
Elizabeth Randall Commissioner Departments of Banking and
Insurance 20 West State Street CN325 Trenton, NJ 08625
6092923420
New Mexico
William J. Verant Director Financial Institutions
Division P.O. Box 25101 Santa Fe, NM 87504
5058277100 Fax: 5058277107
New York
Neil D. Levin Superintendent of Banks Two Rector Street New York, NY 100061894 2126186553 Toll free in
NY: 8005223330 (general consumer information) Toll free in NY:
8008321838 (small business information)
North Carolina
Hal D. Lingerfelt Commissioner of Banks P.O. Box 29512 Raleigh, NC 276260512 9197333016
North Dakota
Gary D. Preszler Commissioner of Banking and Financial
Institutions 2900 North 19th Street, #3 Bismarck, ND
585015305 7013289933 TDD toll free:
8003666888 Fax: 7013289955
Ohio
W. Curtis Stitt Superintendent Division of Financial
Institutions 77 South High Street, 21st Floor Columbus, OH
432660121 6144662932 Fax: 6146441631
Oklahoma
Mick Thompson Bank Commissioner 4545 North Lincoln
Boulevard Suite 164 Oklahoma City, OK 73105
4055212783 Fax: 4055259701
Oregon
Cecil R. Monroe Administrator Division of Finance and
Corporate Securities 350 Winter Street, N.E. Room 21 Salem,
OR 97310 5033784140 TDD: 5033784387
Fax: 5033784178
Pennsylvania
Richard C. Rishel Secretary of Banking 333 Market Street,
16th Floor Harrisburg, PA 171012290
7177876991 Toll free in PA: 800PABANKS TDD
toll free: 8006795070 Fax: 7177878773
Puerto Rico
Joseph P. O'nell Commissioner of Financial Institutions 1492
Ponce de Leon Avenue Suite 600 San Juan, PR 009074192
7877233131
Rhode Island
Edward D. Pare, Jr. Associate Director and Superintendent of
Banking 233 Richmond Street Suite 231 Providence, RI
029034231 4012772405 TDD:
4012772223 Fax: 4013319123
South Carolina
Louie A. Jacobs Commissioner of Banking 1015 Sumter Street,
Room 309 Columbia, SC 29201 8037342001 Fax:
8037342013
South Dakota
Richard A. Duncan Director of Banking State Capitol
Building 500 East Capitol Avenue Pierre, SD 575015070
6057733421 Fax: 6057735367
Tennessee
Bill Houston Commissioner Financial Institutions John
Sevier Building 500 Charlotte Avenue, 4th Floor Nashville, TN
372430705 6157412236 Fax: 6157412883
Texas
Catherine A. Ghiglieri Banking Commissioner 2601 North
Lamar Austin, TX 78705 5124751300
Utah
G. Edward Leary Commissioner Financial Institutions P.O.
Box 89 Salt Lake City, UT 841100089 8015388830
Vermont
Elizabeth Costle Commissioner Banking, Insurance and
Securities 89 Main Street, 2nd Floor Montpelier, VT
056203101 8028283307
Virgin Islands
Kenneth E. Mapp Lieutenant Governor Commissioner of Banking
and Insurance 18 Kongens Gade Charlotte Amalie St. Thomas,VI
00801 8097742991
Virginia
Sidney A. Bailey Commissioner Financial Institutions 1300
E. Main Street Suite 800 P.O. Box 640 Richmond, VA
232180640 8043719657 TDD:
8043719206 Toll free in VA: 8005527945
Washington
John L. Bley Supervisor of Banking P.O. Box 41023 Olympia, WA 985041203 3607536520 Toll free:
8003728303
West Virginia
Sharon G. Bias Commissioner of Banking State Capitol
Complex Building 3, Room 311 1900 Kanawha Blvd., East Charleston, WV 253050240 3045582294 Toll free
in WV: 8006429056
Wisconsin
Richard L. Dean, Secretary Department of Financial
Institutions 101 E. Wilson, 5th Floor P.O. Box 7876 Madison,
WI 537077876 6082619555 Toll free in WI:
8004523328 (consumer inquiries)
Wyoming
L. Bruce Hendrickson Commissioner Division of Banking
Herschler Building 3rd Floor, East Cheyenne, WY 82002
3077777797
State Insurance
RegulatorsEach 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.
If you have a question or complaint about your insurance company's
policies, contact the company before you contact the state insurance regulator.
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
Thelma Walker 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.
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.
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
Juan Rivera Assistant Securities Commissioner
7877238359 7877238403
Felipe B. Cruz 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
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.
Many utility commissions handle consumer complaints. Sometimes, if a
number of complaints are received about the same utility matter, they will
conduct investigations.
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
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
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
James C. Hudson, Director 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
George Precourt, 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
Debra Wallace, Director (Acting) 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
Whit Springfield, Director 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
James E. Monroe, Administrator 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
Creig Slayton, Director 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
Denise Placido, 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
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
Elmer C. Bartels, Commissioner 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
Philip E. Peterson, 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
Linda Dorn, State Director 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
Richard C. Davis, Assistant Commissioner 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
Nell C. Carney, Executive Director 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
Sally Howard, Deputy Director 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
James S. Nyman, Director 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
Thomas G. Jennings, Director 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
Eugene Luini, Director 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
John DeLuca, Director 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
Joil Southwell, Administrator 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
Robert Eschbach, Director 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
Jack Thompson, Deputy 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
P. Charles LaRosa, Jr., 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
Grady Kickul, Division Director 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
Pat D. Westbrook, 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
William G. Gibson, Director 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
Steve Stone, Director 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
W. Roy Grizzard, Jr., 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
Shirley Smith, Director 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.
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.
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