ARC J-1 Visa Waiver State Contacts
Alabama
Debra Robbins, MPA, HPSA Program Coordinator
Office of Primary Care and Rural Health
Alabama Department of Public Health
The RSA Tower, Suite 1040, 201 Monroe Street
PO Box 303017
Montgomery, Alabama 36130-3017
800-255-1992 or 334-206-5441
email: DebraRobbins@adph.state.al.us
Georgia
Tina Orrick, Director, Primary Care Office
Georgia Department of Community Health
State Office of Rural Health
502 Seventh Street South
Cordele, Georgia 31015-1443
229-401-3094
Fax: 229-401-3077
email: torrick@dch.ga.gov
Kentucky
Gary L. Williams, Program Coordinator
Health Care Access Branch
Division of Adult and Child Health
Kentucky Department for Public Health
275 East Main Street, HS2GW-A
Frankfort, Kentucky 40621
502-564-8966
Fax: 502-564-8389
email: GaryL.Williams@ky.gov
Maryland
Judy Gerahty, Workforce Development Coordinator
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Office of Health Policy and Planning
201 West Preston Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
410-767-5046
Fax: 410-333-7501
email: jgerahty@dhmh.state.md.us
Mississippi
Kara M. Aldridge, Health Program Specialist, SR
Mississippi State Department of Health
570 E. Woodrow Wilson
Jackson, Mississippi 39216-1700
601-576-7226
Fax: 601-576-7530
email: kara.aldridge@msdh.state.ms.us
New York
Steve Swanson, Associate Health Planner
Bureau of Health Resources Development
New York State Department of Health
Corning Tower, Room 1084
Albany, New York 12237
518-473-7019
Fax: 518-474-0572
email: Sas03@health.state.ny.us
North Carolina
Tom Tucker
Physician Placement Services
311 Ashe Avenue
Raleigh, North Carolina 27606
919-733-2040
Fax: 919-733-8300
Ohio
Krista Sapp, J-1 Visa Waiver Coordinator
Primary Care and Rural Health Program
Ohio Department of Health
246 N. High Street, 6th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215
614-466-1629
Fax: 614-995-4235
email: Krista.sapp@odh.ohio.gov
Pennsylvania
Constance B. Hanna, Public Health Program Administrator
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Bureau of Health Planning
Health & Welfare Building
7th & Forster Sts., Room 1033
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
717-772-5298
Fax: 717-705-6525
email: channa@state.pa.us
South Carolina (WRITTEN INQUIRIES ONLY)
Mark Jordan, Director of Office of Primary Care
Department of Health and Environmental Control
Box 101106
Columbia, SC 29211-0106
Tennessee
Ann Cranford, J-1 Visa Coordinator
Tennessee Department of Health, Office of Health Access
Cordell Hull Building, 6th Floor
425 5th Avenue, North
Nashville, Tennessee 37247-5210
615-741-2101
Fax: 615-253-2100
email: Ann.Cranford@state.tn.us
Virginia
Karen Reed, Recruiter Liaison/Program Manager
Office of Health Policy and Planning
Virginia Department of Health
109 Governor Street, Suite 1016 East
Richmond, Virginia 23219
804-864-7435
Fax: 804-864-7440
email: Karen.reed@vdh.virginia.gov
West Virginia
Monique Witten Mahone, J-1 Visa Waiver Coordinator
Office of Community Health Systems
Division of Rural Health and Recruitment
350 Capitol Street, Room 515
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
1-800-442-3456
304-558-4382
Fax: 304-558-1437
email: moniquemahone@wvdhhr.org
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