APHSA Leadership

Executive Director

William Waldman

1999 Board of Directors

Officers

• President: Marva Livingston Hammons,
  Executive Director, Colorado Department of Human Services, Denver, Colorado
• Vice President: Bruce Bullen,
  Commissioner, Division of Medicaid Assistance, Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Boston, Massachusetts
• Treasurer: Linda J. Blessing,
  Director, Arizona Department of Economic Security, Phoenix, Arizona

Representatives of the National Council of State Human Service Administrators

• Chair: Gary K. Weeks,
  Director, Oregon Department of Human Resources, Salem, Oregon
• Rochelle Chronister,
  Secretary, Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, Topeka, Kansas
• Cornelius D. Hogan,
  Secretary, Vermont Agency of Human Services, Waterbury, Vermont
• Gary J. Stangler,
  Director, Missouri Department of Social Services, Jefferson City, Missouri

Representatives of the National Council of Local Human Service Administrators

• Bruce Potter,
  Director, East Orange Public Welfare Agency, East Orange, New Jersey
• Tom Hogan, Director,
  Economic Self-Sufficiency Services, Wake County Human Services, Raleigh, North Carolina

Individual Member Representative

• Vera W. Blakes,
  Assistant Secretary, Office of Family Support, Louisiana Department of Social Services, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Affiliate Representatives

• President, Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children:
  Samuel G. Ashdown, Jr.,
  Florida Department of Children and Families, Tallahassee, Florida
• Representative, National Staff Development and Training Association:
  Peter Miraglia,
  Assistant Director for Human Resource Development, New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Albany, New York

Public and Private Leaders

• David Robinson, Retired Vice President of Community Relations, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), Herndon, Virginia
• Nancy Risque Rohrback, Former Senior Vice President, Public and Community Relations, USAirways, Arlington, Viginia

APHSA Affiliate Presidents

• President, American Association of Food Stamp Directors: Burt Richman,
  Director, Division of Temporary Assistance Programs, Virginia Department of Social Services, Richmond, Virginia
• President, American Association of Public Welfare Attorneys: Douglas McNutt,
  Legal Coordinator, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Concord, New Hampshire
• Chair, American Public Human Services Association—Information Systems Management: Joyce Backes,
  Director of Data Processing, Missouri Department of Social Services, Jefferson City, Missouri
• President, Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children: Samuel G. Ashdown, Jr.,
  Compact Administrator, Florida Department of Children and Families, Tallahassee, Florida
• President, National Association for Program Information and Peformance Measurement: Valerie A. Horner,
  Public Assistance Program Manager, Department of Health and Social Services, Juneau, Alaska
• President, National Association of Public Child Welfare Administrators: Richard L. Matt,
  Deputy Director, Children’s Services Section, Missouri Division of Family Services, Jefferson City, Missouri
• Chair, National Association of State Medicaid Directors: Bruce Bullen,
  Commissioner, Division of Medical Assistance, Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Boston, Massachusetts
• President, National Staff Development and Training Association: David P. Wegenast,
  Executive Director, Center for Development of Human Services, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, New York

1999 Executive Committee
National Council of State Human Service Administrators

Effective January 1, 1999, to December 31, 2000

• Chair: Gary K. Weeks,
  Director, Oregon Department of Human Resources
• Vice Chair: Alvin C. Collins,
  Secretary, Maryland Department of Human Resources
  Collins won the election but left this position in December 1998 to become director of the Office of Family Assistance in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Secretary: Robin Arnold-Williams,
  Director, Utah Department of Human Services
• Immediate Past Chair: Gary Stangler,
  Director, Missouri Department of Social Services
• Central Regional Represetative: Joseph Leean,
  Secretary, Wisconsin Department of the Health and Family Services
• Mountain Regional Representative: Carol K. Olson,
  Executive Director, North Dakota Department of Human Services
• Northeast Regional Representative: Christine C. Ferguson,
  Director, Rhode Island Department of Human Services
• Southeast Regional Representative: Viola Miller,
  Secretary, Kentucky Cabinet for Families and Children
• Southwest Regional Representative: Eric Bost,
  Commissioner, Texas Department of Human Services
• Western Regional Representative: Eloise Anderson,
  Director, California Department of Social Services