J-1 Visa Waivers State Contacts

Alabama

Catherine Crowe, ARC Waiver Coordinator
UAB IFSIS
1720 2nd Avenue South, AB 420
Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0110
phone: 205.934.1252
email: cpcrowe@uab.edu

For FedEx/UPS delivery:
701 20th Street South, AB 420
Birmingham, AL 35233

Georgia

Nita Ham, Executive Director
Georgia State Office of Rural Health
502 South Seventh Street
Cordele, Georgia 31015
phone: 229.401.3086
>email: nham@dch.ga.gov

Kentucky

Kasey Padgett
Health Program Administrator
Kentucky Department for Public Health
Division of Prevention and Quality Improvement (PQI)
275 East Main Street HS2-W-D
DPQI
Frankfort, Kentucky 40621
phone: 502.564.8966 ext. 4011
email: Kasey.padgett@ky.gov

Maryland

Bridget Henderson, Administrator
Workforce Incentive Programs
Office of Population Health Improvement
Maryland Department of Health
201 West Preston Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
phone: 410.767.6123
email: mdh.providerworkforceprograms@maryland.gov

Mississippi

Teia S. McCormick, Workforce Recruitment Specialist
Mississippi State Department of Health
Office of Rural Health & Primary Care
570 E. Woodrow Wilson
Jackson, Mississippi 39215-1700
phone: 601.576.7874
email: teia.mccormick@msdh.ms.gov

New York

Matthew de Waal Malefyt, Health Program Administrator
Office of Primary Care and Health Systems Management
New York State Department of Health
Corning Tower, Room 1695
Albany, New York 12237
phone: 518.474.7633
email: sch_loan@health.ny.gov

North Carolina

Karen Gliarmis, AASPR
Placement Services – Office of Rural Health
2009 Mail Service Center
311 Ashe Avenue
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-2009
phone: 919.527.6452
fax: 919.715.1503
email: Karen.Gliarmis@dhhs.nc.gov

Ohio

Kimberly Johnson, Ed.D, MS, LSW
Human Services Program Consultant
Center of Public Health Excellence
246 North High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
phone: 614.930.0184
email: Kimberly.johnson@odh.ohio.gov

Pennsylvania

Jacqueline F. Austin, Public Health Program Administrator
Bureau of Health Planning
Pennsylvania Department of Health
625 Forster Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120-0701
phone: 717.772.5298
fax: 717.705.6525
email: waiverprograms@pa.gov

South Carolina

Kendra Neely, Director, Office of Primary Care
S.C. Department of Public Health
P.O. Box 2046
West Columbia, South Carolina 29171
phone: 803.765.8047
email: neelyk@dph.sc.gov

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
phone: 615.741.2101
fax: 615.253.2100
email: Ann.Cranford@tn.gov

Virginia

Workforce Incentive Program Team
Virginia Department of Health
Office of Health Equity
109 Governor Street, 7th Floor
Richmond, Virginia 23219
phone: 804.987.8999
email: incentiveprograms@vdh.virginia.gov

West Virginia

Wendy Castaneda, J-1 Visa Waiver Coordinator 
State Office of Rural Health
West Virginia Department of Health
350 Capitol Street, Room 515
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
phone: 304.352.6005
email: wendy.p.castaneda@wv.gov