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Area Project Officer Contact List

Alaska	Albuquerque
Elisa Bruns Health System Specialist Alaska Area Office 4141 Ambassador Drive, Suite 300 Anchorage, AK 99508 Phone: 907-729-3697	Jennifer Nanez Health System Specialist Albuquerque Area Indian Health Service 4101 Indian School Road NE, Suite 225 Albuquerque, NM 87110 Phone: 505-256-6719
Bemidji	Billings
Charles “Lee” Pelley Health System Specialist Bemidji Area Office 522 Minnesota Avenue N.W. Bemidji, MS 56601 Phone: 218-368-2877	Scott Zander Health System Specialist, Division of Behavioral Health IHS Headquarters 5600 Fishers Lane, Mail Stop: 08N34A Rockville, MD 20857 Phone: 301-443-2038 Fax: 301-594-6213
California	Great Plains
Sarah Tillman Health System Specialist, Division of Behavioral Health IHS Headquarters 5600 Fishers Lane, Mail Stop: 08N34A Rockville, MD 20857 Phone: 301-605-3504 Fax: 301-594-6213	Cleota “Rae” Burnette Health Systems Specialist, Division of Behavioral Health IHS Headquarters 5600 Fishers Lane, Mail Stop: 08N34A Rockville, MD 20857 Phone: 301-443-2038 Fax: 301-594-6213
Navajo	Oklahoma
Elsie J. Joe Health System Specialist, Division of Behavioral Health IHS Headquarters 5600 Fishers Lane, Mail Stop: 08N34A Rockville, MD 20857 Phone: 301-443-2038 Fax: 301-594-6213	Amanda Bradley Health System Specialist, Division of Behavioral Health IHS Headquarters 5600 Fishers Lane, Mail Stop: 08N34A Rockville, MD 20857 Phone: 301-443-2038 Fax: 301-594-6213
Phoenix	Portland
Thomas Walter Behavioral Health Program Specialist Phoenix Area Office 410 N. Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85004 Phone: 602-364-5168 Fax: 602-364-5198	Sarah Tillman Health System Specialist, Division of Behavioral Health IHS Headquarters 5600 Fishers Lane, Mail Stop: 08N34A Rockville, MD 20857 Phone: 301-605-3504 Fax: 301-594-6213
Portland	Urban Indian Organizations
Sarah Tillman Health System Specialist, Division of Behavioral Health IHS Headquarters 5600 Fishers Lane, Mail Stop: 08N34A Rockville, MD 20857 Phone: 301-605-3504 Fax: 301-594-6213	Click on the plus symbol below to see a list of Urban contacts and their assigned projects.

Urban Indian Organizations

Cleota "Rae" Burnette
Phone: 301-443-2038

South Dakota Urban Indian Health, Inc. (BH15IHS0046)
Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition, Inc. (BH15IHS0064)

Jennifer Nanez
Phone: 505-256-6719

First Nations Community Health Source (BH15IHS0042)

Lee Pelley
Phone: 218-368-2877

American Indian Health Service of Chicago (BH15IHS0043)
Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center (BH15IHS0068)
Minneapolis American Indian Center (BH15IHS0065)
Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center (BH15IHS0045)

Thomas Walter
Phone: 602-364-5168

Native American Community Health Center, Inc. (BH15IHS0047)
Nevada Urban Indians (BH15IHS0062)
Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake (BH15IHS0063)

Scott Zander
Phone: 301-443-2038

Bakersfield American Indian Health Project (BH15IHS0070)
Fresno American Indian Health Project (BH15IHS0067)
Native American Health Center, Inc. (BH15IHS0044)
Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest (BH15IHS00690)