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Project Officer Contact List

Alaska Area	Albuquerque Area
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 Area	Billings Area
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 Area	Great Plains Area
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
Nashville	Navajo Area
Charles "Lee" Pelley Health System Specialist Bemidji Area Office 522 Minnesota Avenue, N.W. Bemidji, MS 56601 Phone: 218-368-2877	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
Oklahoma City Area	Phoenix Area
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	Thomas Walter Behavioral Health Program Specialist Phoenix Area Office 410 N. Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85004 Phone: 602-364-5168 Fax: 602-364-5198
Portland Area	Tucson Area
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	Thomas Walter Behavioral Health Program Specialist Phoenix Area Office 410 N. Central AvenueA Phoenix, AZ 85004 Phone: 602-364-5168 Fax: 602-364-5198

Urban Indian Organizations – Area Project Officers

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

American Indian Health Service of Chicago, Inc. (BH16IHS0096; BH16IHS0157)
Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition (BH16IHS0123)
South Dakota Urban Indian Health, Inc. (BH16IHS0090)

Elsie Joe
Phone: 301-443-2038

American Indian Health and Services - Santa Barbara (BH16IHS0158)
Bakersfield American Indian Health Project (BH16IHS0115)
Fresno American Indian Health Project (BH16IHS0098)
Friendship House Association of American Indians (BH16IHS0094)
San Diego American Indian Health Center (BH16IHS0103)
United American Indian Involvement, Inc. (BH16IHS0095)

Jennifer Nanez
Phone: 505-256-6719

First Nations Community Health Source (BH16IHS0102)

Scott Zander
Phone: 301-443-2038

American Indian Health and Family Services of SE Michigan, Inc.(BH16IHS0093)
Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center, Inc. (BH16IHS0097)
Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest, Inc. (BH16IHS0091)
Indian Health Board of Minneapolis (BH16IHS0122)
Seattle Indian Health Board (BH16IHS0112)

Thomas Walter
Phone: 602-364-5168

American Indian Association of Tucson, Inc. (BH16IHS0109)
Native Americans for Community Action, Inc. (BH16IHS0111)
Native American Community Health Center - Phoenix (BH16IHS0156)
Nevada Urban Indians (BH16IHS0128)
Phoenix Indian Center (BH16IHS0159)