Participating States

The following states are participating in the State Schools of Character awards program. Click on your state to go to your state's webpage. For the National/State application guidelines, go to http://www.character.org/nsocapplicationprocess

California
Center for Youth Citizenship
Christina Roper
Program Coordinator
916-228-2322
croper@youthcitizenship.org

Colorado
Foundation for Character Development
Jim Olmstead
Director of Strategic Partnerships
303-410-1522
jimolm@comcast.net

Florida
The Golden Rule Foundation
Claudia Hunter
Character Education Consultant
727-299-6629
claudiahunter@tampabay.rr.com

Georgia
Kennesaw State University
Connie Lane
Grants Administrator
678-797-2012
clane@kennesaw.edu

Illinois
University of Illinois Extension
Judy Taylor
Youth Development Educator
217-782-6515
jmtaylor@uiuc.edu

Indiana
Department of Education
Andrew Conway
317-232-9105
aconway@doe.in.gov

Iowa
Institute for Character Development at Drake University
Eric Martin
Training & Outreach Director
515-271-1995
eric.martin@drake.edu

Kansas
Kansas State Department of Education
Sue Kidd
Resource Specialist
785-865-9942 or 785-863-3425
skidd.kschared@gmail.com

Kentucky
Character Council of Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky
Mary Andres Russell
513-467-0170
mrussell@charactercincinnati.org

Louisiana
LSU AgCenter 4–H Youth Development
Kimberly Y. Jones
Instructor, 4-H Youth Development
225-578-2196
kyjones@agcenter.lsu.edu

Maryland
Maryland Center for
Character Education
Mark Beck
410-822-6481
mb4833@aol.com

Massachusetts
Hudson Public School District, CAEC at BU, and the MA DOE
Mary McCarthy
978-567-6130
mmccarthy@hudson.k12.ma.us

Michigan
Department of Education
Pat Tibbetts
248-765-5938
pattibbetts@sbcglobal.net

Minnesota
Center for Academic Excellence
Joyce Swenson
507-389-2461
jswenson@mncae.org

Missouri
CHARACTERplus
Suzy Ward
314-692-9711
sward@csd.org

New Hampshire
Ethics Institute at Dartmouth College
Dr. Aine Donovan
603-646-1299
aine.donovan@dartmouth.edu

New Jersey
Center for Social and Character Development at Rutgers University and the NJ DOE
Dr. Phil Brown
Director
732-445-7504, ext. 37
pmbrown@rci.rutgers.edu;

New York
Academy for Character Education at the Sage Colleges
Dr. Phil Fusco
518-244-2336
docwasue@aol.com; philipfusco@aol.com

North Carolina
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Deborah Prickett
919-807-3949
dprickett@dpi.state.nc.us

Ohio
Ohio Partners in Character Education, ODOE and Ohio Better Business Bureaus
Dr. Lucy Frontera
Executive Director
614-893-9971
frontera@pipeline.com

Pennsylvania
Center for Leadership and Ethics
Dr. Len Marrella
Director
610-478-3000
lenmarrella@yahoo.com

South Carolina
Department of Education
Gerry Weaver
803-734-4804
gmweaver@ed.sc.gov

South Dakota
Technology and Innovation in Education (TIE)
Londa Richter
Dakota Character Project Manager
605-394-1876
lrichter@tie.net

Texas
Houston ISD, Dallas ISC and Klein ISD
Karen Washington
713-556-7180
kwashin2@houstonisd.org

Utah
Community of Caring at the University of Utah
Penny Keith
Professional Development and Grants Coordinator
801-587-8990
pkeith@communityofcaring.org

Virginia
School of Education
Regent University
Dr. Helen Stiff-Williams
804-739-7852
stiff.williams@comcast.net

Washington
Leadership Innovations Team, Whitworth University, and WSASCD
Heather Knight
Co-President, Leadership Innovations Team LLC
360-490-9989
heather@leadership
innovationsteam.com

West Virginia
College of Education and
Human Services
Marshall University
Dr. Michael Corrigan
304-696-2961
corrigan@marshall.edu

Wisconsin
Wisconsin Character Education Partnership
Elaine Gehring
414-899-8640
gehring_lafave@yahoo.com
 


If your state is not listed and you would like information about how your state can participate, contact Janice Stoodley at 202-296-7743, ext. 15, or  jstoodley@character.org.