Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors

Director - President

Robin K. Matsunaga, Ombudsman
Office of the Ombudsman, State of Hawaii
465 S. King Street, 4th Floor
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: 808-587-0770
Fax: 808-587-0773
Email

 

Director - Vice President 

Gerald R. Papica, Ombudsman
Tennessee Commission on Children & Youth
710 James Robertson Parkway, 9th Floor
Nashville, TN 37243-0800
Phone: 615-532-1572
Fax:615-532-1591
Email   
 

DIRECTOR - Secretary/Treasurer

Joanne MacDonnell, Deputy Ombudsman
Arizona Ombudsman's Office
3737 N. 7th Street, Suite #209
Phoenix, AZ 85014
Phone: 602-285-9136
Fax: 602-277-5312
Email  

Director - Conferences & Training

Kristie Hirschman, Senior Assistant
Citizens' Aide Ombudsman
Ola Babcock Miller Building
1112 East Grand Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Phone: 281-3592 or 888-426-6283
Fax: 515-242-6007
Email



  

Director - Member Services

Tim Burns, Police Ombudsman
Office of the Police Ombudsman, City of Spokane
221 N. Wall Street, Suite# 230
Spokane, WA 99201
Phone: 509-625-6748
Email

 




 
Director - Membership

Gordon Lind, Ombudsman
Salt River Project Consumer Ombudsman Office
1521 N. Project Drive
Tempe, AZ 85281
602-236-2485 Fax 602-236-2043
Website
Email

 

Director - Outreach and Development

Amy Calderwood, Ombudsman
King County Ombudsman's Office
516 Third Avenue, Suite W1039
Seattle WA 98104
Phone: 206-205-6315 
Email
 
 

 

Ex Officio Members  

Past President

Lord-Jenkins, Ombudsman
State of Alaska Ombudsman
333 West 4th Avenue, Suite 305 
Post Office Box 101140
Anchorage, Alaska 99510-1140
Phone:907-269-6291
Fax: 907-269-5291
Email

Children and Families Chapter Co-Chairs

Dominick Grimaldi, MSSW, Ombudsman
Tennessee Commission on Children & Youth
Andrew Johnson Tower, 9th Floor
710 James Robertson Parkway, 9th Floor
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone:615-532-1688
Fax: 615-532-1591
Email
 
Becky Updike, Ombudsman
Office of Colorado's Child Protection Ombudsman
13123 E. 16th Avenue, Suite# B390
Aurora, CO 80045
Phone:303-864-5321
Fax:303-864-5351
Email
 

Corrections Chapter

Oscar Harriott, Deputy Ombudsman for Corrections
Nebraska Public Counsel/Ombudsman Office
PO Box 94712
State Capitol, Room 807
Lincoln, NE 68509-4712
Phone:402-471-2035
Fax: 402-471-4277
Email


Charlene Burkett, Deputy Ombudsman Bureau Director
Indiana Department of Corrections
402 W Washington W7479
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 317-234-3190
Fax: 232-3154
Email 

Education Chapter

Dana Abrams, Ombudsperson
St. Paul Public Schools
360 Colborne Street
St. Paul, MN 55102
Phone: 651-767-8394
Fax: 651-290-8386
Email

Mary Jo Reiter, Ombudsman
Minneapolis Public Schools
Minneapolis, MN 55411
Phone: 612-668-1848
Fax 612-668-1831
Email

Federal Chapter

Laurie Lenkel, Director
FDA Office of the Ombudsman
10903 New Hampshire Avenue
WO 32, Room 4260
Silver Spring, MD 20993
Phone: 301-796-8530 
Fax:301-480-8039
Email

Healthcare Chapter

Roberta Opheim, Ombudsman
Ombudsman for Mental Health & Mental Retardation
121 7th Pl. E., Ste 420 Metro Square Bldg
St. Paul, MN 55101
Phone:651-296-7831
Fax 651-296-1021
Email

Municipal Government Chapter

Amy Calderwood, Ombudsman
King County Ombudsman's Office
516 Third Avenue, Suite W1039
Seattle WA 98104
Phone: 206-205-6315 
Email