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Sunshine Chair: Paola Banchero Assistant Professor of Journalism University of Alaska Anchorage Work: 907/786-4194 FOI Center: Alaska FOI Formed: 1998 Contact: Larry Campbell Alabama Sunshine Chair: Paul Cloos Paul Cloos Assistant Managing Editor The Press-Register P.O. Box 2488 Mobile, AL 36652 Work: 251/219-5639 Fax: 251/219-5799 FOI Center: Alabama Center for Open Government Formed: 2000 Contact: Gregory Enns Web site Arkansas Sunshine Chair: Dennis A. Byrd Stephens Media 401 S. Victory Little Rock, AR 72201 Work: 501/374-0699 Home: 501/316-3883 Fax: 501/374-0860 FOI Center: N/A Arizona Sunshine Chair: David Cuillier Assistant professor Department of Journalism University of Arizona Marshall Building, Room 328 P.O. Box 210158B Tucson, AZ 85721-0158 Work: 520/626-9694 Home: 520/229-1466 FOI Center: First Amendment Coalition of Arizona, Inc. Formed: 1982 Contact: Dan Barr California Sunshine Chair (North): Seth Rosenfeld San Francisco Chronicle 901 Mission St., Third Floor San Francisco, CA 94103 Work: 415/777-7908 Fax: 415/243-9151 Sunshine Chair (South): Jodi Cleesattle Deputy Attorney General California Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General 110 West A Street, Suite 1100 San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: 619/645-3150 FOI Centers: California First Amendment Coalition Formed: 1988 Contact: Peter Scheer Web site California First Amendment Project Formed: 1992 Contact: David Greene Web site Californians Aware Formed: 2004 Contact: Terry Francke Web site Colorado Sunshine Chair: Kris P. Kodrich Associate Professor Department of Journalism and Technical Communication C-221 Clark Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523-1785 970-491-5986 (office) 970-491-2908 (fax) FOI Center: Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition Formed: 1987 Contact: John Fosholt Connecticut Sunshine Chair: Steven D. Kalb Reporter The Connecticut Radio Network 203-927-7921 FOI Center: Connecticut Foundation for Open Government Formed: 1991 Contact: Mitchell Pearlman Web site District of Columbia Sunshine Chair: Robert S. Becker Law offices of Robert S. Becker 3315 Morrison St NW Washington, DC 20015 Work: 202/364-8013 FOI Center: Maryland Foundation for Open Government Formed: 2004 Contact: Jim Lee Delaware Sunshine Chair: Drew Volturo Political reporter Delaware State News P.O. Box 737 Dover, DE 19903 Work: (302) 741-8296 Fax: (302) 760-7440 FOI Center: New England Associated Press News Editors Assn. IN PROCESS OF ORGANIZING (NEAPNEA) (moving well... meeting early spring to hopefully form) Florida Sunshine Chair: Sandra F. Chance University of Flordia College of Journalism Gainesville, FL 32611 Work: 352/392-2273 Home: 352/374-4656 Fax: 352/392-9173 FOI Centers: Brechner Center for Freedom of Information Formed: 1977 Contact: Sandra Chance Web site Florida First Amendment Foundation, Inc. Formed: 1984 Contact: Barbara Petersen Web site Georgia Sunshine Chair: Johnny Edwards Government Reporter The Augusta Chronicle 725 Broad Street Augusta, GA 30901 Work: 706/823-3225 Home/Cell: 706/736-1951 Fax: 706/722-7403 FOI Center: Georgia First Amendment Foundation Formed: 1994 Contact: Hyde Post Web site Hawaii Sunshine Chair: Stirling Morita Honolulu Star-Bulletin 3054 Ala Poha Place #806 Honolulu, HI 96818-1615 Work: 808/529-4755 Home: 808/839-5021 Fax: 808/529-4750 FOI Centers: Honolulu Community Media Council Formed: 1970 Contact: Holly Green Web site Open Government Coalition of Hawaii Contact: Stirling Morita Iowa Sunshine Chair: Rox Laird Des Moines Register P.O. Box 957 Des Moines, IA 50306 Work: 515/284-8000 FOI Center: Iowa Freedom of Information Council Formed: 1977 Contact: Kathleen Richardson Web site Idaho Sunshine Chair: Betsy Z. Russell The Spokesman-Review, Boise bureau 2601 Hillway Drive Boise, ID 83702 Work: 208/336-2854 FOI Center: Idahoans for Openness in Government Formed: 2004 Contact: Betsy Russell Web site Illinois Sunshine Chair: Beth Bennett Illinois Press Association 900 Community Drive Springfield, IL 62703 Work: 217/241-1300 Fax: 217/241-1301 FOI Centers: Citizen Advocacy Center Formed: 1993 Contact: Terry Pastika Web site Illinois First Amendment Center Formed: 2002 Contact: Sue Montalvo Web site Indiana Sunshine Chair: Gerry Lanosga Associate Instructor Ph.D. Student Indiana University School of Journalism 940 E. 7th St. Bloomington, IN 47405-7108 317/697-6083 FOI Center: Indiana Coalition for Open Government Formed: 1995 Contact: Keith Robinson Web site Kansas Sunshine Chair: Ron Sylvester Wichita Eagle 825 E. Douglas P.O. Box 820 Wichita, KS 67201 Work: 316/268-6514 Fax: 316/268-6627 FOI Center: Kansas Sunshine Coalition for Open Government Formed: 2000 Contact: Ron Keefover Web site Kentucky Sunshine Chair: Kenneth R. Kurtz 255 Irvine Road Lexington, KY 40502-1815 Home: 859/269-1807 FOI Center: Kentucky Freedom of Information Coalition Formed: 2004 Contact: David Thompson Louisiana Sunshine Chair: Sherry Lee Alexander Communications Department Loyola University New Orleans, LA 70118 Work: 504/865-3292 Fax: 504/865-2666 FOI Center: Louisiana Coalition for Open Government, Inc. Contact: Jackie Ducote Massachusetts Sunshine Chair: Stephanie Vosk Cape Cod Times 319 Main Street Hyannis, MA 02601 Office: 508/888-5454 Cell: 508/916-0411 FOI Center: NEAPNEA In progress (formally under way) Maryland Sunshine Chair: Jim Lee Carroll County Times 201 Railroad Ave. Westminster, MD, 21157 Work: 410/857-7878 Fax: 410/857-8749 FOI Center: Maryland Foundation for Open Government Formed: 2004 Contact: Jim Lee Maine Sunshine Chair: Mal Leary Mal Leary Capitol News Service Statehouse Station #127 Augusta, ME 04333 Work: 207/621-0702 Home: 207/621-2384 FOI Center: Maine Freedom of Information Coalition Formed: 2003 Contact: Mal Leary Web site Michigan Sunshine Chair: Catherine A. Gniewek President MichiganToday.net P. O. Box 700112 Plymouth, MI 48170 734/223-9645 FOI Center: Michigan Freedom of Information Committee Formed: 1989 Contact: Ben Burns Web site Minnesota Sunshine Chair: John P. Borger and Leita Walker Attorneys Faegre & Benson LLP 2200 Wells Fargo Center 90 S. 7th St. Minneapolis, MN 55402-3901 Work (John): 612/766-7501 Work (Leita): 612/766-8347 Cell (John): 612/203-9279 Cell (Leita): 612/701-5192 Fax: 612/766-1600 FOI Centers: Minnesota Coalition on Goverment Information Web site Minnesota Joint Media Committee Contact: John Finnegan Missouri Sunshine Chair: Charles Davis The National Freedom of Information Coalition Missouri School of Journalism 133 Neff Annex Columbia, MO 6511-0012 573/882-5736 Fax: (573) 884-6204 E-mail Freedom of Information Center Formed: 1958 Contact: Charles Davis Web site FOI Center: Mississippi Sunshine Chair: Alice Jackson P.O. Box 975 Ocean Springs, MS 39566-0975 3503 Hastings Lane Ocean Springs, MS 39564 228/209-6920 FOI Center: Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information, Inc. Formed: 2001 Contact: Jeanni Atkins Web site Montana Sunshine Chair: Ian M. Marquand KPAX-TV P.O. Box 4827 Missoula, MT 59803 Work: 406/542-4449 Fax: 406/543-7111 FOI Center: Montana Freedom of Information Hotline, Inc. Formed: 1988 Contact: Ian Marquand Web site North Carolina Sunshine Chair: Vacant FOI Center: North Carolina Open Government Coalition Formed: 2005 Contact: Melanie Sill Web site North Dakota Sunshine Chair: Jack McDonald Wheeler Wolf Law Firm Box 2056 Bismarck, ND 58502-2056 Work: 701/223-5300 Home: 701/258-5811 Fax: 701/223-5366 FOI Center: N/A Nebraska Sunshine Chair: John R. Bender College of Journalism and Mass Communications University of Nebraska-Lincoln 132 Andersen Hall Lincoln, NE 68588-0474 Work: 402/472-3053 Home: 402/423-6636 Fax: 402/472-8597 FOI Center: Nebraska Press Association 1879 Contact: Kent Warneke Web site New Hampshire Sunshine Chair: Joe Magruder The Associated Press 2 Capital Plaza Suite 400 Concord, NH 03301 Work: 603/224-3327 Home: 603/224-9690 FOI Center: NEAPNEA (In progress;formally created Feb. 2006) New Jersey Sunshine Chair: Elizabeth Mason President New Jersey Foundation for Open Government P.O. Box 32488 Newark, NJ 07102 (646) 339-2991 FOI Center: New Jersey Foundation for Open Government Formed: 2001 Contact: Elizabeth Mason Web site New Mexico Sunshine Chair: Vacant FOI Center: New Mexico Foundation for Open Government Formed: 1989 Contact: Susan Walton Web site Nevada Sunshine Chair: Vacant FOI Center: In progress as of late 2005 New York Sunshine Chair: Carolyn James ACJ Community Communications 85 Broadway Amityville NY 11701 Home: 631/884-2045 Work: 516/798-5100 Fax: 516/798-5296 FOI Center: The Newhouse School, Syracuse University Contact: Barbara Fought Web site Ohio Sunshine Chairs: Richard D. Hendrickson, Ph.D. John Carroll University Work: 20700 N. Park Blvd. University Heights, OH 44118 Home: 2085 Riverside Drive Lakewood, OH 44107 Work: (216) 397-3078 Home: (216) 521-6321 Cell: (440) 570-2779 Gregory Korte The Cincinnati Enquirer 312 Elm St., 19th floor Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Work: 513/468-8391 Home: 513/661-4835 FOI Centers: Ohio Center for Privacy & The First Amendment Formed: 1991 Contact: Tim Smith Web site Ohio Coalition for Open Government Formed: 1992 Contact: Frank Deaner Web site Oklahoma Sunshine Chair: Bryan Dean The Oklahoman P.O. Box 25125 Oklahoma City, OK 73125 Work: 405/475-3206 Fax: 405/475-3183 FOI Center: FOI Oklahoma, Inc. Formed: 1990 Contact: Kay Bickham Web site Oregon Sunshine Chair: Ryan Frank Portland Oregonian 1320 S.W. Broadway Portland, OR 97201 503-221-8564 FOI Center: Open Oregon Formed: 1996 Contact: Tim Gleason Web site Pennsylvania Sunshine Chair: Susan Schwartz Press Enterprise 3185 Lackawanna Ave. Bloomsburg, PA 17815 Work: 570/752-3645 Home: 570/387-1484 Fax: 570/752-1138 FOI Center: Formed, 501c3 underway Rhode Island Sunshine Chair: Linda Lotridge Levin University of Rhode Island Department of Journalism Kingston, RI 02881 Office: 401/874-4287 Fax: 401/874-4450 FOI Center: ACCESS/RI Formed: 1996 Contact: Barbara Meagher Web site South Carolina Sunshine Chair: Johnny Edwards Special Projects Reporter The Augusta Chronicle 725 Broad Street Augusta, GA 30901 Work: 706/823-3225 Home/Cell: 706/736-1951 Fax: 706/722-7403 FOI Center: SC FOI Foundation, joined Jan. 2006 South Dakota Sunshine Chair: John E. Getz South Dakota State University 2027 Third Street Brookings, SD 57006-2407 Work: 605/688-6513 Home: 605/697-5127 Fax: 605/688-5034 FOI Center: South Dakotans for Open Government Formed: 2003 Contact: David Bordewyk Tennessee Sunshine Chair: Frank Gibson Tennessee Coalition for Open Government 3449 Harborwood Circle Nashville, TN 37214 Work: 615/202-2685 Home: 615/316-0983 Web site FOI Center: Tennessee Coalition for Open Government Formed: 2003 Contact: Adam Yoemans Web site Texas Sunshine Chair: Keith Elkins Executive Director Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas 3001 North Lamar Boulevard, Suite 302 Austin, TX 78705 Work: 512/377-1575 Fax: 512/377-1578 FOI Center: Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, Inc. Formed: 1978 Contact: Katherine Garner Web site Utah Sunshine Chair: Linda Petersen President, Utah Foundation for Open Government P.O. Box 1084 Riverton, UT 84065 801-254-5974 ext. 17 FOI Center: Utah Foundation for Open Government Formed: 1992 Contact: Kathryn Petersen Virginia Sunshine Chair: Richard J. Hammerstrom Free Lance-Star 1511 Prince Edward St Fredericksburg, VA 22401 Work: 540/374-5414 Home: 540/371-4740 Fax: 540/373-8455 FOI Center: Virginia Coalition for Open Government Formed: 1996 Contact: Frosty Landon Web site Vermont Sunshine Chair: Michael Patrick Donoghue The Burlington Free Press P.O. Box 10 Burlington, VT 05402-0010 Work: 802/660-1845 Home: 802/862-7466 Fax: 802/654-2560 FOI Center: Formed, 501c3 pending Formed: 2005 Contact: Michael Donoghue Washington Sunshine Chair: Michele Earl-Hubbard Media law attorney Allied Law Group 12354 30th Ave. NE Seattle, WA 98125-5406 Work: 206/801-7510 Fax: 206/428-7169 FOI Center: AccessNorthwest Formed: 2003 Contact: Susan Ross Web site Wisconsin Sunshine Chair: J.J. Blonien The Wisconsin Conservative Digest 2605 N. 61st St. Milwaukee, WI 53123 Home: 414/873-7025 Cell: 414/305-3397 FOI Center: Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council Formed: 1978 Contact: Robert Drechsel Web site West Virginia Sunshine Chair: Vacant FOI Center: N/A Wyoming Sunshine Chair: Vacant FOI Center: N/A |
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