State Veterans Approving Agency Address Contact Person Alabama
Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education Alabama State Approving Agency
P.O. Box 302130 135 South Union Street (36104)
Montgomery, AL 36130-2130 Phone: 334-293-4500 Lynne Thrower Director Lynne.thrower@dpe.edu Phone: 334-293-4603
Alaska None None
Arizona
Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services Veterans Education & Training Approving Agency (VETAA)
3839 North 3rd Street
Suite 209 Phoenix, AZ 85012 Phone: 602-255-5395
Mr. Leland (Lee) Sevy Director lsevy@azdvs.gov Phone: 602-255-5395
Arkansas
Arkansas State Approving Agency for Veterans Training Arkansas Department of Workforce Education
Three Capitol Mall
Luther S. Hardin Building – Room 308 Little Rock, AR 72201 Phone: 501-324-9473 Bill Dedner Program Manager Bill.dedner@arkansas.gov Phone: 501-683-1392 California
California State Approving Agency for Veterans Education Department of Veterans Affairs
1227 O Street, Suite 314 Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-503-8317
George Blue
Interim Education Administrator George.Blue@calvet.ca.gov
Phone: 916-651-5031
Colorado
Colorado Office of Veterans Education and Training 9101 East Lowry Boulevard
Denver, CO 80230-6011 Phone: 303-595-1622 Daniel Webster Director Daniel.webster@cccs.edu Phone: 303-595-1622
Connecticut
Connecticut Office of Financial and Academic Affairs for Higher Education Veterans’ Program Approval – School Approval Unit
61 Woodland Street Hartford, CT 06105-2326
Phone: 860-947-1816
Patricia Santoro Director of Academic Affairs
psantoro@ctdhe.org Phone: 860-947-1819
Delaware
Delaware State Approving Agency 35 Commerce Way
Dover, DE 19904 Phone: 302-857-3313
Ms. Patricia Keaton Director, State Approving Agency
pkeeton@doe.k12.de.us Phone: 302-857-3313
District of Columbia
VA Regional Office – Washington, DC 1722 I Street NW Washington, DC 20421 Phone: 202-530-9102 Robert A. Dumas, Jr. ELR/SAA vscrduma@vba.va.gov Phone: 202-530-9102 Florida
Bureau of State Approving for Veterans’ Training Florida Department of Veterans Affairs
9500 Bay Pines Boulevard Room 214 Bay Pines, FL 33744 Phone: 727-319-7402 Betsy Wickham Bureau Chief wickhamb@fdva.state.fl.us Phone: 727-319-7401 Georgia
Georgia State Approving Agency, Department of Veterans Service Floyd Veterans’ Memorial Building, Suite E-970
Atlanta, GA 30334-4800 Phone: 404-656-2306 Larry Edwards Director saaga@vs.state.ga.us Phone: 404-656-2306 Hawaii
Hawaii State Approving Agency for Veterans’ Training 2444 Dole Street Bachman Hall 207 Honolulu, HI 96822 Phone: 808-956-6624 Anand Samtani SAA Director samtanim@hawaii.edu Phone: 808-956-6624 Idaho
Idaho Division of Veterans Services 351 Collins Road Boise, ID 83702-4519 Phone: 208-577-2298 Phil Wickliff Coordinator Phil.wickliff@veterans.idaho.gov Phone: 208-577-2298
Illinois
Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs 833 South Spring Street
P.O. Box 19432 Springfield, IL 62794-9432
Phone: 217-782-7838 James R. Thompson Center
100 West Randolph Street Suite 5-570 Chicago, IL 60601-3219 Phone: 312-814-2460 Joan L. Ryan Administrator Joan.ryan@illinois.gov Phone: 217-782-7838 Indiana
Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs 302 Washington Street Room E120 Indianapolis, IN 46204-2738 Phone: 317-232-3914 Ronald Rousch Director rrousch@dva.in.gov Phone: 317-232-3914 Iowa
Iowa Department of Education, Veterans and Military Education Grimes State Office Building
400 East 14th Street Des Moines, IA 50319-0146 Phone: 515-281-3317 Thomas Beasley Consultant Thomas.beasley@iowa.gov Phone: 515-281-3490 Kansas
Kansas Commission on Veterans’ Affairs 700 Southwest Jackson Street
Jayhawk Towers, Suite 1004 Topeka, KS 66603-3714
Phone: 785-296-3976
Wayne Bollig
Veteran Services Program Director wbollig@kcva.ks.gov Phone: 785-296-7465 Kentucky
Kentucky Approving Agency for Veterans’ Education 300 North Main Street
Versailles, KY 40383 Phone: 859-256-3235 Al Kennedy Director Albert.kennedy@kctcs.edu Phone: 859-256-3352
Louisiana
Louisiana Department of Veterans’ Affairs 602 North 5th Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9095 Phone: 225-219-5013
William E. Dixon Education Program Director Bill.dixon@vetaffairs.la.gov
Phone: 225-219-5010
Maine
Maine State Approving Agency for Veterans Education Programs University of Maine System
147 Water Street, Suite 2 Randolph, ME 04346 Phone: 207-582-2100 Mr. Robert B. Haley Director Robert.haley@maine.edu Phone: 207-582-2100 Maryland
Maryland Higher Education Commission 6 N. Liberty Street, 10th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21201 Phone: 410-767-3098
Trish Gordon McCown Veteran Affairs Coordinator tmccown@mhec.state.md.us
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Department of Higher Education Office of Veterans Education
454 Broadway Suite 200 Revere, MA 02151 Phone: 617-391-6086
George O’Connor Director of Veterans Education
goconnor@bhe.mass.edu Phone: 617-391-6085
Michigan
Michigan State Approving Agency
Veterans’ Services Division – Workforce Development Agency Victor Office Center, 5th Floor
201 North Washington Square Lansing, MI 48913 Phone: 517-241-8315
MG Robert W. Smith III, USA (Ret.) Director, Veterans’ Services Division
Consultant Smithr57@michigan.gov
Minnesota
Minnesota State Approving Agency Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Service Building, 2nd Floor
20 West 12th Street St. Paul, MN 55155 Phone: 651-757-1569 Paula Plum Supervisor Paula.plum@state.mn.us Phone: 651-285-8500 Mississippi
Mississippi State Veterans Affairs Board State Approving Agency
3466 Highway 80 East P.O. Box 5947 Pearl, MS 39288-5947 Phone: 601-576-4867 Sandra D. Harmon Division Director sharmon@vab.ms.gov Phone: 601-576-4867 Missouri
Veterans’ Education and Training Section State Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
P.O. Box 480 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480 Chad C. Schatz Director Chad.schatz@dese.mo.gov Phone: 573-751-3487 Montana
Veterans Education Office of Public Instruction P.O. Box 202501
Helena, MT 59620-2501 Phone: 406-444-4122
Mr. Jack Bailey Director of Veterans Education
jbailey3@mt.gov Phone: 406-444-0691
Nebraska
Private Postsecondary Career Schools & Veterans Education Nebraska Department of Education
301 Centennial Mall South PO Box 94987 Lincoln, NE 68509-4987 Phone: 402-471-4825 Brad Dirksen Program Director brad.dirksen@nebraska.gov 402471-4825 Nevada
Nevada Commission on Postsecondary Education 3663 East Sunset Road Suite 202
Las Vegas, NV 89120 Phone: 702-486-7330 David Perlman Administrator dperlman@cpe.state.nv.us Phone: 702-486-7330 New Hampshire
Department of Education, Division of Higher Education Veterans Education Services
21 South Fruit Street, Suite 20 Concord, NH 03301 Phone: 603-271-8508 Clifton R. Burdette Administrator, Acting clifton.burdette@ed.state.nh.us Phone: 603-271-7861
New Jersey
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs/SAA Eggert Crossing Road
P.O. Box 340 Trenton, NJ 08625-0340 Phone: 609-530-6849 Charles Rowe Bureau Chief charles.rowe@njdmava.state.nj.us Phone: 609-530-6849 New Mexico
New Mexico Higher Education Department State Approving Agency for Veterans Education
5201 Eagle Rock NE, Suite 1A Albuquerque, NM 87113-1885 Phone: 505-383-2430 Brandon Trujillo Director Brandon.trujillo@state.nm.us Phone: 505-383-2430 New York
Bureau of Veterans Education 116 West 32nd Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10001 Phone: 212-564-8414 Bureau of Veterans Education 2 Empire State Plaza, 17th Floor
Albany, NY 12223 Phone: 518-474-7606
Daniel Giuseffi
Veteran Education Program Representative dgiuseffi@veterans.state.ny.us
Phone: 212-564-8414 William B. Clarke
Veteran Education Program Representative WClarke@veterans.state.ny.us
Phone: 518-474-7606 North Carolina
North Carolina State Approving Agency 120 Penmarc Drive, Suite 103
Raleigh, NC 27603 -2434 Phone. 919-733-7535 Joseph W. Wescott II Executive Director jww@northcarolina.edu Phone: 919-733-7535 North Dakota
North Dakota State Approving Agency BSC Horizon Building
1815 Schaeffer Street - Suite 202 Bismarck, ND 58501 Phone: 701-224-2497 Rhonda Schauer SAA Director Rhonda.schauer@ndus.nodak.edu Phone: 701-224-2497 Ohio
Ohio Department of Veterans Services
State Approving Agency for Veterans Education & Training 77 South High Street 7th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215 Phone: 614-466-9287 Mr. Robert Breeckner Director Robert.breeckner@dvs.ohio.gov Phone: 614-466-9287 Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Accrediting Agency P.O. Box 53067 Capitol Station Oklahoma City, OK 73152 Phone: 405-521-3807 Danny Stewart Director dstewart@odva.state.ok.us Phone: 405-521-3808
Oregon
Veterans Education Oregon Department of Education
Public Service Building 255 Capitol Street, N.E. Salem, OR 97310-0203 Phone: 503-947-5727 Teresa Greene Director Teresa.greene@state.or.us Phone: 503-947-5915 Pennsylvania
Division of Veterans / Military Education Pennsylvania Department of Education
333 Market Street 12th Floor Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333 Phone: 717-787-2414 William Stephens Manager Wstephens@pa.gov Phone: 717-787-2414 Rhode Island
Rhode Island Office of Higher Education The Shepard Building
80 Washington Street, Suite 52S Providence, RI 02903 Phone: 401-456-6000
Deborah Grossman-Garber
Associate Commissioner for Academic Policy and Planning dgrossman-garber@ribghe.org
Phone: 401-456-6010
South Carolina
Student Services Division
South Carolina Commission on Higher Education 1122 Lady Street, Suite 300
Columbia, SC 29201 Phone: 803-737-2260
Dr. Karen Woodfaulk Director, Student Services
kwoodfaulk@che.sc.gov Phone: 803-737-2244
South Dakota
Veterans' Education
South Dakota Division of Veterans Affairs 500 East Capitol Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501-5070 Phone: 605-773-3648 Shane Olivier Program Manager Shane.olivier@state.sd.us Phone: 605-773-4981 Tennessee
Veterans’ Education, Tennessee Higher Education Commission Parkway Towers, Suite 1900
404 James Robertson Parkway Nashville, TN 37243-0830
Phone: 615-741-7569
Deborah Gardner Director, Veterans Education
deborah.gardner@tn.gov Phone: 615-741-3606
Texas
Veterans’ Education Texas Veterans Commission
P.O. Box 12277 Austin, TX 78711-2277 Phone: 512-463-3168 Connie Jacksits Director Connie.jacksits@tvc.state.tx.us Phone: 512-463-6441
Utah
State Approving Agency for Veterans Education Utah State Board of Regents
700 Foothill Blvd. Salt Lake City, UT 84108
Phone: 801-584-1973 Todd Hansen Acting Director wthansen@utah.gov Phone: 801-548-1973 Vermont
Vermont Office of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Education and Training Program / State Approving Agency 118 State Street, Drawer 20
Montpelier, VT 05602-4401 Phone: 802-828-1082
Jacquelyn Carlomagno Veterans Education Program Director
jacqui.carlomagno@state.vt.us Phone: 802-828-1082
Virginia
Department of Veterans Services State Approving Agency
900 East Main Street Sixth Floor, West Wing
Richmond, VA 23219 Phone: 804-225-2083 Annie Walker Director Annie.walker@dvs.virginia.gov Phone: 804-225-2721 Washington
State Approving Agency
Washington Student Achievement Council 917 Lakeridge Way P.O. Box 43450 Olympia, WA 98504-3430 Phone: 360-753-7866 Michael Ball Administrator michaelb@wsac.wa.gov Phone: 360-753-7866 West Virginia
Office of Veterans Education and Training Programs West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
1018 Kanawha Boulevard, East - Suite 700 Charleston, WV 25301 Phone: 304-558-0263 Skip Gebhart Administrator gebhart@hepc.wvnet.edu Phone: 304-558-0263 Wisconsin
Department of Workforce Development - Division of Employment & Training Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards
201 East Washington Avenue, Room E100 P.O. Box 7972
Madison, WI 53707-7972 Phone: 608-266-3133
Kenneth D. Moore Chief of Field Operations Ken.moore@dwd.wisconsin.gov
Phone: 608-266-3132
Wyoming
Veteran Education Wyoming Military Dept. 5410 Bishop Blvd Cheyenne, WY 82009 Phone: 307-777-8160 Douglas Shope Director Douglas.shope@wyo.gov
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico State Approving Agency P.O. Box 190759 San Juan, PR 00919-0759 Phone: 787-773-3484 Vanessa Flores Executive Director Flores_v@de.gobierno.pr Phone: 787-773-3484
Guam N/A N/A
