Providing constructive feedback to leadership to help improve government policies and programs is a worthy endeavor. Most people in leadership positions do value the opinions of people experiencing or close to problems in our system.

Citizen-provided information is often the best and most accurate information a leader can receive. Sometimes it is the only way they can learn about real issues, difficulties, and successes of government initiatives to serve their constituents. We think leaders respond to positive feedback that they believe is accurate and reliable.

Providing your opinion and feedback to leadership could help get WorkWORLD^TM provided free to all in Tennessee. This page provides, as a convenience, key contact information for agencies in your state and members of your state legislature. A different page has contact information for federal agencies.

Additionally, the Achieving Free WorkWORLD in Your State Through Pledges page shows how state agencies, community-based organizations, and individuals can help build a state funding pool to make WorkWORLD free to residents of Tennessee.

If you do contact leadership, tell them why WorkWORLD is valuable to you, and how you use the WorkWORLD program or website. Leadership can be encouraged to visit our explanation page for our new funding structure, so that they can consider the value of working with us to arrange for free distribution of our software to all that want it in Tennessee.

Contact information and agency structures change frequently at the state level. If you find information here that needs to be updated, or if you know of other people and agencies in Tennessee that should be added to the list, please email us at workworld@vcu.edu.

You may also wish to review our new funding structure page which details changes in distribution and other steps we are taking to keep WorkWORLD available for all.

Mental Retardation Services Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation
Stephen Norris, Deputy Commissioner
Andrew Jackson Building
15th Floor 500 Deadrick Street
Nashville, TN  37243
Phone: 615-532-6530
Email: tony.troiano@state.tn.us

Council on Developmental Disabilities
Wanda Willis, Executive Director
Andrew Jackson Building
13th Floor, Suite 1310 500 Deadrick Street
Nashville, TN  37243-0228
Phone: 615-532-6615
Fax: 615-532-6964
Email: wanda.willis@state.tn.us

DD Council
Andrea Cooper, Chairperson
4256 Rachel Donelson Pass
15th Floor 500 Deadrick Street
Hermitage, TN  37076
Phone: 615-872-8059
Fax: 615-872-9071
Email: acooperusa@comcast.net

Tennessee P&A, Inc.
Shirley Shea, Executive Director
P.O. Box 121257
Nashville, TN  37212
Phone: 615-298-1080
Fax: 615-298-2046
Email: shirleys@tpainc.org

Department of Finance & Administration
J.D. Hickey, TennCare Director
729 Church Street
Nashville, TN  37247-6501
Phone: 615-741-0213
Fax: 615-741-0882

Veterans Affairs
John Keys, State Director of Veterans Affairs
TN
Email: john.keys@state.tn.us

Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Donna Johns, One Stop Lead
Andrew Johnson Tower, 8th Floor
710 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN  37243
Phone: 615-253-1323
Fax: 615-741-5078

Workforce Investment Board - Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Elaine Perryman, Administrator, Employment and Workforce Development
Suite 1200 Davy Crockett Tower
500 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN  37245-0658
Phone: 615-741-3874
Fax: 615-741-3003
Email: Elaine.Perryman@state.tn.us

Tri-State Resource & Advocacy Corp.
Sun-Hwan Chu, Executive Director
5708 Uptain Rd, Suite 350
5800 Building
Chattanooga, TN  37411
Phone: 423-892-4774
Fax: 423-892-9866
Email: 4trac@bellsouth.net

Jackson Center For Independent Living
Glen Barr, Executive Director
1981 Hollywood Dr.
Jackson, TN  38305
Phone: 731-668-2211
Fax: 731-668-0406
Email: glen@jcil.tn.org

Disability Resource Center
Lillian Burch, Executive Director
900 E. Hill Suite 120
Knoxville, TN  37915
Phone: 865-637-3666
Fax: 865-637-5616
Email: drc@korrnet.org

Memphis Center For Independent Living
Deborah Cunningham, Executive Director
1633 Madison Avenue
Memphis, TN  38104
Phone: 901-726-6404
Fax: 901-726-6521
Email: mcil@mcil.org

Center For Independent Living Of Middle Tennessee
Tom Hopton, Executive Director
480 Craighead Street Suite 200
Nashville, TN  37204
Phone: 615-292-5803
Fax: 615-383-1176
Email: tom_h@tndisability.org

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