State Association Directory

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A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

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Alabama
Alabama Association of Private Colleges and Schools
5355 Vaughn Road
Montgomery, AL 36116
Phone: 334.395.8800    Fax: 334.395.8859
Contact Person: Victor Biebighauser
Email: vbiebighauser@southuniversity.edu

Alaska
Alaska Association of Private Career Educators
1415 E. Tudor Road
Anchorage, AK 99507-1033
Phone: 907.563.7575    Fax: 907.563.8330
Contact Person: Jennifer Deitz
Email: Jennifer@careeracademy.edu

Arizona
Arizona Private School Association
7776 S. Pointe Parkway West, Suite 110
Phoenix, Arizona 85044
Website: www.arizonapsa.org
Phone: 602.254.5199    Fax: 602.254.5073
Contact Person: Fredrick Lockhart
Email: apsa@arizonapsa.org

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California
California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools
555 Capitol Mall, Suite 705
Sacramento, CA  95814
Phone: 916.447.5500    Fax: 916.440.8970
Website: www.cappsonline.org
Contact Person: Robert Johnson, Executive Director
E-mail:  Robert@cappsonline.org
Contact Person: Devona Dixon, Office Coordinator
E-mail:  Devona@cappsonline.org

Colorado
Colorado Association of Career Colleges and Schools
600 Grant Street, Suite 550
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: 303.863.8366 Fax: 303.860.0175
Website: www.coloradoprivateschoolassociation.com
Contact Person: Steven Durham, Executive Director 
E-mail: sdurham@tde.com

Connecticut
Association of Connecticut Career Schools
342 North Main Street
W. Hartford, CT  06117-2507
Phone: 860.586.7501    Fax: 860.586.7550
Contact Person: Tessa O’Sullivan
Email:  twosullivan@associationresources.com

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Florida
Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges
150 South Monroe Street, Suite 303
Tallahassee, FL  32301
Phone: 850.577.3139    Fax: 850.577.3133
Website: www.fapsc.org
Contact Person:  Kathy Mizereck, Executive Director   
E-mail: Kathy@FAPSC.org

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Idaho
See the NW Career Colleges Federation under Washington

Illinois
Illinois Career College Association
330 North Green St.
Chicago, IL 60607-1300
Phone: 773.577.8050   Fax: 312.226.3818
Contact Person:  Russell Freeman
E-mail: rtf@coyneamerican.edu

Indiana
Indiana Association of Private Career Schools
One North Capitol, #430
Indianapolis, IN  46204 
Phone: 317.201.6415    Fax: 317.462.9124
Contact Person: Glenna Shelby
E-mail: iapcs@hotmail.com and ggshelby@msn.com

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Kentucky
Kentucky Association of Career Colleges and Schools
10428 Worthington Lane
Prospect, KY 40059
Phone: 502.420.9949
Website: www.hycareercolleges.org
Contact: Brenda Gargano
E-mail: bgargano@spencerian.edu

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Louisiana
Louisiana Career College Association
13944 Airline Hwy.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70817
Phone: 225.752.4233    Fax: 225.756.0903
Website: www.lacareer.org
Contact Person:  Mark Worthy

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Maryland
Maryland Association Of Private Colleges And Career Schools
6470 Freetown Road
Suite 200-62
Columbia, MD  21046
Phone: 410.282.4012    Fax: 443.407.0801
Website: www.mapccs.org
Contact Person:  Troy Lawson, Executive Director
E-mail: info@mapccs.org

Massachusetts
Massachusetts Association of Private Career Schools
11 Robert Toner Boulevard, #234
North Attleboro, MA  02763
Phone: 508.695.3919    Fax: 508.695.0039
Website: www.mapcs.org
Contact Person:  Cathy Flaherty, Executive Vice President
E-mail:  cflaherty@mapcs.org

Michigan
Michigan Association of Career Colleges and Schools
30775 West Barrington Ave.
Madison Heights, MI 48071
Phone: 586.214.1475    Fax: 248.585.3774
Website: www.careerschoolsmi.com
Contact Person:  Patricia Fischer, President
E-mail: pfischer@dorsey.edu  Phone- 248-585-9200
Contact Person: Joe Belliotti, Vice President
E-mail: jbelliot@cci.edu   Phone- 313-562-4228

Minnesota
Minnesota Career College Association
C/O Herzing University
5700 West Broadway
Crystal, MN 55428
Website: www.mncareercolleges.org
Contact Person:  John Slama, President
E-mail: jslama@mpl.herzing.edu

Missouri
Missouri Association of Private Career Schools
C/O Natural American University
10777 Sunset Office Drive, Suite 330
Saint Louis, MO 63127-1019
Phone: 816.412.7701
Contact Person: GJoan Meyer, Regional Vice President
E-mail: jmeyer@national.edu

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New York
Association of Proprietary Colleges
1259 Central Avenue
Albany, NY  12205
Phone:  518.437.1867    Fax: 518.437.1048
Website:  www.apc-colleges.org

The Coalition of New York State Career Schools
437 Old Albany Post Road
Garrison, NY  10524
Phone:  845.788.5070    Fax: 845.788.5071
Website: www.coalitionofnewyorkstatecareerschools.com
Contact Person: Terry Zaleski,, Executive Director/Counsel
Email: tzaleski@sprynet.com

New Jersey
Private Career School Association of New Jersey
P.O. Box 11795
New Brunswick, NJ  08906
Website: www.pcsanj.com
Contact Person:  Edith K. Giniger
Phone: 732-545-1399     Fax: 732-545-1527
Contact Person:  L. Terry Nighan
Phone: 908-296-0704
E-mail: LNighan@ittesi.com

North Carolina
North Carolina Association of Career Colleges and Schools
C/O Brookstone College
10125 Berkeley Place Drive
Charlotte, NC 28262
Phone: 704.547.8600    Fax: 704.547.8887
Contact: F. Jack Henderson III, President
E-mail: jhenderson@brookstone.edu

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Ohio
Ohio Association of Career Colleges and Schools
1857 Northwest Boulevard – Annex
Columbus, Ohio  43212
Phone: 614.487.8180    Fax: 614.487.8190
Website: www.ohiocareercolleges.org
Contact Person: R. Dave Rankin, Executive Director
E-mail: drankinoaccs1@aol.com

Oregon
See the NW Career Colleges Federation under Washington

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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Association of Private School Administrators
2090 Wexford Court
Harrisburg, PA  17112
Phone: 717.540.9010    Fax: 717.540.7121
Website: www.papsa.org
Contact Person: Richard Dumaresq
Email: CCDQ@aol.com

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Tennessee
Tennessee Association of Independent Colleges and Schools
1706 Blair Blvd. # 4
Nashville, TN  37212
Phone: 615-399-3763
Website: www.taics.org
Contact Person: Anne Landis Williams, Executive Director
Email: AnneLandis.Williams@taics.org 

Texas
Career Colleges and Schools of Texas
823 Congress Ave Ste 230
Austin, TX  78701 
Phone: 866-909-2278
Website: www.colleges-schools.org
Contact Person: Maureen Clements, Chairman (Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts)
Phone: 214.647.8505  
E-mail: mclements@dallasculinary.com
Government Relations Advisor: Jerry Valdez (Governmental Affairs LLC)
Phone: 512.477.1117
E-mail: valdez@thevaldezcompany.com

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Utah
Career College Association of Utah
60 South 600 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84102
Phone: 801.304.4224
Contact Person: James Cox, President
E-mail: jcox@utahcollege.edu

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Virginia
Virginia Career College Association
1108 E. Main Street
Suite 1200
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: 804.346.2783  Fax: 804.346.8287
Website: www.va-cca.org
Contact Person:  Mark Singer, Executive Director 
E-mail: marksinger@va-cca.org

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Washington (and Oregon and Idaho)
Northwest Career Colleges Federation
16700 NE 79th Street, Suite 201
Redmond, WA 98052
Phone: 425.376.0369    Fax: 425.376.1065
Website: http://www.nwcareercolleges.org/
Contact Person:  Gena Wikstrom, Executive Director 
E-mail: exec@nwcareercolleges.org, gena@nwcareercolleges.org

West Virginia
West Virginia Association of Independent Colleges and Schools
144 Willey Street
Morgantown, WV  26505
Phone: 304.296.8284    Fax: 304.296.5612
Contact Person:  Michael K. Callen
E-mail: mkc@wvjc.com

Wisconsin
Wisconsin Council for Independent Education
C/O Upper Iowa University
Phone: 414.475.4846    Fax: 414.475.4139
Contact Person:  Fritz Oppenlander
E-mail: oppenlanderf@uiu.edu

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